When the apostles first began preaching the word, they were under severe persecution. By Acts 8:3-4, Stephen had just been stoned and Saul was making havoc of the church. Nevertheless, they kept preaching and spreading the gospel. We should follow the pattern of the early church. Notice, from whom Saul...
This sermon is about Rahab’s faith mentioned in Heb 11:31 and demonstrated in Jos 2. When the spies came to Jericho they ended up in Rahab’s house. When the king sent word for her to bring them forth to him, she hid them instead. And then she sent his pursuers...
We are supposed to be laborers together with God, 1 Cor 3:8-11. We are built into a building that is supposed to grow, Eph 2:19-22. It grows because the laborers build upon the foundation of Jesus Christ. But the laborers appear to be distracted laborers these days. A man, rebelling...
I heard about a 9-1-1 call that Avery Shawler made on Labor Day in 2016. She was climbing alone on Devil’s Bedstead, an 11,865 foot peak in the Pioneer Mountains in Idaho. She is a certified SOLO Wilderness First Responder and an experienced climber. Therefore, she carried a first aid...
Pastor Joe Cammilleri preached another message on fish, fishing, and fishermen. According to Mk 1:16, they were fishers. Wouldn’t it be something if the Lord would say of our church “they were fishers”. Fishermen know fishing takes work. Lk 5:2-5, Jn 4:35-38. It’s stinky. The work is messy. The work...
According to the Bible, men are like fish. Therefore, the first four men God called to be his disciples were commercial fishermen. Our efforts to win men to Christ are likened to fishermen catching fish. Jesus said, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”, Matt 4:19. God...
Pastor Joe Cammilleri preached a message beginning in Acts 9:5 to encourage us to witness in the dark like we did in the light. We are in darker days than we were in the 70’s and 80’s. Yet, we are not anywhere close to the persecutions and trials the saints...
In Acts 17:1-4, we see what Paul’s manner was when he preached the gospel in a new city. If we can glean from Paul’s manner, we can learn some things about dealing with others. Go To Them “Paul, as his manner was, went in unto them”. He didn’t expect them...
In 2 Cor 9:6, Paul encouraged the Corinthians to give bountifully to the poor saints in Jerusalem. He used the law of the land to demonstrate that bountiful sowing results in bountiful reaping and bountiful giving results in bountiful reaping, as well. Whether people sow sparingly or bountifully both...
The most effectual ministers of the gospel are those who love the people to whom they are ministering. This love is not merely human love; it’s the love of God. And it was most apparent in the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not only did he dearly love his...
