Homiletics: Asking Questions of the Text (Part 4)
Homiletics: Asking Questions of the Text (Part 4)
When studying the Bible for sermon preparation you must ask questions of the text. Then when preaching bring some of those same questions up to the listener.
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents must consistently train their children at home in order for them to behave properly during a church service. Having family devotionals is an excellent time for that training to take place...
Homiletics: Rightly Handling Scripture (Part 3c)
Homiletics: Rightly Handling Scripture (Part 3c)
When it comes to rightly handling the Scriptures we want to seek for perfection. The preacher's goal is to articulate the truth of God exactly as it is and to not make clumsy statements.
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Prayer Life (Part 3b)
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Prayer Life (Part 3b)
Those who are not disciplined and do not give priority to prayer in their life should not be preaching. Their prayerlessness is a statement that they have not yet grasped...
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Holiness (Part 3a)
Homiletics: The Preacher’s Holiness (Part 3a)
When it comes to a study on sermon preparation we must not neglect the topic of the preacher's holiness. If there is unholiness in the preacher's life...
Church, The Reigning Christ is For You
Church, The Reigning Christ is For You
Paul says that Jesus Christ has put everything under His feet and been appointed as head over all for the church. Christian, do you realize what is being said?
Homiletics: Not Many Preachers (Part 1)
Homiletics: Not Many Preachers (Part 1)
When studying homiletics, the art of sermon preparation and delivery, we must start with James 3:1 and consider how the Bible says...
Has God Called You to the Ministry?
Has God Called You to the Ministry?
Some people think that you go to Bible college or seminary and you become a pastor. Let me ask you this, has God come to you and given you something that you did not have before?
Don’t Stop Going to the Prayer Meeting
Don’t Stop Going to the Prayer Meeting
Brethren, don't be deceived, Satan does not like praying churches; he loves it when the prayer meetings begin to diminish.
Christ’s Star
Christ’s Star
The magi told Herod, "We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him." And indeed they did; upon entering the house, "they fell down...
The Mystery of the Mystery
The Mystery of the Mystery
When God saves someone there is a revelation of the mystery of God's will that is in Christ. This mystery we would not understand if God did not...
The Love Behind Church Discipline
The Love Behind Church Discipline
Should we let love cover a multitude of sins? Yes, and at the heart of loving our brethren, we want a person's greatest good. Yet there are times when...
Conspiracy Theories and the Illuminati?
Conspiracy Theories and the Illuminati?
Are there conspiracy theories out there? Of course, because the Bible speaks about a kingdom of darkness; and all humanity is either under the control...
Us and Them? Black and White? Or One in Christ?
Us and Them? Black and White? Or One in Christ?
When we speak as Christians about "us and them", isn't the very nature of those pronouns divisive talk? The Bible doesn't teach us, "black and white"...
Children: Jesus is the Anchor of the Soul
Children: Jesus is the Anchor of the Soul
This is one of the lessons from our Children's vacation bible school. Christ alone is the Anchor of the soul that will save you from the storm...
What Does It Mean to Be a Saint?
What Does It Mean to Be a Saint?
What does it mean to be a saint? The Catholics want to pronounce Mother Teresa to be a saint, but is that the reality of what the term saint means? No, rather every true Christian...
Believers Are In Christ
Believers Are In Christ
It's very easy to read past the words, "in Christ", as they are all over the New Testament. Yet if we can really get a feel for how prominent this idea...
The Motivating Power of Christ’s Love
The Motivating Power of Christ’s Love
It was Christ's love for Paul that controlled his life, his decisions, and it is this love that must motivate us as well.
Others May, You Cannot
Others May, You Cannot
Others may you cannot - others may boast of themselves, of their work, of their success, of their writings, but the Holy Spirit will not allow you to do any such thing, and if you begin it...
Do Your Words Fit the Occasion?
Do Your Words Fit the Occasion?
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
Christ is the Absolute Owner of Everything
Christ is the Absolute Owner of Everything
Christ... is the absolute owner. Go out to your car this afternoon and you just stop in your tracks and look at it and you recognize that's His.
Rahab the Prostitute
Rahab the Prostitute
Why in Hebrews 11 is Rahab singled out for her past sin and called a prostitute? We see here that her background was so sinful that her title has followed her for 3,500 years.
What is the Sin that Leads to Death?
What is the Sin that Leads to Death?
First John 5:16 says that "there is sin that leads to death" and in the context of this letter he is dealing with those false prophets that are false to the true Christ.
God’s Testimony Must Be In Us
God’s Testimony Must Be In Us
1 John 5:10 says, "Whoever believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself." - John clearly teaches us that God's testimony is internalized.
Church Leaders Casually Texting Single Sisters?
Church Leaders Casually Texting Single Sisters?
Is it OK for married brothers in leadership positions to be casually texting or emailing single sisters?
How to Test the Spirits
How to Test the Spirits
1 John 4:1 says, "Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world."
Christ the Destroyer
Christ the Destroyer
1 John 3:8 says, "The reason the Son of God appeared was to destroy the works of the devil."
The Conversion of Paul
The Conversion of Paul
Until the conversion of Paul he was the one doing the talking, but when the Lord came to Paul his mouth was shut.
What Kind of Savior is Jesus?
What Kind of Savior is Jesus?
Someone emailed in asking, "Why does God make it so hard for his people to make it into his kingdom? What kind of savior is Jesus anyways?"
I Charge You to Preach the Word!
I Charge You to Preach the Word!
I charge you in the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who is to judge the living and the dead, and by his appearing and his kingdom: preach the word;...
Live and Die With No Regrets
Live and Die With No Regrets
But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course...
God’s Light Exposes the False Christian
God’s Light Exposes the False Christian
The fundamental difference between the true Christian and false Christian is that the true Christian is reflecting God's character.
The Peace Christ Had When Facing the Cross
The Peace Christ Had When Facing the Cross
There is a peace Christ had that he offers to us who believe. A peace that He earned for us and that is beyond any form of peace this world offers, it is to have peace with God.
What Does Fellowship with God Look Like? (Part 2)
What Does Fellowship with God Look Like? (Part 2)
Our relationship with God is called fellowship because He shares with us His love, peace and joy.
Doctrine Divides
Doctrine Divides
It is right that doctrine divides us from those who "do not abide in the teaching of Christ,"
What Does Fellowship with God Look Like? (Part 1)
What Does Fellowship with God Look Like? (Part 1)
To be in fellowship with God is to walk in the light and to see our sin properly as God sees it.
For the Children: Who is Jesus Christ?
For the Children: Who is Jesus Christ?
This Bible Study was taught for the children at Vacation Bible School that was done at our church.
What Do You Want More Than Anything Else?
What Do You Want More Than Anything Else?
What do you want more than anything else: Money? Fame? A godly spouse? Or to just walk and commune with the Lord at your side?
The Love of Christ in Every Marriage
The Love of Christ in Every Marriage
Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.
What is My Ministry?
What is My Ministry?
So often Christians think "I've got to have a ministry", but do you know what ministry means?