Have you ever in a conversation had someone say to you, “Remember when ...” in an effort to call to your mind a past event. Perhaps you have said, “No,…
Every single one of us either has been or still is . . . a. Dead in trespasses and sins b. Enslaved to Satan, the world and our own fleshly…
“But we had to celebrate and rejoice, for this brother of yours was dead and has begun to live, and was lost and has been found.” (Luke 15:32, NASB95) In…
In this new year, I will renew these things: I will renew my mind by studying the moral and spiritual truths found in The Good Book, learning how to live…
What are you worth? Many of you at one time or another have gone to a bank to borrow money. In the process of filling out the application for your…
Before each of us here today is a new year of possibility and opportunity. Should the Lord tarry his coming and we live to see January 1, 2025, we each…
It is at this time of the year that the hearts and minds of many the world over are turned to the birth of God’s Son. While no one definitively…
“God-fidence: Knowing I can’t but He can.” Overconfidence is obnoxious and overbearing. Lack of confidence often makes us our own worst enemy and is the reason we give up too…
We have come to the last of our lessons on elders. Over the last three weeks we have focused on . . .Who these men are and why we need…
God has great power available toward us who believe. It is power which according to Paul is “in accordance with the working of the strength of His might” (1:19). It…
This morning as we continue to look at the character traits that God looks for in these men, I will also see what God expects them to be able to…
Paul’s letter to the Christians in Ephesus is rich in what it details for us concerning our standing in Christ. It is as if Paul says “I have so much…
The church, the body of Christ, of which many of us here this morning are a part, if it is to function at its greatest potential, needs godly leaders. This…
Upon investigating Thanksgiving in both the Old and New Testament, we come to three questions that will show us why we are to truly be thankful. What blessings have we…
Two of the most powerful words you have in your vocabulary are the words “Thank you.” Many of us may recognize Paul’s words to the Christian in Colosse, “Let the…
You and I, like the Ephesians before us, are people who God has blessed “with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ.” How has God blessed us? What…
Counting the cost is important in any financial endeavor. Before buying an automobile it is important to ask yourself not only if you can afford the monthly payments of that…
Most if not all of us have received an invitation to a special event at one time in our lives (i.e., birthday party, graduation, wedding, retirement celebration, special dinner, etc.)…