Sermons from March 2023
First Things First
Ezra 3:1-6 Ezra chapter three, verses one through six. And we read God’s word. It says, when the seventh month came and the children of Israel were in the towns and the people gathered as one man to Jerusalem. Then arose Jeshua, the son of Josedach, with his fellow priest, and Zerubbabel, the son of Shaltiel, with his kinsmen, and they built the altar of God of Israel to offer burnt offerings on it. As it is written in the…
Legal Victory
Acts 18:9-17 You may be seated. Turn in your copy of God’s word to Acts chapter 18. Our passage today is verses 12 through 17 that will back up to verse nine and be sure to connect ourselves to the wonderful vision that our Lord gave to Paul, a vision of encouragement. So our whole passage will be Acts chapter 18 verses nine through 17. And let’s look to God one more time in prayer. Lord, unless you shine the…
The Right Men for the Right Job
Ezra 2 Ezra chapter two, verses one through 70, will be our reading tonight. And we’ll begin at verse one. It says, now these were the people of the province who came up out of the captivity of those exiles whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had carried captive to Babylonia. They returned to Jerusalem and to Judah, each to his own town. They came with Zerubbabel, Jeshua, Nehemiah, Sariah, Eliah, Mordecai, Bilshan, Mispar, Bigvi, Rahom, and Baana. The number…
Absorbed in the Word
Acts 18:1-11 You may be seated. Turn in your copy of the scripture to Acts chapter 18. Today we’ll be considering verses one through 11. Acts chapter 18, one through 11. You’ll remember this section of scripture is Paul’s second missionary journey. He left Antioch in Syria. He sailed on his first missionary journey through the early Eastern part of, I guess, Asia Minor, that area, came back, gave a report, Jerusalem Council. Now, second missionary journey, they’ve left and…
Marching to Zion!
Ezra 1 So our new study will be the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, which originally, or maybe you look in the Hebrew Bible, they’re one book, not two books. So Ezra and Nehemiah go together. They span about a hundred years of history. You’ll remember that God threatened exile on Israel and Judah, Israel being the 10 Northern tribes, they were exiled by Assyria in 722 BC. So roughly what, 200 years after King David. And then fast forward…
Clash of Worldviews
Acts 17:16-34 You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of God’s word to Acts chapter 17, verses 16 to 34. This is the same passage we read last week, though we zeroed in on a couple of the verses in the latter portion and considered the providence of God. Today, we want to look at the whole section, the whole context. Paul ministering at Athens among the learned people of the Roman empire. And so we want to…
Ministering to Wanderers
James 5:19-20 James chapter five, verses 19 and 20. You’ll notice that James is speaking to the whole church when he says, my brothers, if anyone among you wanders from the truth and someone brings him back, let him know that whoever brings back a sinner from his wandering will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins. Amen. This is the word of the living God for us, his children. One of the things I…
Providence!
Acts 17:24-28 If you would please turn in your copy of God’s Word, it’s listed in the bulletin, Acts 17, in a whole bunch of verses. But we’re going to read verses 24, I believe through verse 28. So Acts chapter 17, verses 24 through 28. In a few moments, we’ll read before we read, we want to pray, but let me mention next week. We’ll look at the whole passage, the whole context of Paul making his way to…