By Pastor Glenn Pease Jamie Buckingham is one of the great preachers and authors whose books have sold in the millions. What I like about him is that he makes so many comical blunders in his ministry that he makes other pastors feel less threatened by their human errors. If you sometimes feel like your…

Living The Kingdom of God Lifestyle Journey From Religion to Relationship Growing as a group in the gospel of the kingdom INTRODUCTION & INDEX To Kingdom Growth Guides INTRODUCTION (#000) | Kingdom Growth Guides are for assisting individuals and small groups to move toward the kingdom lifestyle. These…

Jesus Is the Way, the Truth and the Life John 14:1-6 Series: The Great I Am Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 23, 2014 BACKGROUND: *Jesus Christ is the great I AM, Lord God Jehovah of the Old Testament, and over the last 5 weeks we have looked at the Lord's "I AM" statements in John.…

Isaiah, chapters 24-27, are referred to by Biblical scholars as the Apocalypse of Isaiah because these chapters all point to “end of world” events, and not merely Israel’s future. We saw last week that chapter 24 points us forward to a cataclysmic time in world history that we’ve come to call The Great…

1 Corinthians 6:9-11 Who Will Inherit the Kingdom of God? Do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers,…

WATER INTO WINE John 2:1-11 Pastor Dustin Ives June 10, 2007 You have seen the commercials showing someone with a mouth full of cookies, as the question was asked: “Got milk?” Well, the question in the story we have read today was: “Got wine?” And the answer was: “No!” The wine was gone. A miracle was…

Time with Abba - Bible Reading Schedule Jan l Feb l Mar l Apr l May l Jun l Jul l Aug l Sep l Oct l Nov l Dec Date Psalms OT NT Proverbs 1/1 Ps 1:1-6 Gen 1:1-2:25 Matt 1:1-2:12 Prov 1:1-6 1/2 Ps 2:1-6 Gen 3:1 - 4:26 Matt 2:13-3:6 Prov 1:7-9 1/3 Ps 2:7-12 Gen 5:1 - 7:24 Matt 3:7-4:11 Prov 1:10-19 1/4…

The Seven Dispensations Understanding the seven dispensations is necessary to rightly divide the Word of God, meaning to correctly understand the Bible. Everything written in the Bible is written for us, but everything written is not necessarily written to us. Commandments, promises, blessings and warnings…

In the Nicene Creed we confess: “We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the Giver of life, who proceeds from the Father and the Son.” What does it mean that the Spirit “proceeds” from the Father and the Son? To proceed means to come from or be sent by. Listen to Jesus in John 15, “When the Counselor…

What The Bible Teaches Unit 3 Is There Life After Death? Lesson 12 What Is God’s Greatest Promise? Romans 5:1-2 (NKJV) 1 Therefore, having been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 through whom also we have access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and…

Introduction We’ve come a long way since beginning our study of the book of Revelation last September. We’ve seen heavenly visions and the terrible judgments to come, ending with the judgment of the wicked and the complete end of death itself. Now what? What happens after the tribulation, after the destruction…

The city known in the New Testament as Laodicea was founded by Antiochus II, a Seleucid king who reigned in the middle of the third century before Christ (261–246 BC). He named the city after his wife, Laodice. In the first century, Laodicea was known for its abundant wealth. It had a theater, a stadium,…

Serve God Now! Matthew 4:12-17 Sermon by Rick Crandall Grayson Baptist Church - Feb. 6, 2013 BACKGROUND *In our last study two weeks ago, we looked at the temptation of Jesus Christ, but there's a little bit of whiplash as we go forward tonight. Under the leadership of the Holy Spirit, Matthew abruptly…

Celebration of Life 3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! He is the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort, 4who comforts us in all our suffering, so that we may be able to comfort others in all their suffering, since we ourselves are being comforted by God. 5For…

INTRODUCTION: 1. ((illus)) Symbols are important to us. a. Ever since 9/11 we’ve seen a lot of flags being displayed. i) Some on car windows. ii) Some sticking up above car windows. iii) Some on lapels. b. In the college sports world, symbols are a rallying point. i) The head of an Indian – FSU ii) An…

Fourth of Easter Sunday. THY ROD AND THY STAFF Acts 20:17-35; Psalm 23; Revelation 21:4-17; John 10:22-30 INTRODUCTION: · Every one of us knows and memorizes Psalm 23 from our childhood. · Many preachers and pastors preach more than one time on this beautiful Psalm. · We use this Psalm in all life applications:…

The Wonder of Worship November 17, 1996 Scripture: Rev. 1-22 Prayer: Introduction: Worship is the missing jewel in modern Evangelicalism. We're organized, we work, we have our agencies. We have almost everything, but there's one thing that the churches, even the gospel churches, do not have: that is…

Introduction The idea of a new heaven and new earth is explicitly noted in: “See, I will create new heavens and a new earth. The former things will not be remembered, nor will they come to mind. “As the new heavens and the new earth that I make will endure before me,” declares the Lord , “so will your…

Psalm 29 Psalm 29 A Psalm of David. 1 Ascribe to the Lord , O heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. 2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of holiness. 3 The voice of the Lord is over the waters; the God of glory thunders, the Lord , over many…

WHERE IS HEAVEN based on Rev. 21:1-8 By Glenn Pease The City Bank of Binghamton, New York, sent flowers to the management of their new branch, on the opening of their new facility. Unfortunately, the card accompanying the flowers read, "Deepest Sympathy." The florist who made the mistake, called later…

On the way to Gethsemane Jesus preaches another hard truth to his disciples: “You will all fall away. And you, Peter, you, tonight, this very night, in a few hours, you will deny that you ever knew me. You will reject me.” And just as before, the disciples, and especially Peter, repeat their words from…

What a wonderful season it is to celebrate the birth of the savior of the world Jesus Christ. I hope that each of you received a gift from the heart of someone that loves you and desires to see you happy and content. New things are a great gift aren’t they? Rev 21:1-8 It seems that now mankind believes…

Isaiah 65:17-25 Introduction Do you ever get tired of…the terrorist threat? September 11 is just past and we have remembered what happened a year ago. Although we have again settled into a routine of life, we know full well that it could happen again. This week, George Bush outlined his reasons for war…

“For I will create a new heaven and a new earth; the past events will not be remembered or come to mind. Then be glad and rejoice forever in what I am creating; for I will create Jerusalem to be a joy and its people to be a delight. I will rejoice in Jerusalem and be glad in My people. The sound of weeping…

Lesson 1: The Author and Perfecter of the Plan Introduction “What in the world is going on?” You have probably asked this question or a similar one more than once in your life. We ask this question when we perceive that what is happening does not seem to square with our understanding of how things are…