Paul’s Role in Christianity Paul’s Ministry Text: Romans 16 I love reading this ending to the letter because it gives insight into early Christian culture. It also helps us understand Paul’s role in early Christianity. Paul’s role in early Christianity (vss 1-16) Paul either wrote Romans from Corinth in Acts 18 while he was there […]

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Lover of Good Men Text: Titus 1:8 Hospitality You’ve heard that nobody’s good. You’ve heard you can’t be good. And Baptists have WAY overstated this. They have grossly exaggerated man’s sin and applied it so loosely that no one can be good. But that poses a problem because Titus is supposed to find good men […]

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Hospitality (Abram’s Hospitality) Text: Titus 1:8 Hospitality is a lover of strangers. It means caring for people who are not like you. You’ll probably notice the word hospital as the base of this word. Americans are having a harder and harder time obeying this commandment. In fact, some other countries and other religions such as […]

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The Art of Listening Text: Luke 10:38-42 Hearing God’s Words The divine commandment is to hear Jesus Christ Hearing means more than recognizing the sounds coming out of someone’s mouth. It means paying attention so you can listen to their heart. The act of hearing vs the art of listening The Father says Hear ye […]

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Gospel to all nations Text: Romans 15 (One Body) Jews and Gentiles are unified in Christ in the New Covenant (vss 1-7) Continuation of doctrine of peace in chapter 14 and instruction on getting along. Selflessness because Jesus Christ was selfless. This is how a person claiming Jesus Christ honors Jesus Christ. One mind among […]

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Elijah’s prayer life Prayer I’ll make a disclaimer here. What I’m preaching is not the entire point James is making. James is talking about patience and waiting on the LORD. In that context, one of the illustrations he uses is Elijah’s prayer life. We’re going to draw some lessons from just that portion of James’ […]

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Not Greedy Titus 1:7 (Greed makes you immoral) Greed perverts judgment The common theme that Paul is trying to avoid is putting someone in oversight who judgment will be perverted. It may be perverted because they can’t control their emotions, anger particularly. Their judgment is perverted if they are self-willed, they must get their way. […]

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Rahab’s faith Faith Text: Hebrews 11:31 Hebrews 11 is highlighting one thing – faith. That’s made clear by the diversities of situations and people spoken of there. Rich people, poor people, mighty people, lowly people, all sorts that had this one thing in common – faith. The differences are the applications of faith. Righteousness comes […]

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What is the kingdom of God? God’s kingdom Text: Romans 14 First is a warning about making things moral that aren’t matters of morality (vss 1-6) Early on, people had a hard time defining what Christianity was. It was also difficult to define what eternal life was and what it looked like. Is it right […]

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Text: James 4 Most people who believe in God seem to view God as a Santa Claus. If you don’t view God that way, I’d contend that that’s how you want to view God. You don’t view God as the Creator of creation who establishes reality. You don’t view God as the judge who tells […]

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