Four Notable Characteristics of the Early Church
Four Notable Characteristics of the Early Church
Here we have a very revealing verse as to the life of the early church. Acts 2:42, devoted to 1. Word of God, 2. Fellowship, 3. Lord’s Supper, 4. Praying
Following the Course of This World (Part 2)
Following the Course of This World (Part 2)
This world is a system with a mindset that has a force and power of darkness behind it. It has such a hold over us that if God doesn't come and deliver us we will be swept away by it.
Following Christ Day by Day (2019 Fellowship Conference Trailer)
Following Christ Day by Day (2019 Fellowship Conference Trailer)
Join us at our annual conference for fellowship, preaching, and singing that center on the glory of God.
Follow Christ Even When Facing Great Tragedy
Follow Christ Even When Facing Great Tragedy
What did you bargain for when you decided to follow after Jesus Christ? Are you willing to stand with Christ even in the flames? Even in times of heart-wrenching tragedy and loss?
Flee from the Wrath of God
Flee from the Wrath of God
Flee to Christ, flee from the Wrath of God to Jesus Christ who is the City of Refuge, the only place of refuge is truly in Christ alone.
Fitly Framed Together
Fitly Framed Together
It doesn't matter what shade of skin we have, but by reconciliation through the Cross, the door has been opened so that we actually have real communion...
Filled With All the Fullness of God
Filled With All the Fullness of God
What does it mean to be filled with all the fullness of God? This isn’t a made up phrase by religious mystics who don’t know the Bible.
Fig Leaves: Hiding Our Nakedness
Fig Leaves: Hiding Our Nakedness
One of the results of the fall of Adam and Eve is that now all of us feel ashamed to be naked. No matter where you go in this world, everyone knows the shame of being naked...
Fellowship Conference New York
Fellowship Conference New York
Ten years ago several of our churches came together for a weekend of fellowship and preaching. In February there will now be a conference...
Feeling Guilty When Failing To Share the Gospel?
Feeling Guilty When Failing To Share the Gospel?
How should I, as a believer, respond to the sense of guilt I feel when I've failed to preach the Gospel to someone due to fear?
Fall In Line Behind Your Warrior Captain
Fall In Line Behind Your Warrior Captain
In Joshua 5, we witness a theophany: God appears to Joshua in the form of a man. Does God join us, or do we join Him? Are we in our rightful place?
Faith Is Not Like Sitting In a Chair!
Faith Is Not Like Sitting In a Chair!
Have you ever heard the illustration that says faith in Christ is like sitting in a chair? That's not faith; that is just doing statistical analysis and realizing...
Experiential Christianity
Experiential Christianity
Christianity is not just all about head knowledge and getting the facts right. We need the experiential reality of that knowledge to be vibrant in our own souls.
Examples of Unwise Counsel to Awakened Sinners
Examples of Unwise Counsel to Awakened Sinners
Nettelton's feelings were often severely tried by the unwise counsel which some professing Christians were in the habit of giving to awakened sinners.
Everything is Futile Without Christ
Everything is Futile Without Christ
There is a multitude of different things that people in this world love, live for, and build their life upon, but it is all empty and vanity without Christ.
Evangelize Trusting in God’s Word, Not Your Arguments
Evangelize Trusting in God’s Word, Not Your Arguments
When we evangelize and share the gospel, all we need to do is proclaim what we know from the Word of God. We may feel very inefficient and incompetent, but the power is in God's Word...
Evangelistic Responsibility Of The Church: Go!
Evangelistic Responsibility Of The Church: Go!
What is the evangelistic responsibility of the church? Are you obeying the command to go and evangelize?
Evangelism: A Matter of Repentance & Faith
Evangelism: A Matter of Repentance & Faith
"Repent and believe in the gospel." Our evangelism must consist of such a message if we want to win souls to Christ. Jesus said to His disciples that if they would follow Him...
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
In order to go to heaven, you must be as holy as God and have a perfect record in keeping all of God's commandments. Every human being has failed miserably...
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Enslaved to the Desires of The Flesh (Part 4)
Believers once lived in the passions of their flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind. All lost men are still enslaved to the desires of their flesh.
Enough! I’m Putting The Lord First
Enough! I’m Putting The Lord First
Has it ever struck home to you that there is something you need to forsake and say, "No more!"
Encouragement To Endure to the End
Encouragement To Endure to the End
Every true Christian is in the battle of enduring and persevering faith and it is the most strenuous battle on earth. In Hebrews 10:39 it says those...
Encouragement for Pastors’ Wives
Encouragement for Pastors’ Wives
Pastors' wives have unique challenges and blessings. Ruby shares about four things that have been helpful to her over the years: humility, helper, heaven, and holiness.
Emotions: Their Origination, Disruption and Restoration
Emotions: Their Origination, Disruption and Restoration
Emotions are an essential element of how God has created us. However, with the fall and sin entering the world, emotions...
Eight Keys to Boldness in Evangelism
Eight Keys to Boldness in Evangelism
What is boldness? Boldness is the Christian virtue of being able to speak about God and His gospel with frank, unashamed openness, unhindered by the fear of man...
Effectual Prayer Empowered by the Spirit
Effectual Prayer Empowered by the Spirit
I am all for sharpening our minds... and a greater theological understanding, but we cannot afford for it to stop there. Does your theology make your heart dance?
Effectual & Ineffectual Prayers
Effectual & Ineffectual Prayers
The Bible encourages us to pray, and even when our prayers are ineffectual we shouldn't be discouraged because God uses them.
Effective Prayers Because of a Righteous Life (Part 4)
Effective Prayers Because of a Righteous Life (Part 4)
One thing the Devil fears about the righteous life of the believer is the effective prayers...
Easy To Be A Christian
Easy To Be A Christian
Is it easy to be a Christian? Yes, easy if you will stop trying to save yourself and trust in Christ alone. Here is an excerpt from this audiobook chapter...
Dying You Shall Die
Dying You Shall Die
One of the biggest questions that many people are asking is how to fix the problems in this world?
Dwell on Christ to Dissolve Division From Non-Essential Differences
Dwell on Christ to Dissolve Division From Non-Essential Differences
May God help us to not give off an impression of superiority to other Christians who may not agree with us on secondary matters.
Drop Out of School, Drive Without License, or Submit to Parents?
Drop Out of School, Drive Without License, or Submit to Parents?
In this Ask Pastor Tim, two questions are dealt with that involve children and whether or not to submit to their parents.
Draw Near to God: The Worship (How to Approach God)
Draw Near to God: The Worship (How to Approach God)
When we draw near to God, how do we approach God? Psalm 86 is unique in that the Psalmist address God in every single verse...
Draw Near to God: The Supreme Need
Draw Near to God: The Supreme Need
What is the answer to all of the unfulfilled desires that eat away at mankind? The supreme need for mankind is to draw near to God and to know Him.
Draw Near to God: The Scriptures
Draw Near to God: The Scriptures
If we would draw near to God, we must first know God. We can only know who God is and what God is like from what He's revealed to us in His Word.
Draw Near to God: The Reality
Draw Near to God: The Reality
What could be more satisfying than having God draw near to you? But If you want God to draw near to you, you first need to believe that God drawing...
Draw Near to God: The Danger
Draw Near to God: The Danger
The Bible calls us to draw near to God but we also need to see the danger of drawing near to God. Have you ever truly considered who the God of the Bible is?
Draw Near to God: The Attitude
Draw Near to God: The Attitude
Our greatest need is drawing near to God; but if we're going to draw near to God, we need to have the right attitude. What should be our attitude when we draw near to God?
Don’t Let Lack of Results Discourage Your Evangelism
Don’t Let Lack of Results Discourage Your Evangelism
Many Christians give up on evangelism because they don't see any fruit or results from their labor. We should not let a lack of results discourage...
Don’t Trust in Testimonies, Feelings, or Experiences
Don’t Trust in Testimonies, Feelings, or Experiences
A common device of the devil is to get Christians to doubt the genuineness of their conversion based on their testimony, feelings, or experiences.