Sermons and Biblical Studies

They Never Changed A close friend of mine was asked back to his forty-year high school reunion. For months he saved to take his wife back to the place and the people he’d left four decades before. The closer the time came for the reunion, the more excited he became, thinking of all the wonderful … Continue reading “Reunion”

Don’t Tarry Lord Come, Lord, and tarry not; Bring the long-looked-for day; O why these years of waiting here, These ages of delay? Come, for Thy saints still wait; Daily ascends their sigh; The Spirit and the Bride say, ‘Come’: Dost Thou not hear the cry? Come, for creation groans, Impatient of Thy stay, Worn … Continue reading “Return of Christ”

Quote •      If you are losing a tug of war with a tiger, give him the rope before he gets to your arm. You can always buy a new rope. Quoted by Max Gunther in The Luck Factor, Macmillan

Dangers of Retirement may increase a man’s risk of dying of heart attack. “We found an 80 percent higher rate of death from coronary disease among those in a study who had retired compared with those who had not,” said Dr. Charles H. Hennekens of Harvard Medical School. It may be that some people who … Continue reading “Retirement”

Intensive Training Georges Clemenceau was twice the prime minister of France, and played a major role in the treaties that concluded WWI. At the Versailles conference, Clemenceau was on his way to a meeting with President Woodrow Wilson’s adviser when he was shot at by a young anarchist named Emile Cottin. As Clemenceaus’s car sped … Continue reading “Retailiation”

Promise of a Some have argued that the doctrine of a bodily resurrection was unknown to the Israelites of the Old Testament. In fact, this denial was a cardinal doctrine of the sect of the Sadducees at the time of Christ (Matthew 22:23). Our text, however, makes it clear that this promise has always been … Continue reading “Resurrection”

Quotes •      Cotton Mather prayed several hours a day for 20 years for revival. It came (the Great Awakening) the year after his death. •      William Wilberforce fought for 55 years to abolish slavery in England and the British Empire. It came as he lay on his deathbed. •      Did you hear about the guy … Continue reading “Results”

Resource •      Charles Swindoll, Growing Strong, p. 276

Resources •      Leadership, IV, 4, 58 •      Swindoll, The Quest For Character, Multnomah, pp. 49ff. God Can Bring Good Out of Our Failures A few years ago, an angry man rushed through the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam until he reached Rembrandt’s famous painting “Nightwatch.” Then he took out a knife and slashed it repeatedly before … Continue reading “Restoration”

A Restless Heart Warren Wiersbe makes the observation, “The ability to calm your soul and wait before God is one of the most difficult things in the Christian life. Our old nature is restless…the world around us is frantically in a hurry. But a restless heart usually leads to a reckless life.” Men’s Life, Spring, … Continue reading “Restless”