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What are things that we praise God for? Why do we praise God? Scripture treats praise as the natural response of believers to God’s person and actions. What does praise mean? Praise is a part of worship! In worship human beings recognize God for his attributes and express this through adoration, praise,…

Illus: Went by George for a year My guess is for your kids you thought a lot about the names you would give them, that there's some significance, weight, meaning, hope, prayer behind those names. You probably didn’t put your hand in a hat and just draw out, but even if you didn’t put a lot of thought…

The book of Ecclesiastes has consistently confused its readers with its bold arguments against traditional wisdom. For us moderns, its words ring true. But what if Ecclesiastes is strikes such a sympathetic note to us because it is so materialistic, like we are? What if Solomon's exploration of wisdom "under the sun," is really an exercise in finding wanting all the options available to materialism? Join us as we start our journey with the Teacher of Ecclesiastes.

LESSON 3 THE RELIABILITY OF THE BIBLE 15 And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. 16 All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. What a blessing it is to be in the house of the Lord today and to have all of you joining us as we worship and glorify Him together. Please take your Bibles and turn in them with me to Mark 16 , Mark 16 . We have been traveling through this great Gospel…

“The Painter who Draws merely by practice and by eye, without any reason, is like a mirror which copies all the things placed in front of it without being conscious of their existence”. Leonardo Da Vinci So is it with someone who doesn’t know why and what they believe. What is the Old Testament? How…

Turn to Romans 15 Looking back at the past two months - and trying to build off last week - it was a good time to look at what we’re doing and things that maybe need to shift, or tighten up, or even things that need to be let go. To be honest, this morning’s message, wrote up last Saturday when I was…

I the Preacher have been king over Israel in Jerusalem. And I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom all that is done under heaven. It is an unhappy business that God has given to the children of man to be busy with. I have seen everything that is done under the sun, and behold, all is…

Tonight we are going to look at the Bible. It was never meant to sit on your shelf, but to be read, studied and used a guide book for our lives. To deepen (or to form) your conviction that the Bible, as God’s Word, can be trusted more than your feelings, values, opinions, and culture. Think about this.…

1 Peter is a letter of hope. Not hope such as we hope for; “hope against hope”, because we do not really expect what we hope for. Peter writes of a sure hope, a hope that holds the future in the present because it is anchored in the past. Peter hopes for God’s salvation from sin and death. His hope is…

------- The greatest person in history I asked this question on social media this week…many of you saw it, but few tried to answer it because I took away the easy answer, Jesus. But who would you say today is the greatest person in history? There’s been a bunch of people to choose from. George Washington,…

Don’t tell Jesus you can’t, Just go forth and plant.

Hark, the herald angels sing! The tune originally had nothing to do with Christmas. It was written by famous composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1840. It’s original title is Festgesang or Gutenberg Cantata. It was originally an ode to Johannes Gutenberg. It was first played in town square of Gutenberg’s hometown,…

October 4, 2023 1. How can we know the Bible is reliable? 2. What proof do we have that Jesus was on the earth? ____________________________________________________________ Opening Game: Blitz Ball Chalk draw on the back. SONGS: God of Revival King of Glory DEBATE: Jesus is real and the Bible is reliable.…

HOOK 500 Million downloads— that’s a remarkable achievement by the Lord and for the Lord! We have read how the enemy of God did everything they can to prevent the Word of God from spreading— but all of them failed For centuries scribes dedicated themselves to copying the Scriptures by hand—primarily…

The Renaissance A. The Renaissance movement of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries opened new educational opportunities and reawakened European interest in the classical era. B. Renaissance thinkers desired to recover ancient thought and culture, which they believed had been lost or distorted by the…

This lesson continues the review of the making of the bible with a discussion on how the Old and New Testaments were gathered and the criteria used to select the inspired books into the canon.

The Hike God speaks through Media God can do anything. He can reach out to us through Books, TV, Movies, and even Social Media. Big - a little movie that spoke Purpose to Me. Hever heard of the movie BIG? I t is not even a good movie. If it is known to any of you it is probably because one of the Stars…

Those who should know better did not recognise the works of Jesus as being the works of the Father. He was truly doing a new thing they could not control. They could only see in him the work of the Devil. May we be open to learning from our brothers and sisters by faith, without presuming theological superiority.

Luther As the year 1500 arrived, Europe was in the midst of profound changes. The conditions, attitudes, and institutions that had characterized the Middle Ages were gradually giving way to new movements and developments. The discovery of unknown lands across the Atlantic accompanied an explosion of…

Introduction Have you ever heard of the question, “What came first? The chicken or the egg?” What is your vote? What came first? The Church or the Bible? {allow time for students to think and share ideas} Church around AD 33-35 (just short of 2000 years old Bible (fully completed after the church) (OT…

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