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  • A Casual Observance With Obvious Consequences Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 5, 2021
     | 2,143 views

    A cautionary sermon against presumption against the Lord at His Table.

    “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and ...read more

  • The Prayer God Will Always Answer

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 10, 2021
     | 4,175 views

    Praying with confidence requires us to know God and to know what He has promised. Then, when we present the requests prompted by God's promise, we must defer to Him so that He is honoured in us.

    “In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, by descent a Mede, who was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans—in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, perceived in the books the number of years that, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, must pass before the end of ...read more

  • When God Says, "don't Pray For Them!"

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 16, 2021
     | 4,089 views

    God holds all mankind to account. All face judgement, and some are judged now. When God judges individuals and even communities, He informs His people, saying, "Don't pray for them!"

    “Thus says the LORD concerning this people [Israel]: ‘They have loved to wander thus; they have not restrained their feet; therefore, the LORD does not accept them; now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins.’ “The LORD said to me: ‘Do not pray for the welfare of this people. ...read more

  • You Don't Have To Be A Star To Be In My Show

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Sep 23, 2021
     | 2,954 views

    Recognition of those who advance the cause of Christ through quiet service within the assembly of the righteous.

    “Greet Prisca and Aquila, my fellow workers in Christ Jesus, who risked their necks for my life, to whom not only I give thanks, but all the churches of the Gentiles give thanks as well. Greet also the church in their house. Greet my beloved Epaenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in Asia. ...read more

  • Do We Believe Him? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 1, 2021
     | 2,415 views

    If we take responsibility for ourselves at the Lord's Table, it will not be necessary for Him to discipline us. Let us approach Him with reverence and awe as we worship.

    “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord. Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and ...read more

  • Memento Mori

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 6, 2021
    based on 1 rating
     | 3,293 views

    We prepare to live by preparing for death.

    “Having purified your souls by your obedience to the truth for a sincere brotherly love, love one another earnestly from a pure heart, since you have been born again, not of perishable seed but of imperishable, through the living and abiding word of God; for ‘All flesh is like grass and all its ...read more

  • This Kind...

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Oct 15, 2021
     | 7,015 views

    Christians are at war with an unseen, though extremely powerful, enemy. We are, however, not defenseless. We are given authority over the enemy, if we will invoke our rights given in Christ.

    “When they came to the disciples, they saw a great crowd around them, and scribes arguing with them. And immediately all the crowd, when they saw him, were greatly amazed and ran up to him and greeted him. And he asked them, ‘What are you arguing about with them?’ And someone from the crowd ...read more

  • Pardon From The Prison Of The Past

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 21, 2021
     | 4,001 views

    Christ sets us free so that we do not need to live under the dark cloud of condemnation from past sins.

    “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death. For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh ...read more

  • Four Days Late

    Contributed by Michael Stark on May 29, 2021
     | 6,344 views

    When Christ delays answering our pleas, how shall we respond? God is merciful, even when it appears that Heaven in silent.

    “Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill. So the sisters sent to him, saying, ‘Lord, he whom you love is ill.’ But when Jesus heard it ...read more

  • Whatever Were You Thinking? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jun 4, 2021
     | 1,499 views

    If we dishonour Christ by treating the Lord's Table with disdain, we can anticipate His discipline.

    “Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty concerning the body and blood of the Lord.” [1] “Whatever was he thinking?” That is the question that was no doubt on the minds of many Canadians when they first read of the fall of Colin ...read more

  • The Impact Of One Friend

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 8, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,641 views

    We Christians are commanded to love one another. But what does such love look like? If we love one another, what practical impact will that love have on us as a congregation?

    “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lays down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you. No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; ...read more

  • Let Me Die The Death Of The Upright!

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 17, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,807 views

    Surprised by the intervention of God, Balaam pronounces one of the great aspirations of all who know and worship the Lord God.

    “Who can count the dust of Jacob. or number the fourth part of Israel? Let me die the death of the upright, and let my end be like his!” [1] King Frederick the Great of Prussia is reported to have once asked his physician to provide proof for the existence of God. The physician is said to have ...read more

  • A Preacher For This Generation

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Nov 25, 2023
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,072 views

    A call for us who preach to determine that we are delivering the message our God has given and not speaking to make people feel good about themselves.

    “‘Do not preach’—thus they preach— ‘one should not preach of such things; disgrace will not overtake us.’ Should this be said, O house of Jacob? Has the LORD grown impatient? Are these his deeds? Do not my words do good to him who walks uprightly? But lately my people have risen up as an ...read more

  • How Long, O Lord? How Long? Series

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Jul 27, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 1,552 views

    Though the Lord shall judge the nation that practice wickedness, how shall we who follow Christ respond to the evil embraced and promoted within our culture?

    When the child of God sins, that child knows that God does not ignore that sin. Because He loves us, the LORD disciplines His people, and His discipline will not be pleasant. God’s discipline was never intended to be pleasant. Divine discipline is intended to impose … well, discipline! Indeed, ...read more

  • Success Is Never About Defeating Giants [*]

    Contributed by Michael Stark on Aug 2, 2024
    based on 1 rating
     | 2,137 views

    Fighting and winning one battle does not define your life, any more than fighting and losing one battle defines who you are.

    1 SAMUEL 17:34-37 SUCCESS IS NEVER ABOUT DEFEATING GIANTS “David said to Saul, ‘Your servant used to keep sheep for his father. And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb from the flock, I went after him and struck him and delivered it out of his mouth. And if he arose against me, I ...read more