Mike Riley Sermon Outlines, Articles, Lessons, etc.

God knows my heart. I cannot speak But that my words are registered above; I cannot pray but that my God

Today’s Montana Street bulletin article comes by way of the Bulletin Digest. The article emphasizes the debt we have to our brethren and fellowman because of the great love our

For everything that happens wrong A dozen things go right; For every tear a flood of song

The story is told of a Christian man who was among many tourists on a cruise ship. A violent storm arose, sinking the ship and all that were on board, with the exception of this

I asked God to take away my pride, And God said, “No.” He said it was not for Him to take away,

The following article is from yesterday’s Montana Street bulletin [via Bulletin Digest], encouraging us to be encouragers as Barnabas was (Acts 4:36-NIV):

Once upon a time, there was young lady who, after reading a book, remarked that it was the dullest book that she had ever read.

There is no question that the Pony Express was a thrilling part of early American history (see video). From April 1860

From the Lawrence Avenue congregation bulletin (Nashville, Tennessee), dated March 31, 1966, Vol. 28, No. 13, comes this article title: “The Dairy of a Bible“ by an

The empire of Caesar is gone; the legions of Rome are moldering in the dust; the avalanches that Napoleon hurled upon Europe have melted away: the pride of the Pharaohs is

There’s a sign posted somewhere in Philadelphia that reads: “Put away sin in 2010”

Anyone seeking the truth of God, must understand some basic elements of that truth. The following three elements are a necessity to understand:

As my wife and I were driving to the local YMCA office this morning to have our income taxes figured, we noticed the marquee sign in front of the Baptist church building which read:

A question that has often been asked is, “What is the deepest need of human beings?” In the view of Karl Marx, the deepest need of humanity was “Economic Equality.” The only problem with this view, is that the spiritual needs of man are not met (Matthew 4:4; Luke 12:15).

The above titled Montana Street bulletin article was written by Brother Charles Pogue in June, 1996. The article‘s content is much needed in the church today, because it stresses our need to critically “think”

God’s word is said to be food for the soul. The apostle Paul told the brethren in Corinth, that his teaching had been of an elementary nature to them, because they were still spiritual babies (1 Corinthians 3:1-2).

The following statements from an unknown author, present to us a portrait in words, descriptive of Christians who desire to win others to Christ:

The following story by an unknown author, illustrates the importance of correctly dividing God’s Word (2 Timothy 2:15 KJV), keeping all subject matter in context (see 4):

The story is told of a newly hired salesman who, after being with the company only a short period of time, wrote and sent his first sales report to the home office. After reading the report, management was stunned. Obviously, this newly hired “hope” was a blithering illiterate, for the following is what he had […]

In the confrontation between the Lord and the devil (Matthew 4:1-11-NKJV), it is interesting to observe the devil as the master of deception. See how he uses the simple