ACL-12 970831am JAMES: I Have Christ Our new perspective In 323 BC Alexander the Great was the wealthiest man on earth, humanly speaking. He had the treasures of Egypt’s fabled Pharaohs, the glorious gold of Babylon, all the immense riches of the plundering Assyrians and the vast horded jewels of Persia. He had it all. [...]

ACL-11 970803am The Truth about Pain and Problems James 1:1-8 (59-7) This week and next are two vital weeks in our life as a church. Today we are going to learn about something we all share – painful problems. Next week we are going to learn how God deepens our worship. The Christian life will [...]

ACL-10 970727AM The First Church at Jerusalem James (59-6) James and the 1st Church at Jerusalem The courtyard seemed to overflow with people. Spilling into the entrance halls they stood excitedly sharing with one another. Up at the front end of the palatial home was a small platform and a chair. Welcome to Jerusalem AD [...]

ACL-09 970629am FATHERS OF THE WORD In “FATHERS OF THE WORD,” we’re going to look at four photos of dads in God’s Word — Job, Noah, Abraham, and Eli. And, as you can tell, if you know your Bible, we’ll be studying three good guys and one bad guy. We’re going to learn what a [...]

ACL-08 970622AM “GODLY DADS” JOSEPH: FATHER OF JAMES AND JESUS JAMES SERIES 59-5 This summer in the most out of the way place, someone challenged me. It was the apple shanty at the very back corner of SDC while bending over the five cent taffy jar that we saw them. They hadn’t been to church [...]

ACL-07 970615AM FATHERS DAY JOSEPH “GODLY DADS IN A DAY WHEN PAPAS MISSING” JOSEPH: FATHER OF JAMES AND JESUS JAMES SERIES 59-4 Papas Missing Just before her death in the eighties one of America’s best known faces Lucille Ball, was interviewed by Merv Griffin. He asked her a very insightful question, “Lucille, you’ve lived a [...]

ACL-06   WHG-03  WMS-12 970608AM MARY-4 MARY -LOVING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART TEN SECRETS FOR ETERNAL UNFADING BEAUTY God is very interested in your beauty this morning. Did you check to see if you were beautiful before you came? Beautiful to God is what I mean! Listen to these verses: 1. BEAUTY WAS REQUIRED IN [...]

ACL-05  WHG-02   WMS-11 970601AM MARY-3 MARY -LOVING GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART TEN SECRETS FOR ETERNAL UNFADING BEAUTY The other day while standing in one of those endless lines at the super market my eyes caught the following headlines on a newspaper, “World’s most beautiful woman hospitalized”. Quickly whipping out my cell phone I called [...]

ACL-04  WMS-03 970518AM MARY-2 MARY -LOVING GOD  WITH ALL YOUR HEART Dianne Lorang in Keep the Fire Glowing1, paraphrased this essential ingredient of mothering in the form of I Corinthians 13: “If I talk to my children about what is right and what is wrong, but have not love, I am like a ringing doorbell [...]

ACL-03 970511AM MARY-1 MARY, MOTHER OF JAMES (59-3): “HOW TO LOVE OUR MOMS” Chuck Swindoll is his classic book, You and Your Child1 writes these words, “She cooks, she cleans, she comforts, she corrects. She has six pairs of hands and eyes in the back of her head. Mother. For some, this word conjures up [...]