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SHARING YOUR FAITH IS NOT HARD Typically, a person wants to tell everyone about a gift he or she received. Yet many people treat salvation like it's some kind of secret. They know what a wonderful thing they have but they're reluctant to tell others. * Sharing is called many things. The Bible calls sharing…

We are never so subject to impatience as when there is nothing we can do. While the farmer is occupied with ploughing, harrowing, tilling, drilling, hoeing, and the like, he is too busy to be fretful. It is when the work is done, and there is nothing more to occupy his hands, that the very leisure he…

In an article in the Wall Street Journal, columnist Elizabeth Bernstein has written about the benefits of prayer. The onset of the Coronavirus pandemic has increased worldwide interest in prayer. Google searches for prayer has skyrocketed. She interviewed numerous people who have turned to prayer to…

A survey conducted by Monday.com suggests that a lot of people do not know how they are spending their time at work and more than a third of people believed their managers did not know what they were working on. Jody Greenstone Miller, CEO of the Business Talent Group, said employees need clarity about…

The Camp Fire reduced Paradise, CA to ashes. Jeff McClenahan, a 53-year-old college professor, returned to his home in Paradise and “found it destroyed, burned to the foundation.” As he stared in disbelief, he dropped to his knees and sobbed, “Its stuff. But it’s a lot of history. Everything, our whole…

Culling the Army of God Purpose: To equip saints to be effective soldiers in the Lord's Army. Judges 7:2 And the Lord said to Gideon, “The people who are with you are too many for Me to give the Midianites into their hands, lest Israel claim glory for itself against Me, saying, ‘My own hand has saved…

C. S. Lewis writes: Christ says, "Give me all. I don't want so much of your time and so much of your money and so much of your work: I want you. I have not come to torment your natural self, but to kill it. No half-measures are any good. I don't want to cut off a branch here and a branch there. I want…

Carnal vs. Spiritual " And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to infants in Christ. Κἀγώ, ἀδελφοί, οὐκ ἠδυνήθην λαλῆσαι ὑμῖν ὡς πνευματικοῖς ἀλλʼ ὡς σαρκίνοις, ὡς νηπίοις ἐν Χριστῷ. Of the flesh manifest by their actions Jealousy and strife I gave you…

Doug Murren, in Churches That Heal (1999), retells that old Native American tale of a possum watching a seed grow. One day a possum visited his good friend, a raccoon, at his home near the river. The possum marveled at his friend's lush garden and asked if he could grow one like it. The raccoon assured…

1. Publicize the Gospel. Our Master’s marching orders when He left earth could not be more clear: “Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature” (: Mark 16:15). To determine “how’s business,” think about these issues: With how many people have you shared the Gospel in the last six months?…

WORK Though the German people were regarded as industrious workers in the years following World War II, German leaders now fear their countrymen’s work habits threaten the country’s economic well-being. Ludwig George Braun, president of the German Chamber of Industry and Commerce says German workers…

FOUNDATION During his sermon at the Washington National Cathedral on the National Day of Prayer and Remembrances for the victims of the terrorist bombings on the World Trade Center in New York, NY and on the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Dr. Billy Graham drew a parallel between the destruction in New…

Changing Culture- Tim Keller Some seem to have risen to the challenge of effective ministry in a changing culture. Who can we learn from? I am actually a bit reluctant to lift anyone up high as a shining example—including Redeemer Presbyterian. Let me put it like this: John Stott at All Souls Church…

Defining The Church I. Defining The Church Louis Berkoff - “The Church consists of those who are partakers of Christ and of the blessings of salvation that are in Him.” Wayne Grudem - “The church is the community of all true believers for all time.” A. Key Biblical Words 1. Hebrew - qahal - a gathering…

17 Reasons to Keep Your Morale Up When Numbers Are Down One of the biggest emotional struggles in ministry through the years has involved numbers. If our attendance averages year-to-date were higher than the previous year’s, we feel encouraged. But if they slipped below the previous year’s levels, a…

SECTION OUTLINE FOURTEEN (ROMANS 14) Paul discusses the believer’s responsibilities toward those Christians who are weak in the faith. I. No Believer Should Be Judged by Another Believer Down Here (14:1–8). A. We are not to criticize others’ legalism (14:1–8). 1. The rules (14:1–6) a. Don’t judge in…

In A Life Well Spent … Russ Crosson tells a fictions story that I want to close with this morning. … I think you’ll find it brings perspective on how we should be living now … as priests of God. … Fully committed to Him. He writes … “It began as an uneventful Sunday morning. Jim had been calmly sitting…

A Christian Guide to Passover (PESCH) Below is a compilation of several contemporary Seder services that are used today. Because of the passage of time and that Passover was intended to be a family tradition, it is not possible to reconstruct with certainty the type of Passover meal or celebration that…

How To Get Connected! JESUS TEACHES ABOUT THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES John 15:1-8 INTRODUCTION There’s a phrase that has become popular in pop culture today, Being in “the zone.” The zone refers to that state of mind when everything is clicking for you and you’re doing everything right. You can’t miss…