All of God's people need encouragement from time to time.

Society has become shameless, yet there is a place where shame resides - the place of sin. Men ought to be ashamed of their sin. Instead they redefine the matter such that good is evil and evil is good and heap shame upon those who purpose to follow Christ. The disciple must not pitch his tent toward the place where sin and shame reside, yet as one lives in the kingdom of God they often find a wicked world saying, "I'd be ashamed to believe what you do." There is a shame that is heaped upon God's people as they strive to be obedient disciples of Christ.

Another Jesus is one who is prone to playing the "I'm the Man of God" card in order to avoid biblical accountability. As such all of God's people must be on guard against "Man of Godism" being practiced by ministers around us.

Hannah was the mother of Samuel. Elizabeth was the mother of John the Baptist. Jerusalem is the mother of us all.

Sacrifice is central to the Christian faith.

Abraham is visited by 3 men and the speculations regarding Abraham and Sarah's laughter.

God renames Abram to Abraham and reaffirms his covenant with him in spite of Abraham's imperfections.

Christ shall give the light. Some of that light involves the four downs: God looked down, he came down, he laid down, and he sat down.

There was no rudder, no Evinrude, no steering on the Ark. It was guided by God. So, likewise, the Lord guides his church. Preached 4/13.

God designed the Ark. Noah was not at liberty to make changes. The same is true of the Lord's NT church. Preached the morning of 4/13.