Tagged: sermon Toggle Comment Threads | Keyboard Shortcuts

  • Eugene Adkins 6:39 am on April 16, 2013 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , sermon,   

    Sermon Outline – Would You Look At That? 

    Here’s a bare bones sermon outline based off a commonly used saying that I plan on preaching sometime in the future, Lord willing that is. Give it a look and see what you think:

    Would You Look At That?

    There are some things the Bible encourages us to not look at, but at the same time there are some things it encourages us to look at. Here are just a few:

    We are to look at the things that are not seen (2 Corinthians 4:18)

    We are to look out for things beneficial to others (Philippians 2:4)

    We are to look for the return of Christ (Titus 2:13; Hebrews 9:28)

    We are to look into the Law of liberty (James 1:25)

    We are to look for new heavens and earth (2 Peter 2:13)

    We are to look inward (2 John 8)

    There are other verses in the Bible that follow this theme so there’s plenty of room and opportunity to add and to take away from the references given. And besides this outline, you can make another one by doing just the opposite and looking up the things that I mentioned when it comes to the Bible and things we’re encouraged to not look at.

     

    • Ron Thomas 4:56 pm on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Reply

      I think I need to use this. Good job.

      • Eugene Adkins 5:54 pm on April 18, 2013 Permalink | Reply

        Use away my friend. Should be a pretty easy flowing and laid back type of sermon to do. Glad I could help.

  • Richard Mansel 8:55 pm on November 14, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , , sermon,   

    Sermon Starter from Ecclesiastes 

    “Truly the light is sweet, And it is pleasant for the eyes to behold the sun; But if a man lives many years And rejoices in them all, Yet let him remember the days of darkness, For they will be many. All that is coming is vanity” (Ecclesiastes 11:7-8). 

    Introduction:

    A. Lay out the purpose of Ecclesiastes.

    B. Trace the role of the sun in Ecclesiastes.

    Three Points:

    1. Christians should value the blessings of walking in the light (John 8:12; 1 John 1:7; Ephesians 1:3).

    2. Christians should remember the lessons of the darkness [when we have sinned & come through challenges by God's grace and mercy] (Romans 12:1-2).

    3. Christians should be preparing for the future and be ready for judgment (Revelation 20:11-15).

    I will leave the rest to you.

     

    • J. Randal Matheny 4:12 am on November 15, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Our brother Jorge has been preaching at SJCampos on Ecclesiastes recently, and he’s done a fine job. It’s a book that deserves more attention. Thanks for this starter.

    • Richard Mansel 10:53 am on November 15, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Thanks, Randal. It’s just something that came to me right before I had to do the invitation last night. Glad you found it helpful.

  • Richard Mansel 9:19 pm on October 1, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , , , sermon   

    Sermon on the Apostles 

    In August, I preached on a lectureship in Hinesville, Georgia on the subject of, “What is an Apostle?” I covered the meaning of the Greek term, looked at Jesus as an apostle and made application to us today in the Great Commission.

    The Hinesville congregation has been so kind to put our lessons online. If you have any interest in hearing me preach, you can follow this link and hear my lesson. I pray you are edified, as a result.

     

  • Eugene Adkins 6:35 am on September 18, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , sermon,   

    Another Snippet from the Repentance Sermon 

    Whether it was God’s command to John the Baptist, Jesus’ command during his earthly ministry or his command in the great commission - there is no salvation, relationship with God or spiritual growth without repentance. Matthew 3:2, Matthew 4:17, Luke 24:46-47, Acts 2:37-38 all agree with this principle.

    You’ll never find God’s people being promised a new anything worth having unless their willing to get rid of an old something that’s not worth keeping.

    The reason so many Christians never grow up/mature/learn how feed from meat of God’s word or teach others is because their minds aren’t made up. It’s because they may be converted to the seat on Sunday morning, but they’re not converted in their heart throughout the rest of the week (Acts 3:19).

    Repentance is essential because it begins in the heart, stays in the heart, changes the heart and keeps the heart yearning to please God.

     

    • robertebarger 6:59 am on September 18, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      No man comes to Jesus Christ unless the Father draws him.
      The reason that the bible is put togrther the way it is, is because the fear of God must be the driving force behind the person.The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge. If a person is told that all you have to do to go to Heaven is accept Jesus Christ as their Savior, you have taken away the fear of not making it into the Kingdom. As many as recieve Him gave He POWER TO “”"BECOME”"”" A son of God, not already is saved. The only thing that will make you free is the Word of God. If there is no fear of the Lord, the person will not study their bible, and will not be set free. If a person does not understand why he is a sinner, and does not see that the plan of God is a growing proscess starting with being a babe in Christ, moving up in the Spirit through repentance in the babe stage to a child in Christ, next is the young man stage, than going on to be a father in perfection. We have lost the way through mans understanding. There is a way that seemeth right unto a man but the end thereof is death!

  • Eugene Adkins 7:41 am on September 16, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , sermon,   

    Snippet of a Sermon on Repentance 

    Some old habits die hard for sure, but just make sure they die!

    A desire to do God’s will will cause the heart to yearn for repentance – a desire to do our will will cause the heart to spurn repentance.

    “If then you were raised with Christ, seek those things which are above, where Christ is, sitting at the right hand of God. Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. For you died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God. When Christ who is our life appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory. Therefore put to death your members which are on the earth: fornication, uncleanness, passion, evil desire, and covetousness, which is idolatry. Because of these things the wrath of God is coming upon the sons of disobedience, in which you yourselves once walked when you lived in them.” (Colossians 3:1-7 - NKJV)

     

  • Eugene Adkins 6:50 am on August 27, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , , , , , sermon   

    More Random Thoughts 

    Here is an actual “news” headline from 8-17-12 – “Texas School District Eases Up On Dress Code, Allows Male Earrings, Visible Tattoos”

    The headline reveals how this nation’s school system is letting us down! It reveals how the average school has a social hub mindset for children on the forefront while education concerns are actually on the back-burner. Although the story didn’t say it, I have no doubt that complaining parents was one of the reasons that the ”dress code” was eased up on. Tattoos? These are children!!! Reading, Ritting and Rithmatic have obviously been exchanged for Revealing, Regressing and Rotting leadership both from parents and school districts.

    As I’m sure most of you have heard, Neil Armstrong is dead at the age of 82.

    The man who made it all the way to the moon wasn’t able to get away from death. No matter where we go, death finds us all. One thing that I can say that I appreciated about Mr. Armstrong is that he was willing to mention mankind’s Creator. While I can’t say I know much about his personal beliefs, I can say that just about the only thing I hear coming from NASA’s mouth today is all about searching for the origins of life – i.e. evolution garbage. Again, I don’t know what Mr. Armstrong’s true position was, but I think it would be great if a man in his position would acknowledge the awe of outer space in a way that points to its Creator.

    Here’s a portion of my sermon yesterday about having a passion for our salvation. I thought some of you might be able to use it for a sermon idea:

    There’s no such thing as a person who’s saved that wasn’t lost beforehand! Problem is from time to time some people forget who they need to be in Christ, while some of us forget who we used to be before Christ. Every one of us has a B.C. time in our life that we need to remember.

    We sing the 1st stanza of Amazing Grace, but do we really believe it? Did God’s grace save an angel, or did it save a wretch? If we expect to be passionate about who we are we’ll have to remember who we were! We were sinners, lost, enemies of God, deserving punishment and bound for Hell.

    Some may want to deny this, but we do so at our own peril! Jesus said He came to seek and save the lost – not the found (Luke 19:10). Fact that some of us may want to deny this explains why we might have no passion about our salvation!!!

    How can we expect to be passionate about something if we don’t realize how bad we needed it? If we can’t realize how bad we needed it, then one day we will, but it might too late. Remember what Paul said about himself – 1 Timothy 1:15. Too many Christians look at their past like they were the least of sinners instead of the chief.

    Forgetting who we were causes us to be someone who doesn’t care about others. It leads to spiritual snobbery! It leads to hypocrisy, hard heartedness and even hatred of others! It leads to self-righteousness, self-justification and self-condemnation! It leads us and others almost anywhere expect to Jesus.

    “So now, brethren, I commend you to God and to the word of His grace, which is able to build you up and give you an inheritance among all those who are sanctified.” (Acts 20:32 - NKJV)

     

  • Ron Thomas 7:13 am on July 23, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , sermon   

    WHY? 

    Brief sermon outline preached in Sullivan IL yesterday:

    When tragedy hits a community like the one in Aurora, Colorado, we wonder WHY. Our tragedies are small in comparison with the tragedies faced by others in the varied parts of the world; but though they are small (in comparison) they are just as hard hitting as anything else faced by others. How does one address it?

    Psalm 38 is a psalm that speaks to the hard-hitting anguish of life’s experiences. Consider it as we consider:

    I. WHY? (Why does such evil occur, and where is God when it does occur?)
    II. WHERE? (Where is man’s safety?)
    III. WHEN? (When will man know?)

     

  • Eugene Adkins 6:34 am on July 20, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , , , , sermon,   

    It’s Not Just PETA Who Doesn’t Understand 

    Have you ever wondered why God would ask his people for an animal sacrifice even though he knew it wouldn’t remove sin? You’re probably not the only one. I would suspect that there are plenty of people who do not understand why, or maybe the thought had never occurred before now. Either way, it’s a question worth asking because the answer is worth knowing!

    If you would like to read an article that revolves around answering that question, then click here: “Why Did God Require Animals to be Sacrificed?“

    The article revolves around blood, the human heart, sin, sacrifice and the grace of God. For you fellas who preach, it’s basically a written sermon; take what you find useful. For any one else who would just enjoy the question leading to a deeper study on a personal level or the gathering of notes on the topic, there are plenty of places to do both.

     

  • J. Randal Matheny 6:37 am on February 13, 2012 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , sermon, Whitney Houston   

    Anybody talk about Whitney Houston yesterday in a sermon or Bible class? I did, since the sad note fit into a sermon point quite well. See my outline, through Google Translate’s bad rendering: http://is.gd/whitneyhouston

     

    • Ron Thomas 6:40 am on February 13, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      I did not talk about her, but I did give much thought to the brevity of life to such a one as young as she.

    • Paula Harrington 6:41 am on February 13, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      She wasn’t mentioned here. Did pray for her daughter though.

    • Richard Hill 7:52 am on February 13, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Oddly enough, we didn’t. The topics we covered in the Galatians class didn’t fit with the incident and the sermon didn’t either. One of the members suffering from severe depression for decades had gone to yet another doctor, this time up in Chicago. He prescribed a new medication, actually more like a supplement, that has kept her depression free for over 2 weeks. We are all pretty excited/emotional over this and it eclipsed anything else. We’re thanking God for answered prayer.

    • Weylan Deaver 4:10 pm on February 13, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      I did mention her death, but not her name, since I was commenting on John’s statement that, at the Judgment scene, he saw “the small and great.” On earth, some are greater than others in fame and influence. The passing of most of us will draw little attention down here.

    • Eugene Adkins 6:18 pm on February 13, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      I didn’t hear about it until after we got home from evening worship.

    • J. Randal Matheny 2:43 am on February 14, 2012 Permalink | Reply

      Thanks for chiming in, y’all! Her death seems to be getting lots of attention in the media. Perhaps a teachable moment there?

  • Stephen R. Bradd 7:24 am on October 27, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: counting, sermon   

    Highest Number 

    [received this in my inbox this morning]

    Recently while we were eating lunch after church one Sunday,
    my youngest son asked me what the highest number I had ever
    counted up to was.

    I said I didn’t know. Then I asked him how high he has
    counted.

    “5,372,” came the prompt reply.

    “Oh,” I said. “Why did you stop there?”

    “The sermon was over.”

     

  • Stephen R. Bradd 12:40 pm on July 24, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: sermon   

    Seek First the Kingdom of God 

    I’ve been preaching through Matthew and covered 6:19-34 this morning. Didn’t have 3 points, per se, but stressed the points Jesus did: Don’t trust in earthly treasures, but build up your spiritual “bank account;” keep your eyes healthy (in the pursuit of that which is good); don’t worry about your needs; seek God’s kingdom and His ways first and He’ll take care of you.

    The whole family & I are packing up now to leave for Dahlgren (high school week of camp; always a great time!). Have a great week!

     

  • joyjensen 7:53 am on May 23, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , sermon,   

    Our Sunday 

    Yesterday George preached a great lesson on Responsibilities of Husbands and Wives.  In all likelihood that’s the first of its kind for many of the listeners yesterday.  We ended the day with a baptism of a young man who has been studying with our translator for a couple of months.  We have great hopes for this young man – he has truly been a searcher.  You can read more about it at our travelblog:  http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Tanzania/Centre/Iringa/blog-613978.html

     

  • John Henson 11:08 am on March 7, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , sermon   

    A lesson on the judgment 

    Since my father was a preacher, we went to several gospel meetings during the summer in the 1960s.

    It was during one of those meetings that I heard the most descriptive lesson I’d ever heard about the judgment. It was almost like being present, seeing the events first-hand. I was 12-years old when I heard it and obeyed the gospel a few days later.

    The lesson was not one of those typical “fire and brimstone” sermons. It was more designed to cause the hearer to think about their spiritual condition and the unappealing prospect of being on the wrong side of the Lord on that day.

    This is still an important thing for people to think about. All of us need to understand on which side we’re living. Coming to the realization that one is lost on judgment day is certainly too late to do anything about it.

    Which side are you on? Think about it and make sure you obey the Lord’s commands to obey the gospel. Do it today.

     

  • Ron Thomas 10:04 am on February 15, 2011 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: sermon   

    Sermon – Will We Be Broken? 

    The evolution of the Egyptian king’s attitude toward God and Moses.
    1. Pharaoh was hardened when snakes were present (7:13).
    2. Pharaoh was hardened when blood was present (7:23).
    3. Pharaoh was hardened, but gave room for the fact he might be wrong (8:15, 8).
    4. Pharaoh was hardened even though God’s finger was present (8:19).
    5. Pharaoh was hardened even though he was willing to let Israel go and sacrifice within the land (8:32, 25).
    6. Pharaoh was hardened even though a distinction was made between the two nations (9:7).
    7. Pharaoh was hardened even though his court was not able to be in his presence (9:11-12).
    8. Pharaoh was hardened when he publically acknowledged that he sinned (9:35, 27).
    9. Pharaoh was hardened though he recognized that Egypt was destroyed and that he had sinned against both Moses and the Lord (10:20, 7, 16-17).
    10. Pharaoh was hardened even though the greatest of the Egyptian gods was “put out” for three days (10:27, 22).
    11. Soon, Pharaoh would be broken.

    You will see this again when I get to my posting on Exodus 10. I think it will preach.

     

  • Ron Thomas 6:03 am on July 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , hose church, sermon   

    House Church 

    Given the recent discussion on hose churches, I saw an article by Linda Ball on the topic. It is an AP article hosted on Google News. Here is a link to the article from its place of origin. http://http://www.mercurynews.com/california/ci_15571951?nclick_check=1

     

  • Richard Mansel 2:55 pm on July 4, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , sermon   

    Preaching Today 

    Hello, hope you are having a blessed Lord’s Day! I preached this morning on John 8:34-36 and a lesson entitled, “Free From Bondage.” I am writing an article from it that will run on Tuesday. The outline will be on my blog later in the week.

    Tonight, I am adapting a sermon by Steve Higginbotham entitled, Learning to Love Correction. It is a good and interesting lesson that will be a practical change of pace for your congregation, if you choose to use it in your work.

    Wednesday night, we will finish Hebrews [hopefully] and do a quick two lesson study on Bible translations before moving to the Sermon on the Mount. Should be great.

    God Bless all of you!

     

  • Mike Riley 9:12 am on June 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , , , sermon, ,   

    1st semester accomplishments are:

    1) Posted 248 Bible study articles to my blog (wrote most of them).
    2) Presented 13 Bible-based sermons before the Montana St. congregation.
    3) Presented 23 Bible study lessons before the Montana St. adult Bible class.
    4) From Jan – June, 2010, I’ve had 13,295 folks from 128 countries hit on my blog site. There were 61,543 page views during this period. Of these visitors, 67 percent were new visitors to my blog.
    5) Presented 6 Bible-based lessons to the residents of our local Veterans Home.

     

    • J. Randal Matheny 9:22 am on June 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      I like seeing these numbers, Mike. I should do better at keeping up with things like this. God be praised through your work.

      • Mike Riley 9:59 am on June 24, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Thanks a lot, Randal! Yes, statistics are good for gauging progress or the lack thereof in anything we do. However, only the Lord really knows the impact we are having on people in preaching and teaching the gospel. We plant and water – but God gives the increase (1 Corinthians 3:6).

    • Barbara Ann Oliver 9:13 am on June 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      WOW! I can tell you have your eyes on the Prize. Keep running, brother!

      • Mike Riley 11:14 am on June 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Appreciate the encouragement, Barbara! We pray for the success of the work that you do for the Lord as well.

  • Richard Mansel 12:01 pm on June 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , fathers, , , sermon, slideshare   

    Fathers, What is Your Legacy? 

    I have posted my PowerPoint Sermon on my blog. Father’s what can we learn from Hezekiah about how to build our legacy? And we find what are probably the most chilling words any earthly Father speaks in all of Scripture.

     

    • Mike Riley 3:32 pm on June 20, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      How to build our legacy? Stay true to God’s word, maintaining our integrity (Job 2:9-10; Job 13:15; Job 31:6).

  • John Henson 9:54 am on June 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: condemned, , sermon   

    Three sayings of the condemned 

    I. In this life: “I don’t think,” or “I don’t believe.”

    II. In the judgment: “I didn’t think.”

    III. In eternal punishment: “I never thought.”

     

  • Richard Mansel 8:12 pm on May 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , , , sermon   

    Resting and Producing 

    I am taking some time to rest and stay off of my legs today. So, I have been working on my blog and I wanted to share that with you.

    I was blessed to received Randal Matheny’s new book in the mail!

    I posted an In the News segment, so you can stay informed on what is going on, such as: Obama wants new international order; Family structure strongly affects homosexual behavior in women; ultrasound technology continues to change minds/hearts on abortion; the Humanist case against euthanasia.

    I posted a sermon entitled, The Grace Commission.

     

    • Mike Riley 9:25 pm on May 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Richard, glad you received Randal’s book. I’ll probably receive my copy next week – looking forward to getting it. Hope you don’t have any problem standing tomorrow to preach. Enjoyed your recent posted sermon about the “Grace Commission.” Never had looked at those passages in that light. Learn something new every day, don’t we! Appreciate you, brother!

      • Richard Mansel 9:33 pm on May 22, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Thank you, Mike. I will be sitting on a stool tomorrow behind the pulpit. Of course, I have to speak three times tomorrow. I will be tired. :)

        • Mike Riley 10:05 pm on May 22, 2010 Permalink

          Yes, I’m sure you will be tired when the service is over. May the Lord give you strength!

  • Richard Mansel 7:23 pm on April 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , , sermon   

    Teaching Salvation 

    I have posted a sermon on my blog entitled, Teaching People How to be Saved. Are we doing it the right way? http://ow.ly/1CRwC

    The content of this sermon is important to me because it addresses a blind spot that many in the Lord’s church possess. They fail to teach the narrative of salvation, expecting that everyone will understand their favorite parts, as they do. They do not understand that people in the larger religious world believe what they do for a reason. As a result, they fail to understand what we see as very clear passages, because Satan has been very successful in changing the definition of words. Your feedback will be appreciated. I am trying to open people’s eyes to a better perspective.

     

    • Mike Riley 7:48 pm on April 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Richard, you are so right when you stated: “Find some common ground and then teach them the gospel. Learn what their religious background is. Evangelism is taking people from where they are to where they need to be.”

      The apostle Paul was an expert in making application of this principle (cf. Acts 17:16-34).

    • Ron 8:11 pm on April 25, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Great piece! Don’t know what else to say.

  • John Henson 12:59 pm on April 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , sermon   

    TFR writes a sermon 

    J. Randal Matheny’s brilliant idea on favorite prayers yesterday jogged all of our minds, didn’t it? It kept reverberating in mine (it’s got a lot of room to roam) well after midnight. I couldn’t get to sleep because my heart (mind) was still racing about it. There’s a sermon here, I thought. It connects with Phil Sanders’ speech at Ohio Valley, too. Then it hit me. It’s yours now, for whatever it’s worth.

    Intro: (You’ll need to work on this. I’m opening with James 5:16.)

    1. Events of the recent past with the threats against Congress, Senators. Taking law into their own hands; one group wants to form a militia.

    2. Here’s a more powerful way to deal with what ails the world: PRAYER. Let’s give it to God and keep doing OUR work.

    3. Power of prayer undisputed. God always hears his people when they pray.

    4. James 5:16

    I. The prayer of Daniel 9.

    A. Daniel confesses the sin of Israel and asks forgiveness.

    B. Washington plays the blame game, no one accepts responsibility: perhaps we should learn something from Daniel.

    II. Prayer of our Lord in John 17.

    A. The Lord prayed for his apostles.

    B. The Lord prayed for US, too.

    1. Verse 26 “and will make it known,” are we?

    2. What do we need to do to make the Lord’s expectations of us come true?

    III. Prayer of the church Acts 4:24ff

    A. The enemies are many and great, still.

    B. But may we speak your word with all boldness (confidence, NASU).

    C. The place was shaken. God answers prayer even now.

    D. What is our prayer?

    1. Sanders’ “The Fellowship of the Unashamed Revised”

    2. What is our prayer? May it be that we will speak thy word with all BOLDNESS.

     

    • Weylan Deaver 1:12 pm on April 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Good thoughts, John.

    • John Henson 1:15 pm on April 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Thank you,brother. While I’ve got you here, let me compliment you on posting Bro. Deaver’s articles on Facebook. I really, really enjoy them and learn much from them. Thank you.

    • J. Randal Matheny 3:02 pm on April 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Love the reference to second half of Jn 17:26.

      • John Henson 5:37 pm on April 15, 2010 Permalink | Reply

        Thanks, bro. Your “nudges” are worth more than you may think. I never really expected one of them to keep me up beyond my golf magazines, but it did. Thank you.

  • Mike Riley 2:00 pm on March 10, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: eat, fed, sermon, , stirring,   

    The most stirring sermon I’ve ever heard? I’ve listened to many stirring sermons, can’t remember the title of any of them, but have been spiritually fed by all of them. It’s kind of like eating. I can’t remember what I ate last week, but I know I was fed sufficiently. :)

    The two preachers of the gospel that stand out in my mind in the past 40 years, were Jimmy Allen and Avon Malone. The reason they were good proclaimers, was because they truly believed in the product they were selling – the gospel, and that makes all the difference in the world. Bro. Avon was a master at teaching Paul’s prison epistles – no one better in my view. Bro. Jimmy could stir the soul to action through his preaching, and did in the several crusades that he was a part of back in the 60′s and 70′s.

    Here’s an article by Bro. Jimmy that is eye-opening: http://jimmyallenevangelist.com/?p=3

     

  • Richard Mansel 3:36 pm on March 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , , , sermon,   

    Honoring God’s Plan of Salvation 

    Honor God’s Plan of Salvation

    By Richard Mansel

    I. INTRODUCTION

    A. Honoring God’s Word brings to mind two key issues:

    1. Protecting the purity of the Word so that others can have the same opportunities.

    a. 2 Kings 22:8ff – Hilkiah finds the Book of the Law. Josiah enacts it.

    b. We can allow the same thing to happen today, if we are not diligent.

    2. The sobering responsibility that we have as we teach and live God’s Word

    B. We want to discuss these two themes in light of honoring God’s Plan of Salvation.

    C. Our mindset is very important.

    (More …)

     

    • Mike Riley 3:48 pm on March 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Richard, this is a great outline. Do you plan on posting it to your blog?

    • Richard Mansel 3:56 pm on March 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      Thank you. Mike. I don’t really do anything with my blog anymore. I just post things here. I plan on posting more sermons. I am honored that you found it worthwhile.

    • Richard Mansel 4:32 pm on March 6, 2010 Permalink | Reply

      This sermon was delivered for the 2009 Preacher’s Files Lectureship.

  • John Henson 7:09 pm on February 17, 2010 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , sermon   

    Last Sunday Morning’s Lesson: Keeping your mind right 

    Intro:

    1. “Cool Hand Luke” captain (played by Strother Martin) said, “You run one time, you get a set of chains. You run twice, you get two sets. You ain’t gonna need no third set because you’re gonna get your mind right… and I mean RIGHT.”

    2. Apostle Paul in Romans 12:16 gives four keys to helping keep our minds “right.”

    I. Be of the same mind one toward another.

    II. Mind not high things.

    III. Be carried away with the lowly— the meek and lowly.

    IV. Don’t keep thinking how wise you are.

    Would be happy to share the outline in its entirety and the Powerpoint. Send note to jdh2010@gmail.com.

     

  • Ron Thomas 1:27 pm on December 16, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: sermon   

    Working (thinking) on a lesson called “I thought…” This is an interesting topic to me. People, over the centuries, have made use of the phrase….only to be wrong in what was thought. Abraham was wrong, Isaac, was wrong, Eli was wrong, etc.

     

  • Richard Mansel 7:39 pm on December 14, 2009 Permalink | Reply
    Tags: , king, , , sermon   

    My Sermons Yesterday 

    I preached on the coming Messiah in prophecy in the Old Testament and their fulfillment in the New Testament. I have articles coming from this sermon starting tomorrow. I also spoke on Saul’s refusal to kill King Agag and its relation to our postmodern age.

     

c
compose new post
j
next post/next comment
k
previous post/previous comment
r
reply
e
edit
o
show/hide comments
t
go to top
l
go to login
h
show/hide help
shift + esc
cancel
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 2,083 other followers

%d bloggers like this: