Someone in a seminary preaching class asked the professor how many points a sermon should have? He answered, “At least one!” One pastor, after preaching a twelve point sermon, told his congregation that he was sorry having so many points to cover in his sermon, but if they would return that night, his sermon would [...]
Someone recently told me about hearing a sermon by John Bisagno, long time pastor of First Baptist Church, Houston, TX, in which he said that God gave us a whole book of hymns, and it’s called “The Psalms.” But then, he said something that I had never thought of: “God gave us all those hymns, [...]
God told Solomon to ask for anything he wanted, and it would be given to Him. That’s a blank check from God! Solomon asked for wisdom to lead the people of Israel. There are a number of passages where God has told us to ask, and that we would receive. In James, the Bible says [...]
In Philippians, the Bible says, “This one thing I do: forgetting those things which are behind, I press forward, toward the mark of the prize of the high calling in Christ Jesus. Past accomplishments are nice, but they can’t be rested upon, they must be let go and new goals must be sought. Past failures [...]
Some years back, there was a Christian song entitled, “Learning to Lean.” It spoke of the progressive lesson about depending on Jesus. There is no area of life about which He doesn’t care or in which He cannot help. He is the all sufficient Savior. A verse in Proverbs says, “Lean not to your own [...]