By Pastor Glenn Pease One of the most incredible biographies ever written is that of Robert Babcock. As a young boy he made a bomb out of some powder he found in his father's barn. He had a hard time getting it to go off, but when it finally did, it blew up in his face and he was instantly blinded, and…

So many things we do in life aren’t necessarily hard, they just require we hang in there until we finish. My first job out of college, the man who hired me told me that even though my degree was psychology and not business, it showed that I was willing to work and complete something. In Seminary , it…

THE LIFE OF SAMSON Sermon Series “The Delilah dilemma” – Judges 16:4-22 INTRODUCTION: The greatest accomplishment we can experience in life may be in helping somebody else achieve greatness. But, likewise, the greatest failure we can experience in life may be in hindering someone from achieving the greatness…

2 Cor. 12:8-9 "Concerning this I entreated the Lord three times that it might depart from me. [9] And He has said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for power is perfected in weakness." Most gladly, therefore, I will rather boast about my weaknesses, that the power of Christ may dwell in me." Every…

Good morning! we are in our series on The Generous life .. Over the past few week we have been looking at God’s blessing towards us.. These are inflows of God’s Generosity —Generosity always begins with God and his goodness towards us... J ames 1:17 Every good and perfect comes to us from the Father…

Today we are looking at John 6:28-29 . This passage is in the middle of Jesus’ interaction with the crowds he had miraculously fed on the other side of the Sea of Galilee from only 5 small barley loaves and two fish. He fed them, and then returned to Capernaum supernaturally walking on the water to meet…

Living Under Grace 14 Sin is no longer your master, for you no longer live under the requirements of the law. Instead, you live under the freedom of God’s grace. What does it mean to live by Grace? What are the benefits of Grace? What are the misunderstandings? What is the meaning of Grace? Grace is…

Wars And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences, and earthquakes in various places. All these are…

JUDGES 7:14 Examination of Gideon’s call: “Go in this thy might…” [6:14]. § His circumstances; the discouragement; his inadequacies; his testing of God. Gideon is now ready for the battle: “Gideon, and all the people that were with him, rose up…” [7:1]. § Humanly speaking, victory in such a situation…

Mid-Week Lenten Series on Isaiah's Suffering Servant. This sermon is based on the material of Pastor Rolf Preus.

Do you know how we can tell when we are not focusing on Christ? We become divided by acting snobbish, criticizing, and ignoring others becoming prideful and prestigious. Is Christ Divided? No Then why do we become divided? Every church and member needs to listen to this message today and take it to heart,…

Pastor Chase wraps up our series on "This is Us". Today is all about prayer. If God is all knowing, why do we bother praying? How should we pray? We will dive in to all of this and more in the message. Take a listen!

With God in your life there should be no fear. Be still....and Know!!

I Intro ①先週、ジョギングをしに、スポーツジムに行きました。”The voice of truth” (真理の声)という歌を聞きながら走りました。この歌の内容は、世の中にある色んな声が私たちに語りかけるけれど、わたしはただ真理の声のみに耳を傾(かたむ)ける、といったものです。この歌の歌詞をじっくり噛(か)み締(し)め、神様に自分を捧げて、祈ろうと思い、わたしは目を閉じました。すると突然(とつぜん)、足がベルトからずり落ちてしまいました。転(ころ)びはしませんでしたが、あわや大惨事(だいさんじ)といったところでした。ベルトに戻った私は、気を取り直してジョギングを続けました。もちろん、今度はしっかり目を開いて走りました。…

God is the source of your strength and comfort

This sermon was delivered on Sunday December 4, 2016 at Blue Springs Baptist Church 450 Johnson Church Rd., Philadelphia, Tennessee, 37846. Phone 865-936-5922. e-mail: bvwoody@outlook.com

The Presence of The Holy Spirit How many of you know who the Holy Spirit is? Many times we relegate the Holy Spirit to a lesser role than the Father or Jesus. Many books are written about the Father and Jesus but very few are written about the Holy Spirit. If we understood who He is and what He does…

What is the perfect gift? What would be the best gift you can receive? What would be the best gift you can provide? What do you think God would say is the perfect gift? Who is the One who gives this gift? How can you take part in providing this gift? I am sure when you thought of the perfect gift your…

Weakness means we don’t have what it takes. It means we are neither sovereign nor omniscient, nor invincible. We are not in control, we don’t know everything, and we can be stopped. Weakness means that we desperately need God. And the plea for my own soul, and for yours, is that we would embrace weakness, not despise it.