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In Seeking the Face of God, Gary Thomas writes, “When we are ashamed about where we are spiritually, we have two choices: We can create a false front and a glittering image (the spiritual-cosmetology approach) or we can be honest before God, ourselves, and others about our weakness and allow transformation…

This will work for either a narrative sermon on Gideon and the Midianites (Judges 7) or an exposition on 2 Cor 4. Have several clay jars (vessels) of various shapes, sizes, qualities sitting on a table on the platform. Begin and progress the sermon with a hammer in hand and refer to neither the clay…

God will always reveal his will to one who is willing to do it… Hilys Jasper

"Suffering is equally necessary for us because it strips away the pretense that life is reasonable and good, a pretense that keeps us looking in all the wrong places for the satisfaction of our souls." Source: Dan Allender, The Wounded Heart, p. 196.

John Newton CHOICE EXCERPTS I am not what I once was! In his old age, when he could no longer see to read, John Newton heard someone recite this text, "By the grace of God—I am what I am." He remained silent a short time and then, as if speaking to himself, he said: "I am not what I ought to be—ah, how…

The Nature of Unsaved Men & Women Ephesians 2:3b-5 …we were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ (by grace you have been saved)… Condition…

Preaching the Book God Wrote, Part 1 John MacArthur We believe in biblical inerrancy. So what? How does the truth of biblical inerrancy and the authority of God's written revelation affect what we preach and how we minister? There's little point in defending the inerrancy of Scripture if we're unwilling…

Criticisms against the Apostle Paul 2 Corinthians 1:12-21. The charges were: a. Unholy and improper conduct (v.12). b. Hidden and selfish motives (v.13; cp.3:12). c. Fickle and indecisive (v.15) d. Inconsistent in his message and preaching (v.18; cp. 6:3). e. Weak and shaky in the faith (v.21). f. Un-anointed…

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…

Memorization John 7:18 He who speaks on his own does so to gain honor for himself, but he who works for the honor of the one who sent him is a man of truth; there is nothing false about him. -Sincerity is a very noble character. But a person can be sincerely very wrong Ravi -Never judge a philosophy…