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Sermons
Pray In This Way
Jesus knew that His followers would need help learning how to pray, so He taught the fundamental principles of prayer in the Sermon on the Mount. Those principles are recorded in the model prayer Jesus said in Matthew 6:8-13. So, what are those principles? The first is that prayer builds relationships. Throughout the model prayer, … Continue reading Pray In This Way
Conversion
The Book of Acts is a book of conversions. What is conversion? Is it the moment one obeys the gospel in baptism, or is it a process? I suggest to you that conversion is not one single change but a series of changes one makes leading up to and after obeying the gospel in baptism. … Continue reading Conversion
Preaching In New Mexico
Yesterday, I arrived safely in Alamogordo, New Mexico, after several hours of driving. Today begins the Gospel meeting for the 25th and Hawaii church of Christ in Alamogordo, NM. I look forward to meeting the brethren in this part of the United States and working with them over the next week to reach the lost … Continue reading Preaching In New Mexico
Why Jim Denison Refuses to See “Oppenheimer”
As Christians, we have to be careful about the medial we consume (Ephesians 5:3) and we also need to be careful that we are not giving our approval of wickedness (Romans 1:32).
Sin is Worse than Missing the Mark
I recently read about an 8 year old girl, Aryanna Schneeberg, from Campbellsport, Wisconsin, who was playing in her backyard when she was suddenly struck in the back with an arrow.
The arrow penetrated her lung, spleen, stomach and liver, which required a 2 ½ hour surgery to save Aryanna’s life.
Following an investigation, Sheriff Mylan Fink reported that a teen boy and his friend were shooting arrows at squirrels from the balcony of an apartment complex.
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A Successful Gospel Meeting
Our gospel meeting with brother Hugh DeLong is a little under a month away. It will run from October 16th – 19th, and the lessons will be from the Gospel of John. Some of you may be wondering just what a gospel meeting is this morning. A gospel meeting is when a congregation brings in … Continue reading A Successful Gospel Meeting
The Bible and Baptism
Introduction: Baptism is an important religious subject. It occurs about 100 times in the New Testament. There are a lot of different ideas about baptism, but what we are concerned with is what the Bible says about baptism. For this brief study, we want to ask the who, what, when, where, and why of baptism … Continue reading The Bible and Baptism
Growing As a Church
Ephesians 4:1-16 Every congregation is a unique body of believers from varied backgrounds, experiences, and maturity levels. Each body is unique because God has redeemed for himself a people from every nation, tribe, and tongue (Eph. 2:11-16). But how is such a diverse group of people to work and grow together? Ephesians 4:1-16 gives us … Continue reading Growing As a Church
A Day of Gladness
Great thoughts on this Lord’s Day from Ken Weliever.
Vance Havner, a preacher of the early 20th century, known for his witticism and snappy quotes, supposedly quipped to a congregation where he was once preaching, “I seen happier faces on an iodine bottle.”
One preacher remarked about going into a congregation for Sunday worship and said, “You would think it was a morgue.”
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Preach The Text 