Pastor Rick Sowell preached on love from 1 Jn 3:1 and several other passages in 1 John.  Love is the great need in marriage relationships, family relationships, and church relationships.  The manner of love in these relationships should be the love of Jesus Christ.  Perfect love is in Jesus.  Below...

Salvation Series : Lesson #8 Adoption In this lesson we are going to be studying the subject of Adoption. Now for many this is simply connected with being adopted into the family of God in connection with being born again. But the question then becomes if we are born again...

In Hag 1:14, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Zerubbabel, the spirit of Joshua, and the spirit of the remnant of the people to work in the house of the Lord.  It was time to rebuild the house, so God stirred up the spirit of the people to work. ...

In 1 Sam 17, David was just a youth when he defeated Goliath [1 Sam 17:33].  But in his youth he was already aware of the Lord’s work in his life.  He said, “the Lord… delivered me out of the paw of the lion, and out of the paw of...

Our text for this lesson is 2 Pet 3:9-18.  In the context of the prior verses in this chapter, this passage deals with the long-suffering of God before fulfilling the promise of his coming.  While we wait for his coming, what should we be doing?  We should: Come to repentance...

God’s Will for My Life 1 Thes.4:3                 Finding God’s will for your life is very simple. The Bible clearly states what is the will of God for you. We make the mistake of confusing God’s will and God’s plan for your life. God has a plan for your life...

In Psalm 42, the Psalmist was questioning himself, asking why he was cast down.  He asked, “Why art thou cast down, O my soul? and why art thou disquieted in me?”  [Ps 42:5, 11].  He was dejected.  He was discouraged.  He had good reason to be down.  His soul was...

Our text this morning is Mark 1:40-44 about the cleansing of a leper.   Do you like things clean?  Don’t you like a clean house, a clean car, a clean body, clean clothes, and clean speech?  Of course, you do.  God likes things clean, as well.  This leper wanted to...

2 Pet 3:1-8 is a passage that assures us that the coming of the Lord Jesus is soon.   However, according to verses 3 and 4, the closer we get to the Lord’s coming, the more skeptical people are that he will come.  “In the last days scoffers… (say) Where...

How Will You Be Remembered 2 Samuel 18:9-18 In the passage for the sermon we see that Absalom faces a certain problem that many face today. His problem is that he comes to the reality of his own mortality. He says that no son to carry on his name therefore...