You can listen to the audio of this message at http://www.pastorrickypowell.com/life_matters_with_pastor_/2010/01/a-reality-check-facing-the-tragedies-of-life.htm Scripture Introduction: Today we honor the memories of those who lost their lives in the largest terrorist attack in history and the most…

He entered Jericho and was passing through. And there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small of stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see…

Palm Sunday Foretold by the Prophets 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout in triumph, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; He is just and endowed with salvation, Humble, and mounted on a donkey, Even on a colt, the foal of a donkey. 22 The stone which the builders rejected…

Where do we start? 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, And the knowledge of the Holy One is understanding. 10 The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom; A good understanding have all those who do His commandments; His praise endures forever. What do we tend to fear? The unknown…

Costly Free Gift. Introduction: These days we seem to be bombarded from every direction with advertising: TV, letterbox, newspapers, radio, internet. Often you find them trying to grab your attention with offering something free. There it is in big letters – but more often than not you find that there…

God has shine a light in the world and added this light through his son into our inner man and established his kingdom.

Having made the proclamation that he was not the Christ, Elias or the prophet, John the Baptist placed himself in a serious predicament. Unlike today in the US, anyone who baptized and drew followers in those days came under careful scrutiny of the authorities. Baptism in that day was a commitment to…

Belief + Baptism (profession) = Salvation John 1:24-37 Having made the proclamation that he was not the Christ, Elias or the prophet, John the Baptist placed himself in a serious predicament. Unlike today in the US, anyone who baptized and drew followers in those days came under careful scrutiny of the…

Opportunities and Offenses Acts 4:1-4 Healing brought greater opportunity Message offended - Sadducee’s - no resurrection By What Power? vs 7 - where’s your authority, in whose name do you rely Zech 4:6 Then he said to me, “This is the word of the Lord to Zerubbabel: Not by might, nor by power, but by…

Luke 16:19-31 Sweet Family Ties—in Heaven and in Hell There was a rich man who was clothed in purple and fine linen and who feasted sumptuously every day. And at his gate was laid a poor man named Lazarus, covered with sores, who desired to be fed with what fell from the rich man’s table. Moreover, even…

Intro The title of our series is called “Hope for the Living: Growing when the going gets tough.” Peter, in writing to first century suffering Christians, is trying to help them in the midst of it. He is going to help them not just to survive through it, but thrive. He wants them to see their obstacles…

Peter continues his narrative of the New Covenant supassing the Old Covenant. Why does that matter for us? Pastor Coper explains the many phrases found in these few verses.