Bishop Peter, in a recent sermon, talked about the eighteen inches between our head and our heart being the greatest gap in the universe. There is often a gap between what we cognitively believe and what we experience in our hearts. Bishop Peter works hard to help us be more self-aware ...
Verse 1This verse refers to the close of the foregoing sermon. Those to whom Christ has made himself known, desire to know more of him. Verses 2-4In these verses we have an account of Christ's cleansing a leper, who came and worshipped him, as one clothed with Divine power. This cl...
Introduction to the Sermon on the Mount 5 Now when Jesus saw the crowds, he went up on a mountainside and sat down. His disciples came to him, 2 and he began to teach them. The Beatitudes He said: 3 “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.4 Blessed...
God’s people are set apart for holiness (1 Peter 1:16) by the work of the Holy Spirit to grow more into the image of God day-by-day, but this “separation” is best practiced through persevering “infiltration.” Jesus concludes his prayer in John 17:17-26, “Sanctify them in the ...
John Piper quote taken from his sermon “Jesus is the Ruler of Kings on Earth” (11/26/89) archived onhttp://www.DesiringGod.org All scriptures quoted from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version (Crossway) JESUS IS… THE FIRSTBORN OF THE DEAD ...
responding to his efforts. Mary of Magdala hailed from the town Magdala on the lake’s western shore. Early Christians honored this Galilean inland lake by building churches commemorating the feeding of the five thousand, the Sermon on the Mount, the primacy of Peter, and the house of Peter....
But Apostle Peter counters this by embarking on a bold sermon which results with the conversion of 3000 new believers. “The arrival of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost,” notes Limbaugh, “is considered the birth of the Christian Church. As such, it’s interesting that Jesus was also conceived...
Which means there is hope for the sermon. If the Word became flesh, if God created with His voice, if humans are at their most human when talking, the sermon can never fully wither away. For we crave such face to face talk. The more we retreat to lonely computer stations and darkened...
Jesus Restores, #109 Featured/Leave a comment 15“When they had finished breakfast, Jesus said to Simon Peter,“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”He said to him, “Yes, Lord; you know that I love you.” He said to him,“Feed my lambs.” ...
Anyone who has been in Sunday School or been to a good Sermon has heard of this story. And has garnered from it that Christ calms the storms in our lives. However, this pastor from today made a point I didn’t see before or even consider. That is this. That Satan caused the storm...