Mike Riley Sermon Outlines, Articles, Lessons, etc.

As Christians, we might expect to find comfort in remembering God, but such is not always the case. The Psalmist said:

As disciples of Christ, we are living observed lives. The people we come in contact with each day are watching us (and very closely!). Our concern for others, especially those individuals the world declares the

The above question continues to be a question that our young people must answer for themselves. A young person may rationalize and say, “I am young — I’ll obey the Lord when I am old, and there is nothing else for me to do — I’ve got plenty of time.”

From today’s Montana Street bulletin, comes the following thought provoking question: “Have you thought about your soul?”

While working for a major gas pipeline company back in the 1990’s, I and a coworker became good friends. After he retired, we still kept in contact with one another. One day he told me he was about 40 pounds

We say: ‘It’s impossible’ God says: All things are possible (Luke 18:27)

We are all aware of the fact that politicians are adept at “spinning” the details of a story to advance their own agenda. During a political campaign, spin doctors massage stories to ensure that their candidate is cast in a positive light — often at the expense of the truth. This leaves us with serious […]

The American Library Association has designated September 26 – October 3, 2009 as Banned Books Week in celebration of the freedom to read and to express one’s opinion “even if that opinion might be considered unorthodox or unpopular.”

In Romans 16:19 ESV, the inspired writer Paul provides us a great principle of truth. He first encourages us to be wise — exercising discernment and good judgment regarding things that are good.

God has provided us with a total of 168 hours every week. Assuming we attend Sunday morning Bible class, Sunday morning and evening services, and Wednesday evening Bible study, we spend approximately four hours a week attending church services.

After hurricane Andrew struck South Florida in August 1992, teams of researchers descended on the state to measure the storm’s impact on everything from building materials to tropical fish.

The apostle Paul once wrote to Timothy these words: “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of truth” (2 Timothy 2:15). It’s interesting to note that the phrase “rightly dividing” in the above passage is a metaphor derived from the stonemason’s […]

My brother sent me the following predictions via email today – they contain some great thoughts. I have included some appropriate Scriptures.

In 64 A.D., someone set fire to Rome out among the shops lining the Circus Maximus, Rome’s mammoth chariot stadium. A few days later, two-thirds of the city lay in

While growing up on the South Plains of West Texas back in the 1950’s, my two brothers and I experienced the meanest parents in the world! While other kids ate candy for breakfast, we had to have cereal,

According to a report, if a 45-year-old man exercises regularly through the rest of his life and another man the same age exists as a couch potato, the exercising man will live only 10 months longer.

Do we realize that each day, we are writing the story of our lives by what we say and do? As we are writing this story, are we using the great, but often neglected, wealth of the Bible? The Psalmist

The Bible encourages us to seek the advice of wise counselors. Proverbs 11:14 – NKJV states:

With reference to an individual’s faith, God has never blessed any man’s faith before his faith expressed itself in some act (cf. Acts 9:6; Acts 9:8; Gal. 5:6; James 2:24).

In the 8th century BC, amid personal and national injustice, the prophet Isaiah was used by God to awaken the conscience of His people. Their convenient spirituality had led them to violence and insensitivity toward their fellow human beings (Isaiah 57).