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Mid-Week Service Leadership & Submission Part 1: Changing Our Perspective April 4, 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS: * Glad to have you all here. * Be sure to pay for meal. * Needs: * Set up * Childcare PRAYER SCRIPTURE READING: The word that catches all of us is “SUBMISSION,” especially women who have been ordered…

Mid-Week Teaching Leadership & Submission Part 2: Men Like Christ Ephesians 5:25-33 March 6, 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS * Childcare – really want to make easy for everyone to attend, need at least one person a week. * Pay for dinner. * Teaching and homework online. PRAYER OPENING QUESTIONS 1. How many of you…

Mid-Week Teaching Leadership, Respect, & Submission Part V: In the Workplace Ephesians 6:5-9 May 2, 2013 (6:30) ANNOUNCEMENTS * Starting at 6:30. * Pay for dinner. * Buy book (link online). (6:40) PRAYER (6:45) OPENING Q What was your worst job? Why? (6:50) HERMENEUTICAL ISSUES 1. Does the Bible support…

Mid-Week Teaching Leadership & Submission Part 3: Strong Women Proverbs 31:10-31 April 18, 2013 ANNOUNCEMENTS * Childcare – really want to make easy for everyone to attend, need at least one person a week. * Pay for dinner. * Teaching and homework online. PRAYER OPENING QUESTIONS 1. How many of you did…

In one of Charles Shultz’ Peanuts comic strips, Lucy and Linus are sitting in front of the television set when Lucy said to Linus, "Go get me a glass of water." Linus replies, "Why should I do anything for you? You never do anything for me." "On your 75th birthday," Lucy promises, "I'll bake you a cake."…

Someone once said, love is blind, but marriage is the eye-opener. That’s true about many relationships, isn’t it? When you first meet someone, you may instantly like them, and later on develop a close friendship. If you’re single, your relationship might blossom into romance. But eventually you see something…

One of the hardest facts to face in life is the fact of failing. As hard as we try, as smart or talented or spiritual you may be; as much as you study, as often as you practice, there are times when you fail. We miss the mark, we drop the ball, we choose the wrong road. We may ignore our failings, we…

Tonight I want to talk to you about the importance of making right turns. In 1938, a pilot by the name of Douglas Corrigan left Floyd Bennet Field in New York City to fly to Los Angeles, CA. A dense fog had settled in at the runway, but he decided to take off anyway. As he lifted off, he ended up taking…

Tonight I want to talk to you about getting your chores done. I suppose most of us are old enough to remember when kids did chores. If you grew up on a farm you recall chores like milking cows, or feeding animals, or weeding gardens, or chopping wood. If you grew up in town, like I did, you remember…

Tonight I want to talk to you about wisdom. * General Mark Clark was asked what was the wisest piece of advice he ever got. The general thought for awhile then replied, “Well, the best advice I ever had was to marry the girl I did—my wife.” And then he was asked the follow-up question, “Well, sir, who…

What do you really believe? In a rural community, there was a disastrous drought and the crops were dying. In desperation, the local preacher announced the whole community would assemble at the edge of the fields and pray for rain. A large crowd gathered, and the preacher climbed on a bale of hay and…

Tonight I want to talk to you about how to lesson your stressin’. I want to begin with a story that illustrates in a humorous way the painful reality of stress. Chirpie the parakeet never saw it coming. One second he was peacefully perched in his cage, whistling a song, the next second he was sucked…

How many of you have ever called customer service? You know—the toll free phone number on the product you buy meant to be your hotline to satisfaction. “If you have any problems or questions please call this toll free number.” / But you soon learn satisfaction isn’t always just a phone call away. Most…

As I walk in the store, I can tell I’m being sized up. This isn’t Wal-Mart, where everybody wears those blue how can I help you today? vests. This is the fancy department store, the dog-eat-dog world of commissions, where your paycheck depends on how much you sell. These men and women don’t have time…

William Miller came to Christ in the mid-19th century during a wave of revival in the churches of the NE US. It was a time when, like today, there was a keen interest in Bible prophecy, especially those dealing with the return of Christ. Right after his conversion, Miller immersed himself in the book…

Success: how high you bounce when you hit bottom. - Gen. George Patton[i] General Patton’s words remind us that most of us hit bottom at some point. Life has its ups and downs, its highs and lows. No matter how you try to stay on the high peaks of the mountain, at some point you descend into the deep…

Have you ever noticed how the same people that make you so glad can sometimes make you so mad? The same bride and groom who can’t stop smiling and laughing every minute of the honeymoon can later be heard 3 houses down yelling, “You make me so mad!” The same baby you once doted over hits the terrible…

You can get in a lot of trouble over what you say about other people. A young man had just got a job in the produce department when he was asked by a lady if she could buy half a head of lettuce. He replied, “Half a head? Are you serious? God grows these in whole heads and that’s how we sell them!”…

Memory Lane is not a bad place to take a stroll every now and then. / Once in awhile my thoughts take a trip back to the Onion City, Vidalia, GA. Back to the main thoroughfare through town known as “The Strip”, where teens still cruise, wasting their time and their parents’ money. Back on the other side…

Several years ago, a small book was published entitled, The Penguin Principles. It was a book aimed at new pastors just learning the ropes. Some of it was meant to be humorous, but even the humor contained nuggets of truth, including the first principle of church life: “Despite the pious things we say…less…

It made international headlines in 1995 when David Guest got his driver's license. It made news because David Guest was 33 years old, and because David Guest had been trying to get his driver’s license for 17 years. It made the news because during those 17 years, David took 632 driving lessons with eight…

*Waiting is an inescapable fact of life. Somebody estimates most of us spend from 45-62 minutes waiting on something every single day. That includes waiting for the light to turn green, waiting at the drive-thru, waiting for the next available operator, waiting for the nurse to say the doctor will see…

Tonight I want to talk to you about a monster. A husband and wife were discussing the pastor’s sermon on the way home one Sunday. This particular man was known to talk way too much and the pastor’s sermon convicted him about his bad habit. When he told his wife about his feelings, she asked, “Well, what…

I wonder if anyone here has heard about a new movie coming out in October called Religulous? It’s a documentary about which some in Hollywood say is already in the running for an Academy Award. It stars standup comedian Bill Maher, and one quote from an interview with him lets you know everything you…