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Numbers 22:1-41 The Story of Balaam & His Encounter with God 1. Text Exegesis The Setting and Background – Verses 1-3 The first verse of Numbers 22 is a concluding verse of events from the previous chapter. The Israelites just completed successful campaigns against King Sihon of the Amorites in Hesbon…

FINAL PAPER Numbers 22:1-41 - The Story of Balaam & His Encounter with God A Paper Submitted to Dr. Preston Nix, Ph.D. and Dr. R. Dennis Cole, Ph.D. of the New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Seminar Expository Preaching From Numbers: BSOT8301 in…

Church was born It was early in the morning and the lambs were being led to the Temple to be sacrificed for the coming Passover which celebrates the night when the first borns in Egypt were killed and Israel was freed from bondage to Egypt. At the same time Jesus, the lamb of God, was being led down…

Being accepted by people today is a challegne in so many ways that time would fail me to mention all of them. Yet acceptance has been a major part of human kind, during the times of Noah we find that "the Sons of God married the daughters of men." The power of one person distrupted the lives of others…

Title: Yes & Amen Theme: Learn lessons from the church while living in God’s plan for my life Text: 2 Corinthians 1:18-22 Goal: Involvement in ministry within the community involves living in the spirit of God standing on his promises. Introduction: Me: orientation: (find common ground with the audience)…

Title: Rock Bottom: Escaping the Depth of Despair Text: Jonah 2 Theme: My greatest failures can be God’s finest moment! Goal: Our loving God cares about you wanting wants to give you a second chance. Me: orientation: (find common ground with the audience) Introduction: Despair: situation where you feel,…

Title: Nearly died and really beached Theme: Your life is the message, the God of the second chance Text Jonah 3 Goal: Help the community open up to the God of the second chance by moving from sin toward God through grace. Introduction Me: orientation: (find common ground with the audience) Have you…

Title: Lifeboat: the heart of God Theme: To understand the big picture by understanding the heart of God. Text Jonah 4:1-11 Goal: To rediscover the truth of God’s creation. Introduction: Me: orientation: (find common ground with the audience) · How many of you in varies situations, maybe country, govt..…

Title: “The GPS of Angels” Theme: God has a detailed plan for your life. Text: Luke 1:5-25 Goal: Many people have no idea where they are in their Christian journey, how can the living word guide us into a way of thinking and living that lives for God following an unseen detailed. (Biblical worldview)…

Title: Sleep deprived shepherds Theme: God encounter that changed my life Text: Luke 2:8-20 Goal: A God encounter that changed my life Me: orientation: (find common ground with the audience) We have been talking about how details change our lives. My Great Grandfather hurt his leg in the civil war, changed…

Title: What kind of light can a star give? Matthew 2:1-12 Theme: Discovering Jesus in the unexpected places. Goal: That we can be part of discovering Jesus in unexpected places so others may know. Introduction: Me: orientation: (find common ground with the audience) Details change our lives don’t they:…

Title: Where is God in your response? Text: Matthew 1: 18-25 Theme: There comes a critical moment where we must respond by choosing faith. Goal: Challenge our community to look at where they are living in their life. What do the details of their life tell them? In their critical moment choose to operate…

Title: Where is God in the choice? Theme: What does it mean to make God’s choice? Text: Luke 1:26-38 Goal: How I can surrender control to God living and trusting in his love. Introduction: Me: orientation: (find common ground with the audience) God question sometimes: Where is God in this situation?…

Not Ashamed Of The Gospel Romans 1:14-17 Are we ever ashamed of the gospel of Christ...? Embarrassed to tell others about Jesus? Could this be a reason why many are not active in personal evangelism? [Perhaps by examining how and why Paul was not ashamed of the gospel, we might be more diligent in our…

\\ WESTWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH, UNIVERSITY CENTER 2510 ALBION STREET | NASHVILLE, TN | 37208 88TH CHURCH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2008 SERMON BY PASTOR ROBERT EARL HOUSTON, SR. ASSISTANT PASTOR “The Lord Has Been Good To Us” Deuteronomy 2:1-8 Just a few weeks ago my son, Robert, turned…

Singing From the Heart *Have you ever left home and wondered if you closed your garage door? WHY DON’T WE REMEMBER? Because we have done it so many times that we don’t even think about it anymore. *Paul Tillich – “We are living in times not our our” We often live in the past or in the future, but rarely…

Sunday, October 19, 2008 Believing in Jesus moves us into the light John 12:44-50 46 I have come into the world as a light, so that no one who believes in Me should stay in darkness. John 12:46 NIV When you open your Bibles to the New Testament, you find that the first four books are stories of the life…

Heartbeat: Touch Sticky Statement: Me – new acquisition…family…baby/doing well…/enjoying life etc… interesting…hands/tiny little hands and feet/hands are amazing…/ We – story of your hands…/produce…life story…video documentaries…start at beginning…baby/tiny…hands…the…1st scene…be of …little fist…/clenched…next…

I. Introduction A. I can't help but be drawn to the trail of James Johnson, a 21 young black man, charged with the 2004 rape and murder of 17-year-old Brittany Willis, a white Hunt High School graduate whose body was found at a construction site. Even though there has been a confession by Kenneth Meeks,…

Mastering Sin Rhetorical Questions(Hypophora) What is sin? How do we use the word sin today? (We are sinners and Christ died for our sins) Without sin, would we need a savior? Two Fold-Believers in Witness and Personal life/Unbelievers to understand the gospel message. (Genesis 4:3-7 AMP) And in the…

Are we losing the war? INTRO We live in a society of great abundance RESTAURANTS – type, number, menus CARS – make, model, color, options STORES – mom & pop, Supermarkets, SuperStores, Mega malls We live in a culture of choice – it is our right to get to decide! Observers – We are losing the war! We…

Earn This! – Colossians 1:9-10 Introduction I. Capt John Miller survives D-Day invasion at Omaha Beach to be sent on a mission to save the last survivor of four brother sent into combat – Private James Ryan. As Miller and his 7 men go behind enemy lines, he watches as one by one, they are killed in the…

Isaac Jogues was a passionate Jesuit missionary to the Native Americans in the area around the Great Lakes of Quebec. When he arrived first, he ministered to the Hurons. But, shortly after his arrival, a sickness broke out. Jogues himself became ill, yet he, along with his fellow missionaries, cared…

Sunday, October 5, 2008 What is involved in following Christ? John 12:20-36 26 Whoever serves Me must follow Me; and where I am, My servant also will be. My Father will honor the one who serves Me. -- 36 Put your trust in the light while you have it, so that you may become sons of light.” John 12:26…

2 Timothy 3:1-9 When I was in the Navy I spent my last couple of years training sailors in various areas like maintenance, alcohol awareness, and integrity. One of the questions I used to ask the men and women in uniform was, “What do we do?” I’d get lots of answers depending upon who I was training,…