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Faith in God’s providence, instead of repressing our energies, excites us to diligence. We labor as if all depended upon us, and then fall back upon the Lord with the calm faith that depends upon him. —C.H. Spurgeon Much of our study of providence has been examining God’s working in the lives of OT saints.…

Dead In The Garden , The Garden of Gethsemane. What a beautiful and poetic place in our minds, literature, songs, and all these last 2000 years. The name Gethsemane comes from the root Aramaic word for “oil press”. It is filled with Olive Trees. Having been to Israel, and spent time in multiple Spanish…

Alive, Risen, and Lord ; If you have your Bibles with you today, turn with me to the Gospel of -- put a mark there ... THEN turn to and let's read two accounts in those gospels. READ - ; When it was evening, a rich man from Arimathea named Joseph came, who himself had also become a disciple of Jesus.…

God of The Second Chance #03 What About Nineveh? Or Is Repentance For Everyone? You ever wish you had a do over? Ever missed a chance to obey God .. .missed it or miserably messed up and wish you had a 2nd chance? Well, the Word of the Lord came to Jonah a SECOND TIME “Go to the great city of Nineveh…

God of the Second Chance #4 Will You Celebrate Repentance? Well, we move to finish our short series in the book of Jonah. We must remember that God called Jonah to go to the wicked city of Nineveh and announce God’s judgment coming in 40 days. But Jonah ran . He boarded a ship heading the opposite direction.…

Philemon #4 Me Forgive? Well in my plans for preaching Philemon, I accomplished the expositional goals that I had. I’ve shown the deeper issue in forgiveness that while Paul was exhorting Philemon to forgive Onesimus, Paul was showing him the bigger picture in what Christ did by forgiving him. As we…

Philemon #2 Interceding For Me Continuing with our story; if you remember, Paul is in house arrest in Rome. He is chained to a guard 24 hours a day switching off every 6 hours with a new guard. He had preached in Ephesus and spent a long time there founding churches and leading many to Christ. That resulted…

A Word About Pastors: Qualifications, Ordination, Expectations, and a Member Response

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God of the Second Chance #02 Jonah 2 Resistance is Futile, Submission is Sweet So, one of the things I appreciate most about this story is the full honesty with which it is told. We see Jonah, warts and all. Jonah is portrayed as a real character with great victories and abilities, and epic character…

God of the Second Chance #2 Jonah 3:10-4:11 Will You Celebrate Repentance? Well, we move to finish our short series in the book of Jonah. We must remember that God called Jonah to go to the wicked city of Nineveh and announce God’s judgment coming in 40 days. But Jonah ran. He boarded a ship heading…

God of The Second Chance #03 Jonah 3:1-10 What About Nineveh? Or Is Repentance For Everyone? You ever wish you had a do over? Ever missed a chance to obey God .. .missed it or miserably messed up and wish you had a 2nd chance? Well, the Word of the Lord came to Jonah a SECOND TIME “Go to the great city…

Philemon #3 Philemon 16-25 He Took My Place Today we take one more look this beautiful letter of intercession from Paul to Philemon But sometimes when we receive news, we need to put it in perspective <Illustration> /“Dear Mom and Dad, I’m sorry to be so long in writing, but all my writing paper was…

The God of the Second Change Jonah #1 Jonah 1:1-17 Running From the Call I want us to take a short turn through a little but well know book. Sadly this book is generally known for a supporting character. In the Old testament book about a prophet named Jonah … the most famous character is a >>>> you said…

1 Peter 4:7-11 As the end of the church age draws near there are 4 areas Peter gives us to focus on. I. Prayer (7) When life knocks you to your knees—well, that’s the best position in which to pray, isn’t it?—Ethel Barrymore Morgan, R. J. (2000). /Nelson's complete book of stories, illustrations, and…

Revelation 2:1-7 When The Love is Gone Dearest Jimmy, No words could ever express the great unhappiness I've felt since breaking our engagement. Please say you'll take me back. No one could ever take your place in my heart, so please forgive me. I love you, I love you, I love you! Yours forever, Marie.…

Acts 2:1-4 John 16:7-8; 13-16 Pentecostal Power Last week was a significant week in the traditional year celebrated by many churches. The truth is that at Baptist Churches we often overlook this Sunday. The Sunday is Pentecost Sunday. I think we overlook it because it is about the Holy Spirit and sometimes…

2011 Easter Series Who Is This? Matthew 21:10-11 I would like to take you back to the passage we looked at 2 weeks ago on Palm Sunday. That event, of course was called “The Triumphal Entry” as Jesus came into Jerusalem before his crucifixion. As I read and studied that account two weeks ago, something…

Resurrection Sunday 2011 John 19:16-30 Why The Cross? Why the Cross? That’s a question often asked by believer, unbeliever, or those not sure. When Mel Gibson filmed “the Passion of the Christ”, I heard him speak at a Pastors’ gathering. In his stunted theology, he made a statement that sounded good…

Palm Sunday 2011 Matthew 21:9 In the Name of the Lord Now, we begin this Holy Week Celebration. We commemorate the Death of our Lord and Savior and Celebrate his victory over sin and death through his death and resurrection. Some people get very serious about whether they call it Easter or not. I personally…

Jude #04 Jude 24-25 A Singular Sensation Sing – "There is None Like You" Sing – "Doxology" Jude had a desire when he started to write this letter … in verse 3 he says “I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share” But there was this little matter of heresy and apostasy in the church.…

Jude #1 Jude 1; Matthew 28:10 They Will See Me These next few messages we are going to look at this epistle written by Jude. We could certainly spend several weeks here but I had only planned to spend two weeks in this book. My primary focus on those two is “Contending for the faith” and “Responding…

Jude #3 Jude 17-23 Responding to Apostasy Last week I addressed the fact that not everything that seems to be “Christian” by title or by claim is true to the faith. The New Testament is full of warnings against apostasy. Jude, John, Peter, and Paul all addressed apostate Christian religious expressions…

Jude #2 Jude 1-16 Contend For the Faith Last time we were introduced to the author of this letter we are looking out. His name is Jude. He is one of the many earthly siblings of Jesus. He came from the household of Mary and Joseph. They were all born in the natural way of course as a result of the marriage…