Mike Riley Sermon Outlines, Articles, Lessons, etc.

Throughout the Bible, there are many aspects of God’s eyes that are revealed to us. The following are fifteen such aspects:

“I had walked life’s path with an easy tread Had followed where comfort and pleasure led; And then one day in a quiet place I met the Master, face to face.

The Lord’s apostles had been in close association with Him for a period of approximately three years, always listening and learning. They had been eye-witnesses of his miracles and were students of His in-depth

From today’s Montana Street bulletin, comes the following article by Vance Havner regarding the builder found in Luke 14:26-35:

Josiah became a king when he was 8 years old (2 Chronicles 34:1), a seeker at 16 (2 Chronicles 34:3), a reformer at 20 (2 Chronicles 34:3-7), and a humble servant of God at age 26 (2 Chronicles 34:8-33). His dramatic spiritual growth and leadership resulted from listening to

A querist asks, “How does the Bible view an unborn entity found in a mother’s womb — as a human being or merely a blob of tissue?”

The following tombstone epitaph was composed by a young Benjamin Franklin in the year, 1728:

The story is told of man and his girlfriend who one day went into a fast-food restaurant and ordered a sack of chicken. Unknown to them, the manager of the restaurant had placed the day’s cash sales in a sack and set it at the side

Regrettably, there are a number of false ideas circulating about Jesus’ return. For example, despite clear biblical admonitions which state that no one can set a date for Jesus’ return (1 Thessalonians 5:2), many try. Others believe that the Lord will come and rapture His people off this planet before a time of terrible tribulation. […]

The above titled words were on a church building marquee sign that I saw this morning while driving to do some errands. As Christians, we do indeed need to put on a blanket of prayer in order to keep our soul from becoming “cool” in serving the Lord.

A querist asks, “Is adultery the same thing as fornication except one or both parties are married to someone else? If this is true does that mean you cannot get a divorce if your spouse is involved in other types of lewd behavior without full sexual intercourse?”

The story is told of a man who spent $200,000 on his own funeral. Because he was estranged from his wife and children, the bitter man squandered all his money on his own burial and left them with absolutely nothing.

When we are young, we have great expectations. We expect folks to tell us the truth, that we’ll experience good health, great marriages, faithful friends, and successful careers. But what do we do when life doesn’t live up to those expectations? In Philippians 1, Paul shows us the way to face broken expectations of circumstances, […]

The Bible is full of parallelisms which lend emphasis to the point (or points) the author is making. Such a parallelism is

The Lord healed many folks having physical blindness during His time on earth. Of greater concern to Him, however, were the spiritually blind. Many of the religious authorities who

In 1 Corinthians 1:21, the inspired writer Paul wrote: “For since, in the wisdom of God, the world through wisdom did not know God, it pleased God through the foolishness of the message preached to save those who believe.”

In a recent article by Newsweek technology writer, Clifford Stall, entitled, “The Internet? Bah!,” Mr. Stall lists several reasons why the Internet will never live up to the expectations of some folks in being a “utopia,” or as Mr. Stall writes, “Why cyberspace isn’t, and will never be, nirvana.”

A querist asks, Gal. 4:4, states that God sent forth His Son “when the fullness of the time had come.” Can you please explain more fully what this phrase means? To get the complete thought of the inspired writer, the text in Gal. 4:4-5 reads:

A mother and her 4-year-old daughter were preparing for bed. The child was afraid of the dark. When the lights were turned off, the girl noticed the moon shining through the window. “Mommy,” she asked, “is that God’s light up there?” “Yes, it is,” came the reply. Soon another question: “Will He put it out […]

Several times over the years, I’ve come very close to having my life snuffed out due to unforeseen circumstances. Twice, while waiting at an intersection for a traffic light to change, a car and an 18 wheeler ran the red light. Had I stepped on the gas pedal instead of the brake pedal, I would […]