No matter which role you find yourself filling in the family - the prodigal failure or the faultless older brother - you will be challenged as you listen to this discourse on a familiar Bible story.
Baptism is an ordinance that Jesus mentioned, and Himself practiced. The early church understood baptism to be a necessary step of obedience. What is the significance of this rite? How can we maintain a Scriptural view and practice of this ordinance?
To be a godly father may appear to be a daunting task. But the Bible way is really quite simple: teach your children about God, discipline them as needed, thank God for them, and don't anger them--and then do it God's way, over and over and over again.
There is no way we can say with certainty how God judges those who commit suicide, but we know that God values life. This sermon looks at suicide examples in the Bible and some things these men had in common. We need to think right thoughts to reap right actions.
A frank look at alarming issues threatening the church in the twenty-first century. Do we value the safeguards that we have received in conjuction with our Anabaptist heritage? Will we recognize the same old issues that now go by new names? "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear."
Does this title seem to be an oxymoron? If worldliness is enmity with God, how can there be such a thing? If Christians are placed in the world to do God's work, how shall they relate to the world? Worldliness explained, four danger areas noted, and five helps given for the other-worldly Christian