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The Book Proverbs 31 Chapters Advice & Counsel for practical & moral choices. Topics include: Raising Children, Family Life, Friendship, Poverty & Wealth, Work, and Speech. Compares and contrasts various positive and negative traits. Wisdom vs Folly, Work vs Laziness, Honesty vs Lying, Generosity vs…

A demonstration of faith and life Does your life demonstrate your faith? Does your life reveal your heart and your love? Paul’s does and even when it is hard words it is said and done in love. I think that we have seen as we have studied these letters (epistles) to the Corinthians that Paul found it…

The Pharisees tried to demonize Jesus. Others had claimed to be the Messiah or a strong leader who then sold out their own people, or they failed in their efforts. When the people were left unprotected, they were attacked or dominated by others. Many had been teaching the people to compromise on many…

Family Matters Last week we started a new series called, “Family Matters” by talking about the one thing every family needs. That one thing is God, the one who created family. God created family and He cares deeply about family. Our God is a God of authority and order. He has the ability to transform…

MAN IN THE MIRROR Today we are continuing the Playlist series, where we’ve been looking for God’s truth in popular songs. The next time one of these songs come on over the radio, hopefully we can be reminded of God’s truth and love for us. Today we are going to listen to an older song. It came out when…

Big Idea of the Message: God’s glory doesn’t always look the way we expect. Fear Today we feature another common Sunday school story. The nation of Israel has finally been freed from their Egyptian slavery. As they begin to flee Egypt, however, the pharaoh sends his army after them, and the people become…

Introduction Sometimes these sayings sum up why the world is the way it is: I took an IQ test and the results were negative Most uncommon thing in the world is common sense Despite how frustrating people can be most of us want to live well and make good decisions Most people want wisdom and understanding…

PEARL - Pupils Equal And Reactive to Light Pupils should react properly and equally - otherwise there is a sign of a brain injury There is a proper response to light God designed eyes to respond properly WHAT ABOUT - REACTING TO THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE - Salvation, Discipleship Denial, Ignore, Explain…

Jesus provides healing for a man in need, and also demonstrates a new pattern of living as the people of God.

The righteous man perishes, and no one lays it to heart; devout men are taken away, while no one understands. For the righteous man is taken away from calamity; he enters into peace; they rest in their beds who walk in their uprightness. 1 Sam 8 tells of when the elders of Israel ask for a king “Like…

FEAR … an unpleasant ( often strong ) emotional caused by the belief, anticipation, or awareness ( a thinking ) that someone or something is dangerous, likely to cause pain, or a threat. The Emotion of Fear can cause: Anxiety / worry Philippians 4:6-7 best dealt with through prayer! Don’t worry about…

Introduction : Years ago, I took a class in seminary entitled, Biblical Counseling with Dr Tim Seal. I took it because during my ministry as a Student Pastor at Ellendale Baptist, I felt ill-equipped with the biblical counseling cases that I faced among teens and their parents. I heard from fellow student…

An Unexpected Response Now, David had just received the news of the death of Saul. A foreigner had brought the news, even the crown, to David. David’s arch enemy was defeated. This story didn’t quite match up to the cause of Saul’s death recorded in the last chapter of 1 Samuel. Perhaps this young man…

Divisions in the Minor Prophets The Book of Four Early judges to both Judah & Samaria Promise judgment for rebellious people Hosea, Amos, Micah, & Zephaniah The Book of Two Middle prophets written to Judah (after Samarian destruction). Dealing with the reality of evil and even God’s use of wicked nations.…

From the beginning of the series, we saw that God created us for fellowship with Him and others. Selfishness sought for meaning outside of a relationship with God. This led to separation and loneliness. Christ carries out the heroic act of restoring us to friends. As friends we are on a quest toward…

Being Defensive Early on in life most of us would admit that our reputation, character, and the things that other people think about us is vital for ourselves and our family. Whether it is in our culture where the self is what is at stake or in the east where shame brought upon the family is at stake,…

The stor y is told about two men who worked on a large ocean-going vessel who sadly didn’t like each other . One day the mate , who normally did not drink, became intoxicated. The captain, who hated him, entered in the daily log: "Mate drunk today." He knew this was his first offense, but he wanted to…

Jews presentation of Jesus Jesus arrested brought to Annas and Caiaphas ( Jn18:24 ) Peter had denied Christ as predicted ( Jn18:17 , 25 , 27 ) Jesus stood before Annas ( Jn18:19 ) then sent to Caiaphas ( Jn18:24 ) From there Jesus was taken and presented to Pilate ( Jn18:28-32 ) Pilate contemplates the…

Call of the Prophet Like the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud on the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness all around. Such was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of the Lord . And when I saw it, I fell on my face, and I heard the voice of one speaking. Here Ezekiel…

Keep pursing your calling even when haters, doubters, and dtracters come along. From the Pit to the Palace, God is going to be with you.

Introduction So far in our study of 1 Corinthians, we have discussed several times the issues this church was facing. They were divided by their identification with various teachers. In verses 6-7 of this chapter Paul addressed pride as one of the root causes of their division. Paul told the Corinthian…