As a young Christian, new to the faith, Genesis 3:9, 11a puzzled me; God was asking questions as if He did not know the answers. It would take many years before I understood what God was doing, and by then, I had moved on to more puzzling and not so puzzling Scriptures. Here is how God revealed what…

Bridging the Gap Ezekiel 22:30 EZEK.22:30 "I sought for a man that should stand in the gap" THERE IS A GAP BETWEEN: Teens and Adults, Heaven and hell. LUKE 16:30 "Between us and you there is a great gulf fixed" Spiritually there is a gap between man and God, but… I. THE GAP IS BRIDGED BY THE SAVIOR.…

Calling upon God as an act of worship By those who depend upon him and proclaim his name To Seth also a son was born, and he called his name Enosh. At that time people began to call upon the name of the LORD. See also Ge 12:8 ; Ge 26:25 ; 1 Ch 16:8 ; Ps 86:5 ; Ps 116:2 ; Ps 116:17 ; Job 27:10 ; 2 Ti…

By Pastor Glenn Pease When I was a shoeshine boy back in Sioux Falls, South Dakota in 1945, I remember being down town when suddenly horns began to blow, bells ring, whistles shriek, and people everywhere in the streets, and stores began to sing, hug, laugh, and shout. Paper began flying from the windows…

Main Idea: A Christian need not fear uncertain or troubling circumstances, because we have a sovereign Lord and Savior, who is coming again to glorify us and bring us to our true home.

The resurrection of Jesus offers us unshakable hope because we have God’s peace, presence and power!

22 Immediately Jesus made His disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He sent the multitudes away. 23 And when He had sent the multitudes away, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. Now when evening came, He was alone there. 24 But the boat was now in the middle…

How do you detect a counterfeit? How do you detect something that is fake or false? Do you study the counterfeit? Or do you study the genuine article? When the banks or government officials want to train people in the art of spotting counterfeit money guess what they have them study? They have them study…

Isaiah 53 showed in graphic form the horrible pain and suffering Jesus would go through headed to the cross. 700 years before Jesus walked the earth , Isaiah predicted that he would come as a sacrifice for our sin, even though most people would not believe it. Even today, the message of the cross is…

The answer for darkness is light. The scripture gives us three sources of light that should be in each of our lives.

We all receive the testimony of men. The testimony of God is far greater. If we receive the testimony of men we should receive the testimony of God. God has testified that Jesus is the Christ the savior of the world and that we have eternal life in Jesus Christ.

The story of Christmas isn’t just about a baby in a manger. The story of Christmas is about who that baby is. The story of Christmas is about what that baby came to do. The story of Christmas is about God keeping His promise to send a Savior. Have you trusted in Him?

Most wonderful Time of the Year It's the most wonderful time of the year With the kids jingle belling And everyone telling you "Be of good cheer" It's the most wonderful time of the year It's the hap-happiest season of all There'll be parties for hosting Marshmallows for toasting And caroling out in…

We all need and long to have someone in our life who will be courageous enough to tell us difficult truth when necessary. We want someone direct but not harsh; straightforward yet not “blasting away”. That balance is hard to find. But when we find it, such people become a treasured part of our lives…

8 And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. 9 And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. 10 And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you…

Why did Jesus come? It is a kind of special Sunday today – because it is Christmas! And it is kind of a special Christmas because this year it falls on a Sunday; so, we can meet together and celebrate Jesus’ birth! I know, we could do that any year – in fact when I was a kid we did. The fellowship I…

As Children of God based on faith in Jesus Christ, we are called to live as overcomers, keeping God's commands and loving one another. We need to lean more and more on God and listen to the world less and less to be able to live like the overcomers we are.

About six years ago, in a conversation about temptation and testing, a family member asked me, “How do you know when something is a temptation and when it is a test?” I responded, “It is a temptation when it wants to turn you away from God and a test when it is to strengthen your faith.” However, my…

TOMORROW… Is shrouded in the unknown masked by uncertainty Anticipated Joy or Sorrow, difficulty or ease, freshness or mundane For some it brings fear yet for others it offers HOPE… Why? I would submit to you today that tomorrow is best faced by remembering… Remembering Christ and what His Word teaches...…

Steven Lawson addresses well phrases like the following: "I grew up in a dead church.” "I grew up in a dead church.” or “Our church used to be dynamic; now it’s dead.” or “Don’t go to that church. It’s dead.” •“Our church used to be dynamic; now it’s dead.” •“Don’t go to that church. It’s dead.” What…

We may see Jesus at his most compassionate when He is performing miracles. Jesus performed miracles for a number of reasons: to express love to provide a springboard to teach spiritual truth to give evidence of His Messiahship In this passage before us we see a man born blind. This man experiences a…

Vs. 5 The prince of peace did not take an horse, a warlike animal. - J.W. Jesus actively fulfills messianic prophecy. The Lord has made proclamation to the ends of the earth: “Say to Daughter Zion, ‘See, your Savior comes! See, his reward is with him, and his recompense accompanies him.’ ” Rejoice greatly,…

This is the third of four Christmas sermons for 2021. This deals with Christ as Creator. He is also shown as the Preeminent One.

Introduction What Paul teaches in Romans ++All humanity is trapped in sin ++Rescue will not come from the Law ++Rescue comes by faith in Christ ++The blessing of Abraham is available to all by faith In Romans the Gospel... ++Chapters 1-5 Reveals God’s Righteousness ++Chapters 6-8 Make mankind new creations…