Sermons by John Staiger (Page 18)

So Goes The Church – Part 3

Always Standing – Indestructible Always Known Always Front and Centre Always Ready Always Aware Always Discerning Always Focussed Always Preaching Matthew 6:33New American Standard Bible 33 But [a]seek first [b]His kingdom and His righteousness, and all these things will be [c]added to you.

Respects Begets Respect

Four ways to build respect 1.Change your attitude—find the good in people, events and things. 2.Change your conversation—speak the truth in love. 3.Find better sources of information—you don’t have to listen to the news. 4.Stop listening to wreckers—bad company Romans 13:5-6English Standard Version 5 Therefore one must be in subjection, not only to avoid God’s wrath but also for the sake of conscience. 6 For because of this you also pay taxes, for the authorities are ministers of God, attending to this very thing.

So Goes The Church – Part 2

I believe with all my heart, that :As goes the Preaching,..So Goes the Church. If you want to know thefuture of the Lord’s church,… look at the preaching Ephesians 4:11-12New International Version 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be built up

The Church and Truth

Ephesians 2:19-21English Standard Version 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens,[a] but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, 20 built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, 21 in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord.

So Goes The Church

•Ira North used to say often:“As the Sunday School goes,so goes the congregation.” •If I may be so bold as to add to that by saying:“As the Preaching goes,so goes the Sunday School,andSo Goes the Church.” •Where is that army of preachers?1.Missionaries are out there—churches are sending2.Missionaries can be thanked for being the first to look to a new generation of preachers3.May their tribe increase Ephesians 4:11-12New International Version 11 So Christ himself gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, 12 to equip…

The Road to Progress

If you:1.Listen to sermons just to affirm your present beliefs, you have come to the wrong place 2.Read the Bible to support you present religious ideas and practices, you have come to the wrong book 3.Believe that listening is something that is best done by the other person, you have come to the wrong Jesus. 4.Seek to insert Jesus’ teachings into the philosophies of this world, then you will never hear what Jesus is actually saying. 5.Are willing to hold…

Together – Apart

Be at peace with all men. Back in lockdown Only 10 can gather for worship due to Covid Covid is a virus that has affected many. Is it a medical, politic and inconvenient, the answer is YES! We must make the most of every opportunity to glorify God. These are “civilian matters” not spiritual 2 Timothy 2:4 4 No one in military service gets entangled in matters of everyday life; otherwise he will not please[a] the one who recruited him.