The Bond

The Bond CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the New Testament there are three different bonds that can exceedingly benefit or drastically deteriorate a church.  They are the bonds of peace, of perfectness and of iniquity. The bond of peace – Eph 4:1-3 – this is the result of the unity of...

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Centered and Balanced Life

Maintaining Your Balance in Life Prov. 11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO This sermon on the centered and balanced life is going to be much easier to follow by listening to the audio than it is by reading the notes.  The notes are more of an outline for the sermon than they...

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The Remnant and Resurrection of Israel, Rom 11:5, 15

The Remnant and Resurrection of Israel Rom 11:5,15  CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are three main themes that we will study in Romans 11.  They are the remnant of Israel, the resurrection of Israel and the salvation of Israel.  Today, we will study the first two of these doctrines. The...

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Don’t Look Back!

Don’t Look Back! Gen. 19.26     God told them “look not behind thee”, verse 17. Yet Lot’s wife “looked back from behind him”. The result was not good. In a few days I will turn sixty years old. Until this birthday I have never had any regrets or sadness...

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Effectual Prayer James 5:16b

Effectual Prayer James 5:16b CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  Effectual prayer has adequate power or force to produce the intended effect. Ultimately God decides how and when prayers are answered. Our hearts desire is to make our petitions known and heard of God, [ 1Jn.5:11-15] and to be effectual as possible. Many...

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Lessons From King Saul: Being impatient

Lessons From King Saul: Being Impatient (1 Samuel 13:1-14)  This lesson will deal with the impatient of Saul and how it led him to commit a terrible sin that eventually cost him the kingdom. Patience is a very hard thing for us to have, especially in the world that we...

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Our Relationship to God Jn. 1:12

Our Relationship to God Jn. 1:12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We must understand our relationship to God if we are ever going to fully appreciate what he’s done for us and what we can do for him. Our relationship to God is patterned after Jesus’ relationship to God while he was...

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Sowing and Reaping

As I have done, so has God requited me Sowing and Reaping Judges 1:1-7   In this passage is yet another example of the principle of sowing and reaping. The king, Adonibezek sowed and ending up reaping the same. Even this ungodly king knew that it was the Lord God...

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Commentary on Romans 11, Rom 11:1-36

Commentary on Romans 11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Romans 11 should be studied in one lesson, first, so that the point Paul is making can be fully understood. Therefore, this week we will read the entire chapter and comment on it verse by verse as we read it. In the next...

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