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11 Besides this, since you know the time, it is already the hour for you to wake up from sleep, because now our salvation is nearer than when we first believed. 12 The night is nearly over, and the day is near; so let us discard the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. 13 Let us walk with…

This is the first Sunday in November. Early this morning we all set our clocks back. We had our first true frost of the year this past week. Everything that was alive is dead. Have you ever seen something that looks alive but it is completely dead on the inside. I have seen trees that on the outside…

Atlanta Fire Chief Fired for Expressing Christian Beliefs | CNSNews January 2015 Atlanta Fire Chief Kelvin Cochran was fired on Tuesday by Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed. Why? Because, on his own private time, Cochran wrote a book expressing his biblical understanding of sexual morality. John Macrthur and…

When I was 36 years old, I went for a physical examination. It was the first one I had had in several years. And I probably wouldn’t have made the appointment even then if my mom hadn’t been trying to get me to go. And they did the blood work and all that and I came back for my follow up. I was expecting…

TEXT: Ex 3:1-4 1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb. 2 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a bush: and he looked,…

My favorite movie of all time is “Amazing Grace.” It tells the story, in the distorted way that Hollywood does, about William Wilberforce the British statesmen, who spent his life trying to end the slavery in the British Empire. While the movie does major on Wilberforce’s solid faith in Jesus Christ,…

Introduction: Astronomers tell us that the light from a star takes years to reach the earth. So when a star dies it could be years before we would ever know it becasue the light form the star would keep pouring down onto the earth for years. The church at Sardis was like that. On the outside everything…

When He comes that's it!

INTRO The glory of Sardis lay in the past. In the sixth century b.c, she had been the capital city of the kingdom of Lydia and later a center of Persian government. In New Testament times she had sunk to relative obscurity. William Ramsey describes Sardis as “a relic of the period of barbaric warfare,…

He shall be called Prince of Peace — Jesus is the Messiah who brings the restoration of shalom.

Introduction 1 “Listen to Me, you who follow after righteousness, You who seek the Lord : Look to the rock from which you were hewn, And to the hole of the pit from which you were dug. 2 Look to Abraham your father, And to Sarah who bore you; For I called him alone, And blessed him and increased him.”…

Advent - Adventure The word Adventure comes from the word Advent - nothing to do with the Christmas Season - but the meaning is important. It has to do with new arrivals and new beginnings. I like the idea of a new adventure. Celebrating thins - ‘about to happen’, from advenire ‘arrive’. Happened, Happening…

Isaiah’s prophecy is a wake-up call. Yahweh, the Ever-living God is everything, idols are nothing. Give up your idolatry. Return to God with a whole heart, listen to His voice, and He will turn your wastelands of sin into gardens of eternal life. Because there is so much talk about turning from idols,…

The urgency of eternity should motivate us to get up, get dressed, and get busy. GET UP Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed. The night is far gone; the day is at hand. So then let us cast off…

8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law. 9 For the commandments, “You shall not commit adultery, You shall not murder, You shall not steal, You shall not covet,” and any other commandment, are summed up in this word: “You shall love your neighbor…

Rise and Shine! That’s a wake-up call if ever there was one. Whether it be at boot camp or at kids’ camp, those words ring out loud and clear. They proclaim that the night is over, a new day has come. It’s time to move from sleep to action, from rest to work. Throughout the Scriptures, from beginning…

Intro Last week of our series from Romans 12 . Looking at the life that God calls us to through the life of Christ and the work on the cross. First week be a living sacrifice Second Week Defined what true, genuine love is Third week God will be with us through the storms of life Fourth week We are to…

13 “You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt should lose its taste, how can it be made salty? It’s no longer good for anything but to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. 14 “You are the light of the world. A city situated on a hill cannot be hidden. How Salty Are You We know throughout…

I want to start with the same scripture I used last week. All Scripture is inspired All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. So far we have covered 3…

Sleep is essential. One of the most important thing we can do for ourselves is get adequate amount of sleep. Now I admit this is not something I always do well, never had and trying to change that. Reputations focus on the past. This is not necessarily a bad thing and actually is most helpful. However,…

Good morning and welcome to Dishman Baptist Church. It is our privilege and blessing that you would join us today. Please open your Bibles with me back to Mark 13 , Mark 13 . We are actually going to finish this amazing chapter today. And you’re going to hear me say something that you haven’t heard me…

In January of 2020, the Houston Chronicle newspaper published an article on the riches cities in Texas. In this article they listed the richest cities by median income, population, and unemployment rate. Would anybody care to guess which city was ranked the wealthiest city in Texas was in 2020? The answer…

I don’t know about you guys, but I feel like we study and teach and preach from the New Testament a lot more than we do from the Old Testament. Is that something you guys have noticed or is it just me? I was thinking about that on my drive back from a circuit meeting this past week and I think we might…

We are two weeks away from Easter and I am teaching a few weeks on the importance of reaching out to those around us. Last week, I preached on becoming Salt and Light in a Dark World . Today the message is Look Around. If you think about how good it feels to know that you have been forgiven of everything…

Intro Celebrating victory - What do you do to celebrate a win? In the Bible, after big victories sometimes they wrote a song about it, like Moses & Miriam after Israel went through the Red sea. Today we’re looking at the Song of Deborah & Barak which celebrates the victory that God won. Poetry adds a…