100314AM GEM-R-09 Titus 2:2 Finishing Hopefully in a Despairing World As we open to Titus 2, we are considering the power of hope. When things get darkest in life, what one truth keeps folks going? It’s the word: hope.   Someone once described how dependent we are as humans on the presence of hope:   […]

GEM-R-18 110130AM EBG-34 Summary .doc 21st Century Men of Grace: God’s Pathway to Eternal, Life-long Usefulness Titus 2:2-8   One day each of us get to stand in front of Jesus who loved us, died for us, bought us, and asked us to live as His servants the rest of our lives.   He has […]

GEM-R-17 110123AM EBG-32 Speech.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Sound Speech: Healthy Communications in a Unhealthy World Titus 2:8   As we open to Titus 2:8 we are turning to the final quality God has expressed that He desires to see in every young man in Christ’s Church. Amazingly, the final quality is about the […]

GEM-R-16 110116AM EBG-32 Incorrupt.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Incorruptibility: Guarding Against Corrosion in a Decaying World Titus 2:7   As we open our Bibles to Titus 2:7 we come to what may be one of the greatest issues confronting our culture, our world, and our church this morning. We are watching humanity “rusting” from […]

GEM-R-14 101114AM EBG-30 Truth.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: In doctrine showing Integrity: True Doctrine that Resists Ancient Heresies Titus 2:7   Since the Garden of Eden, the Liar from the Beginning who wouldn’t abide in the Truth has sought to corrupt the truth of God in humans with his devilish lies. Just like rat […]

GEM-R-13 101031AM EBG-29 Integrity.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: In doctrine showing Integrity: Believing Right so that you Behave Right Titus 2:7   As we open our Bibles to Titus 2, do you remember few weeks ago, when I asked you to share with me what you MOST wanted to be taught from God’s Word? […]

GEM-R-12 101024AM EBG-28 Pattern.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: “In all things showing yourself to be a pattern of good works”: Following Christ in a Christless World Titus 2:7   Today as we open to John 10, we are looking at one of the most foundational truths of being born-gain Christians. Jesus made salvation, eternal […]

GEM-R-11 101017AM EBG-27 Sober-Minded.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Sober-Minded: Choosing Restrained Living in an Un-Restrained Culture Titus 2:6   Today, God asks for every man in Christ’s Church to make daily choices to regain and maintain a sober-minded restrained life, surrendered to God’s gracious sanctifying power. Open in your Bibles with me to Titus […]

GEM-R-10 100926AM EBG-26.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: God’s 12 Step Program for Every Man in Christ’s Church Titus 2:2, 6-8   If we gathered every young man in the church to give them the most important Biblical lessons they would ever get—what would those lessons be to prepare them for a life of blessing, […]

GEM-R-08 100307AM EBG-8Healthy Love.doc Grace Energized Men:  Staying Tender Hearted In a Cruel World Titus 2:2e Love is the greatest of all the manifestations of God at work in the life of His children.   That is why Jesus warned His disciples that it would be increasingly harder and harder to maintain that strong and […]