“God [asked Adam], ‘Who told you that you were naked? Have you eaten of the tree of which I commanded you not to eat?’” [1] The first question God asked of the man was, “Where are you” [GENESIS 3:9]? The man’s response was the first indication that things had changed for the first couple. Adam said,…

Introduction: There was a time when there was no evil—no sin whatsoever—upon earth, a time when the whole world was perfect. But the day came when sin entered the world. This we saw in our last study in (Genesis 3:1-6). When sin first entered the world, catastrophic consequences began immediately to…

March 5, 2012 By John Barnett Read, print and listen to this resource on our website www.DiscoverTheBook.org We have entered the final lap of David’s Life: we have watched him as the shepherd boy and giant killer, then as the humble and patient warrior and King, now we join him perhaps 20 years into…

Maybe you can remember the very first time it was said to you. Or maybe even clearer is the time that you said it to your physically grown child, those few words of “it’s time to stand on your own two feet”. I sure remember when it was said to me; I was boarding the greyhound heading up to Birmingham…

7 Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. 8 For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. 9 And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season…

Where could the idea of "Saved by grace alone" come from? Can we work and earn our way to Heaven? Are there any works we have to do to be saved?

Inscription: Writing God’s Words on Our Hearts & Minds Part 9: Lessons from Jacob’s Life Genesis 27-35 February 7, 2010 Main Point(s) of sermon: · By learning from Jacob’s mistakes we can finish well. · We reap what we sow · Taking things into our own hands can make a mess · Passivity is costly · Even…

Some people think that Christianity is only about what you believe. It is an academic issue. However, the Christian faith is not just academic, it is also practical. It relates to everyday life and impacts everything we do. This is one of the reasons we begin a brief (for us) overview of the book of…

If you drop a rock into a pool of water you will see that the rock creates ripples that move from the point of entry out into the surrounding waters. We call this the ripple effect. If you are in a swimming pool when someone does one of those “cannonballs” into a pool you are most likely going to get…

By Pastor Glenn Pease Bruce Larson in Dare To Live Now, tells of his experience as a new recruit during World War II. He sat down to his first breakfast in the mess hall, at Fort Benning, Georgia. He saw something in a large bowl that looked like cream of wheat. He scooped out a lot of it into his bowl,…

If you have watched a 3-D movie you have probably enjoyed watching as things seem to jump off the screen. We went to MGM at Disneyworld a number of years ago and watched a 3-D movie that made the movie quite and experience. In addition to the 3-D video effects when a wave came toward you, you were squirted…

Once there was a man who was such a golf addict that he was neglecting his job. Frequently he would call in sick as an excuse to play. One morning, after making his usual call to the office, an angel up above spotted him on the way to the golf course and decided to teach him a lesson. “If you play golf…

NORTHEAST HOUSTON COMMUNITY CHURCH Sermon – God’s Mercy; God’s Consequence Scripture – 2 Sam 24:1-17 7-20-08 2 Sam 24:1-17 24 Again the anger of the Lord was aroused against Israel, and He moved David against them to say, "Go, number Israel and Judah." 2 So the king said to Joab the commander of the…

When people talk about the attributes and character of God you are almost certain to hear about God's Love, His mercy, His omnipotence, omniscience and omnipresence. I guess you could call these the "popular" attributes of God. There are also some that are not so popular. I would call them the forgotten…

Last week we began our study of the last half of Romans 1. Paul’s purpose of the letter is to explain to us the wonder of God’s grace and the salvation that can be ours through God’s mercy in Christ. However, Paul knows that before we will receive God’s grace we need to see our need for a Savior. He…

Everywhere we go we find people making claims. Political candidates tell us their program is the best for the country We are told that various pills will help us lose weight, regain sexual virility, or improve our memory Infomercials offer us a certain program that is guaranteed to increase our income…

By Pastor Glenn Pease The battle for freedom of some kind is being fought around the world. Here in our own land there are constant battles for freedom of religion. Minorities all over the world are fighting for freedom. Years ago Heine said, "Freedom is the new religion; the religion of our time." The…

“The two angels came to Sodom in the evening, and Lot was sitting in the gate of Sodom. When Lot saw them, he rose to meet them and bowed himself with his face to the earth and said, ‘My lords, please turn aside to your servant’s house and spend the night and wash your feet. Then you may rise up early…

Imagine going for a drive in your car. At every intersection you make a decision. Making the right decision as to which direction to travel will determine whether you reach your destination or end up desperately lost. Each day you and I make decisions that determine the course of our lives. Every decision…

-1) 5-22-11…AM…SBC 2) “Violating God’s Law” Leviticus 26:14-39 Intro: 1- Israel, as God’s elected people had the opportunity for the privileged role of mediation between the sovereign Lord and the whole realm of creation.[1] 2- That Israel was (and still is) the people of God is a matter of unqualified…

We live at a time when radical terrorist plots and acts, horrible acts of racial cleansing, and brutal murders are on the news most every night. We deplore the acts of Muslim extremists who strike out at innocent victims. We pray for God to stop such murderous and hate-filled acts. Consequently we experience…

We have reached that time of the year when just about anything you watch on television is a re-run. In a few weeks we will be watching all the Christmas episodes of our favorite shows while we sit in the shade to avoid the summer heat. As we look at Genesis 20 you may feel that we are going into summer…

By Pastor Glenn Pease John has made it perfectly clear that Christians are still sinners even as saints, and that to claim that one is without sin is to call God a liar. He is not defending sin, but warning against a false kind of perfectionism. The Gnostics attained their perfection by simply denying…

Genesis 4:1-8 - What is the Right Way to Worship? What is the right way to worship? Can you clap your hands? Can you tap your foot when you worship? What about the kind of songs that are sung? Which one's are right? And when you pray, should you be on your knees? Should you pray with your eyes closed…

We have many choices to make in life, one choice we may have to make is how to respond when we are persecuted as Christians. This sermon examines how the early church responded to persecution and how these responses resulted in the spread of the Gospel message.