Jesus reminds us a lot that it’s important to put God first in our hearts. Sometimes we get confused, and we try to rearrange that order. Maybe we put money first, and think we can buy our way into Heaven. The man in the Gospel story seemed to think that way, didn’t he? Or ...
-last week we started with the first few verses and how they show how love is the language of God. That God is more concerned with your attitude when treating people than what you are actually doing. You can help someone and show absolutely no love, then it’s worthless. Or y...
Putting God to the Test Contributor: Johnny Carver Scripture: Malachi 3:1-3:10 Denomination: Other This sermon seriously deals with actually putting your faith into practice at God insistence or encouragement. continue to full sermon » read full sermon on one pa...
First, Psalm 89 draws our focus to the fact that everything is made by God, comes from God and belongs to God. The psalmist says (v11), “The heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that is in it.” We may feel that our possessions are ours,...
There are a lot of people who don’t get many good points in the sermons they must endure. In the traditional Roman Rite today we celebrated the Most Holy Name of Jesus. In the newfangled calendar most people got a transferred Epiphany. Real Epiphany, aka Twelfth Night, is tomorrow. ...
the first is the most noble; the second is the most common; the third is the most necessary. To some the means of serving God have grown so all-important that they have forgotten altogether that it was to serve God that they set out. The source of error lies in placing the means bef...
Jim Cymbala said, “Ingratitude to God is the first step toward backsliding and departure from God. So, it is to our benefit to have a thankful heart toward God.”Let’s put into practice this lesson from King David: “Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget bot all His benefits” ...
showed that he accepted them by giving the Holy Spirit to them, just as he did to us He made no distinction between us and them, for he purified their hearts by faith. Now then, why do you try to test God by putting on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our ...
Putting God, and Man, In Their Rightful Places 46:41Dan Unruh•10/2/22 Westside Baptist Church-The Continuing Acts of Christ The Unknown God 42:15Dan Unruh•9/25/22 Westside Baptist Church-The Continuing Acts of Christ Resting in the Salvation of the Lord ...
God presides in the great assembly; he renders judgment among the “gods”: “How long will you defend the unjust and show partiality to the wicked? Defend the weak and the fatherless; uphold the cause of the poor and the oppressed. ...