Kevin Beier preached this message on maturity. In Gal 4:17, the son is not ready to receive the inheritance until he is mature. We are supposed to receive an inheritance in the future. So, we should be maturing now. Christians are called “perfect” in the Bible when they are mature. In...
Hiding from the presence of the Lord This message on hiding from the presence of the Lord expounds on what Adam and Eve did after they ate from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. We act much the same way. They heard the voice of the Lord...
The Rich Man and Lazarus Our text is Lk 16:19-31. Some say this is a parable. It is not a parable. It is a real incident through which Jesus Christ gives us a glimpse into life beyond the grave before his own crucifixion. The rich man and Lazarus We know...
Train Up a Child (Part 3) Proverbs 22:6 In the previous lesson we focused on the word “train” and showed that if there is a failure in the verse it is probably our fault in training. In this lesson we will look at two verses from the New Testament that...
Neither Let It Be Afraid This is a follow up message to our broadcast from yesterday on Let not your heart be troubled. I encourage you to listen to that message online. In that message we discussed how to let not your heart be troubled. Briefly, we said, Pray and...
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled The Lord gave his disciples peace and told them, let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. There are times when your heart is so troubled over a matter that it overwhelms your emotions and your mind. You feel horrible and...
Find A Way When Pastor Randy King was here in September, he told many stories of people in churches who found a way to reach their community with the gospel. Remember the lady who became a school bus driver, the teens who painted the city’s fire hydrants, and the ladies...
Draw Near to God Ps. 73:22-28 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In Ps 73 Asaph said, Draw near to God. This admonition is one of the greatest in the Bible. Sin puts a wedge between you and God. So, drawing near to him is essential to close the gap. Draw near to...
Preoccupied II Cor. 10:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Your mind is preoccupied when a matter or a subject dominates or engrosses your mind to the exclusion of other thoughts. It appears that many young Christians are preoccupied these days. You can run a little two-part self-test to see if you are...
Bad Decisions Bad Decisions Click Title to Download Does it concern you that good men in the Bible sometimes made bad decisions? It surely concerns me. The concern, obviously, is that if they made bad decisions in their days, what’s to prevent us from making bad decisions in our days? We...
