Oct 14, 2012 | Matthew
We all know that in order for us to live we must eat – we must in some way get food into our bodies. Without a constant source of food and water, our bodies will soon begin to shut down. But we must realize that life is not contained in the food itself – our eating...
Oct 13, 2012 | Matthew
I have entitled this message “A Christian Menagerie.” That means that our first question of the evening has to be: “What is a menagerie?” Answer: “A menagerie is a collection of wild or exotic animals; a zoo.” So what is a Christian Menagerie?...
Oct 12, 2012 | Matthew
It might be said by some that I preach about Hell too often. Is once a year too often? An eternity in the Lake of Fire, is a very long time. Is one message in an hundred too many, if we rescue one soul from that judgment? Actually, the last time I dealt with this...
Oct 11, 2012 | Matthew
This is going to be a hard message for me to preach. We all have full tummies, and its just now hitting nap time for some of you. Some are anticipating a long drive home, looking forward to getting over all of this. Then in addition to that, this is not the most...
Oct 9, 2012 | Matthew
Last month was the 50th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising. The German army packed 330,000 European Jews into a tiny area of Warsaw, Poland. Over three years more than 600,000 were run through that ghetto. During that time they systematically reduced food,...
Oct 8, 2012 | Matthew
Over a hundred years ago, pastor J.C. Ryle said that this scripture was woefully neglected. He said that there are intriguing and instructive lessons hidden in each verse. But especially importantly, there is a vital principle almost completely ignored in verse 11....
Oct 7, 2012 | Matthew
Following the Lord Jesus’ commission of His Apostles and authorizing their use of miracles, He tells them in what manner to approach the various communities in which they were to minister. “And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is...
Oct 6, 2012 | Matthew
I have said things over the last three weeks which might lead to confusion in some minds. I have said that this was beginning of the Lord’s first church. And I have said that the ministry of these men is basically the ministry of gospel preachers today. With that in...
Oct 5, 2012 | Matthew
We have come to learn that ours will never be the largest church in town – even the largest Baptist church. That used to bother me, because I was trained in a school where it was expected that all its graduates should pastor the fastest growing, most exciting,...
Oct 4, 2012 | Matthew
I have been struggling with how to approach and to teach this chapter. It seems necessary to me to give us an overview before we break it into its component parts. Thursday after, I was mulling over exactly how to approach an overview, but I was getting nowhere. And...
