Life Is In The Blood Under the Old Covenant, Israel offered bloody sacrifices to atone for their sins. God accepted these blood sacrifices upon the principle that the life was in the blood. God would not, however, allow the Israelites to eat or drink blood. Once again, the reason for this was because the life […]
Your browser does not support the audio element. In this lesson we will look at the Christian and Alcoholic beverages.
Do It Heartily! The Christian’s attitude toward life always needs to be the best. In both our secular work and in our work for the Lord we must put forth our best efforts. Paul told the church at Colossae, some of whom were slaves, to do their work heartily knowing that we serve the Lord […]
At The End What will happen at the end? The Bible teaches that the following events will unfold: 1) Jesus will return, 2) The dead shall be raised, 3) There will be a great judgment, 4) All will enter into their eternal estate. The objective of this sermon is that each hearer should be able […]
Date written: November 11th, 2006Scripture ref: John 8:3-11 Taken In Adultery SUBJECT: Passage Study TITLE: Taken In Adultery PROPOSITION: In this lesson we will study John 8:1-11. Objectives: To study the passage and learn lessons from the text. Aim: That each understand the appropriate lessons to be learned from this text. INTRODUCTION: 1. Read: John […]
SUBJECT: Worldliness
TITLE: “Remember Lot’s Wife”
PROPOSITION: When we remember Lot’s wife, we remember her 1) Circumstances, 2) Conflict, 3) Conclusion.
Objectives: That each would learn from Jesus’ command to remember Lot’s wife.
Aim: To avoid making the same mistakes that Lot’s wife made in our spiritual lives.
INTRODUCTION:
1. Read: Luke 17:28-32
2. About the Text:
1) In the context, Jesus is speaking about the unexpectedness of judgment.
There is an expression among those who exercise regularly, “No Pain, No Gain.” The expression basically means that if you are not willing to work hard and suffer a little for your efforts, then you are not going to accomplish very much. Just doing the easy and simple exercises that don’t challenge one’s body won’t […]
Sermon on Retirement — Sermon outline and audio sermon by Kevin Cauley outlining the responsibilities and opportunities for the retiring Christian. Your browser does not support the audio tag. Date written: September 30th, 2006Scripture ref: 2 Peter 1:5-11 SUBJECT: Retirement TITLE: The Christian and Retirement PROPOSITION: What is retirement for the Christian? It is 1) […]
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Precious Life Is life precious? There are so many in the world today who don’t believe such. With the problems of abortion, suicide, and euthanasia, we see that many do not value life. Terrorists that sacrifice themselves to murder others don’t believe in the preciousness of life. The Bible teaches that life is precious and […]
Wars and Rumors of Wars The destruction of Jerusalem in 70 A.D. was an event that Jesus predicted in Matthew 24. This prediction came after he rebuked and rejected the Pharisees brand of religion in Matthew 23. It was sad that God’s people had not been faithful and that Jesus rejected them by leaving the […]
Paul At Mars Hill Paul’s sermon on Mars Hill in Athens, Greece was one of the most influential sermons on the western world. By exposing the idolatry of the Athenians, Paul sets forth the one true God. The Athenians response was less than appreciative. Nevertheless, Christianity still survives while the gods of the ancient world […]
Revelation 5:8 and other passages in the book of Revelation talk about there being harps in heaven. If there are instruments of music in heaven, why can we not use them here on the earth in worship to God? Frequently those who defend the use of instrumental music in the worship of the church appeal […]
Bible Procrastination “Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring” (Proverbs 27:1 ESV). When I was learning the Spanish language, I was told a joke. Seems that there were some workers who were asked to do a certain task and they would always answer “mañana” (which is assumed […]
How do you address this new “praise worship” in the church where groups lead in singing during the song service, clap hands, and shout? The reason stated for all of this is for increasing numbers, and meeting the needs of the people in the new millennium, because our traditional worship is boring and not working. […]
Listen Date written: May 21st, 2006Scripture ref: Revelation 3:7-13 SUBJECT: Church TITLE: Asian Churches – Philadelphia PROPOSITION: To the church of Philadelphia we have a message of 1) Opportunity, 2) Conquering, 3) Help in the time of need, and 4) Steadfastness. OBJECTIVE: That we would all be familiar with this letter and gain great encouragement […]
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Not Just Ticket Punching Do we come to church merely to check it off of our list of things to do? We must have an involved attitude when we worship God. Apathy and mental neglect of worship results in vain worship. Simply getting our ticket punched isn’t going to be pleasing to God.
The Bible teaches that homosexuality is a sin according to several New Testament passages such as Romans 1:26-32 and 1 Corinthians 6:9. In that regard, homosexuality is no different from any other sin. If one lives a life of sin then one cannot expect to be saved as the wages of sin are death (Romans […]