Dec 3, 2015 | Wednesday
Paul had earlier told his friends in Thessalonica that he prays for them continually. Here he mentions a couple of specific things about which he prays. And among them, he beseeches the Lord for their sanctification and preservation. As we shall see, these things are...
Nov 26, 2015 | Wednesday
In thinking about a message for this Thanksgiving-eve, I considered several Psalms. Many of the Psalms are great texts for Thanksgiving, because they voice praise in such poetical ways. Psalm 113, for example, along with so many others are happy and warm. They are the...
Nov 19, 2015 | Wednesday
I have lived in places where tornados frequently descend, but I’ve never been in a tornado. I have never lived in a place where hurricanes or typhoons destroy and kill. But all of us here tonight know what power even smallish winds can reveal. Some of us were without...
Nov 12, 2015 | Wednesday
If the Bible is the revelation of God’s will, and we know this is true, then we’d better take heed to what it says. In Hebrews 12:14, the Bible says “Without (holiness) no man shall see the Lord.” And here in I Thessalonians, we are told that...
Nov 5, 2015 | Wednesday
Have you ever gotten a drop of pond water and put it under a microscope? I don’t mean a clear mountain lake, but a stagnant, sluggish pond – the “bog” at certain times of the year. What do you suppose those poor little creatures are thinking as they looked back up at...
Oct 29, 2015 | Wednesday
This evening, let’s think about walking. There are many different ways to get from one place to another, including motorized methods, but let’s think about the more manual forms. Just about everyone has their own walking style – their own gait. Sometimes we can hear...
Oct 22, 2015 | Wednesday
We are not going to study all of this letter. In fact we aren’t going to study any of it. I just want to point you to a man mentioned in verse 12 – “Demetrius.” If you look up that name in your complete Bible Concordance, you’ll find three...
Oct 15, 2015 | Wednesday
I know that we studied this event only three years ago in the form we found it in Matthew 8. But there has been a lot of water under the keel of our little fishing boats during that time. And I’m sure that we can always look at this a little differently even if that...
Oct 8, 2015 | Wednesday
I’d like us to think about Rahab this evening, under the title “Rahab’s Passover.” The events of this chapter took place sometime early in the month of Abib, elsewhere called Nissan. I don’t know whether Joshua or Eleazar has mentioned this to Israel or...
Sep 24, 2015 | Wednesday
I am told that as a general rule each storey of a building is roughly 10 feet in height. Of course the first floor is often higher than 10 feet, but the rest of the building is usually pretty consistent. So a 20 storey building is about 200 feet off the level of the...
Sep 17, 2015 | Wednesday
Generally speaking, Arthur W. Pink is a useful guide into the study and application of the Scriptures. Here is one of his quotable statements – “The god of this 20th Century no more resembles the supreme sovereign of Holy writ than does the dim flickering of a...
Sep 10, 2015 | Wednesday
One of the problems that pastors have lays in the very nature of their office. Since I left my secular job, I don’t have as much causal contact with the world any more. Sure I have my weekly routine, but generally speaking it involves the same people all the time....
Sep 3, 2015 | Wednesday
There is a member of the Inland Empire Philatelic Society who doesn’t get the respect he deserves. He is the coordinator of several meetings and has held some rather important responsibilities in the past. The only thing slowing him down is his age and health, but...
Aug 27, 2015 | Wednesday
Most of the employees at the plasma place I visit, know that I am a Christian and a pastor. A few of the regular donors do as well. It is not unusual for our casual conversations to swing to a variety of religious topics. There is one worker who always asks me either...
Aug 20, 2015 | Wednesday
Some of you probably first heard about Jacob wrestling with the Angel of the Lord when you six-years-old. And you re-examined it when you were nine and again when you were eleven. It’s a kid’s Sunday School story, but have you ever looked at this chapter with the eyes...
