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Faithful to the Finish
Peter's final call to a young and growing church
Grace and Glory
A short series through the highlights of 1 Peter
Entrusted
Gifts, risk, and the return of the King
The Sabbath reminds us of our need for rest. God gave the Sabbath to Israel and through Jesus God gives us a Sabbath rest as well.
Richard Swenson wrote a book in the 1990’s entitled, “Margin” in which he describes modern society as so overcommitted and over scheduled that we have no space left for rest. A reviewer writes: Overload is not having time to finish the book you’re reading on stress. Margin is having time to read ...read more
Scripture: Matthew 11:28-30
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
David’s story can be summarized like this: A nobody becomes a somebody who then becomes a fugitive and ends up in the end the King of Israel.
Series OT Bible Heroes: We are going to discuss over the months of May, June and July OT Biblical Heroes. Many current day Statistics show that there is a shocking lack of knowledge of basic Bible knowledge among Americans. This is particularly puzzling in view of the availability of Bibles and ...read more
Scripture: Acts 13:22-23
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
While Moses was on the mountain with God, the camp of Israel compromised by worshiping a golden calf. We get into compromise by creating a god in our own image.
Background n God had brought the children of Israel out of Egyptian slavery and bondage and across the Red Sea. Now they were camped at Mount Sinai, and God had called Moses up to the top of the mountain to deliver His law to him for the people. n While the people were waiting for Moses’ return, ...read more
Scripture: Exodus 32:1-35
Denomination: Assembly Of God
Samuel was a "father figure" to Israel and many of the traits he exhibited here in chapter 12 give us examples of what good fathers do.
ILLUS: One father had a three-year-old daughter who was having trouble sleeping through the night. She’d often wake up several times in the night because she was afraid. Each time as he re-tucked her into bed, he would remind her that Jesus was with her and he would keep her safe. Several ...read more
Scripture: 1 Samuel 12:16-25
Deborah was a hero for Israel when a it was a time when women were not respected as leaders. She models for us an acute understanding of respect for herself and others.
Heroes of the OT: Deborah Judges 4:1-10 March 15, 2009 I want to start with a question—Is respect given or earned? Should respect just be automatically given or does respect need to be earned? I tend to think that it is both. Although our culture tends to withhold respect until it is earned, ...read more
Denomination: Church Of God
The Ten Commandments are essentially a preamble to God's Covenant with Israel. They have an eternal nature that reflect the person of God and display his standards for his people.
1. Standing Up While Sitting Down A five year old girl was having one of those trouble-filled days with her mother. It seemed they spent the day arguing back and forth. Finally the mom had enough. "Jenny, go sit in the corner, right now! Don't get up until I tell you to!" Jenny went to the corner ...read more
Sermon #1 in the Judges series focuses on Othniel (chapter 1 & 3) and how God used him to deliver Israel after they repented of idolatry.
Get off the Sin Cycle Judges 3:7-11 (Othniel) Romans 6:15-23 INTRODUCTION: For the next 7 weeks, we’re going to be focusing on a book of the Bible that doesn’t tend to get a lot of attention. It is a book that is not that easy to preach. It gives unvarnished history of a tumultuous time ...read more
Scripture: Judges 3:7-11
This sermon is an overview of the qualities that helped Ezra succeed in his return to Israel along with 3000 other exiles to reestablish proper worship among the Jews.
Strength for the Journey - Ezra INTRODUCTION: Summer is almost here! How many of you have some sort of travel plans for this summer? Is anyone planning to join about 3,000 people for a 900 mile hike? That’s what we read about in the Book of Ezra. That would be like walking from San ...read more
God ordered Abram to leave Haran (which means "crossroads") and journey to an unknown land that he would guide him to - this was the crossroad of Israel's begninning.
2nd Sunday of Lent - Genesis 12:1-4a Well I must admit when I first read over the lessons for today, I said to myself, Richard knew what he was doing being away this Sunday. What more could I possibly say about Abrams walk of faith with God? What could I say about “being born again” ...read more
Scripture: Genesis 12:1-4
Denomination: Anglican
The pattern for conquering the Jerichos in your life are found in Israel's victory. God will bring down those walls that separate us from the abundant life.
Conquering Jericho Wednesday, February 10, 2010 By Pastor James May Joshua 6:1 Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. Joshua 6:2 And the LORD said unto Joshua, See, I have given into thine hand Jericho, and the king thereof, and the ...read more
Scripture: Joshua 6:1-20
Denomination: Independent/Bible
Why Do Christian Preachers teach an Old Covenant practice that only applied to Israel and the care of the Levites that didn't have a land inheritance?
"Will a man ROB God?" How many untold tens of thousands of men will give account one day for teaching this verse in Malachi 3:8 totally out of context for their own sordid gain. I couldn’t count the times I have heard self-appointed ministers of the gospel berate their congregations and listeners ...read more
Scripture: Malachi 3:1-18
Denomination: Pentecostal
This is a Psalm of comfort and consolation. It was written either during David's exile from Jerusalem, or during Israel's captivity in Babylon.
UP LOOK FOR THE DOWNCAST Scripture: Psalms 42 &43 I. INTRODUCTION This is a Psalm of comfort and consolation. It was written either during David's exile from Jerusalem, or during Israel's captivity in Babylon. Matthew Henry: Sometimes God teaches us effectually to know the ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 42:1-11, Psalm 43:1-5, 1 Peter 1:3, Titus 2:13, Colossians 1:27 (view more) (view less)
Israel was God's "chosen" people but they still had to choose Him. We choose God and necome His chosen
1. One man tells of driving a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Hopi Indian ceremonial dances in Arizona. After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire. He put on the spare and drove to the only service station on the Hopi ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 56:3-8
God slams Israel for their actions, primarily trashing their treatment of the poor. What do we learn about how to respond in our own lives?
A PERPETUAL TRUTH: The rich get richer and the poor get poorer. - Amos 5: 7, 10, 11, 12. - It’s a cliché for a reason. It’s the way of the world. - The poor typically get trampled. - Let’s look briefly at the specific accusations levied by God against Israel. a. v. 7 – “You who turn ...read more
Scripture: Amos 5:4-17
Denomination: Baptist
If God’s Word failed regarding Israel, how do we know it will not fail regarding us? But God’s Word has not failed.
Has God’s Word Failed? (Romans 9:6-13) 1. Have you ever had a gift certificate or card they wouldn’t honor because it had expired? 2. Most restaurants no longer have expiration dates, because it creates bitter feelings – and people will ask for cards from other establishments instead. 3. But ...read more
Scripture: Romans 9:6-13, John 1:12-13, Jeremiah 9:25-26, Genesis 25:21-26, Malachi 1:2-3, Psalm 115:3, Genesis 17:17-21 (view more) (view less)
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