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SHARING YOUR FAITH IS NOT HARD Typically, a person wants to tell everyone about a gift he or she received. Yet many people treat salvation like it's some kind of secret. They know what a wonderful thing they have but they're reluctant to tell others. * Sharing is called many things. The Bible calls sharing…

The V formation formed by migrating geese can teach us many lessons when it comes to believers working together to reach common goals in the church.

The greatest evangelist of the Twentieth Century, without question, was Billy Graham. The greatest evangelist before him of the Nineteenth Century undoubtedly was Dwight L. Moody. Both shared a common trait. They were criticized because of a particular subject they preached about. When Billy Graham was…

I will never forget Ted Stone

The Christian feels that when Christ is exalted, it is himself exalted in some degree, seeing he has sympathy with his desire of promoting the great cause and honor of God in the world. I have no doubt that every common soldier who stood by the side of the Duke of Wellington felt honored when the commander…

# Philippians 1:3–8 ## Opening: Paul’s Thanksgiving As we move on this morning in our study of Paul’s letter to the Philippians, we find Paul following his normal pattern of thanksgiving and prayer. This week we will look at his statement of thanksgiving about the Philippians, and next week we will look…

Former Pastor Steven Dyer owns a stable business in Oklahoma and enjoys working with horses. He shares his experience through YouTube and has posted videos about the challenges of working with wild mustangs and teaching ponies not to be afraid. Dyer named the video series,” Sermon By Horse,” and said…

Billy Joe Shaver wrote country music for the superstars, including Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Elvis Presley, and Willie Nelson. All was not well with Billy Joe though. For years he struggled with his addiction to drugs and alcohols. By his own testimony, that addiction ended after he found Jesus Christ.…

On November 7, 2018 around 11:20pm, Ian David Long entered Borderline Bar & Grill, a popular local country bar in Thousand Oaks, California. Armed with smoke bombs and a handgun, he killed 12 people, and then later killed himself. Ian suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Thousand Oaks, California…

An automobile accident injured Philadelphia Phillies baseball player Sean Rodriguez in the 2016 off season when a thief rammed a stolen police cruiser into the SUV Rodriguez was driving. His wife and two of their four children were also in the SUV. Giselle and the children suffered serious injuries in…

It is true that many churches, striving to get more people to come to their church in an increasingly secular culture, will try various innovative means to get people in the door. Well, Rochester Cathedral, in Kent, England, took it to the limit by installing a mini-golf course in their sanctuary for…

Claudia Ackley lives in Crestline, California. She has sued the state of California to compel it to admit the existence of Bigfoot. She says she has encountered three Sasquatches while hiking in the local forest. In her lawsuit she argues that the state Department of Fish and Wildlife had a duty to acknowledge…

Kara Tippett took a question posed by Martin Luther, “What will you do in the mundane days of faithfulness?” and intended to write a blog with topics like the daily grind of laundry, screaming kids, and getting dinner on the table. She would write of living by faith through the everyday weariness and…

The LGBT group on campus is petitioning for the resignation of Isabella Chow, a UC Berkeley student senator. Why? She chose to abstain from voting on a bill. The bill condemns a leaked from a Trump memo that discourages protection of transgender individuals. She describes the students’ negative responses…

Paul David Tripp’s life changed big time in 2014. He went into a hospital for a checkup but ended up hospitalized with kidney failure. Over the next few months, he endured six surgeries and lived with excruciating pain and perpetual fatigue. Out of the experienced he shared his experience and offers…

Imagine going to Chicago on a business trip. You have a bunch of meetings and have plans to fly out right after your last meeting to meet your family in some great vacation spot. Your meetings run late and you know it is going to be a challenge to get to the airport and get checked in so you can make…

North and South Korea agreed to allow some families to meet with family members who were separated at the end of the Korean War in 1953. Eighty-nine South Koreans traveled into the North for the reunion. 92-year-old Lee Keum-seom embraced her North Korean son, 71-year-old Ri Sand Chol. He showed his…

In June 2009, Asia Bibi and her family were the only Christians living in her small village in eastern Pakistan. Her Muslim neighbors were upset at having to share the village well with non-Muslims and demanded she convert to Islam. She responded, “I believe in my religion and in Jesus Christ, who died…

Eight year old Steffan Williams was kayaking in the sea near a treacherous stretch of coastline when he spotted an elderly woman and two teens trapped on a rock. In a spot where the tide can trap unknowing tourists he took his rubber dinghy and towed them to shore. The next day he noticed two more teens…

# Philippians Lesson 1 ## Intro to the Study of Philippians I’ve been given the privilege of teaching the opening weeks of this study through the book of Philippians. Before we get to the text of Philippians I am going to take a few minutes to refresh your memory of the background of the Philippian churches…

# Philippians 3:17–21 ## Opening So far in this chapter Paul has warned against the Judaizers, and any who would place their confidence in who they are, or what they have done and not the finished work of Christ alone. By way of rebuking this idea, Paul gives his own longs list of “fleshly” qualifications…

Much of the Pixar movie Inside Out? takes place inside Riley’s head, an 11-year-old girl, with five emotions: Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust embodied by characters who help Riley navigate her world. Early in the film, Joy admits that she doesn’t understand what Sadness is for or why it’s in Riley’s…

On November 11, 2016, many users logged onto Facebook only to find out they were dead. A message at the top of their Facebook page read, “We hope people who love [insert name here] will find comfort in things others share to remember and celebrate [his/her] life.” Some users went to twitter to show that…

We are gathered here today to mourn the loss, but also to celebrate the life of Russell Bowen. Today we find comfort in knowing that God is with us as we grieve. In the Bible we read these words: We are hard pressed on every side, but not crushed; perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not…

Andrew Smith played basketball for the Butler Bulldogs, and was part of the two final four Butler teams. After he married his high school sweetheart, Samantha, and moving to Lithuania to continue his basketball career, he was diagnosed with cancer. Samantha blogged the struggle the couple had with the…