Category Archives: 1 Peter
February 1, 2009 Joy
download 2.1.09 1 Peter 1:6-9 Though you have not seen him, you love him; and even though you do not see him now, you believe in him and are filled with an inexpressible and glorious joy, for you are receiving the goal of your faith, the salvation of your souls. Peter is describing three things [...]
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August 17, 2008 Prepare your Mind for Action
download 8.17.08 1 Peter 1 Three commands I – “Prepare your mind for action” verse 13 prepare your mind for action so when the moment comes you will act prepare your mind so you are ready at all times ready for action like the football player who gets ready in the locker room, puts on [...]
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December 30, 2007 A Church for the Outside Community
download 12.30.07 I was ordained in January of 2004. In the last 4 years I have not baptized a new believer. The church is growing in number but almost entirely by taking Christians from other churches not by making converts from the world And this is true of most churches that grow. Their new members [...]
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December 17, 2006 Christmas for the Broken
download 12.17.06 There are many broken people in our congregation, families and community people whose minds are broken mental retardation, mental illness, Alzheimer’s people whose emotions and desires are broken debilitating depression, homosexual desires, anorexia, addictions, pedophilia people whose bodies are broken those in chronic pain malformed by birth defects or injuries people with brokenness [...]