Sunday Service

What do you do when being good isn’t good enough? That's the question Peter deals with here in chapter 3. Peter you recall was writing a general epistle to the church at large at a time in the world when the church was suffering tremendous persecution for something it didn’t do. The church had become the “fall guy” for Caesar Nero who wanted to rebuild Rome and decided to light the city on fire an...

How many of you like charts? I don’t. In 1 Peter 3 we have a chart of sorts so that we can check our progress as a child of God. It’s important to note right off that this isn’t a list that we use to check if we are saved or not. We use lists like this to check our growth because we are saved to get a pulse of where we are at and to be encouraged knowing as we draw close to God this is the work th...

Last week we looked at the word submission from the wife’s perspective. We looked at what Peter and Paul had to say. In 1 Peter 3:1-6 Peter addressed the women more at length than he does men for the simple fact women had no rights other than the ones their husbands afforded them in the Roman Empire. It was much more difficult for women in those days than it is today and Peter explains out how a w...

As promised we are looking at what the Bible speaks of when it speaks of submission. The word “submission” conjures up all kinds of thoughts and emotions in both men and women. I recall years and years ago now a guy in the church who bought his wife for her birthday one year a book. She loved to read and he gave her a book by P.B. Wilson titled, “Liberated Through Submission”. For the record, they...

Have you ever really thought about what makes the Christian life so hard to live? There is a constant battle raging in us. The battle of good and evil, right and wrong, black and white, my will and God’s will. Of all the teachings in the Bible, living in submission to God is by far and a way the most difficult to do for it means dying to myself and my ways and wants and trusting God, looking to Go...

A few weeks ago when we began our study in 1 Peter I felt the Lord pointing me to this book to study because there are many parallels between the time in around 64 A.D. when Peter penned the books of 1 and 2 Peter and today, 2020 and the world we are now living in.

We name our children after the apostles, Matthew, Mark, Luke and John and we name our dogs, Cesars, Nero, Julis, Hercules, Apollo, and Atlas.

The book of Proverbs teaches us about True Wisdom. Is there such a thing as false wisdom? The Bible says yes.

We are studying the book of Proverbs. Last week we talked about the Power of our Tongue. As we continue our study this morning in the book of Proverbs we are looking at the “Power of People” and the impact our friendships have in our life. I want to look with you at three things this morning… 1. Two Ways To Be A Better Friend 2. Three Friends Everyone Needs 3. Love Means Letting Go Nothing will ma...

We're looking at the book of Proverbs. And Proverbs chapter 6 and 24 deal with this, though there are many other scriptures that deal with it. In the book of Proverbs, there are 19 different verses that deal with the issue of laziness. Written mostly by Solomon, Remember our definition of a Proverb. “A pithy statement that packs a powerful punch.” Short sayings based on long experience. They are a...

In the book of Proverbs Solomon has a lot to say about what we say. Heres an interesting fact: the words, tongue, mouth, lips, and words occur almost 150 times in Proverbs. On average, a reference to speech appears 5 times in each of the 31 chapters. Solomon often times uses a contrastive couplet when speaking of the wise and the foolish. Both types of people reveal themselves to others by how the...

A couple of weeks ago we were reading in Proverbs 5 and I was sharing with you that in Proverbs 5-7 Solomon is instructing his son on the topic of “sex” and specifically dealing with temptation and adultery. I had titled the message, “why sex sins are worse than other sins” and invited you to read Proverbs chapters 5-7 and 1 Corinthians 6. This morning I wanted to pick up the message in 1 Corinthi...

Before we read this text this morning and pray I realize this topic of human sexuality can be very uncomfortable for some for a number of reasons. Obviously the Lord desires that we do speak about the subject for the simple fact that it is addressed within the pages of scripture frequently. It is best to be direct to avoid confusion.

This morning we are returning to our study in the book of Proverbs, on practical wisdom for everyday living. If you recall when we began the study I shared with you that Solomon is credited with writing the book of Proverbs, one of the 5 books that make up the Poetic Books in the Old Testament. The 5 poetic books are: 1. Job 2. Psalms 3. Proverbs 4. Ecclesiastes 5. Song of Solomon Solomon wrote, P...

Today is Father’s Day, the day we honor all of our fathers, grandfathers, uncles, and all the men who fill such important roles in the lives of our families and our church. Fathers we celebrate you today! We want you to know how important you are to us. We want you to know that we realize how much you teach us. Our fathers teach us much. Mine did. I am sure yours did. They probably teach us much m...

The refrain from the song “Jesus Loves The Little Children” written by Clarence Herbert Woolston comes to mind this morning, “Jesus loves the little children, All the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, All are precious in His sight, Jesus loves the little children of the world.” Sadly, many don’t feel loved today in our world. Like many of you here today, I thought the news su...

Pentecost means 50… in calendar terms we are 50 days past Easter Sunday. How many bought a Pentecost card to send to someone today? Pentecost is one of the three major feasts the Jews came to Jerusalem to celebrate each year. Pentecost Sunday is a celebration of the prophecy of Joel being fulfilled as the promised Holy Spirit was poured out on all of creation.

Happy Mother’s Day! Today we celebrate the gift of women and particularly our Mom’s who regardless of our relationship with them are the ones who gave us life. I love Mother’s Day for the simple reason God used women to reveal His love for me from my youngest memories of life. From the moment I was born God blessed my life with some very special womanI’d like to begin this Mother’s Day saying than...

Happy Easter! He is Risen! Just as He said. To be honest with you this morning today is a hard day for me personally… What should be the greatest gathering of the church together in celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the most amazing moment in world history, we are celebrating apart from one another, practicing “social distancing” for the safety and well being of all.

I love the story of Palm Sunday… what an entrance Jesus makes… Talk about making an entrance.

Have you ever asked yourself the question, “Why am I here?” Or maybe you phrased it this way, “Why am I still here? Or maybe better still, “What on earth am I here for?” Those are great questions to ask yourself. I have had three weeks laying in bed to ask myself and God that question. What am I investing my life in? What gets the best of me? Hopefully all of us can say we are here on earth, alive...