The Marks of Christian Gratitude
Ephesians 5:20 For this morning, I just want to inform your Thanksgiving as you come before family, friends, however you are going to celebrate Thanksgiving, and give you some things to think about with regard to your reasons for gratitude, why we give thanks to God. This week all through the country, we’re celebrating Thanksgiving and we’re happing to consider this subject from a biblical perspective, to get some clarity on the subject. Probably no greater way to demonstrate our…
Enlightened Living, Part 2
Ephesians 5:9-10
The Birth of Jesus Christ, Part 2
Luke 2:4-7 We are in Luke Chapter 2 this morning, so you can open your Bibles to Luke Chapter 2. Last week we entered into the nativity story, just breaking ground there, looking at the entrance of Jesus Christ into the world as a newborn baby. And that involved, I’ll admit, a bit of a history lesson. I had to take you back to the times of Caesar Augustus, back to the time of Quirinius as he was operating in…
Enlightened Living, Part 1
Ephesians 5:7-8
The Birth of Jesus Christ, Part 1
Luke 2:1-3 Well, we are into Chapter 2 of Luke’s Gospel, so please turn in your Bibles there. As we look at Luke Chapter 2 starting in verse 1, it’s fitting here at the end of the year as we’re looking ahead to another Christmas season that we come into this portion of Scripture. We’re going to end the year celebrating the birth of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and I’d like to begin this morning by just reading…
Two Reasons to Walk in Love
Ephesians 5:5-6
Loving Conversation
Ephesians 5:3-4
Tender Mercy in the Rising Son
Luke 1:78-80 Well, listen, as we turn our attention to God’s Word this morning, go ahead and open your Bibles to that final section in Luke’s Gospel, chapter 1. We’re going to be wrapping up. Hey, believe it or not, we’re going to be wrapping up Chapter 1 today. Yes! It’s been such a joy. There’s a sense, really a sense for me—I don’t know about you—but it’s a sense in which if it weren’t for what’s coming next, which…
Where Manhood Began
Genesis 1:26 to 2:24 As we turn our attention to our subject for this evening we want to ask and answer a very fundamental question here in our first session. What is manhood? If there has ever been a time in our nation’s history we have lacked clarity about that question that we’ve groped in the darkness to find an answer it’s now. Paul commanded the Corinthian church, 1 Corinthians 16:13, “Be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like…
Faithful Men Lead
Nehemiah 5:1-13 Audio from the Act Like Men Conference in Northern Colorado, October 23 – 24th, 2015.