Dec 25, 2022 | Sunday Morning
As we all know, this is the day that Christianity recognizes the birth of Christ. Sadly, from there, the day, and many of the celebrations, fall apart. By that I mean, much of the world celebrates Christmas while rejecting Jesus. Look at Japan for example. And much of...
Dec 11, 2022 | Sunday Morning
I have a two part message for you today. We will finish up in tonight’s service. This isn’t one long lesson that I’m dividing for convenience’s sake. It has two distinct sections, but they are obviously tied together. Our subject throughout the day will be Peter’s...
Dec 4, 2022 | Sunday Morning
A lot of people are very interested in the appearance of their bodies, but they don’t care a penny’s worth about the condition or appearance of their souls. They spend thousands of dollars on beauty creams and treatments – injections of gels and poisons. They may even...
Nov 27, 2022 | Sunday Morning
“The more things change, the more things stay the same.” It is fun to research the history and origins of common phrases like this. That research can be done today on the computer. But years before the internet, I used a book called: “Morris’ Dictionary of...
Nov 13, 2022 | Sunday Morning
You and your friend have just entered the newest Italian restaurant in town. It looks like you have just stepped back into 19th century Italy. The menus are well-designed with fancy lettering and a few illustrations, but no pictures of the food. You are not an expert...
Nov 6, 2022 | Sunday Morning
I will begin with a horrible illustration, which I pray will never take place in any of our lives. Your family doctor thinks you have a rare, fatal medical condition, and he gives you several options. You decide to attack this disease head-on with the latest and best...
Oct 23, 2022 | Sunday Morning
I believe you’ve heard this story recently, but I am repeating it because it jump-starts this message. Lewis Craig was a Baptist pastor in Virginia during the days when it was illegal to be a Baptist pastor. In the course of preaching the gospel, in about 1767, he was...
Oct 16, 2022 | Sunday Morning
You fishermen know that the best way to catch fish is to use some sort of bait or other enticement. The enemies of Truth – those who are trying to catch souls – usually use a little bit of bait as well. And like the lure which resembles a fish or some other food,...
Oct 9, 2022 | Sunday Morning
As we read this letter from Peter, remember that each word is colored by things which he had experienced. Ie. there were negative things, like his denial of Christ, when the Lord was being questioned and tortured. And then there were his foolish suggestion to build...
Sep 18, 2022 | Sunday Morning
I would like to look at Moses in much the same way as I did Daniel last week. We can find the ancestors of New Testament soul-winners in the first half of our Bibles. As I said last week, they are not precise duplicates or images of today’s evangelists, but they do...
Sep 11, 2022 | Sunday Morning
I would like to take this opportunity to add another lesson to our current Sunday School theme. Last week I introduced the idea that we can learn about New Testament soul-winning by examining some of our evangelical ancestors from the Old Testament. So we considered...
Sep 4, 2022 | Sunday Morning
Picture yourself walking up to a stranger on the street and boldly asking, “Would you like me to tell you how you can be born again through the shed blood of the Lord Jesus Christ?” Generally speaking, how do you think that is going to go? Probably not much farther...
Aug 28, 2022 | Sunday Morning
My primary interest this morning is the last verse in this chapter. “For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.” You saints of God should live unto righteousness now that you have been brought to Christ – the...
Aug 21, 2022 | Sunday Morning
Mining for gold, sliver and other important minerals and materials has always been a dangerous occupation. Through the years, thousands of miners have died in cave-ins, explosions, faulty equipment, the misuse of equipment and dozens of other causes. One danger they...
Aug 7, 2022 | Sunday Morning
“For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16 is one of the best known and most beloved verses in the Bible. It is familiar to people of every faith and...
