The Greek word tharseo (?????? thar-say-O) means “take courage” or “have courage.” Depending on the translation you are looking at, the term will be translated by phrases like “take courage,”…
Have you ever borrowed anything from someone? Perhaps a car, a tool, a book, a phone, or any of a host of things. You knew when that person, whoever it…
The second commandment, which is one of the longest, has to do with worshiping the right God in the right way. How we worship matters just as much as whom…
Our text this morning follows Jesus response to the Jewish leaders’ question concerning His authority to cleanse the temple and teach in its precincts. These leaders have made it their…
The joy of salvation can be ours even during trials. Importantly, the trials that distress us. Does Peter mean to say that we can be glad in times of trials…
What kind of church would you like? If you could have whatever kind of church you want, what would you choose? We all have preferences, acknowledge it or not we…
Most people think the Ten Commandments are straightforward and easy to understand. There are only ten of them and they are not very long. A literal translation of Exodus 34:28…
I believe that many of us have become desensitized in our reading of God’s Word. By this I mean that were we physically present when some of the things of…
Do you find it difficult to be faithful in hard places? Places that make it difficult to be faithful or hard places might be in the company of worldly friends,…
We are here today to worship the “King of kings and Lord of lords” (cf. 1 Timothy 6:15; Revelation 19:16). We anticipate the day when . . . He will…
The name Ruth Johnson Carruth may not be one you readily recognize. Mrs. Carruth was married to a man named Roy Carruth who had been wounded in WWI. Roy Carruth…
You and I are presently living in an age of moral relativism. Moral relativism is the belief that we are free to make up our own rules, according to our…
All of us at one time or another have heard the Bible song about a “wee” man known as Zacchaeus. The story of Zacchaeus and his encounter with Jesus is…
Henry H. Halley said, “Nehemiah was a man of prayer, patriotism, action, courage, and perseverance.” What then can we learn from a leader of leaders? Do our words and actions demonstrate…
In Mark chapter 10 there is a series of tense situations that lead to one answer for all the problems. In the final tense situation of the series in Mark…
I think all of us love stories that have happy endings. We find ourselves pulling for the person who is confronted with what seem to be insurmountable obstacles. But then…
Our eyesight is precious to us. Often we don’t realize how much we depend upon it until it is compromised. Imagine describing a scene to someone who has never known…
Have you ever given serious thought to the concept of “eternal life”? Life in a realm whose beauties defy description. A life in which Satan and his angels no longer…
Prior to His death, burial and resurrection our Lord responded to a question asked by His disciples. He was sitting on the Mount of Olives, when “the disciples came to…