A couple days ago, I was a part of a pastor's lunch. Once a month a group of 10 or so local pastor's get's together just to relax and try to out "Wisdom" each other:) It truly love those lunches. This last meeting I had the opportunity to lead the discussion. I read the fellas two pages I will never tire of reading from Jared Wilson's book The ... Continue Reading
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Martyn Lloyd-Jones “The Church and the Word”
"The church is always to be under the word; she must be; we must keep her there. You must not assume that because the church started correctly, she will continue so. She did not do so in the New Testament times; she has not done so since. Without constantly being reformed by the Word the church becomes something very different. We must always keep ... Continue Reading
Sacrificing to God through HIM!
Hebrews 13:15 "Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name."You catch that? We are to continually sacrifice to God. How are we as believers supposed to offer sacrifices to God? Notice how the passage tells us how. We do that through Him! As we acknowledge the name ... Continue Reading
Samson’s Suicide and Samson’s Faith
Judges 16:28 "Then Samson called to the Lord and said, "O Lord God, please remember me and please strengthen me only this once, O God, that I may be avenged on the Philistines for my two eyes.""Hebrews 11:32 "And what more shall I say? For time would fail me to tell of Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets"Yesterday, ... Continue Reading
Sermon Notes from John 3:1-15
Herrin SBC 8-6-14John 3:1-15 "You Must be Born Again"Intro: Good to be back! The Gospel for the Religious is the same Gospel for the Harlot. ... Continue Reading
Living together before you are married is wrong. Yes, the Bible says so.
I regularly meet with couples who are living together before they are married. I have heard some argue that if a couple is not having sex then it is okay. I beg to differ. Here are the biblical reasons why I believe living together, even while not having sex, is sin.1. In Jn 4:18 Jesus tells the Samaritan woman at the well that he knows about ... Continue Reading
Whoever believes IN HIM
John 3:15 "That whoever believes in him may have eternal life."I love the "Whoever" passages in the bible. The Gospel of John is full of those passages. I do however think these passages are often only halfway understood. Most everyone understands the whoever part of this verse. Anyone in the world who believes in Jesus will have eternal life. Its ... Continue Reading
“Follow Me” To Leave or Stay?
Luke 5: 27 "After this he went out and saw a tax collector named Levi, setting at the tax booth. As he said to him, "Follow me." And leaving everything, he rose and followed him."Following Jesus requires us to leave behind our dreams, plans, glory. We leave all of that and then pick up a few things. We pick up God's purposes and live for God's ... Continue Reading
Sermon Notes from Ecclesiastes 4
Eccl 4 "Biblical Friendship"Intro: The Need Of True Friendship Prov 27:6 "Faithful are the wounds of fiends; profuse are the kisses of an enemy."We need true and redemptive friends.We were created in the image of a communal God. We screw up our attempts of friendship and community. What is Christian Friendship? ... Continue Reading
Our Wedding Movie: By Tennyson Tanner
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