Mothers of Faith May 9,2010 Throughout all time, motherhood has been the aim and ambition of many married women. The worth of a woman under Hebrew tradition, was determined by the number of her offspring - mainly male offspring. If a wife was childless in those days, her lot in ... Continue

Introduction: The past three weeks we have essentially been exploring minds: First, we looked into the mind of Paul, then the mind of Christ (at least as deeply as our finite minds are able to comprehend the mind of Christ). Today we are going to see the ... Continue

Introduction: When we awake from infancy to a world with the potential to reason and gain understanding, we are startled rather to experience a world of unreasonable men, chaos of opinions, and spiritual insurrection – a world gone mad with self conceit and lust for its own gratification. ... Continue

Philippians 1:1-8 Paul’s prayer of thanksgiving for this church. INTRODUCTION: Life is lived in the process of learning we profit only from what we apply what we have learned! In grade school we began our education by learning fundamentals of the three R’s, Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic along with something ... Continue

Separating fact from fiction in today’s world is without a doubt difficult if not impossible. Separating fact from fiction is even more difficult where it concerns the resurrection of Jesus Christ and how beliefs regarding His resurrection differ from other religions. Early, to the Jew, the belief in ... Continue

The Being of God Job 11:7 Canst thou by searching find out God? Or, can you by close examination discover the ways of God? Can you by deliberation “find” him out? INTRODUCTION: “In the beginning God created…” This is the first record of a God being. You may be surprised that ... Continue

Four Thousand fed on a menu of seven loaves of bread and a few fishes after which Jesus and the disciples went aside to rest. Caesarea Philippi was a coastal town and noted for its beauty and grandeur. This was the second Caesarea and was built by the Tetrarch, ... Continue

Experimental Christianity Ge 30:27 And Laban said unto him, I pray thee, if I have found favour in thine eyes, tarry: for I have learned by experience that the LORD hath blessed me for thy sake. Jacob had served Laban for 7 years in return for Rachael’s hand ... Continue

The Sinful Nature of Man and the Refreshing Safety and Fullness of Jesus Christ Isaiah 32:1-2, 15-20 Introduction: The nature of fallen man is a hideous thing. If our eye could behold it and see it as God sees it we would quickly sicken at what we observe. Left to ... Continue

    The early church had great devotion about their Christianity. In these verses are 9 spiritual disciplines that were practiced then: 1.        Doctrine 2.        Fellowship 3.        Breaking of bread 4.        Prayers 5.        Community 6.        Distribution 7.        Joy 8.        Praise 9.        Graciousness    I want to speak briefly to you this morning on just four of these disciplines that I consider ... Continue