Choice is older than creation; Our best choice always conforms to Christ [wisdom embodied].

Satan and his minions are not passive in temptation; Believers must consciously walk in the victory of Christ.

Solomon gives advice that leads to success with others and peace with self.

Introduction I appreciate music of many styles. I like Jazz, Rock Ballads, Baroque period classical, Marches, Choral, New Age, CCM and Traditional American Hymns. I even somewhat appreciate country western unless it has a fiddle AND steel guitar that gets a little twangy. However, I don’t appreciate…

Eulogy In the next few minutes, I'd like to take us on a journey. Not a journey to the cemetery where bodies await resurrection, not a journey to Carols little home in Strong City where so many children experience love and care,. But a journey to a supernatural place where Jesus offers hope for something…

Introduction: good intentions “The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions” is a quote that I traced back at least to a sermon by John Wesley in 1741. A couple of dictionaries I found explain this aphorism as “ individuals may have the intention to undertake good actions but nevertheless fail to take…

Intro Correcting a misconception People have faith in a lot of different objects and several concepts of God. Some think of God as a cosmic bookkeeper who tracts every single thought and action and on earth rewards or punishes each action. Others think of God more like a Genie whom one turns to in order…

God rewards those who desire wisdom with defense and deliverance adn ensures their destiny.

How many of you are aware of “The Correction Sandwich”? It is a technique employed to “help the medicine go down.” The idea is that anything corrective is better received if served between 2 compliments. Any pet owner who has ever hidden a pill in peanut butter, bacon or ground beef knows this idea.…

The safest and happiest place in life is in full union with the God of the Bible, regardless of distractions.

When each disciple contributes (rather than divides) the Gospel spreads.

Through Paul's biography we can find mission for our lives.

Being "in Christ" means liing for others.

Be Faithful to God an dHis Word, while at the same ttime being gracious to others in the family.

Recipients of mercy are compelled internally to show God's worth by loving others.

Humility and love are the attire of Christ that we are to put on as we wake to the situation around us.

Jesus is the glorious deliverer for the wild, the jealous, and the hardened.

Discipline of others is not a time for celebration, it is an opportunity for reflection and repentance.