Money and Marriage God’s Way
– Howard Dayton. Moody Publishers. “Some people adopt an ‘It’ll all work out somehow’ attitude toward marriage and finances. But sadly, it often doesn’t work out. Financial woes and marriage troubles can rob couples of precious opportunities to savor the blessings of companionship, family, and peace that God intendes for His people. [This book] will
Just Do Something
– Kevin DeYoung. Moody Publishers. “Hyper-spiritual approaches to finding God’s will just don’t work. It’s time to try something new: give up. Pastor and author Kevin DeYoung counsels Christians to settle down, make choices, and do the hard work of seeing those choices through. Too often, he writes, God’s people jump from church to church,
The Essential Presence
Written by: Bill Elliff And He said, “My presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.” And he said to Him, “If your presence will not go with me, do not bring us up from here. For how shall it be known that I have found favor in Your sight, I and
Never Give In, Never Give Up!
During the sixteenth century, there was a man who served as a page at the court of King Edward VI by the name of Thomas Hawkes. Thomas was a man noted for his gentle manners, his winsome personality, and for his firm faithfulness to Christ. However, when Edward died, the face of religion changed, and
P Is for Prophet (Part 3)
The Ministry Unless you walk into a crisis that threatens the very life of the church, the wise prophet spends the first year getting acquainted, sensing the dynamics of the church family, identifying the movers and shakers and praying for the sanctified obstructionists. During that year, you make a list of the things that must
WA Criswell
www.wacriswell.com This site provides a collection of over two thousand sermons Dr. W. A. Criswell preached during his fifty-five years of ministry at the First Baptist Church of Dallas, Texas, organized by date, verse, category, topic, and word. The messages are available through streaming audio and video, transcripts, and sermon outlines. There are several featured
Godly Wisdom for Financial Freedom
(This appeared as part of the “Godly Wisdom for a New Millennium Series”.) by Michael Catt Proverbs 21:20 God is interested in how you spend the hours of your life and where you will spend eternity. I. Why Should I Honor the Lord with My Money?“Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.”
"The Christian minister, as someone has pointed out, is a descendant not of the Greek orator but of the Hebrew prophet. The differences between the orator and the prophet are many and radical, the chief being that the orator speaks for himself while the prophet speaks for God. The orator originates his message and is responsible to himself for its content. The prophet originates nothing but delivers the message he has received from God who alone is responsible for it, the prophet being responsible to God for its delivery only. The prophet must hear the message clearly and deliver it faithfully, and that is indeed a grave responsibility; but it is to God alone, not to men."
"Lord, I'm reminded this morning of the thought from the late seminary chaplain Richard Seume: 'When your people sit in front of you on Sunday morning, they're not interested in hearing another man tell them how to live their lives; they've come to hear a word from God.' May that be my prophetic perspective this week. Amen." - A. W. Tozer
Preaching
When J. Wilbur Chapman was called as pastor of the Bethany Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in January of 1890, a layman approached him and said, "You are not a very strong preacher, but a few of us have decided to gather and pray every Sunday morning for you." That prayer meeting grew to over 1,000 before it was all over. Chapman conducted his own revival soon after taking the pastorate, and 400 new members were added to the church, most of them by profession of faith. The Sunday School attendance eventually reached 12,000. At the time, Bethany was the largest Presbyterian church in America.
- source Gerald Harris, The Christian Index, Volume 185, Number 23
Preaching
School, 1957 v. 2009
Scenario 1: Jack goes quail hunting before school and then pulls into the school parking lot with his shotgun in his truck’s gun rack.1957 – Vice Principal comes over, looks at Jack’s shotgun, goes to his car and gets his shotgun to show Jack.2008 – School goes into lock down, FBI called, Jack hauled off to jail and never sees his
Christian Children’s Fund
(from a Newsbrief in The Christian Index) Christian Children’s Fund, an organization that helps needy children across the globe, has decided to change its name to ChildFund International to broaden its outreach. “We are now part of an alliance of 12 organizations around the world who have the same goal of working to help deprived
Once Upon a Tree
– Calvin Miller This book review was submitted by Dr. Franklin Kirksey. Dr. Calvin Miller shares in Once Upon A Tree: Answering the Ten Crucial Questions of Life (Calvin Miller, Once Upon A Tree: Answering the Ten Crucial Questions of Life (West Monroe, LA: Howard Publishing Co., Inc., 2002), pp. 196-197), “Recently I preached a