WHY WE BELIEVE THE BIBLE IS THE WORD OF GOD 2 Timothy 3:10-17 INTRODUCTION: Much of what I am preaching today is based on the foundation of a message preached by Dr. R. A Torrey in 1898. Everything we believe about our faith is based on the Bible being the Word of the Living God. […]
WHY DOES GOD ALLOW SUFFERING AND EVIL IN THIS WORLD? Job 2:7-10 INTRODUCTION: Why would a God Who is love allow suffering and evil in His world? We experience evil, pain and suffering in this present world almost every day. We live in a world of wars, murders, rapes, robberies, hatred and suffering and our […]
REJOICING IN OUR FREEDOM! Psalm 33:1-22 INTRODUCTION: On July 4th we celebrated “Independence Day.” That is the day that fifty-six of the bravest men that ever lived signed “The Declaration of Independence.” It was signed on July 4, 1776. That document led to the “United States Constitution” in 1787. The Constitution was a document written […]
WHY IS JESUS THE ONLY WAY? John 14:1-6 INTRODUCTION: How can Jesus be the only way to God? Why do we believe that Jesus is the only way to eternal life? You do know that not everyone believes what we say we believe don’t you? We as followers of Jesus Christ have been called to […]
MY “DO OVER!” Romans 3:21-28 INTRODUCTION: When you go to a cemetery and check out a tomb stone, what do you normally look at first? Usually I look at the date of birth and the date of death. That little dash in between those two dates is the number of years that person lived. We […]
EVER READY! Philippians 1:20-26 INTRODUCTION: When we are born there are two things we all must face: those two things are life and death. We all face times in our lives when we think we may be pushing hard towards death: Luke 12:20. A question that should come to your mind in those times is: […]
OVERCOMING OUR DISAPPOINTMENTS! 1 Timothy 6:1-21 INTRODUCTION: Have you ever had your eye on one thing, and if you could have it you would never want anything else for all your life? For me, when I was six years old it was my older brother’s friend, Dale Peterson’s authentic Roy Rogers holster and cap gun […]
SCRIPTURAL FAITH! Hebrews 11:1-6 I. WHAT IS SCRIPTURAL FAITH? There is not a clearer explanation of faith in all of Scripture than the one found in Hebrews 1:1. The two key words in this verse is “sure” and certain.” Scriptural faith is being sure about what God has said and certain […]
MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE! Psalm 27:1-14 INTRODUCTION: Tomorrow is Memorial Day, a day set aside to remember those who have died in the service of our nation. Many of us have known someone who died during their time of military service to our nation. Today, together we will express our rightful appreciation that is due to […]
DEFEATING DISCOURAGEMENT! Nehemiah 4:1-11 ILLUSTRATION: When Nehemiah and the people of Judah were half way completed with the rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem discouragement set in: Nehemiah 4:10. As we look today at Nehemiah chapter four we will three things the Holy Spirit would have us learn: 1. Discouragement is a reality of all […]