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The Birth of a Nation

    The Birth of a Nation Series on Faith                 I.      Introduction Hebrews 11:8–10; Genesis 12:1–3          A.      The Three Beginnings          1.       Genesis 1 : Beginning with Adam          2.      Genesis 6–7 : Beginning with Noah          3.       Genesis 12 : Beginning with Abram          B.      When the World Rebels, God Deals with one Man          1.      The Tower of Babel          2.      Out of the confusion comes a call          3.      God will give birth to the nation Israel through Abram          4.      Many less...

From Suicide to Salvation

June 24, 2012    From Suicide to Salvation       Acts 16:25–34           I.      Introduction          A.      Drama in a Dungeon          B.      Paul and Silas in Prison          1.      Their feet in stocks          2.      At midnight, they pray and praise the Lord          C.      Questions from the Darkness           II.      Body          A.      What Makes the Soul Delight? ( v. 25 )          1.      The pain, the darkness, tomorrow’s prospects          2.      Reasons they might have been depressed            ...

The Prodigal’s Father

June 17, 2012     The Prodigal’s Father Luke 15:11–32           I.      Introduction          A.      My Favorite Father in the Bible          1.      Chosen by Jesus to illustrate the Heavenly Father          2.      He must then be the ideal earthly father to study          B.      He was a Father of Two Sons Who were Prodigal for a Time          1.      The younger was prodigal in choosing the pleasures of sin          2.      The older was prodigal in choosing pride of self          C.      Because the Father was what he was, the prodigal became what he should be          1.      The younger so...

God’s Blessed Man

June 10, 2012 God’s Blessed Man          Psalm 1        I.    Introduction A.     Who Wants to be Blessed of God ? 1.     Most would answer affirmatively 2.    Your presence here indicates your interest in God’s blessing B.     The First Step in God’s way of Blessing is Salvation 1.     This is the message of the entire Bible 2.    There is no formula for blessing that does not begin with faith 3.    Psalm 1 assumes that salvation has taken place C.     Prescription for Blessing          II.    Body A.     The Dangers to God’s Blessed Man ( v. 1 ) 1.     There are detours along the way 2.    The threefold danger: a.    Walking in the counsel ...

The Lord is Good … Tell It Wherever You Go!

June 3, 2011 The Lord is Good … Tell It Wherever You Go!                Nahum 1:7           I.    Introduction A.     Nahum Often Counted The Highest Among The Minor Prophets 1.     Nahum prophesied about the time of Isaiah and Micah 2.    Nahum was a native of Galilee 3.    Capernaum means “Village of Nahum” 4.    Nahum means “comforter” 5.    Primarily a book of prophesied judgment against Ninevah … about 150 years after Jonah’s revival there 6.    Perhaps best known to some because of 2:3–4 … sometimes thought to be a prophecy of the automobile B.     The Text for Today 1.     A message of tranquility in a time of trouble 2.    A message of comfort in a time of chaos 3. ...

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Lamb Slain Before the Foundation Rev. 13:8 “And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world.” (KJV) There are actually two legitimate ways this passage of scripture can be translated. One is as the KJV translated it; the other is as the New American Standard Version translates it. It says, “And all who dwell on the earth will worship him, everyone whose name has not been written from the foundation of the world in the book of life of the Lamb who has been slain.” (Rev. 13:8 NASB) The questions is, which was done “from the foundation of the world?” Were the names written in the book of life, or was the Lamb slain? Both ideas are supported elsewhere in scripture. Rev. 17:8 supports the idea that the names that are in the Book of Life were entered there before the foundation of the world. It says, “The beast that you saw was and is not, and is about to come up out of the aby...

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Prince of Darkness / Angel of Light 2 Corinthians 11:13–15 Introduction: It is amazing how few people are willing to call things what they are. Paul didn’t suffer from such reticence regarding false teaching. He says it is what we should expect given Satan’s methods. Have you ever noticed that the voice which calls you to sin sounds more like an angel’s than a devil’s? No wonder!     I.       Satan is always seeking to deceive you.       A.      Notice the context of false teachers:          1.      They try to change themselves into apostles.          2.      No wonder—Satan regularly does the same thing.       B.      Satan practices self-transformation.       C.      There are numerous Biblical examples of this.          1.      Garden of E...