G. E. Watkins Sermon Outlines, Articles, Lessons, etc.

Hey, Where Did The Comments Go?!

You’ve seen changes in the site all year now but nothing this drastic. I’ve been trying various themes and adapting them to the needs of this site. My tinkering has not done everything I needed it to do. Because one of the goals of this site is to spread the Gospel as far as it […]

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Saved to Serve

It’s not often I get to see a friend preach but David Hersey of Granby church of Christ let me know that he had a video posted. He needed to cover for the local preacher there and turned to one of Tom Moore’s sermons (Saved to Serve) to help him prepare. Here’s the sermon entitled […]

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Sons of God, “Angel Food for Thought”

Link to an article by Travis Main of Church of Christ Articles Sons of God, “Angel Food for Thought” Oh the joy of being called sons of God! Man has this special title given by believing in Christ and being born by the will of God (John 1:12-13). The Bible uses different terms both in […]

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Why in Bethlehem, to Shepherds?

Why in Bethlehem, to Shepherds?

Why in Bethlehem, To Shepherds

INTRODUCTION: Luke 2:8-14

1. On the night of the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem, an angel appeared and called on mankind to rejoice.

2. Then the hosts of Heaven appeared and glorified God and pronounced peace and goodwill to the inhabitants of planet Earth.

3. The announcement was not made in Rome or Jerusalem or even in the East among wise men.

4. It was made exclusively to the lowly; to shepherds in the field.

5. It makes one wonder, WHY? Why, in the wisdom of God was this announcement made near Bethlehem, to shepherds?

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Fear God

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Leave and Cleave

In Genesis 2:24 Moses states a conclusion brought about by an account of the creation of woman. Woman was created to be a partner to man so Moses concludes, “Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.” In stating this Moses […]

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Satan, The Enemy of All That Is Right

Satan, The Enemy of All That Is Right by David Hersey. Bible lesson (with audio) on Satan, his existence, origin, devices, etc.

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Walking in the Truth

Walking in the Truth by Larry Miles The Christian life is portrayed in the New Testament in a variety of ways. The writers of the New Testament use word pictures to help us…

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Wanted: Men Who Will Teach Their Children

The August 2010 edition of the Christian Worker is available now. I have an article in this issue entitled, Wanted: Men Who Will Teach Their Children. Download your copy here: August, 2010 Christian Worker Don’t forget to subscribe to Christian Worker

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New Facebook Page!

I have now added a Facebook page for The Preacher’s Files. Why not stop by and click the like button. I’m planning to keep everyone interested updated on what is happening at The Preacher’s Files.

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Fifth Annual Preacher's Files Lectureship

July 9-11, 2010 Hosted by the Rush Springs church of Christ “Seeking First the Kingdom” Friday, July 9 “After We Fall” – Joe May “During Times of Crisis” – B. Esudas “And the ‘PC’ Police” – Tim Hester “In Worship” – Don Gelles Saturday, July 10 “And Teaching Our Children” – Josh Howe “In Mission […]

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Help a Family That Lost it All in the Tennessee Flood.

Randal Matheny alerts us to a family who is in need of help. Read and respond.

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How to Build Links Fast: 101 Tips & Strategies

How to Build Links Fast: 101 Tips & Strategies Building links is the first and best way to promote your site or blog. Good stuff here.

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Why Not To Drink Alcohol, Reasons Not To Drink Alcohol

Why Not To Drink Alcohol – Sermon outline and audio sermon by Travis Main on the Bible’s stand against the use of alcohol as a beverage.

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Alcohol in the Bible, Wine in the Bible

THE USE OF ALCOHOL AS A BEVERAGE, PART 1

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Guest post by Travis Main, preacher for Cody church of Christ and of That Christian Website.

I.   Introduction

A. Preparation for today

1. Scriptural Authority

2. Legalism

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Did God Trick Us?

Barry Newton at Forthright presents some good thoughts on how assumptions are used to convince us that the earth is billions of years old and that therefore the Bible is just a morality tale for ancient man.  Read on. Did God Trick Us?

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Let's Drive Some Traffic #2

By far, search engines send me more traffic than anything else. More than links, more than social media, more than anything.  So, I’m going to give you an example of how I created one page that I believed would get me traffic from search engines. Do a Google search on “How To Repent” without the […]

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Troubles

You may have guessed that I’ve been having some trouble with the site. You’d be right. I’ll get it back right soon. My “staff” has had to care for his sick family and is now sick himself. He hasn’t had time to run down all of the problems although he has resurrected the site from […]

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Link From “A Conquering Faith”

“DM” at A Conquering Faith had good things to say about How to Make Wife Submissive.

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Redeemed

Hymn by Fanny J. Crosby, sung solo by G. E. Watkins for the purpose of learning the hymn and/or preparing to lead.

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