Bible Study

Sermon Colossians 2:6-15 Stay the Course By Dr. Philip W. McLarty In my junior year at LSU, my father and older brother, Tony, flew a small plane to Baton Rouge to see me. We had a great time touring the campus and seeing the sights. The next day they took off to go home, but … Continue reading “Colossians 2:6-15 Stay the Course (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Colossians 3:1a Easter Makes a Difference By Pastor Vince Gerhardy “I’ve never seen such a crowd in church,” a woman once exclaimed. The number of people who had come to a particular church over the Easter period apparently impressed her. Then as she was shaking hands with the pastor at the door, she added, … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1 Easter Makes the Difference (Gerhardy) – Bible study”

Sermon Colossians 3:1-11 New Life in Christ By Dr. Philip W. McLarty Here’s where we left off in our series on Colossians. In chapter one, Paul commended the Colossians for their faithful witness. In chapter two, he warned them to beware of competing ideologies. In the text for today, he goes on to admonish them … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-11 New Life in Christ (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon Colossians 3:1-17 Noticeable Christians By Richard Niell Donovan Tomorrow is New Year’s Day, and New Year’s resolutions come to mind. Some time ago, Money magazine told about Richard Osgood, who has faithfully kept a New Year’s resolution that he made in 1936. Osgood resolved not to spend any pennies but to save them. Each … Continue reading “Colossians 3:1-17 Noticeable Christians (Donovan) – Bible study”

Sermon Colossians 3:12-17 Faith in Life By Dr. Gilbert W. Bowen Over fifty years ago, observers like T. S. Eliot and C. S. Lewis marked signs of a change in western culture. Eliot described his contemporaries, as hollow inside, lacking in passion and heart, a sense of purpose. At the same time C. S. Lewis … Continue reading “Colossians 3:12-17 Faith in Life (Bowen) – Bible study”

Sermon Colossians 3:12-17 Alternative Living By Dr. Keith Wagner In the “GO” section of Friday’s Dayton Daily News they listed some alternative activities for New Year’s Eve celebrations. For example: an all-night nature walk, a concert with the Philharmonic, family night at a church. They were all healthy alternatives to the traditional “eat, drink and … Continue reading “Colossians 3:12-17 Alternative Living (Wagner) – Bible study”

Sermon Colossians 3:14 – 4:6 Walk the Walk By Dr. Philip W. McLarty If you just got here, we’ve been following Paul’s Letter to the Colossians how he commended them for keeping the faith, warned them to beware of false teachings, and admonished them to strive for the goal of new life in Christ. He … Continue reading “Colossians 3:14 – 4:6 Walk the Walk (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Full Conviction By The Rev. Dr. James D. Kegel GRACE TO YOU AND PEACE FROM GOD OUR FATHER AND THE LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. The twentieth century was dubbed “The Christian Century” because as it dawned, it seemed that the entire world would become Christian during that time. William … Continue reading “1 Thessalonians 1:1-10 Full Conviction (Kegel) – Bible study”

Sermon 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Sermons We See By Dr. Philip W. McLarty The First Letter to the Thessalonians is the first letter of the New Testament Paul wrote. He wrote it around 52 A.D. He’d come to Thessalonica from Philippi, where he and Silas had been put in jail. He only stayed in Thessalonica for … Continue reading “1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 Sermons We See (McLarty) – Bible study”

Sermon 1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Hospitality and the Power of Recognition By Dr. Heather Entrekin One year my sisters and I arranged a surprise meeting with my parents at a Shakespeare theater in Canada, near Niagara Falls. My sister Heidi and I came from Chicago where were living and got there first and took our seats … Continue reading “1 Thessalonians 3:9-13 Hospitality and the Power of Recognition (Entrekin) – Bible study”