Part 1. There are many ways to kill the faith of a new Christian, but the easiest way – and the quickest – is through criticism and a lack of acceptance. We all have a tendency to criticize people who don’t do or say things the way we think they ought to be said or done. Terrible things can happen when we are too quick to offer personal judgments on believers who don’t meet our personal standards. How can we overcome the impulse to criticize our brothers and sisters in Christ?
Text: Romans 14:1-12There is an amazing scene at the end of the 1996 movie Marvin’s Room. Bessie, played by Diane Keaton, has […]
Text: Romans 12:9-16Let’s begin with a little quiz. What well-known television actor said the following? “To me the greatest Latin lover in […]
Text: Matthew 19:6What makes a great church? We hear that expression often–”a great church”–but no one knows exactly what it means. How do you know when a church has truly become “great?” To begin with, humility, participation, cooperation and the exercise of the spiritual gifts are signs of a church that is healthy and on track.
Text: Romans 12:3-8“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you […]
Text: Romans 12:2<font=comic sans ms>“There is no victory at bargain basement prices.” General Dwight Eisenhower</font size> “World War IV began in a […]
Sermon Series: Asymmetric Spiritual WarfareIf you go to hell, you will have only yourself to blame.
Text: Romans 11:30-32When I was a teenager in Alabama, I spent a week at a Methodist church camp. This was during the […]
Text: Romans 11:28-29(Revised and Expanded January 9, 1991) The following things have happened in the last 72 hours: *Yesterday the Iraqi Revolutionary […]
Sermon Series: Critical IssuesWhen you pray for a loved one who seems hardened against the Lord, pray that the eyes of their heart might be opened so that the light of God can come flooding in. And if that seems hopeless, at least it puts the hopeless case at God’s doorstep, which is where it belongs.
Text: Ephesians 1:18