AMERICA AT THE CROSS ROADS! Psalm 85:1-13 INTRODUCTION: Psalm 85 was a hymn of the nation of Israel and was sung on some of their national holidays. We will use this Psalm today to speak of our nation at the crossroads just as Israel was at the crossroads when this Psalm was written. This Psalm […]

THE BLESSINGS OF BELIEVING! Psalm 34:1-10 INTRODUCTION: We love the song: “Oklahoma” when it says “everything is going my way!” But what about those times when everything is not going our way? The Psalmist tells us God’s way to handle life when it does not seem to be going our way: Psalm 56:3-4; Psalm 62:8; […]

WINNING OR WHINING? Psalm 46:1-11 INTRODUCTION: In 7-1 B C, the nation of Judah was a small insignificant nation. Assyria was the nation that was conquering the known world of its day. Sennacherib was the conquering king of Assyria and he was told by his intelligence unit that a man named Hezekiah was the king […]

A FATHER’S LOVE! Ephesians 6:1-4 INTRODUCTION: We are as a nation now no longer training our children to be God-fearing obedient children. That reason is the very reason our God instituted marriage in the first place: Malachi 2:15-16. Because of fatherless families today in our nation 15 million children are growing up in households without […]

THE PEACE OF THE SPIRIT! Galatians 5:22-26; Philippians 4:6-9 INTRODUCTION: The fruit of the Spirit is not like the gifts of the Spirit. God gives different gifts to different saints and no saint has all 19 Spiritual gifts listed in the Bible. 1 Corinthians 12:7-12. But the fruit of the Spirit is different. God gives […]

GRADUATING TO HAPPINESS! Matthew 5:1-12 INTRODUCTION: Well it is time to honor our high school graduates; Arianna and Eric Barancik as they have reached a new milestone in their lives. As they move to the next phase of their lives one of the questions I am sure they are asking is “Will I find fulfillment […]

WHAT DO YOU VALUE? Psalm 11:1-7 INTRODUCTION: In the last fifty years we have been involved in a culture war. Our values today are determined not upon what the Word of God says we should value but upon how we feel about what is truth and what is not truth for us. The word of […]

LOVING AS OUR LORD LOVED! 1 Corinthians 13:1-13 INTRODUCTION: A popular song when I was a teenager was “What the World Needs Now is Love Sweet Love.” Even non-Christians feel the need to be loved: John 13:34-35. The real question is: “What kind of love does the world need. We wonder sometimes: “Can anyone love […]

GOD’S CHANGING CHURCH Acts 6:1-7 INTRODUCTION: Someone has said “The only permanent thing in life is change.” So, in its 2,000-year history how much has the church of Jesus Christ changed? The word “church” as used in the Bible is never used in reference to a building or location, or a particular denomination, or to […]

COSTLY MEMORIES Psalm 33:1-22 INTRODUCTION: I believe that most Christians in this nation have a passion for the United States of America. But I also believe that passion must be renewed in each generation because it is so easy to forget the great price that was paid to make this nation one of the few […]