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Avoiding The Spread of Folly By Speaking Truth Ecclesiastes 9.18-10.4 ICC PM service 5/23/21 I. Introduction 1. Catch- You have to keep your eyes open in the great outdoors i. I love to get outside, to see the trees, to move around, swim, hike, play! Be in awe of God creation ii. But that’s not the kind…

Introduction: I must tell you that it is difficult to get a job done right these days. We have a shortage of labor right now in this country, but especially skilled labor. If you have a child that is looking to make some career decisions, you might want to encourage them consider skilled labor. I have…

Scripture Reading: Introduction: Is religion good or bad? “We don’t have a religion, we have a relationship.” But genuine believers all over the world are involved in religion. Transition: What is religion? Religion - noun - used 4 times, 2 here, also Ac 26:5 , Col 2:18 They have known for a long time,…

Can life have any meaning in a naturalistic universe? Physicist Steven Weinberg doesn’t think so. He writes: “The more comprehensible the universe becomes, the more it also seems pointless.” Similarly, Richard Dawkins says: In a universe of electrons and selfish genes, blind physical forces and genetic…

Prayer Do-Nots do not be like hypocrites do not heap up empty phrases Pharisees and Gentiles - grouped together heap empty phrases - many useless and pointless words 26 And they took the bull that was given them, and they prepared it and called upon the name of Baal from morning until noon, saying, “O…

INTRODUCTION: If you are wondering - what happened to the book of Romans. We will be pausing on the Book of Romans. I don’t think it is healthy to spend 1-2 years in a single book. And Romans would take at least a year to get through. Pragmatically - We need more variety. And it is hard to listen too.…

I don’t need to repeat news alerts or articles to tell you of tribulation. There is no time in human history that has not come with some sort of tribulation. Is there any doubt that what we call “life” is “the great tribulation”? It may get worse, but do we need it to? To call on God to save us? Can…

Toil and Joy This morning we are going to talk about something that everyone just loves to talk about. Work. It’s a natural thing in our world. We have to work. And sometimes we love our work. Sometimes we hate our work. Often we can’t wait for our work week to end so that we can take a break from work.…

Resurrection Reality “Without the Resurrection Faith Is Futile” (OUR VICTORY OVER DEATH IS GUARANTEED) It would not be productive to look for help in a cemetery. A corpse can do only one thing—rot. This is the source of the crushing sorrow Jesus’ followers felt. He was the one in whom they had placed…

Heaven Can’t Be Brought Rev. Thomas A. West, Sr. April 3, 2022 Galatians 2:17-21 (NLT) Surely we are all to seek food and clothing by working, as God has ordained. That is true, of course, which means that it is not the point Jesus is making. Jesus is adding two further dimensions, the spiritual and…

Prayer If you were with us last week, we spent our time looking at the JOY OF THE LORD... And I was grateful that we were able to do that... Not only because of what came before it... But also for what’s coming today... Today, we’re going to begin making our way through the book of Ecclesiastes... and…

The Sanhedrin accused Stephen of disrespecting Abraham and the Temple. Stephen responded to the charge or blasphemy by bearing witness to God. God who intervened on behalf of his people, but, many remained stubborn in their disbelief. He spoke honorably of Abraham, the Prophets, and the Temple. Of Abraham…

Introduction 1 After Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of King Herod, wise men from the east arrived unexpectedly in Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is He who has been born King of the Jews? For we saw His star in the east and have come to worship Him.” 3 When King Herod heard this, he was…

Introduction Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ (Point of clarification): We have been talking about anxiety in regard to specific examples. The text has specifically pointed to Food, clothing Material things vs Spiritual things.…

Introduction 1 Peter 1:22-25 is where we will be this week. Back may years ago when I ran track… emphasis on many years ago. I had a certain strategy that I employed in High School. I knew that I wanted to win more than the other person did. So depending on who I was running against I employed two strategies.…

LBC - Walking in Light (Eph. 5:7-8a)

Just after the Seder, Jesus and his disciples depart to the garden of Gethsemane to pray. All but one.... After spending time in prayer, Jesus was betrayed by one of his closest friends and arrested. The rest of his friends scatter and deny him. He was then brought before Caiaphas, Herod, and Pilate…

You would think that we really don’t need to be taught anything about fairness because at least some of us were taught to be fair in kindegarten and Sunday school. share your toys… games… popcorn… when it comes to pie, everyone gets the same amount But as adults we kind of need to look at the issue of…

Summary: What is the big picture? Does all the small stuff fit into something bigger? How? Does all the bad stuff fit into something good? How? Is there a bigger picture here? Yes!… God’s Plan What He has decided to do, and is doing, and will perfectly accomplish. This is Paul’s subject for verses 28-30.…

From my short-lived research this week - from what I could find, the largest manufactured jigsaw puzzle - available for purchase... Total Number of Pieces: 60,000 Overall Dimensions: 8 ft. tall - - 29 ft. long Year Released: 2022 Manufacturer: Dowdle Average Selling Retail Price: $800 Think about it:…

Resurrection Replaces My Own Reasoning 1 Corinthians 15.12-19 ICC’s PM service (4/16/22) I. Introduction 1. Prayers- God allow us to see ourselves in your word tonight, not just condemning the Corinthians or the people of the world, but may we be able to start with ourselves 2. Catch i. We have a problem…

Today on Resurrection Sunday we are going to look at the importance of this day. I titled this message “He is not here” a quote from the Gospels, it is the event that changed everything. Christ’s death and resurrection completely changed our world, and should cause our lives to be completely changed.…

This means War In the last few meetings we have devoted attention to in the inauguration of the kingdom of God. God’s plan to revive the Edenic program was launched as part of his new covenant plan to become man to ensure success where Israel failed. God’s good rule would overspread the globe as originally…