Posts Tagged ‘Christianity’
The Missing Illustration
Yesterday we looked at “Are You A Christian, Evaluating Your Claim To Christianity” at Kitwe Church. In Mark 4 Jesus answers the question why so many professing Christians “fall away” and never bear fruit. Here is the “missing illustration” that for sake of time was dropped from that sermon, but is so helpful to our…
Read MoreBack to the Beginning: Meet Our Powerful God
This morning I would like for you to meet God. When we make an introduction of someone we often give a framework by which others can understand and identify themselves. How would you introduce yourself? Genesis means beginning and the first in our Bible is the Book of Genesis. Genesis gives us the beginning of…
Read MoreWhy I Believe In The Resurrection
Two days ago my wife’s uncle died after a long battle with cancer. Death is not natural to life. It is not part of the original created order. We recoil from death we wish to be far from it. When we hear the footsteps of death coming for us we fight and some fear it.…
Read MoreThe Church is a Field: The Goal is Quantity
We have all seen the signs along the road saying, “Have you eaten today? Thank a farmer.” There is a lot of truth to that sign. We all need food to survive, to stay healthy, and to grow. As a boy, I grew up on a family farm. I remember the year my Dad told…
Read MoreA Model Church For A Modern World
A church is a gathering of Christians for the purpose of displaying God’s glory by becoming increasingly like Jesus Christ (Eph. 3:10-11).
“The church is God’s missile of salt and light hurled into the world to proclaim the triumphant message of sins forgiven and lives transformed.” – R. Kent Hughes, Acts
Read MoreThe REAL Story of Christmas
We all are likely to have unique Christmas memories from our childhood. Mine include cutting down the family Christmas tree, and snow – lots of snow. One particular Christmas as a little boy, my brother and I went with my dad into the forest to cut a pine tree. In the forest the tree looked…
Read MoreMud & Miracles
I hate Zesco – power cuts. It is evening, the sun has set and you have plans for the evening. Suddenly you hear that dreaded sound: “thunk!” Everything goes dark. What is your immediate response? You run for the light – a candle, a torch, or switch on an inverter. Around our house when Zesco cuts…
Read MoreRecovering From Grief
The human capacity for grief is at times overwhelming! Time and again this year I have been face to face with people who are suffering deep grief. In the past ten months I am aware of at least 10 ladies who husbands have passed away. Others have suffered the loss a son or daughter or parent. Many…
Read MoreWhose Sons & Daughters Are You?
The Setting (37) Jesus’ public ministry was marked by increasing levels of conflict and opposition from the religious leaders of his day, the Pharisees. It was ultimately this conflict which God used to bring to pass his plan eternal plan for Christ—that he would suffer a violent death as the penalty for sin and become…
Read MoreThe Compassionate Forgiver
In our text John 8:1-12 we read of a woman caught in an adulterous relationship who is dragged to Christ. Through this story we see Christ revealed as the Compassionate Forgiver! We all need to receive that forgiveness that only He can offer. In these verses we will discover five attitudes that unlock for us God’s response to…
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