I provided a longer explanation of this text in a sermon I preached several years back, and you can read the full manuscript here, so in this study, let me simply try to provide a summary of what these verses mean and how they can be applied to us today. In Ephesians 2, Paul is p...
See also The Martyrdom of Pionius and his Companions. Theophilus of Antioch This is one of the second century leaders of some Christians in Antioch and is considered a Patriarch of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch. Here is a link to a related sermon: Theophilus: Trinitarian or Binitarian...
Acknowledging God at the beginning of our day gets us started on the right foot! For additional worship: When Morning Guilds the Skies (Stacey Plays Hymns) Posted on January 5, 2025 Sermon outline for January 5, 2025 (Radio broadcast January 12, 2025) “The Gospel in Athens” (Acts 17...
I Where is our God?- Ever feel disregarded by God? Let down? Your walk with him, your very life- is pointless? Batteries run down (rabbit - Duracell)?- I do (briefly, dryness this Autumn)Student: E Philip Davis
They weren’t told what to do with it or why the church was doing this. But then, several weeks later, the pastor got up to preach his sermon on the parable of the talents, and he began by reminding the people of the ten dollar bill they had received. To introduce his sermon, he...
Jesus speaks with authority, and has, in His Sermon on the Mount, laid down a code which not only expounds, but expands and glorifies, or, in one word, fulfils the precepts of the Decalogue; as Moses stood the mediator of a covenant between God and Israel, representing God to the ...
From the rough text notes from Niel Short’s sermon: We should notice a few important features of this text. First off, God did not expect the creation to turn out this way. In fact, God is ready to wipe out something about which he had earlier said was “very good.” God is react...
Outline and notes of Sermon given at Fredericksburg Baptist Church, mid-1999, by David C. Treibs 4 Major points in this brief: --God has put his approval on being armed --God has used his people armed to accomplish his will (not that you have to be armed, but you will suffer the ...
But this can also happen while listening to another person, whether it be a sermon or a conversation. I also believe that synchronicity can point the way to a message. If you hear the same verse repeatedly … in Bible study, in a sermon and in a book you’re reading … it may be ...
(Outline not included online). You can see that Luke works his way through the life of Christ in a very orderly, systematic, chronological way. We are going to do that ourselves in the weeks and months ahead. Work through the life of Christ in an orderly, systematic way. ...