This week we take a look at the resources to equip us with strategies to live pure lives. We’ll examine Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness and see that God’s Word functions in a very practical way to help us handle life’s trials, difficulties, and temptations. We will look at the depth and complexity of evil, Satan’s evil strategies, and how we can defeat these strategies with Scripture.
In the last chapter of the book of Jonah, we meet the pouting prophet. When God paints the portrait of an individual, he paints him warts and all. We see not only Jonah’s successes but also his shortcomings, not only his fruit but also his failure.
In examining an Old Testament prophecy, we learn three things about Jesus and our world and us…
SERMON SUMMARY The Christian life is meant to be one of progress and growth. 2 Peter 3:18 says: “Grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.” How can we know if we are making real spiritual progress, and not merely deceiving ourselves with spiritual activity? You are growing as a…
When we gather with extended family, which identity do I assume? My parents’ child? My spouse’s partner? My child’s parent? Is it even possible to be all of them? Develop a healthy view of your true identity to find your place in your family.
God has provided numerous spiritual blessings that show us an amazing panoramic view of the great salvation he has provided for us. (1) How do these spiritual blessings come to us? (2) What are some of these spiritual blessings? (3) What enables us to receive these blessings? (4) How can we know if we have them?
Although you could teach about God from any passage in the Bible, Moses’ encounter with the Living God in a burning bush (Exodus 3:1-14) is one of the best. Most people in the world believe in the existence of a God, but they don’t know him personally
In this age of ubiquitous software and operating system updates, how can we think that the Bible is God’s final word on what we believe and how we live? Doesn’t it need an update, too?
SERMON SUMMARY Luke 22:31-53 Jesus’ “passion” (ie, his “suffering”—beginning in the garden of Gethsemane and concluding with his crucifixion) was a time of great temptation, both for Jesus and for his disciples. Jesus passed his test with flying colors; his disciples—not so much. Truth is all Christ’s followers fail—and that’s why the cross is necessary. …
SERMON SUMMARY 1 Corinthians 1:9 When many of us think of “fellowship”, we envision what happened in millions of American homes last Sunday—things such as Super Bowl parties. Food, friends, fun. And to be honest, that is a sort of fellowship—a friendly relationship centered around some common interest. But the Bible points to an obstacle…
