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The every day struggle both believers and non-believers alike struggle with is choosing God or choosing self. Listen on to see what Joshua has to teach us about this lesson, and the ramifications of our choices.

Every person is on one of two paths through life. It is imperative that we make sure we're on the right path.

The name Pontius Pilate is one of the most notorious names in history. If his name was announced at a baseball game, the crowd would "boo". Pilate is usually viewed as the great villain in the story of our Savior's death. However, I'm afraid that by dismissing Pilate so quickly we may miss the lessons…

It is not easy to be in a leadership. Think about a person who is elected to a position in government. You know you have to cut spending but any major spending cut is going to affect jobs and benefits for your people. The government can’t keep going without cuts but you can’t get re-elected if everyone…

We gather tonight to reflect on the death of Jesus who gave His life as our substitute to pay for our sin. As we remember this sacrifice, it is appropriate that we consider our response to the work of Christ on our behalf. Tonight we are going to look at the account of Pilate as he addresses the crowd…

After all these years of preaching Easter sermons in the same church (which means you can’t repeat old sermons) I had come to believe that I had looked at Easter from just about every angle I could imagine. But a few weeks ago I saw something that brought new light into my understanding. In our Sunday…

A study of Acts 14:19-28 taught by Pastor Gary W. Miller of International Baptist Church of Debrecen. Visit us at www.ibcdebrecen.com for online studies through the Bible.

How many of us have heard the children sing “The Wise Man Built His House Upon a Rock at Vacation Bible School? And how many of us have sung the hymn “On Christ the Solid Rock I Stand” in church? Surely these words from the Sermon on the Mount are well known in the church community. These words of Jesus…

March 22, 2015 Intro – (Read Luke 11:14-23). You probably heard about the CW vet who had relatives on both sides. He couldn’t decide which way to go, so he finally dressed in Union blue pants with a Confederate grey shirt. So – the Rebs shot him in the legs and the Yankees shot him in the chest. When…

By Pastor Glenn Pease George Buttrick in his large book simply called Prayer tells of why the Acoma Indians in Colorado chose to live on the mesa. The rock gave them safety. The Apaches on the South and the Navajos on the North made them sitting ducks down on the plains, and so they headed for the rocks.…

Intro – The topic for training at the Army Airborne School was what to do if your parachute malfunctions. The answer – use the reserve chute. One student asked: “If the main chute fails, how long do we have to deploy the reserve?” The instructor replied, “The rest of your life.” His point? Life can be…

Intro – One day with Mom and Dad gone, brother Jon, age 15, got ahold of the car keys and helped himself to a ride in Dad’s brand new Ford station wagon. Naturally, his sin found him out when he backed into a fence and put a heavy scratch on the rear fender. When I found out, we connived to save his…

Theme: Take sides Let us pray. Most holy, Lord God, we like to hear good things about us and the world: but, at times, your son told us ugly things about us and the world; may we continue to hear Jesus’ word and how we may apply his teachings in our lives, through our great teacher, Jesus Christ, our…

OUR OWN PLACE!!! Acts 1:24, 25 (15-26) February 3, 15, 2008 – NRSBC-UCC In the Scripture passage before us we observe the first ever “church business meeting.” The small group of 11 men who had witnessed the ascension of Jesus had now become a “congregation” of more than 120 “members.” At some unspecified…

Joshua 24:14-15 (NIV) 14 “Now fear the Lord and serve him with all faithfulness. Throw away the gods your forefathers worshiped beyond the River and in Egypt, and serve the Lord. 15 But if serving the Lord seems undesirable to you, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the…

Acts Series #44 Back to the Beginning: When Church was Church Almost Will Never Be Enough Acts 24:25-27; 26:28,29 If you've seen the Movie Gone with the Wind, you may remember when things got tough, Scarlet was heard to say "fiddle dee dee, I'll think about that Tomorrow" Did you know that there is a…

1 Cor. 15:13-14 "But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised; [14] and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain. Every Easter we gather to celebrate the single greatest event of human history-the day Jesus rose from the dead.…