Sermons from April 2019
Yesterday, Today and Beyond-Eccl 3:11
We live in a paradigm of past memory, present (senses, thoughts, actions) and future anticipation. God is not confined to such a linear existence. Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NASB) 11 He has made everything [a]appropriate in its time. He has also set eternity in their heart, [b]yet so that man will not find out the work which God has done from the beginning even to the end.
I’m Not Ashamed-1 Peter 4:15-16
Life can be daunting, like a deer caught in the headlights the way ahead is out of focus and the last thing on our minds is evangelism. 1 Peter 4:15-16 (NASB) 15 Make sure that none of you suffers as a murderer, or thief, or evildoer, or a [a]troublesome meddler; 16 but if anyone suffers as a Christian, he is not to be ashamed, but is to glorify God in this name.
Character-John 1:47
You are your character and your character is you. John 1:47 (NASB) 47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming to Him, and *said of him, “Behold, an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no deceit!”
Making Progress-Phill 1:23-26
What does Christian progress look like? Who is to say someone is moving forward? What are the signs of spiritual progress? Philippians 1:23-26 (NASB) 23 But I am hard-pressed from both directions, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, for that is very much better; 24 yet to remain on in the flesh is more necessary for your sake. 25 Convinced of this, I know that I will remain and continue with you all for your progress and joy [a]in the faith, 26 so that your proud confidence in me may abound…
Honour-1 Sam 2:30
Is reasoned discourse imperilled? Reasoned discourse is increasingly giving way to in-your-face sound bites. Our interchanges are confrontational, divisive, and dismissive. Have balance and fairness become casualties to a myriad of voices contending simultaneously for dominance? 1 Samuel 2:30 (ESV) 30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor,…
Parenthood-Proverbs 22:6
Parent = Pilot, Anchor, Rescue crew, Engineer, Navigator, Training School Proverbs 22:6 Proverbs 22:6 (NASB) Train up a child [a]in the way he should go,Even when he is old he will not depart from it.