Sunday, October 5, 2008 What is involved in following Christ? John 12:20-36 26 Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. -- 36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.” John 12:26…

“HINDERED BUT NOT DEFEATED” 1 Thess 2:17,18 But we, brethren, being taken from you for a short time in presence, not in heart, endeavoured the more abundantly to see your face with great desire. Wherefore we would have come unto you, even I Paul, once and again; but Satan hindered us. Psalm 37:23-24…

Luke 8:4-18 Stephen Caswell © 2001 Two Out Of 45 For Salesmen The average insurance agent makes forty-five weekly calls on prospects. Of these, only fifteen listen to him. Of those fifteen, only two put their names on the dotted line. If an insurance agent calls on forty-five people and sells only two…

What God has promised us in His Word has already been given to us through the finished work of Jesus.

On any given day, the gospel of Jesus Christ is proclaimed to millions of people. Some may hear the message in a church sanctuary. Some hear it on the radio or television. Some hear it in books and magazine articles. Some hear it from a friend. They all hear the same message but they respond in different…

I had two friends who decided to join the army at the same time… in fact they were going to be attending boot camp together as well! Both prepared differently… One decided to begin to run, workout, do push-ups, and be ready when the day came for them to go. The other decided that the Army always gears…

As we study the parables of Jesus we will see that there are some parables that talk to us about the way we should live. Some of these stories are designed to warn us of dangers. And some, like the two parables we look at today are meant to teach us about the nature and work of God. Both parables set…

By Pastor Glenn Pease One of the strangest articles I have ever heard of was the one titled Who Ate Roger Williams. This great fighter for religious liberty, and the founder of the first Baptist church in America in Providence, R.I., died and was buried in a very insecure casket. The result was an apple…

Jesus explains to His disciples how to be a fruit-bearing disciple through the parable of the sower and the seed.

Let us pray…Gracious and loving God, we come before you today ready, ready to join back together in a physical space, ready to be in fellowship with one another, and so ready to see the faces of those we love and greet each Sunday morning. We are ready but we are not ready. There is much holding us back…

Praise God for His Good Gifts!

Introduction Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Provin nature's laws wrong it learned how to walk without havin feet Funny it seems but, by keepin its dreams It, learned to breathe FRESH air Long live the rose that grew from concrete When no one else even cared No one…

Today we are continuing our study through Peter’s 1st letter. Peter wrote this letter to encourage believers in His day. However, the words the Holy Spirit inspired Him to write, are just as needed today. We face the same struggles of various kinds. God allows trials in our lives to test us. Not so that…

07/14/2009 The Miracle of Growth Knox 16 PC 483/655/626 Psalm 20 Mark 4:26-34 OOPS! When it comes to sharing the gospel, it is not our responsibility to determine in advance who will be receptive and to withhold the message seed from anybody else. Fred Craddock illustrates this with an incident he remembered…

The enemy resists Kingdom growth, but the righteous will shine like the sun after the harvest.

Allow God to plow the soils of our hearts

INTRODUCTION – CONTEXT, CONTEXT, CONTEXT The bible’s telling of the Joseph story doesn’t begin “once upon a time”. And the first point to make is that this isn’t just a fable or a great moral tale. Although we can learn many moral lessons from the story, it appears to me that this isn’t the chief reason…

This Sunday is called Sexagesima, which means sixty days until Easter. The theme for this Sunday is Sola Scriptura , the Word of God alone. Here is the chief treasure of the Christian. Here is the source of life, truth, and salvation. Everything begins with the Word of God. The spiritual life does not…

What are the different parables Jesus taught about the kingdom of Heaven? What lessons might we draw from studying them?

Introduction A Christmas Story The sheep coral, filthy as only an eastern animal enclosure can be, reeked pungently with manure and urine accumulated across the season. Joseph cleared a corner just large enough for Mary to lie down. Birth pains had started. She writhed in agony on the ground. Joseph,…

Text Intro He began to teach again by the sea. And such a very large crowd gathered to Him that He got into a boat in the sea and sat down; and the whole crowd was by the sea on the land. And He was teaching them many things in parables, and was saying to them in His teaching, “Listen to this! Behold,…

Intro Turn to Matt 13 Jesus = Prophesied Messiah = Davidic King !! 2 “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 10 “Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I…

If God is in it, great things happen from tiny beginnings

We must be careful not to allow the harvest to sit too long without reaping it.