Text: 1 Thessalonians 1:5 Full circle of effective Christianity is seen in verses 5-9.  Paul preached the gospel to the Thessalonians with power; they became followers and ensamples to other Christians in Achaia and Macedonia; then Paul saw the Macedonian Christians and saw in them the same manner of Christianity he brought to the Thessalonian […]

Text: Esther 4:4-9 An uninformed response (vs 4) she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take away his sackcloth from him As Mordecai stands before the king’s gate in sackcloth and ashes, Esther tries to help Mordecai with a new pair of clothes.  Of course poverty is not the problem and this can’t be […]

Sermon preached by Bro Mike Younts

Text: Ephesians 3:1-7 Cost of grace (vs 1) So you know this letter is written from prison. Cost of grace sounds like a contradiction, but grace to the soul is not grace to the flesh. New birth left some marks Paul himself had beaten, tortured, and killed Christians.  And those Christians paid a price on […]

Text: 1 Thessalonians 1:1-4 The Thessalonian church was a model church, notice verse 7.  And a healthy church is made of healthy Christians.  In these first four verses of 1 Thessalonians part of being a healthy child of God is that you cause other disciples of Jesus Christ to be grateful to God because you’re […]

Text: Esther 4:1-3 We’ll start by reading verses 1-14 so we know what’s happening and then come back and preach on the first three verses.  With the letters gone out to all provinces in Persia that the Jews should be killed on the 13th day of the 12th month, we see a hopeless situation. Mordecai […]

Text: Hebrews 2:11-18 Confidence to be a brother in flesh and blood (vss 11-13) Unity All of one is talking about companionship in humanity.  This is talking about the humanity of God. God became a man in order to call men brethren; for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren. He’s specifically […]

Text: 2 Samuel 9:1-13 We’re going to see a picture of a sinner and the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s goodness honors Jesus Christ (vs 1) For Jonathan’s sake - for the sake of the Lord Jesus Christ The Father sends out the Holy Spirit looking for sinners to show kindness to for […]

Text: Matthew 11:28-30 It’s not, “Hey Lord, I’m tired of everything I need rest.”  Although I’ve prayed that before. The invitation to rest Come unto me Christianity and life with the Lord Jesus Christ is first and foremost an invitation to rest. I don’t see that in any other religion, philosophy. Invitation to rest from […]

Text: Hebrews 2:10 According to this verse, Jesus Christ is the Creator and purpose of all things.  We know he is sinless, but we learn that perfection is not sinlessness.  What is perfection? Perfection is not the same as sinless Dolphins PERFECT season in 1972.  Pitcher pitches a PERFECT game.  A PERFECT diamond is a […]