If You Don’t Like The Message, Kill the Messenger - VIGNETTE

If You Don’t Like The Message, Kill the Messenger
The heat is being turned up on all of us Christians. Army Chaplains are not allowed to close their prayer in the name of Jesus.  We are being muzzled.  If people do not like the message they WILL kill the messenger. The first person to be killed for his message was Abel.

How Do I Love Thee? Knowing God - CLASS

How Do I Love Thee?  Knowing God
What does it mean to love God? How do you teach yourself or others about God?  You do not simply sit down and command others to love or obey God, do you? Of course not!  It's the stories in the Bible that make God come alive! Lets spend time with God in His Word.

Get Me Out Of Here - VIGNETTE

Get Me Out Of Here
Sometimes God leaves us to give us something better.  We are going to look at the life of Joseph beginning at Genesis chapter 40.  Remember Joseph was his daddy’s favorite. He was a good boy. When he was about 17, his brothers decided to get rid of him.  Joseph ends up being a slave.  However, Joseph had a person on whom he depended.  Joseph knew God. 

What Is This Term? Pre-Christians? - VIGNETTE

What Is This Term? Pre-Christians?
Have you heard about this term? Pre-Christians? The idea is that they are not "unsaved" or "lost", they are Pre-Christians. The way the Bible speaks of people who are not Christians is very different. The Bible says the unsaved are going to hell. If you are giving the gospel to the unsaved, to use the term Pre-Christians smacks of Universalism.

Is The Old Man Dead Yet? - VIGNETTE

Is The Old Man Dead Yet?
I was speaking to a friend of mine who lives up North and her daughter worked for a large company. The owner was ill, not expected to live. The man died, the very next day the men 'behind' him, fired 220 some odd people from their jobs and restructured everything.  Greed! Not need! There are many examples of that terrible situation.  There are examples of this in the Bible, too.

If You Want to be Depressed DO This: A Recipe for Depression - CLASS

If You Want to be Depressed DO This: A Recipe for Depression
I am not making light of depression. I know quite a few people who walk around very very depressed. I'm not a medical doctor please understand I am not telling you to drop your meds. Depression is not respecter of person and can come and go. There are circumstances in a person's life that are painful, or shocking, and people can react to that by going into a deep dark pit of depression.

Get Up And Get Going - VIGNETTE

Get Up And Get Going 
This vignette is not about being tired. This vignette is about having a calling on your life and finding excuses for not getting up and going.

Do Something Different With Our Lives - POTPOURRI

Do Something Different With Our Lives
God gets our attention and alerts us to do something different with our lives

Why Am I Living And For What Am I Dying? - POTPOURRI

Why Am I Living And For What Am I Dying?
The Question is often asked "Why Am I Living?" but perhaps a more appropriate question would be "For What Am I Dying?"

Gotcha: The Three Idols of Mankind - CLASS

Gotcha: The Three Idols of Mankind
Every human being who lives today or in the past has been under the power of Satan or the power of Christ. How does the evil one get us? Pleasure, Profit, Honor. 

I've Got a Phone and I've Got a Pen - VIGNETTE

I've Got a Phone and I've Got a Pen
This is not a political vignette, it is a spiritual application of what we've recently heard.

Three Men Who Are My Friends - VIGNETTE

Three Men Who Are My Friends

These three friends can teach us a lot:

He that loves me
He that hates me
He who is indifferent to me:

He who loves me teaches me tenderness
He who loves me teaches me to be cautious
He who loves me teaches me to be self-reliant

Don't Raise Christian Brats - CLASS

Don't Raise Christian Brats

• God set up the family because the family is the glue that holds society together.
• The only thing you can take to heaven is your children.
• We have a manual straight from the Lord in how to raise children.
• The Bible is full of examples of parenting.
• What is the difference between disciple and punishment?
• The dangers of Ritalin.
• How to Biblically train your child.

Lean Soul Living - VIGNETTE

Lean Soul Living
We've all been there. We know what it feels like to have our to have our soul lean, shallow, and weak.

Talitha Kum - CLASS

Talitha Kum (Mark 5)
Today we are thinking about how we comfort ourselves and others Biblically about death.

Typhoid Mary, The Sequel - CLASS

Typhoid Mary, The Sequel
For what did Christ die? For what kind of sins? All of them. You can go to any prison system and those inside will compare themselves to other prisoners and they can always find someone worse them themselves. Out of our hearts comes sin. These things defile a man. We all have a sin nature. Where did you get yours?

Kohath, Korah, and the Kohathites - CLASS

Kohath, Korah, and the Kohathites
God had a purpose for each of the 12 tribes. Levi was one of the 12 tribes and Kohath was the son of Levi. The Kohathites had a special privilege and responsibility to carry the Holy objects. Kohath had a son named Korah. Remember Korah's rebellion? This is a story about God's incredible mercy.

A Widow's Mite and a Widow's Might - VIGNETTE

A Widow's Mite and a Widow's Might
Our text is Mark 12.  What was the widow's heart? She was trusting her God to supply all her needs. Widows, in Biblical days, couldn't work.   She was a dependent, trusting woman.  Jesus makes a wonderful example to all us.

My Theme for 2014 - POTPOURRI:

My Theme for 2014
For a number of years now, I have had a specific theme for the New Year.  Usually, in October I begin praying about two questions:  (1) Lord, what do I need to learn about you this coming year?  (2) And what do I need to learn about myself?

Bible Reading - POTPOURRI

Bible Reading:
A step by step approach to reading the Word of God.