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Suppose you had been a pig all your life, and that you were suddenly made into a man. Well, now you are a man, you look through a telescope; swine cannot do that. You look through a microscope; I never knew a pig do that in my life. Swine do not talk, but you speak, you sing, you pray, you are quite…

When Queen Eleanor sucked the poison from her husband’s wounds, at the risk of her own life, I can see reasons why she should do it. I say not that she was bound to do it, but I do say that the relationship of a wife accounts for what she did. But Jesus Christ, the Son of God, had no relationship to…

When Paul Mitchell saw how hard parts of Texas were hit by a strong winter storm, he knew God wanted him to go and help people who did not have water to drink shower or even flush their toilets. The retired plumber and his family went to Austin area along with others, and soon realized that the plumbers…

When a medical emergency arose on a flight he was on, the U.S. Surgeon General stepped in to help. Dr. Jerome Adams, an anesthesiologist, Dr. Adams and two nurses responded to a person who lost consciousness when the plane was on the ground on Florida. When the patient woke up, Dr. Adams determined it…

An Illinois serviceman trying to get home for Memorial Day was finally able to get home to see his family thanks to the help of a stranger. Keaton Tilson was given leave at the last minute and got stuck in Dallas trying to fly stand-by to get home in time for Memorial Day. When Josh Rainey heard Tilson’s…

Katie Davis, a young girl from Tennessee moved to Uganda immediately after graduating high school to serve others. She spends her days helping orphans, teaching school, and feeding street children. In September 2007, Katie attended a wedding in one of the communities that she was serving in Uganda. She…

God does not make laws denying us anything that would really be for our good. There is a poisonous berry growing in your garden, and your child has been told that he is not to eat it. If he is a wise child, he will understand that it is your love to him that has told him not to eat that poisonous berry.…

Melissa Mummert opened a new restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina. Melissa runs a non-profit organization for women who are released from jail. Her experience was that “employers just weren’t hiring people with criminal records, so we decided we’ll just create a business and create the jobs ourselves.”…

When members of the YouTube comedy group, Whatever, met a Czech national named Jaroslav in New York City, they knew they needed to do more than include him in a film. Jaroslav didn’t speak much English, but explained that he had come to the United States a few months earlier in hopes of finding work.…

# 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…

Love your enemies... Many people recognize the court case Roe v. Wade which took place in 1973, legalizing abortion in America. Jane Roe, actually named Norma McCorvey, fought for a woman’s right to choose whether she wanted to continue her pregnancy or abort her baby. Earlier that year Flip Benham,…

ENCOURAGEMENT Jake Bronstein is on a mission to let people know that someone loves them. Bronstein plans to send 1,000 hand-written love letters to people around the world. Bronstein says the idea started as one of many ideas he posted on his web site designed to help people have fun. He offered to send…

A newspaper editor was instructing a new reporter in some of the important details of his job. "Never state as a fact anything you are not absolutely sure about," said the editor. "To avoid putting the paper in the position of stating something which it may not be able to prove, you should always use…

Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg's acclaimed series "Band of Brothers" retells the heroics of Easy Company during World War II. After the success of the Normandy invasion, Easy Company is deep in enemy territory. They spend a cold night hunkered down in a low trough, recuperating from a skirmish with the…

MULTI/RACISM In his book, An Unstoppable Force, Erwin McManus writes, “Jesus came and destroyed the dividing wall that not only separated man from God but also Jew from Gentile. God is about destroying walls that divide. The church will gain traction in the multicultural environment when she begins to…

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS by Dr. Erwin Lutzer Intro Thunder From Sinai Today many concepts about God abound, most of them individually conceived in our own minds according to our own liking. When people stop worshipping the true God, they do not stop worshipping; it is just that they change the object of…

John MacArthur Basisinformationen zur Bibel Christliche Literatur-Verbreitung Postfach 11 01 35 • 33661 Bielefeld Wenn nicht anders angegeben, sind die Bibelzitate der Schlachter 2000 entnommen. Abkürzungen weiterer Bibelausgaben: Elb.: Elberfelder Bibel, unrevidierte Fassung Lu 12: Lutherbibel von 1912…

THE STATEMENT OF MARRIAGE You are about to pledge the most sacred vows that one person makes with another. As you stand before the witness of God and this company, it is important that you give careful consideration to that which you are promising. You are accountable to your precious mate and to God…

Reading: 1 John 3:10-23 “By this we shall assure our hearts before Him” Everton Park Evangelistic Meeting: 23rd June 2002 Reading: 1 John 3:10-23 “By this we shall assure our hearts before Him” Text: v 19 And tonight I want to talk about this matter of “Assurance”: “How can I be sure if I am a Christian…

A Catechism for the use of the people called Methodists (a) WHAT IS A CHRISTIAN? | 1 | What is a Christian? Christians are those who believe that God has revealed himself in Jesus Christ accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Saviour, live in communion with God and in the power of the Holy Spirit, and…

POVERTY, REASONS FOR 1. To Help Us Appreciate what God Has Given Us (Hymn: Amazing Grace; Proverbs 30:8-9; Revelation 3:17) 2. To Magnify His Sovereignty (1 Samuel 2:7-8; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31) 3. To Prove the Power of God’s Grace in Our Lives (Habakkuk 3:17-19) 4. To Plague the Devil (Job) 5. To Appreciate…

Lechem - Bread by Josa Bivin1 "For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world." John 6:33 When Richard and Lucinda (our volunteer workers) first came to Israel, they noticed plastic sacks containing pieces of bread hanging from the sides of the trash containers…

Living above the Line A Celebration of our Union with Christ Rev Greg Byrd Faith Temple Baptist Church Poetry Texas Living Above the Line Introduction Introduction Colossians 1:27 says Christ in you, the hope of Glory. In fact Christ in us is our only hope of eternal Glory, The union of the believer…

Union with Christ What does it mean to be “in Christ” or “united with Christ”? EXPLANATION AND SCRIPTURAL BASIS1 The subject is so frequently mentioned in Scripture and so wide-ranging in its application to our lives that it deserves treatment here. That is the concept of union with Christ. As we shall…

Welfare by Larry Burkett | I | s welfare scriptural? The issue of welfare is very clear biblically; we are to help those in need. There may be disagreements about how much help is necessary and who should re­ceive it, but there should be no dis­agreement on the necessity to feed, clothe, and shelter…