Let the cry ring out to heaven–”Lord, we are ready. Let the fire fall!”
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:19The Holy Spirit brings us continually into a deeper, more profound experience of who God is. He brings more of God to us as we bring more of us to him.
Text: John 3:8This is the second sermon in a two-part miniseries on God and our money. We’re doing this because we’re praying […]
Text: Matthew 6:19-34If this be the day before the end of the world, let it be a day in which we say, “Not less for Jesus, but more.”
Text: 1 Peter 4:7-11How do you know which religion has the truth? Find the one whose founder rose from the dead.
Text: Acts 2:24-32“Therefore, since Christ suffered in his body, arm yourselves also with the same attitude, because he who has suffered in […]
Text: 1 Peter 4:1-6What is inner beauty that lasts and how do we get it? In today’s quest for physical beauty amidst a burgeoning population of aging Boomers who are finding it difficult to reconcile the ravages of time on their bodies, surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures are seeing explosive growth in this country. This craze is not particular only to celebrities and socialites but now includes the rest of society who can afford the cost of the procedures. We all want to look good, but all external and applied adornments will fail sooner or later. The Bible puts forth a better goal of the unfading beauty of a gentle and quiet spirit, which is of great worth in God’s sight. There is power and value in this inner beauty that all women can acquire. Scripture gives us a solid example of such beauty in the Old Testament character of Sarah. She was a woman of recognized great beauty in her society but Scripture credits her with a greater inner beauty of character that was more commendable and precious to God, described in First Peter, chapter three. Here, all Christian women are called to be “daughters of Sarah,” to emulate her lasting beauty of character quality and attitude. Ultimately for women, the beauty of eternal value is like that which Jesus demonstrated in his submission to and hope in God, in doing what is right without giving way to fear. This is true beauty in God’s sight.
Text: 1 Peter 3:1-6God uses catastrophe and disasters to scatter the church so that His word can be spread to all parts of the world. We can become comfortable and content in our lives, but God in His sovergn nature does things we are not used to.
Text: Acts 8:1-4What would it cost Jesus to be the Savior of the world? He paid for our sins with the price of his own blood. Jesus is just one week old, and already he enters into the pain of human existence.
Text: Luke 2:21If Christ has really been born, why is the world so messed up? Why aren’t things better by now?
Text: Matthew 11:3