LOVE WITHOUT ACTION IS DEAD For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. –John 3:16 Pastor Brent at Life 21 Church in Northfield, Minnesota, told his congregation on Sunday that love without action is dead. “Because God […]
SANCTIFICATION Pastor Oswald gave the following message to the English troops in Egypt during the First World War. “Sanctification means intense concentration on God’s point of view. It means every power of body, soul, and spirit chained and kept for God’s purpose only…Sanctification means being made one with Jesus so that the disposition that ruled […]
TOOLS Pastor Max concluded a sermon with these words.“We do not boast in ourselves but in Jesus. We have nothing to trumpet about ourselves but that we are tools to glorify Jesus. He does the work, not us. It’s not what we have done for Him but what He has done for us and through […]
NATURE The following message was delivered on February 10 by Pastor Oswald. “Nature to a saint is sacramental. If we are children of God, we have a tremendous treasure in Nature. In every wind that blows, in every night and day of the year, in every sign of the sky, in every blossoming and in […]
GOD’S STUFF Pastor Bill was preaching a sermon on how to become more consistent in our walk with Jesus. “Do I want more of God or more of other stuff. Let me ask you, ‘where do I find God’s stuff?’” A twelve-year-old girl stood up and said, “In the Bible.” “That’s right, Jane, and can […]
GOING OUT Pastor Oswald delivered a message to a group of Bible College students in an upper room prayer meeting on a Sunday night. “You do not know what you are going to do; the only thing you know is that God knows what He is doing…Each morning you wake up is to be a […]
THE CHOSEN ONES “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then said I, “Here I am, send me.” Pastor Oswald closed his Bible and preached on Isaiah 6:8. “The call of God is not for the special few, it is for everyone. Whether or not I hear God’s call depends on the […]
EITHER-OR Pastor Bill was preaching a sermon on the choices we make every day. “It’s an either-or world we live in. “We either want more of God or more of the world…listen to God or to ourselves…get more or the Word of God in our lives or pay heed to everyone else besides Him. “You’ll […]
TOMORROW Pastor George MacDonald preached the following sermon. “The care of the disciples was care for the day, not for tomorrow; the word tomorrow must stand for any and every point of time of the future. The next hour, the next moment, is as much beyond our grasp and as much in God’s care, as […]
IT’S JUST NOT TRUE Pastor Bill started his sermon by quoting an old saying “God won’t give you more than you can handle.” Several parishioners nodded their heads in agreement. “It sounds comforting, until you are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, lose a spouse, or are afflicted with unending level-8 pain. It’s just not true. God […]