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  • Against The Tide: Pushing Back Against The Moral Climate

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 18, 2012
     | 6,951 views

    Christians are called to be holy. However, we are not always certain what it means to be holy or how to achieve that status.

    1 PETER 1:13-25 AGAINST THE TIDE (PUSHING BACK AGAINST THE MORAL CLIMATE) “Preparing your minds for action, and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of ...read more

  • Act Like Men

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Apr 14, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 12,379 views

    The people of God are engaged in a great battle. If we will engage the enemy and advance the cause of Christ, we need to heed the commands issued in this text.

    “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong. Let all that you do be done in love.” The Christian Faith is a woman’s religion; and I’m glad this is so! Historically, women were excluded from religion. In the pagan religions extant at the time the Master presented Himself as a ...read more

  • What Is To Stop Me From Being Baptised? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 25, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 6,599 views

    Who should be baptised? Why should one be baptised? These are questions that must be answered by each one calling himself or herself after the Name of the Son of God.

    “As they were going along the road, they came to some water, and the eunuch said, ‘Look, there is water! What is to stop me from being baptized?’” [1], [2] Baptism is truly the water that divides. It is an unfortunate fact of ecclesiastical history that the rite has ...read more

  • Where Are You? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 6, 2012
    based on 1 rating
     | 11,448 views

    God calls us. Jesus has taught us, "Many are called, but few are chosen." However, the first time man was called by God, what was the purpose of His calling? The message explores that call and refocuses the divine call to our generation.

    The LORD God called to the man and said to him, “Where are you?” [1] G reat questions are not meant to reveal information to the interlocutor; great questions are meant to compel the one questioned to discover what should have been obvious. All of us have a tendency to wear masks. In fact, the ...read more

  • The Inherited Church Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 16, 2018
    based on 3 ratings
     | 6,986 views

    To accomplish the task of evangelising our world, we must work as though our congregation was new. New churches have a vibrancy that can be lost as we grow older. In time, if we don't take care, we will have an "inherited church" rather than a vibrant, living congregation.

    “To the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete ...read more

  • A Good Servant Of Christ Jesus

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 27, 2013
     | 6,185 views

    The responsibility of the pulpit to promote godliness in the Community of Faith is explored

    “If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed.” [1] Godliness looms large in the thinking of the Apostle. The term “godliness” occurs fifteen ...read more

  • When Does Life Begin?

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 18, 2015
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,649 views

    God has worked in the life of His people since before the foundations of the world--preparing and appointing them for service.

    “Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, ‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.’” [1] It is most humbling to realise that we cannot boast of anything we possess or of who we ...read more

  • If You Would Be Perfect

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 31, 2015
     | 6,230 views

    Stewardship begins with stewardship of life--receiving the life that Jesus offers. All that we consider "stewardship" flows from this first great decision.

    “Behold, a man came up to him, saying, ‘Teacher, what good deed must I do to have eternal life?’ And he said to him, ‘Why do you ask me about what is good? There is only one who is good. If you would enter life, keep the commandments.’ He said to him, ‘Which ...read more

  • If The Foundations Are Destroyed

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 30, 2016
     | 14,146 views

    The one who follows the Master must focus on Him and His will, proving to be righteous rather than responding to the disintegration of society as do the wicked.

    “In the LORD I take refuge; how can you say to my soul, ‘Flee like a bird to your mountain, for behold, the wicked bend the bow; they have fitted their arrow to the string to shoot in the dark at the upright in heart; if the foundations are destroyed, what can the righteous ...read more

  • In The Enemies' Court

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jun 15, 2018
    based on 1 rating
     | 13,808 views

    The first chapter of Daniel establishes that God is the focus of the Book. God reigns over the nation and over the individual. His sovereignty is central to every event that is recorded.

    “In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, ...read more

  • "Jesus' Rules Of Order"

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jun 3, 2017
     | 5,349 views

    Contrasting the transformation following the descent of the Spirit with life before His presence among the saints.

    “A dispute also arose among them, as to which of them was to be regarded as the greatest. And he said to them, ‘The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and those in authority over them are called benefactors. But not so with you. Rather, let the greatest among you become as the ...read more

  • Anyone Can Serve... Can't They? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jan 22, 2017
    based on 3 ratings
     | 12,505 views

    Nadab and Abihu were born to great privilege as servants of the Living God, they reached for more, leading to death. Though He is patient, God does not play games with rebels. Let the people of God hear the Word of the Living God and take heed.

    “Now Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in it and laid incense on it and offered unauthorized fire before the Lord, which he had not commanded them. And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord. Then Moses said to ...read more

  • Battles To The Very End Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 14, 2016
    based on 1 rating
     | 9,840 views

    Though believers in the Lord are engaged in battles to the end of earthly days, they are assured of victory in Christ.

    “Do your best to come to me soon. For Demas, in love with this present world, has deserted me and gone to Thessalonica. Crescens has gone to Galatia, Titus to Dalmatia. Luke alone is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, for he is very useful to me for ministry. Tychicus I have sent to ...read more

  • Justified? Or Judged? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 30, 2017
     | 6,536 views

    Is there a way for us to make ourselves acceptable to God? The Apostle Paul teaches that such a thought is an impossibility.

    “We know that whatever the law says it speaks to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and the whole world may be held accountable to God. For by works of the law no human being will be justified in his sight, since through the law comes knowledge of sin.” [1] “So that ...read more

  • Fratricide Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 18, 2020
     | 3,326 views

    Anger against fellow Christians destroys the Faithful, and especially does it destroy the one harbouring the hatred.

    “Adam knew Eve his wife, and she conceived and bore Cain, saying, ‘I have gotten a man with the help of the LORD.’ And again, she bore his brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, and Cain a worker of the ground. In the course of time Cain brought to the LORD an offering of the fruit of the ...read more