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The biggest problem that people bring up about the existence of God is what is called the problem of evil. Why do bad happen to good people? If God were truly good, he wouldn’t allow bad things to happen to good people. Well, we could take that apart in so many ways. In chapter 4, Solomon pointed to…

INTRODUCTION In the OT the word for trusting faith is a Hebrew word that meant ROPE. It demonstrated what a rope did for you Provided Security Tide you to another person Something you could depend on For tonight’s lesson, I would like to use this analogy to demonstrate how trust is built and how trust…

This Week’s Theme: Walk Cautiously Word for the Week is Walk: It is the action of traveling on foot at a normal pace, but figuratively it is The image of walking with God is used in Scripture to represent the behavior of believers in their relationship with God. Memory verse: 2 Corinthians 5:7 For we…

Wealth under the sun Ecclesiastes 4 and 5:8-22 BI: Many problems come when you love money, love Jesus and be content and give to Gospel ministry Introduction Well I wonder if you can tell me the artist of these songs. · Money don’t get everything its true but what I don’t get I can’t use, just give me…

Ecclesiastes, Part 6: Less is More Ecclesiastes 5:1-7 The teacher inserts something of a reality check or “interlude” within the body of laments of life under the sun. [Goal: To encourage God’s people to remember that “God is in the heaven and you are on the earth.” So, “fear God.” – Unpack “fear”, as…

Have you ever read quotes of people’s last words? It’s fascinating. Some are funny. Actress Joan Crawford yelled at her housekeeper who was praying as Crawford died. She said: Don’t you dare ask God to help me!” When Wilson Mizner was on his deathbed, a priest said, “I’m sure you want to talk to me.”…

Introduction The Mexican Fisherman An American investment banker was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village late one morning when a small boat docked. Inside the small boat was just one fisherman who had already caught several large fish. The American complimented the fisherman on the fish and…

God Himself There are many words of comfort found in scripture. This morning, I am going to focus on two words found together often in scripture, “but God”. Now these two words at times indicate God was ruling against humanity, and in other cases they show his great mercy towards humanity. The Bible…

Intro We are in a series title “It’s Complicated, but it doesn’t have to be.” 5 lies - which was a purity and living a pure life. NW - How to Heal toxic relationships. Boudreaux - B asked his wife Marie, if I die, are you going to get remarried. She said Baby, I don’t want to talk about that, but he…

Or the Preacher might have talked about the tyranny of time—the way it seems to control our lives down to the millisecond. Plautus wrote about this. Bemoaning the stress caused by the latest device for keeping time, the Roman playwright said, “The gods confound the man who first found out how to distinguish…

Title: Life Lessons Paul’s Second Missionary Journey As we come to the end of Acts chapter 18, we also come to the end of Paul’s second missionary journey and the beginning of his third missionary journey. After Paul leaves Corinth, he sails across the Aegean Sea and stops in Ephesus. Even though the…

As Americans, we are among the most wealthy, and the most wealth-obsessed, people on planet earth. We may not think we need to hear more about wealth or accumulation, but Solomon is not done with us yet. An Evil Affliction Ecclesiastes 6:1–2 (NKJV) 1 There is an evil which I have seen under the sun,…

Exodus 20:7 Matthew 5:33-37 We come today to the third commandment. There really is a progression to these commandments, they almost build one upon another. I Am Your Lord - Thou Shalt have no other gods before me. In which we looked at Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, spirit, soul…

INTRODUCTION How to do catch fish 1. Good Bait What constitutes good bait Through trail and error you discover the best bait For Bass, you allow the fish to run with the bait You want the fish to feel no resistance and you want it to think that it has the fish with not strings attached 2. Create a False…

Introduction Value this time in your life kids its’ the time you still have choices. You’re a teenager so you think you can do anything and you do. Your twenties are a blur. Thirties you raise your family you make a little money, you think to yourself what happened in my twenties. 40s you grow a pot…

Life under the sun Ecclesiastes 1-2 Prayer Through your word we might know you. knowing you we might know wisdom for life. I pray that you might give us ears to hear, eyes to see, and a softened heart to see the reality of our lives and the wonderful truth of your Word. Introduction Ah… another day.…

9 Two are better than one, because they have a good reward for their toil. 10 For if they fall, one will lift up his fellow. But woe to him who is alone when he falls and has not another to lift him up! 11 Again, if two lie together, they keep warm, but how can one keep warm alone? 12 And though a man…

Intro We are in this series that we are doing because of the toxic culture we are in and that we are in an election season. People are going around with bad attitudes and tempers flare up. We seem to have los the ability to disagree without being disagreeable. so during this emotionally charged season,…

It is said that good news doesn’t sell. Only bad news does. Which is why if you turn on the tv or pick up a newspaper, most of the news you will see, a great majority is bad news, about injustice, oppression, turmoil. It’s amazing what happens when you follow the money. But, that’s not the whole story.…

Introduciton Many things in our culture are rooted in our once-collective knowledge of the Bible. While that knowledge has been largely lost, some random bits still surface from time to time…Like Solomon’s summation of time itself. Illumination There Is Time Ecclesiastes 3:1 (NKJV) 1 To everything there…

Torah Portion: Numbers 19:1-22:1 Haftarah: Judges 11:1-33 Review Map of the Journey in the Wilderness Picture of the Priesthood of Zadok Zadok comes Sons of Levi/ Priesthood Genealogy Picture Sons of Levi: nazir Nazareth nṣr Picture of the Branch of Righteousness Picture of the two fig trees and the…

Pre-Introduction Please Turn to Ecclesiastes 5:8-20 . The words will be on the screen. Thanks for your great singing. On the months that have a fifth Sunday, we have been giving our Kids’ volunteers and our Music volunteers a break. But thanks so much to Alex, for leading our singing. And thanks to you…

Introduction: We are at the end of a series we’ve called Common Ailments. We are dealing with common ailments - things that as church people, we go through more often than we probably should. We understand that the church resembles a medical facility. One of the reasons it exists is to provide care for…

Tax Time - Joke … man couldn’t sleep so he woke up and called the IRS office… I can’t sleep so I am sending you a $150. If I can’t go back to sleep I’ll send you the rest. Intro Week 3 of 4 part series of it’s time… The whole series is aimed at getting us going in 2024 I want you to live your best life…

Not long ago I was watching a video online about how to survive stampeding crowd. Let’s say you’re on the riverfront for thunder over Louisville, and something goes down that causes everyone to run or press in one direction. These can be very dangerous scenarios. if you fall down, you are likely to trampled.…