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  • How To Ask God For Forgiveness As A Christian Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 13, 2025
     | 742 views

    Practical insight on asking God to forgive our sins as we walk daily with Christ.

    NOT JUST WHEN WE'RE SAVED: Asking for forgiveness is supposed to be a regular part of my walk of faith. - Matthew 6:12a. - Let me start by saying that we are going to handle v. 12 in two parts. This week we will look at the first half of the verse; next week the second half. I am doing this ...read more

  • Do I Want God To Forgive Me As I Forgive Others? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on May 20, 2025
     | 501 views

    Jesus puts forward challenging words in the second half of v. 12 - calling us to ask for forgiveness in the same way we have forgiven others. Verses 14-15 emphasize the expectation from God that we will forgive others as part of having been forgiven by Him. What happens when we live this out?

    DOES THIS SCARE ME? Do I want God to forgive me as I forgive others? - Matthew 6:12b, 14-15. - I said last week as we unpacked the first half of v. 12 that we often don’t put a lot of thought into what that actually means. In that case it had to do with making confession of our sins a regular ...read more

  • Do We Want To Avoid Temptation? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jun 2, 2025
     | 379 views

    We finish up the Lord's Prayer sermon series with Jesus' words on temptation. Do they match how we normally approach sin in our lives?

    AVOIDING TEMPTATION: Do I want this for my life? - Matthew 6:13. - Now we come to the close of the Lord’s Prayer. Jesus has invited us to pray about a number of important subjects and now we have a final one about spiritual victory. - What does v. 13 mean? I think a summary statement would be ...read more

  • What We Put In The Way Of Setting People Free Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 18, 2025
     | 195 views

    Jesus came to set people free, but often we put things ahead of that. What are the specific ways we do that?

    “THE TRUTH WILL SET YOU FREE”: Jesus came to set people free from Satanic oppression. - Luke 13:10-13; John 8:32. - There was more to Jesus’ mission than this, but one of the biggest things that He did was to set people free from Satanic oppression. - This is true both in terms of exorcisms, like ...read more

  • When The Kingdom Seems Unimpressive Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Nov 19, 2025
     | 191 views

    The parable of the mustard seed and the parable of the yeast point us to a truth that's uncomfortable at first: the Kingdom might not look that impressive the first time you look at it.

    UNIMPRESSIVE: Jesus acknowledges that many will initially see the Kingdom as insignificantly small. - Luke 13:18-21. - Matthew 13:31-33; Mark 4:30-32. - I guess you could say that sometimes we hype up Jesus and His Kingdom too much. - “Who wouldn’t want this?” - “It’s so obviously true and ...read more

  • What Does It Mean To "make Every Effort" To Enter The Kingdom? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 10, 2025
     | 211 views

    This passage has two troubling phrases: "make every effort" and "try . . . and not be able." What are we to do with those? And do they mean that God is setting up difficult barriers to get into the Kingdom?

    WHAT DOES "MAKE EVERY EFFORT" MEAN? It doesn’t mean that it’s nearly impossible but that you should focus your attention. - Luke 13:22-24a. - Jesus is asked an important question: “[A]re only a few people going to be saved?” (v. 23). - That's a great question. What is the nature of ...read more

  • Five Fundamentals Of Jesus’ Relationship With Israel Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Dec 16, 2025
     | 104 views

    This passage closes out this section and gives us five insights into Jesus' troubled relationship with Israel.

    - This passage provides a nice coda to the section that we have been working through. When taken as a whole, I think these few verses recenter us to the heart of who Jesus was and what He was doing. In particular, this passage highlights Jesus’ relationship with Israel. Of course, that is a ...read more

  • A Most Unusual Parable Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 13, 2026
     | 146 views

    Why does this parable sound more like a life hack than a parable?

    - Some life hacks, according to people online (I haven’t tried these): - "For chores that I don't like to do (like washing a big pile of dishes), I set a timer for four minutes and tell myself I will do it for four minutes, and after the time goes off, I can stop if I want to. Just giving ...read more

  • Why Is The Kingdom Open To The ‘least Of These’? Series

    Contributed by Jim Butcher on Jan 20, 2026
     | 65 views

    We are familiar with Jesus talking about "the least of these," but why are they a target of the Kingdom? This parable gives us insight into that question.

    AN INTERESTING QUESTION: How did we get to the place where “the least of these” is such a focus of the Kingdom? - Luke 14:12-15. - You are probably tired of hearing me repeat that important interpretation principle: context is key. - Most of you fully know what I mean but for anyone visiting, let ...read more

  • Some Reasons Why Certain People Will Not Make It To Heaven

    Contributed by Paul Fritz on Jun 10, 2001
    based on 54 ratings
     | 3,890 views

    Reasons why some people refuse to take advantage of the free offer of eternal life found in Christ Jesus

    Some Reasons Why People Will Not Enter Heaven (Acts 24:22-27) Illustration:More than four out of every five Americans agree that "we all will be called before God at judgment day to answer for our sins," says a poll conducted for the Times Mirror company. National and International Religion ...read more

  • How To Let Your Light Shine

    Contributed by Dana Carpenter Jr. on Dec 30, 2000
    based on 101 ratings
     | 6,754 views

    Lettin’ it shine.....

    INTRODUCTION. A. Matthew 5:16 tells us that we, as Christians, are to let our lights shine before men. B. Mankind is under condemnation. They would rather remain in darkness than come into the light of Christ, because their deeds are evil (John 3:19). C. But Christ is the "light ...read more

  • How To Let Your Light Shine

    Contributed by Dana Carpenter Jr. on Jan 7, 2001
    based on 89 ratings
     | 12,903 views

    Letting your light shine.

    INTRODUCTION. A. Matthew 5:16 tells us that we, as Christians, are to let our lights shine before men. B. Mankind is under condemnation. They would rather remain in darkness than come into the light of Christ, because their deeds are evil (John 3:19). C. But Christ is the "light of the world" ...read more

  • Hero's Of The Faith Part Ii

    Contributed by Dan Borchert on Aug 30, 2002
    based on 9 ratings
     | 2,823 views

    James Dobson wrote tough Love, the author of Hebrews wrote about tough faith

    Hebrews 11:17-40 Tough Faith Introduction A. James Dobson wrote a wonderful book callled “Tough Love.” In this book he describes how some times in life you have to use tough love on your kids. This might mean grounding them, or even spanking the child. Out of love to do the things that you ...read more

  • The Measure Of A Life Series

    Contributed by Greg Yount on Oct 28, 2001
    based on 40 ratings
     | 8,044 views

    Part 1 of a 4-part series on Christian stewardship responsibilities.

    Part 1 - THE MEASURE OF A LIFE Introduction: Stewardship is about much more than money. In fact, money is really a very small part of our stewardship. Stewardship is about how we live our lives. Christian stewardship is the management of your life for God. How then do you measure the success of ...read more

  • Banana Of Joy Series

    Contributed by James Westervelt on Nov 21, 2001
    based on 101 ratings
     | 6,972 views

    Joy can be defined as: "Inner happiness, which is not dependent on outward circumstances." The O.T. word "simchah" means "gladness of heart," the NT word, "chara" means "inner delight."

    THE BANANA OF JOY I). WHAT is Joy? 2). HOW is Joy Expressed? 3). HOW is Joy Developed? I. WHAT IS JOY? Joy can be defined as: "Inner happiness, which is not dependent on outward circumstances." The O.T. word "simchah" means "gladness of heart," the NT word, "chara" means ...read more