Thoughts After Hurricane Harvey CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO After going through a hurricane, you learn some things.  Here are some things we learned. Be thankful – 1 Thes 5:18 – thank the Lord for his protection, for your friends, and for his peace through the storm. Keep your mind on the...

Noah The Man For A Storm CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Noah lived in a world that was caused [Gen 5:29], corrupt [Gen 6:11], and violent [Gen 6:11], like ours is today.  That’s why storms and troubles come.  You can’t fix the world spiritually or socially.  Only Jesus Can do that. ...

The Spirit You Have II Tim. 1:7 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God hasn’t given you the spirit of fear.  Instead, he has given us the spirit of: Power – this is spiritual power Zech 4:6.  It comes from the Holy Spirit and the righteousness of Jesus in us 1 Cor 2:4-5;...

Neglect Not 1 Tim. 4: 14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Four times in the Bible we find the simple word “neglect.”  And in the context of this word we find admonitions, if not directly, implicitly instructing us to not neglect some things.  We are to neglect not: The established word –...

My Dearly Beloved Son II Tim. 1:1-12 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul considered Timothy his son.  Paul didn’t have one.  Their relationship was as close as a father to a son.  When Paul speaks of the faith of Timothy’s mother and grandmother [1:5] it appears that his father wasn’t saved.  So...

Pride of Life 1 John 2:15-17 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When we preach 1 Jn 2:16, we often talk about the lusts and talk little about the pride of life.  But the pride of life is an enormous problem.  The trouble with pride is that it is a root.  Therefore, it...

God Uses Ordinary People John 1:35 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When I entered high school, I attended St. Anthony Seminary in San Antonio, Texas, with the intention of becoming a priest.  However, by the spring of my freshman year I knew that I didn’t want to return to St. Anthony for...

Oppositions of Science 1 Tim. 6:20-21 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The main theme of this lesson on the last two verses of 1 Timothy is oppositions of science falsely so called.  Before we expound this part of the verse, we’ll deal with the other aspects of the passage. First, Paul told...

God’s Intervention II Kings 5:1-14 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you need God to intervene in your life, you must consider these truths experienced by Naaman, found in 2 Ki 5:1-14.  You may need God’s intervention in a marital problem, a family problem, a financial problem, a medical problem or a...

The Blessings of Obedience Heb. 5: 8-9 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO God is our ruler and we must obey him and his words. We are accountable to him for everything we do, say and think.  Often when we counsel folks, we must remind them what God said and show them their...