Notes from Chapter 15 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains the sermon “John Mark” based on 2 Timothy 4:11, “Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is helpful to me in my ministry.""Let fools scoff at enthusiasm and sneer at zeal. I only lament that there is so little of either."&l…
Though the vast majority of Americans identify with the Christian faith, we are becoming more like the Hindus who believe there are many paths to God.
Notes from Chapter 14 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains the sermon “The Incomplete Biography” based on John 21:25, “Jesus did many other things as well. If every one of them were written down, I suppose that even the whole world would not have room for the books that would be written.”…
Notes from Chapter 13 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains the sermon “The Man With the Measuring Line” based on Zechariah 2:1, “Then I looked up—and there before me was a man with a measuring line in his hand!”“If I had to characterize this age in a sentence, I should characterize it…
Notes from Chapter 12 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains the sermon “The Divine Judgment” based on Acts 1:25, “Which Judas left to go where he belongs.”“Scripture satisfies itself with this simple, solemn sentence: He fell, that he might go to his own place.’”“The worst …
Notes from Chapter 11 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains the sermon “The Elims of Life” based on Exodus 15:27, “Then they came to Elim, where there were twelve springs and seventy palm trees, and they camped there near the water."God “has his Elims ready for tired and discouraged hearts. W…
Notes from Chapter 10 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains the sermon “Lengthening and Strengthening” based on Isaiah 54:2, “Enlarge the place of your tent, stretch your tent curtains wide, do not hold back; lengthen your cords, strengthen your stakes.”“I can see no sign of decay about the …
Last year I wrote several times about my friend Andy McQuitty, pastor of Irving (TX) Bible Church, who was diagnosed in the summer of 2009 with Stage 4 colon cancer. Marlene and I have known Andy and his wife Alice since 1983 when we served together at Northeast Bible Church in Garland, Texas. They are dear friends to us. On Monday and Tuesda…
Notes from Chapter 9 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains a sermon called “Walking Without Fainting” based on Isaiah 40:31, “Those who hope in the LORD will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint.”…
Notes from Chapter 8 of Paul’s Certainties by J. D. Jones. This chapter contains a sermon called “Spiritual Shortsightedness” based on 2 Peter 1:9, “But if anyone does not have them, he is nearsighted and blind, and has forgotten that he has been cleansed from his past sins.”…