Paul compared our work as Christians to that of a soldier. Epaphroditus was a fellow soldier to Paul. Archippus was Paul’s fellow soldier. In Eph 6:10-18 Paul described the armor of a soldier in which we stand against the devil. A good soldier of Jesus Christ: Endures Hardness Your life...

Pastor Rick Sowell preached a salvation message from Gal 4:7. “Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ”. When you believe on Jesus you become a son of God. There is no longer any guesswork. You don’t...

A Momentary Lapse in Trust (2 Samuel 24:1-25 ; 1 Chronicles 21:1-21) In the passages for this lesson, we see the account of David’s sin in numbering the people. These passages do not present a contradiction as many teach. The answer is seen when we look at the example from...

The Quest for Knowledge (2 Timothy 3:1-17) We live in a day where knowledge is increasing at an amazing rate. This is a sign of the times as seen in this passage and in Daniel 12:4. Yet, with all the knowledge that is available to us people are still not...

Blinded by the Light (2 Corinthians 4:3-6) In this passage there are 3 questions that come to mind and the goal of this sermon will be to answer these three questions. 3 Questions from the passage: 1)  Who does the blinding?                 Satan 2)  What does he blind with?             ...

What are we so afraid of? John 14:1-6 In this passage Jesus is instructing the twelve before his death, burial, and resurrection. Jesus is also giving them some comforting words regarding the event that will follow. For us there is also a great lesson from these words. We are living...

When Paul wrote the Corinthians about their offering for the poor saints in Jerusalem, he complimented them on abounding in some wonderful things he could see in the congregation.  From what he wrote, we see our own need to abound in diligence. In 2 Cor 8:7, they abounded in faith...

In Jos 14:8-9, 14, Caleb’s testimony is that he wholly followed the Lord.  He was all in. He stood with God against the spies and the multitude who feared to go into the land of Canaan.  Today we want to see how we can wholly follow the Lord like Caleb...

In Ezek 24:15-27, Ezekiel’s wife dies, and Ezekiel neither mourns nor weeps as a sign to Israel. The Lord’s Announcement and Instructions to Ezekiel In v.16 the Lord announces that he will take away Ezekiel’s wife with a stroke.  She is the desire of his eyes.  And when God takes...