AOTS: Laugh a Little
Monday, April 30th, 2007Laughter is great medicine, and when you learn to laugh at yourself, well, then you have won a great victory in your life.
Archive for April, 2007
Militance & Aggressiveness
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Never forget that as Christians we are in the midst of a spiritual battle. We wrestle against “principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places” (Ephesians 6:12). As such we are to put on the whole armor of God, that having done all, we will be able to stand “in the evil day” (vs. 13).
Sermon: God’s Word Prevails
Sunday, April 29th, 2007Paul’s ministry took him to Ephesus, as recorded in Acts 19. The text indicates to us truths about the Holy Spirit, conversion, and the power of faith.
Sermon: The Second Coming
Sunday, April 29th, 2007One of the most edifying and encouraging facts upon which the Christian faith is based in the certainty of our Lord’s second coming. It will be visible, audible and personal. It will result in the resurrection of the righteous, and an eternity in the presence of our God!
AOTS: I Live in a House
Friday, April 27th, 2007I live in a house. And the fact that I do disproves the general theory of evolution. It’s called the cosmological argument, and it is stated in Hebrews 3:4.
Podcast: Friendship with the World
Friday, April 27th, 2007To be a friend with the World is to become an enemy of God. Christians should submit in humble obedience to God, and resist the devil. Only in doing this can we overcome the siren call of worldliness.
Sermon: Man’s Tendency to Fall
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Bill Crews’ sermon documents the tendency of man to choose to sin. Using the history of the Jews, as well as New Testament and modern digressions and sin in the church, he points out the need to be on guard against apostasy.
AOTS: Gossip
Thursday, April 26th, 2007Gossip is destructive. And it may include “true” things that should nevertheless not be repeated. It is a sin, condemned by God, and can harm the one who is spoken against, the one guilty of the sin, and even the one who hears it.
Sermon: Unselfishness
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Bill Crews’ sermon points out that though the word “unselfishness” is not used in most English versions of the Bible, the concepts of “unselfishness” and “selfishness” are certainly prevalent in scripture.
Sermon: “Mistakes” in Stephen’s Sermon
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Bill Crews’ sermon answers skeptics claims that Stephen, in his sermon in Acts 7, made some mistakes in relating Jewish history.
AOTS: God Hates the Proud
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007Proverbs 6 reveals among six other things, that God hates a proud look. There is nothing more foreign to the spirit of Christ than for one saved by the grace of God to be haughty.
Sermon: Does The World See What It Should See?
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007Bill Crews’ lesson establishes the responsibility of Christians to be an influence for good in the midst of an ungodly world.
AOTS: Be A Good Listener
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007If you are a good listener, people will repay you with their friendship, admiration, appreciation, kindness, and from time to time wisdom.
Sermon: Does God See What He Should See?
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Bill Crews’ sermon asks the question, Does God see what He should see when he looks down upon his creation? (cf. Genesis 1:31). More to the point, does God see what He should see when he looks at me?
AOTS: Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Monday, April 23rd, 2007Some people will turn to God only when desperate, only when they are forced to by circumstance. To think that such an attitude will be acceptable to God is to be mistaken!
