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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
How we live our lives is important as we influence those around us in more ways than we may realize. If what you are doing in your life is a stumbling block to others, Scripture tells us we should reconsider doing it...
Sermon Brief Date Written: June 25, 2014 Date Preached: June 29, 2014 Where Preached: OPBC (AM) Sermon Details: Series Title: A Series in 1 Corinthians Sermon Title: What do you do with your knowledge? Sermon Text: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13 [ESV] TEXT: Essence of the Text: Paul tells the ...read more
Scripture: 1 Corinthians 8:1-13
Denomination: Baptist
We can trust God with our life and future because his intimate knowledge of us shows him to be trustworthy.
INTRODUCTION • SLIDE #1 • Do you have someone in your life who knows you to your core? They know you inside and out. They can tell you what you are thinking, they can maybe even finish your sentence. • We call this intimacy. • Many are so afraid to allow intimacy to happen. • Have you had someone ...read more
Scripture: Psalm 139:1-12
Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ
Help my congregation be grounded in knowledge
Good morning, dear members of our beloved congregation. As the sun rises and paints the sky with hues of hope, we gather here in this sacred space, united by our shared faith and the love of our Heavenly Father. Today, we are setting sail on a journey, not of miles, but of understanding. We are ...read more
Scripture: 1 Thessalonians 5:6
Topics: Grounded In Knowledge
Craig Groeschel said, “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” That’s a good description of our subject for today: Self-Control.
HOLY HABIT #3: SELF-CONTROL Introduction Craig Groeschel said, “Discipline is choosing between what you want now and what you want most.” That’s a good description of our subject for today: Self-Control. In this series we have added to our faith goodness —a life of moral excellence—and ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 1:5-7
#4 In the scriptures there is the assumption that anyone who is born again of the Spirit of God, that that person has the very power of God to live a life of godliness. This is not a life that is some unproductive barren wasteland, but a life that is full
The Enlargement of Life Living Self-control Emancipated in Perseverance Reading: Luke 8:11-15 (2 Peter 1:5-11) Even a quick reading of the N.T. reveals that God has a plan and a purpose for anyone who will be fully open to Him. This plan is that we might have a life, and a way of life that is ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 1:1-11
Denomination: Pentecostal
In today's passage James highlights the difference between worldly wisdom and godly wisdom.
TRUE WISDOM James 3:13-18 INTRODUCTION: Four people who were the only people on board one of those small planes. There was the pilot, a pastor, a Boy Scout, and the smartest man in the world. All of a sudden, the pilot came back to the cabin and informed everybody that the plane was going down. ...read more
Scripture: James 3:13-18
The Bible deals here with some of the problems of defeated Christians. It will help us to realize that although the crucial battle has been fought and won through our death to self and our resurrection to new life, the Holy Spirit must penetrate still de
COLOSSIANS 3: 5-11 / Christ Above All Series PUTTING TO DEATH OUR SINFUL SELF Some of us would have to admit that talk about Resurrection Living is disturbing. We believe in Christ’s victory over sin, death, and the grave, but we don’t feel much like conquerors ourselves. We ...read more
Scripture: Colossians 3:5-11
Teachings Inspired by the Holy Spirit on the nature of man and relationship with the father
GOLDEN OLIVE SCEPTRE Who elsewhere has the most Wealth Who elsewhere has the most Swag Who elsewhere has the most Connections Who elsewhere has the most friends Truly, None but The ALL-MIGHTY Who anywhere gives the most freely Who anywhere pays to give you freedom Who anywhere gives ...read more
Scripture: Isaiah 30:15
Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to relate to people who project a sense of moral superiority? Self righteous people focus more on their goodness than the holiness of God.
Have you ever wondered why it is so hard to relate to people who project a sense of moral superiority? Self righteous people focus more on their goodness than the holiness of God. One night, such a self-righteous man named Nicodemus, a ruler in the Pharisee's council, came to Jesus wondering how he ...read more
Scripture: Luke 16:15
Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational
4th of 4 on 1 Timothy 6 on Money. This messages deals with the deposit of trust and value that God has given to us. The Good News of Jesus is God’s wealth.
Knowledge that Becomes Foolishness or Foolishness that Becomes to Joy In celebration of our 25th year of marriage, Donna and I took a cruise around the Hawaiian Islands. On one of our stops we drove to the top of a great volcano where we discovered that it can be cold, windy, and surprisingly, ...read more
Scripture: 1 Timothy 6:19-20
What would happen to our world if we had knowledge but no love to guide us? What happens to us when we focus on Godly knowledge but love does not motivate us to share our wisdom?
Knowledge without love? WHO GETS THE GLORY? Where would we be if we had great knowledge but no love? Imagine if our entire generation decided that knowledge was all that mattered. What would be the result? We would know how to operate using all our medical skill but, we would not care enough about ...read more
Denomination: Lutheran
wisdom of God and what it has done for us in this life
WHAT THE KNOWLEDGE OF GOD HAS DONE FOR US II PETER 2:1-10 INTRODUCTION: Knowledge has the meaning of: the act, fact or state of knowing, learning or enlightenment 1. IT HAS BEEN MULTIPLIED UNTO ME IN THE CROSS We experience a measure of this peace through receiving God’s grace in the ...read more
Scripture: 2 Peter 2:1-11
We have a lot of knowledge in the Christian church today. Unfortunately, we don’t have enough love.
"Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne tells the story of a young man named Goodman Brown who meets up with the devil one night and takes a walk to a secret meeting only to find that every upstanding person in the community knows the devil by name. Even his saintly wife knows the devil ...read more
A look at chapter one of the book of Proverbs.
Pearls From Proverbs – Chapter One The Fear Of The Lord Is The Beginning Of Knowledge Today we begin a new study – it is on the Book of Proverbs. If I were to outline the entire Book of Proverbs – I would divide it into three parts. 1. WISDOM FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (Chapters 1 — 9) In this section ...read more
Scripture: Proverbs 1:1-33
To show that GOD is the LORD JESUS CHRIST Himself in us as Wisdom and Revelation having within us His deep and intimate relationship.
I. EXORDIUM: Are you praying in tongues? Yes. 1 Corinthians 14:2 (Amplified Bible) For one who speaks in an [unknown] tongue speaks not to men but to God, for no one understands or catches his meaning, because in the [Holy] Spirit he utters secret truths and hidden things [not obvious to the ...read more
Scripture: Ephesians 1:17
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