Mar 6, 2023 | Sunday Evening
The title of this message is: “Faith for the Storm,” which is something quite different from faith in the storm. We may eventually come to that lesson, but not tonight. In this scripture Elijah put his faith in God in order to receive a much needed storm. And right...
Feb 27, 2023 | Sunday Evening
Elijah is a truly interesting Old Testament character, with many practical lessons to teach us. He was useful to the Lord for many years, including his mentoring of Elisha. Then while preaching to the king of Israel, he was also commissioned to anoint a future king of...
Feb 19, 2023 | Sunday Evening
Esther, also known as Hadassah, the cousin of a Jew named Mordecai, became the wife of the Persian king, Ahasuerus. She was providentially (even miraculously) placed in that position by God in order to save Israel from genocide. Haman, an anti-semite, was able to...
Feb 13, 2023 | Sunday Evening
The Bible which I use and study is a King James Version with notes edited by Frank Charles Thompson. It is called a “Thompson Chain Reference Bible.” I have used it for nearly fifty years. It isn’t perfect, so I also employ other tools, but I like it and don’t see...
Feb 6, 2023 | Sunday Evening
Joshua fit the battle of Jericho, and Gideon fit the battle of the Jezreel Valley. The Biblical account of Gideon and the fleece, followed by his epic battle against the Midianites, will always be a favorite with Sunday School children. It has all the elements for a...
Jan 30, 2023 | Sunday Evening
We have in our song books, a hymn with the shortened title: “Got any Rivers?” The lyrics ask: “Got any rivers you think are uncrossable? Got any mountains you can’t tunnel through? God specializes in things thought impossible; He does the things no one else can do....
Jan 23, 2023 | Sunday Evening
Think back with me to I Peter 1, where the apostle speaks about our Christian faith. He says that we have been begotten unto a lively, or living, hope by the resurrection of Christ Jesus. Therefore we have an “inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth...
Jan 15, 2023 | Sunday Evening
In the past, I have joined thousands of others, preaching this chapter as a gospel message. But that is not my intention this afternoon. We are in the midst of a series of lessons entitled: “Practical Faith.” If you are like me, we need to learn to take what we know...
Jan 9, 2023 | Sunday Evening
As Christians we have been taught by God’s grace to put our faith in the finished work of Christ on the cross. Perhaps there was a period of time when we knew that Jesus’ death was the means of salvation, but that knowledge had not yet been translated into true faith...
Dec 18, 2022 | Sunday Evening
Paul, the other apostle, tells us in Ephesians that God has given to His people, and His churches, a number of different kinds of ministers. “He gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the...
Dec 12, 2022 | Sunday Evening
Peter, while in the midst of some practical exhortations, uses a simile to punctuate his lesson. “Your adversary the devil, AS a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.” We will get back to the illustration of the lion in a moment, but first… As...
Nov 28, 2022 | Sunday Evening
In Acts 7 Stephen was being called to defend his faith in Christ as he stood before Israel’s high council. Someone had said, “We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.” His blasphemy was in declaring that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of...
Nov 20, 2022 | Sunday Evening
Luke 24 describes Jesus’ first visit with His church after the resurrection. He had already revealed Himself to Mary at the tomb, and He had met the 2 disciples on the Emmaus Road. But this was His first appearance before the assembled church. The members were...
Nov 14, 2022 | Sunday Evening
Back in chapter 1, Peter introduced himself to his readers using the word “apostle.” He was an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ; one of those to whom Christ gave that special title in Luke 6. “And it came to pass in those days that (Jesus) went out into a...
Oct 31, 2022 | Sunday Evening
No sincere Christian would readily admit to arguing with Peter or any other penman of the scriptures. Every well-taught Christian knows that the Holy Spirit is the author of the Word of God, and no one should argue or differ with the Lord. But the truth of the matter...
