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1 Timothy 3:1-7 – Selecting Elders

| October 12, 2009

We began the process of selecting elders with constant congregational prayer.  Then, we proceeded with an intense study of scriptures.  Thirdly we examined ourselves and the men of the congregation.  Hopefully we spent more time examining ourselves than others.  Finally the last couple of weeks, we have begun finishing what we started last year by […]

Philippians 4:15 – Relationship of the Preacher to the Elders and Church

| October 12, 2009

   After discussing this topic with another preacher, he wrote to me—“You have stated some things that I have never heard before from a preacher for the Lord’s church.”     Wow!  That’s sad!  Why?  Hopefully my conclusions are Biblically derived, and are not erroneously inferred from modern-day settings.  What I considered scriptural, he had never […]

1 Corinthians – Church Growth Problems

| October 9, 2009

We need to stop growing as a congregation.  Growing is too dangerous. Too many problems brought on by too many people, too many different people.  Growth destroys the status quo, forces us to confront our comfort zones, brings in new and different people with new and different problems, enlarges the gaps between the mature and […]

Epistles of Paul – Paul’s Writing Style

| October 7, 2009

Paul’s Writing Style (James MacKnight, MacKnight on the Epistles, pp.26-27) 1.         “In the first place, a concise unadorned style in preaching and writing, though accompanied with some obscurity, was, in the apostle’s situation, preferable to the clear and elegant manner of writing practiced by the Grecian orators… (1 Corinthians 1:17; 2:4).” 2.         “In the […]

Colossians 2:12 – Are You A Geek?

| October 1, 2009

What is a geek?  Some proudly wear that moniker.  Those that do, usually make money off of being a geek.  Before the days of computers and Bill Gates, most defined “geek” synonymously with nerd – someone unsophisticated or uncool—if you need a picture just look in any high school yearbook!  Nowadays a geek is someone […]

Titus 2:7 – People Are Watching

| September 18, 2009

A housecoat; a Louis Vuitton purse; a fast food restaurant.  What do these three things have in common?  Absolutely nothing.  And yet, while visiting a fast food restaurant, my eye caught a lady with her trendy LV (Louis Vuitton) purse (unless it was a knockoff) standing in line wearing a housecoat.  I wanted to ask […]

Acts 16:22-30 – Singing Transports Us To Telling Others

| September 15, 2009

Singing not merely about God, but to Him is deeply moving; we can also teach others about God through our singing.  We can teach about God, but also about ourselves.  God ordained joy to be spread through our vocalizing the Christian life in song.  I once knew a Christian that did not think you could […]

Titus 2:10 – What Are We Advertising?

| September 15, 2009

Are we advertising what we think we are?  Driving down the road in Tennessee, I noticed a billboard.  “Heaven or Hell – Your Choice.”  Under “Heaven” the billboard listed John 3:16.  Under “Hell” they listed…their phone number!  For some reason I don’t think they were advertising what they were advertising – “If you want to […]