Discover The Book MinistriesGEM-R-15 110109AM EBG-31 Reverence.doc 21st Century Men of Grace: Reverence: Staying Focused on God in a World of Distractions Titus 2:7 This morning as we open to Titus 2:7, we return to the 21st Century Men of Grace Series we have been studying this past year. As you turn back to that little […]
Focus on God
GEM-31 080720AM Jesus said that if our eye is single (Mat. 6:22), all of our lives will be filled with His light. Jesus went on to say that we can’t have two masters, we must focus upon one (Mat. 6:24). James warns us of the dangers of being double minded (James 1:8), because it destabilizes […]
Grace Energized Men-Maintain a Pure Life
GEM-30 080713AM Un-enslaved to Corruption in a Corrupted World Our God is a Consuming Fire (Deut. 4:24; Heb. 12:29); and He forever dwells in Unapproachable Light (I Tim. 6:16), surrounded by His exquisite creations that chant Holy, Holy, Holy—and fall down in obeisance before Him (Isaiah 6:3; Rev. 4:8); and since the Lord God Almighty is […]
Learning to Follow Jesus
GEM-29 080629PM Following Jesus is the call of every believer. As the Apostle John was inspired to say, it is also the test of true salvation. Listen to him in his first letter: “Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:6) Discipleship: Learning to Follow Jesus Although the word […]
Following Christ is Living in Him
GEM-28 080629AM Christ’s first words, to His first disciples, should be our first priority as His disciples today. “Follow Me” is still the essence of Biblical Christianity. Those two words were what He spoke to Peter, Andrew, James and John as they fished (Matthew 4:19) and to Matthew as he sat at the tax […]
Followers of Christ in a Christless World
GEM-27 080622AM Jesus said that eternal life is all about following Him; and He summarized His entire plan for the disciples in just two words: “Follow Me” (Matthew 4:19). Those two words were what He spoke to Peter, Andrew, James and John as they fished and to Matthew as he sat at the tax office […]
Restrained Living in an Unrestrained World
GEM-26 080615AM If we gathered every young man in the church to give them the most important Biblical lesson they would ever get—what would that lesson be? If we had only one shot at preparing a class to teach young Christian men, that would prepare them for a life of blessing, a life of spiritual […]
Walking Each Day With the God You Can Trust
GEM-25 080608PM Grace-energized, persevering hope is especially relevant to days in which we live. God wants hope-filled men and women walking through life side-by-side with hope-less worldlings, so that we can point those without hope to our hope in Christ. In one of Christ’s final messages, He tells us that the time period ahead of […]
Finishing Hopefully in A Despairing World
GEM-24 080608AM Paul set out God’s plan of discipleship for Christ’s church nearly 2,000 years ago. We began to study that curriculum in Titus 2 about one year ago, and we are entering the final stretch. Before us lay the final elements or characteristics of what a useful, godly, servant of the Lord not only […]
Grace Energized Men are Sound in Love
GEM-23 080504AM As we open to Matthew 24, Jesus sat down near the end of His earthly ministry and painted a vivid picture of what the world would look like as it neared its final days. We have studied that message called the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 many times. But this morning I […]
Grace Energized Men Guarding Sound Faith Against Ancient Heresies
GEM-22 080420AM Before the celestial “shock and awe” judgments of the Tribulation are unleashed, God’s Word describes a time characterized by false teaching and teachers SO strong, that it would even sweep away even true believers (Mark 13:22) if they were not sealed by the Spirit of God. In Matthew 24 Jesus describes the world […]
How has Christ’s Church Gotten so far from “Sound Faith”
GEM-21 080413AM I love the simplicity of the Gospel. Jesus gave us three powerful truths to hold onto through life, and that will get us safely into our place He has prepared for us in Heaven. Just before Jesus left His disciples to return to Heaven, He spoke these words in John 14:6. This passage […]
Guarding Sound Faith By Unmasking Old Lies
GEM-20 080330AM As we open to Acts 20:17, may I remind you of an old truth? “There is nothing new under the Sun”, that’s what God’s Word said three thousand years ago by Solomon (Ecclesiastes 1:9). When it comes to the state of Christ’s Church, that truth is very helpful. Satan has just one […]
Healthy Faith Vs. Demon Faith
GEM-19 080316AM Palms waving, people chanting, but there was one more part of Palm Sunday—Jesus started and ended His ministry shaking up the religious establishment. On Palm Sunday, what did Christ do right after He rode into town? What was the first event noted right after the triumphal entry? What follows that event in all […]
Vital Signs of Living Faith
GEM-18 080302AM God commands each of us this morning to ask ourselves a series of questions. These questions are all targeting the one very most important issue of all—the reality of our eternal destination. As we turn to II Corinthians 13:5, Listen to what God commands us two times in this one verse, to be asking ourselves […]
Grace Energized Men – Healthy Faith vs.Unhealthy Faith
GEM-17 080224AM Please open to Titus 2, where we find the marching orders for all men in Christ’s church. This chapter lays out God’s expectations for all men young and old, as well as we already have seen, for all women young and old. We have come to the fourth quality of grace-energized men that […]
Grace Energized Men – God, Gifts, and God’s Building Project
GEM-16 080217AM The God of the Universe is seeking something—God is looking for individuals who will worship Him. We were all born, alienated from God, by our sin. But Jesus Christ came to seek and save the lost by taking our place on the cross and paying the price for our sin. The Good News […]
Grace Energized Men are Built Up by the Truth
GEM-15 080210PM Grace-energized men get “sound in faith” when they are mended (by equipping) and built up (through edification) by the Word of God’s truth. Then they go through life building others up (edifying them) by God’s Word. In Christ’s church each of us has a different giftedness God wants to use in His construction […]
Grace Energized Men are Mended by the Truth
GEM-14 080210AM As we open to I Timothy 3, turn your minds towards one of the most amazing parts of our faith—the new relationships God gives to us. First, all of us in Christ this morning are brothers and sisters (I Tim. 5:1-2); and that even includes our children, our parents, and our marriage partners, […]
Grace Energized Men are Grounded in the Truth
GEM-13 080203AM Have you ever wondered how God looks upon us as we come together to worship each Sunday? God has said that He looks at us as His family or household, gathered as pillars solidly grounded in a foundation of truth. That is how He sees us, and we should remember that as we […]
The Biblical Convictions of Grace-Energized Men
GEM-12 080127AM The Lord has revealed His convictions very clearly in His Word. God is Pro-Life, Pro-Marriage, Pro-Justice, and Pro-Work. We then defined those convictions as the Bible does, that God is: GOD is Pro-Life—God is opposed to Abortion and Euthanasia. GOD is Pro-Marriage—God is opposed to Gay Unions, as well as divorce, adultery, fornication, […]
Guarding Healthy Faith by Biblical Discipleship
GEM-11 080113PM We are living through days so much like those when the aged Paul sat to write his young disciple named Titus. His days like ours are increasingly filled with false teachings about God, and false doctrines. For times just like those in which we live Paul writes, Christ’s church is to be […]
Guarding Healthy Faith in a Sick World
GEM-10 080113AM Nothing is so precious as the faith we have in God, His Word, and Christ’s work for us. That is why Paul sat to write the young church planting pastor named Titus, serving on the island of Crete. Paul’s world was hostile to the truth of God; and Paul warned that days to come would increasingly […]
Grace-Energized Men Cling to the Promises of God
GEM-09 080106AM Open with me to James 4:14. As we enter this first Sunday of the New Year, we should each pause and reflect upon the brevity of our life; and how God wants us to live each day. “…whereas you do not know what will happentomorrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapor that appears for […]
Living Wisely in a Foolish World
GEM-08 071209PM Titus 2 is all about discipleship—learning to live the way God wants us to live. Men and women who seek out being mentored by godly examples within the church. Discipleship is all about following our Master Jesus Christ and learning to live by the wisdom of His Word. When Jesus called […]
Reversing the Erosion of A Reverent Mind
071125PM GEM-07 Getting Serious About Life in An Amused World .doc Grace Energized Men: Reversing the Erosion of A Reverent Mind Titus 2:1-2 God offers to all of us the incredible power of the Spirit to free us from the shackles of sin. Everything I will share this evening about personal sanctification can only be […]
Renewing a Spirit-Filled Mind
071125AM GEM-06 Renewing a Reverent Mind .doc Grace Energized Men: Renewing a Reverent Mind Titus 2:1-2 God’s constant call to His servants in His Word is for their minds to be His dwelling place. That is why Paul called the early church to begin training older men in the godly habit of living reverently for […]
Getting Serious About God in An Amused World
071118AM GEM-05 Getting Serious About Life in An Amused World .doc Grace Energized Men: Getting Serious About God in An Amused World Titus 2:1-2 Are you reverent this morning? Reverence is feeling the “weight” of God in every part of our life and mind. The word “glory” as in the Glory of God in the […]
Living the Unintoxicated Life
GEM-04 071111PM God is looking to train a generation of un-intoxicated men to lead and model Christ’s righteousness in an intoxicated world. God wants men who do not succumb to the intoxicating influences that dull their mind. Any desire, unrestrained by God’s grace can become an intoxicating idol. Things like: sober: comfort, convenience, security, work, […]
Grace-Energized Men of Balance in an Obsessive Compulsive World
GEM-03 071104AM God wants balanced, anchored lives in His Church to lead and guide others to spiritual stability and maturity. As we open to Ephesians 4:14 this morning, remember how we all begin as believers. Paul reminds us that we all start out as babies not just physically, but spiritually. In Ephesians 4, Paul explained that one […]
Grace Energized Men—Don’t Waste Your Life
GEM-02 071028PM In Titus 2:2, God tells older men to make a choice: “You can invest your life, or waste your life—its up to you!” Think about those choices as we look at this crucial portion of Scripture for every man who knows Christ! Paul asked Titus to be on the lookout for “older” men […]
Grace-Energized Men in a Sin-Energized World
GEM-01 071028AM The eyes of the Lord are on a constant search for godly men this morning. His Word tells us that He is looking for those who have a heart for Him. As we open to II Chronicles 16:9 listen to the voice of God sharing His quest: 2 Chronicles 16:9 “For the eyes of the […]