For God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time… I Peter 5:5-6 A Pride Church… Has a god who might have spoken to a people who need not listen. (Genesis 3:1-4) Read more…
. . . . Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones… Matthew 18:10 NKJV The Child’s Cry What is more heart wrenching than the cry of a child in terrible pain and distress? When children are in danger, unrelated adults will regularly go to great Read more…
. . Part 3: Warnings for those who would pretend to wait for Christ’s Return (The Foolish Virgins) . . Here is the scene of the text from Matthew 25:1-13. Inside the Kingdom of Heaven (the visible church) there are ten virgins. They have all been told that the Lord Read more…
Then Elisha died, and they buried him. And the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. So it was, as they were burying a man, that suddenly they spied a band of raiders; and they put the man in the tomb of Elisha; and when the man was let down Read more…
Then Elisha died, and they buried him. And the raiding bands from Moab invaded the land in the spring of the year. II Kings 13:20 NKJV During a recent sermon on Isaiah 38 and the sickness of Hezekiah, our church was reminded of the reality of death for the enemies Read more…
Then he departed from Elisha, and came to his master, who said to him, “What did Elisha say to you?” And he answered, “He told me you would surely recover.” But it happened on the next day that he took a thick cloth and dipped it in water, and spread it over his face so Read more…
For the Lord had caused the army of the Syrians to hear the noise of chariots and the noise of horses – the noise of a great army; so they said to one another, “Look, the king of Israel has hired against us the kings of the Hittites and the Read more…
Then he said to him, “Go in peace.” So he departed from him a short distance.” II Kings 5:17 How do you prepare others for your eventual passing away in death? Do you pretend it won’t happen and keep silent until it does? Or do you give instruction and comfort Read more…
So he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the new moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.” II Kings 4:23 NKJV Horatio Spafford was a successful businessman from Chicago. He and his wife Anna had five children, a son and four daughters. Read more…
And the child grew. Now it happened one day that he went out to his father, to the reapers. And he said to his father, ‘My head, my head!’ So he said to a servant, ‘Carry him to his mother.’ When he had taken him and brought him to his Read more…