Acts 2:22-36 Life today is being shaped by the influence found in our culture. In the early history of America, the Christian church influenced family life and shaped values. The Christian church also influenced the values of the education system. The Christian church had great influence on the kind of government that was formed with the focus being on freedom of the people The Christian church’s influence on culture was shaped by the Holy scriptures that revealed God’s plan of…..
Matthew 28:16-20 We have experienced all types of invasions, such as the electronic devices in our homes. I have been fighting a bad infestation of the wisteria vine at the edge of my yard. This vine invades in a hurry. On June 6, 1944 Operation Overlord, also known as D Day, marked the start of the Battle of Normandy. The battle lasted from June of 1944 to August, 1944. It resulted in the Allied liberation of Western Europe from…..
John 21: 15-19 God’s broken family’s greatest need is to experience the power of God’s love. We live with our fears, hurts and sorrow – because of our spiritual vacuum, we more than flesh and bone. Many of us have never trusted God’s plan for our lives. We do not accept God’s plan for us, so life can be what God wanted life to be for us. John 3:16-17 tells us why and what God’s love can do…..
John 18:1-11 John 19:13-30 What is the message of us Christians? We just don’t know anymore. In this broken world we lost the message of Jesus and his cross. Let our message focus again on the cross. In late summer and early autumn many of our stores start lay-away programs for Christmas. You pay a small amount over that period of time until Christmas or you can save the amount of the charges and pay it off when you go…..
Isaiah 53:1-12 and 55:1-13 God created us with his own DNA to be his family that would live in fellowship with their creator. He created us with the capacity to think and understand the gift of life that God alone gave us. Because we are able to think we can make decisions with our free will. We decided that we wanted to be equal to God and take over God’s perfect garden. Out of God’s love for us he called…..
Exodus 30:1-17 When God created us with his DNA God wanted us to be his family. He made us in his image. This is a spiritual image with soul and mind. This meant we could think and understand. Because he created us with the capacity to think means we have free will to choose and make choices. When God gave us the power to think and make decisions, we made the choice to use our free will and pull a…..
Genesis 1:26-28, 3:1-7, 20-24 God’s plan for us is found in Biblical words. The plan starts in Genesis and is woven throughout the rest of the scriptures. God is the master architect of all life. God has always been God. Never at any time has God not been God. Out of the mind of God he started to create. God took nothing but his mind and created light, sky, land, seas, vegetation, plants, trees, sun, moon, stars, sea creatures,…..
Matthew 12:38-45 The pessimistic, insecure and negative thinking people are always seeking answers to the questions of ‘what ifs’. The pessimistic-living people want more proof if they don’t get the answer they like to their ‘what ifs’. They just go to the next question of ‘yes, but’ and for the most part you can never give them the proof of what they are seeking…because they don’t know what they are seeking or asking. In our questions of faith, we can…..
Matthew 13:44-46 In this age of electronic devices, the games that have been a part of children’s culture in the past are dying. Such games as Red Rover, blindfold, jump rope, hopscotch and hide and seek are disappearing. The GPS systems have replaced maps. I can remember when gas companies gave out maps with the company name on the map, such as Gulf, Texaco and Esso. I am so old that I remember when our churches believed that the…..
Matthew 7:13-14 In life we walk through many types of gates. Some gates are to keep things out, or to keep some things inside. Some gates are just decorative. The church is the gatekeeper of the Biblical faith. In 1973 I walked through a gate that I will never forget. It was a different kind of experience that day, going through that gate. The day started with a call from a funeral home asking if I would do a funeral…..
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