What is the focus of preaching the gospel? What goals are included in such? This sermon considers the text of Titus 1:1-4, which gives insight into the apostle Paul’s work in the preaching of God’s word. Ppt: Paul’s Work in the Word Outline: Paul’s Work in the Word To download, right-click on the title in the track …
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We do not know the exact occasion David penned Psalm 11, but we know it was dire. Evil men conspired against him, and the foundations of truth, justice, and righteousness were destroyed. Yet, David had faith in God, took comfort in the truths about Him. We would do well to heed the sentiments of this …
Continue reading Sermon: If the Foundations are Destroyed“God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24) True worship, or authorized worship, is worship that acknowledges who God is in mind and practice. It is “worship in spirit and truth.” What does this mean? Ppt: True Worship Outline: True Worship To download, right-click on the title in the …
Continue reading Sermon: True Worship (Parts 1&2)Heaven is the abode of God. Since before creation, God intended, and planned for mankind to join Him in heaven for eternity. In this way God has prepared heaven for those who love Him. Those who will gain entrance into heaven are those who have themselves been prepared for heaven. Heaven is a prepared place …
Continue reading Sermon: A Prepared Place for a Prepared People – Heaven (Parts 1&2)“Therefore submit to God. Resist the devil and he will flee from you. Draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners; and purify your hearts, you double-minded.” (James 4:7-8) This sermon is a discussion of repentance. Ppt: Clean Hands and Pure Hearts Outline: Clean Hands and Pure Hearts To …
Continue reading Sermon: Clean Hands and Pure HeartsMany live their lives as if there is no hurry to get right with God. They count the Lord’s longsuffering as slackness concerning His promise to come in judgment (cf. 2 Peter 3:9). This lesson discusses the folly of the complacent notion that there is no hurry, and contrasts such with the urgency of the …
Continue reading Sermon: No Hurry?“These were more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily to find out whether these things were so.” (Acts 17:11) Why were the Bereans described as “more fair-minded than those in Thessalonica?” How are we to receive God’s word? Ppt: The Nobility of the …
Continue reading Sermon: The Nobility of the Bereans“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) In approaching God’s word, we must have the desire to be approved before Him. In order for that to true, we must give intense effort in the study of …
Continue reading Sermon: Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth“Let no one despise your youth, but be an example to the believers in word, in conduct, in love, in spirit, in faith, in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12). This sermon considers the 6 matters in which Paul instructed Timothy to be an example. (NOTE: This was a sermon presented in two parts, but the second …
Continue reading Sermon: Be an Example“And now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love” (1 Corinthians 13:13). This lesson considers the trio of faith, hope, and love. These things characterize the Christian, and we should have an understanding of their relation to one another. Ppt: Faith, Hope, and Love Outline: Faith, Hope, and Love To download, …
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