Discover The Book MinistriesXAS-34 990908WE This is the scene. We are at the gate on Saturday morning with literally hundreds of others many of them unsaved residents of the area around the church. The gate opened and people rushed in to grab their treasures to buy. Along one side a whole bank of electrical outlets had been set […]
Are You Playing or Just Cheering?
081102PM WNS-7 Acts 29.doc WNS-38 Are You Playing Or Just Cheering? Acts 29 As we have been challenged this weekend, the great commission is actually our “every day” commission as believers. We are all to be disciple-making by lifestyle. To help us all get closer to that goal, I would like to direct your attention […]
Praying Like Jesus Did
WFP-01 990124AM We are standing in the freshness of a new year. Have you pondered what would be the best investment of your spiritual capital in 1999? In other words, where are you going to focus your time in pursuit of Christ Jesus this year? To help you with that choice we are going to […]
Joseph – Suffering Purifies
SUF-05 951203PM The Lord’s Purpose for Pain is that Suffering for God Enables Us to Experience: The Sight Giving Power of God in Job and David TO SEE GOD CLEARLY God takes Job on a divinely guided tour of pain. Along the way He teaches him and at the end He never blames Satan, apologizes to […]
David – Illuminating Power of Suffering
SUF-04 951112PM The Lord’s Purpose for Pain is that Suffering for God Enables Us to Experience: The Song Giving Power of Suffering in Paul and Silas’ Life Acts 16 and the Philippian JailPsalm 142 The Sight giving Power of Suffering in Job’s Life TO SEE GOD CLEARLY God takes Job on a divinely guided tour of pain. Along the way He teaches […]
The Apostle of Praise
SUF-01 950716PM We are looking at the wonders of having the power of God through suffering. ACTS 16 IS A MODEL OF GROWING THROUGH SUFFERING Open with me to Acts 16. Here we find the events God used, that led to the founding of the church that received Paul’s letter to the Philippians. Paul went […]
Our Shared Life
OSL-24 060806AM We have gathered today to celebrate the power of endless life that we have as members of Christ. Life, endless life, abundant life, Christ’s life lived out in and through us is what we celebrate this morning. Please open with me to Acts 5:20 as we study this morning the power of our shared life. […]
Where Did the Church of Today Come From? Q&A
NR6-05 040111PM Acts 19 How do you connect together the Early Church to where we are today? This is all of Church History. 1. The first era is up to the death of the Apostles. 2. We started out with what we would call the Catholic Church. We are not talking about Pope’s or Rome, […]
The Gospel Explained by Peter
MMG-06 040201AM There are golfing heroes who inspire; basketball and football heroes who inspire; entertainers and authors who become heroes and inspire; political and civic heroes who inspire; medical, rescue and military heroes who inspire…(can you even look at that 911 photo of the twisted cross of steel and the firemen raising the flag without […]
The Experience of Peter
MMG-05 040125AM Remember what we learned about Peter last week? No one ever followed Jesus more closely than Peter. No one ever listened to Jesus more intently than Peter. No one ever knew Jesus better than Peter. And – No one ever wanted to imitate Jesus more completely than Peter. Peter’s life is synonymous with […]
Hearing the Message of Jesus in Acts
MMG-02 000604PM Twelve men changed the world. Eleven of them ate, slept, sailed, and walked with Jesus. The 12th man was a latecomer, so he had three years alone in the desert with Jesus[1]. Who were these men? The Apostles, the sent ones, those entrusted with the Gospel of God’s Grace. Peter and the eleven and then, […]
The Gospel Presentations in Acts
MMG-01 000604AM Have you ever wished you could sit in the back of the crowd and listen to the greatest man who ever lived, Jesus Christ, and hear what He said to the lost and seeking crowds? Have you ever wondered how Jesus led someone to salvation? We have the records of Nicodemus, the woman […]