Fishing, One More Cast – Joe Cammilleri

Pastor Joe Cammilleri concluded the missions conference with one more sermon of fishing for men. He called this sermon, One More Cast. In fishing for and catching men for Jesus, we must: Fish by the rules, 2 Tim 2:3-4. We must fish lawfully. God is a God of due order, 1 Chr 13:10-11; 1 Chr […]

A Field of Fools – Jeff Williams

Jeff Williams, missionary to New Zealand, preached a message entitled A Field of Fools from 1 Sam 25:1-25. Nabal was a fool, and many of the people whom we try to reach with the gospel are fools. Missions is a spiritual war like Saul against David. David typifies Jesus. In 1 Sam 25, he was […]

They Were Fishers – Joe Cammilleri

Pastor Joe Cammilleri preached another message on fish, fishing, and fishermen. According to Mk 1:16, they were fishers. Wouldn’t it be something if the Lord would say of our church “they were fishers”. Fishermen know fishing takes work. Lk 5:2-5, Jn 4:35-38. It’s stinky. The work is messy. The work is hard. 1 Cor 4:8-13; […]

Give God What He Wants – Joel Haynes

Missionary Joel Haynes, to the Navajo Nation, preached from Gen 22:2 on what God wanted from Abraham. God wanted what Abraham had, his son. “thy son”. God asked for Isaac. God wanted what Abraham hoped for. “thine only son Isaac”. God asked for his only son. The future seed was promised to come through him. […]

Fish, Fishing, Fishermen – Joe Cammilleri

According to the Bible, men are like fish. Therefore, the first four men God called to be his disciples were commercial fishermen. Our efforts to win men to Christ are likened to fishermen catching fish. Jesus said, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men”, Matt 4:19. God called these disciples to catch […]

Cares, Burdens, Weights – Spencer Baker

Missionary Spencer Baker, to Hawaii, preached from Lk 8:14 and Ex 4:4-9 about the things that weigh us down and keep us from being able to fully serve God. The attitude of the world toward God’s work is that, like Pharaoh, the world despises the words of God, the men of God, and the people […]

Life Without Fire – Joe Cammilleri

In 1 Ki 18:23-25 Elijah said, “put no fire under”. You can’t have life without fire. You’d have no heat, no cooking, no light, etc. Likewise, you have no life in your walk with God if you have no fire. We need some fire in our private time. You can’t have a strong Christian life […]

Without A Cause – Chris Rue

Missionary Chris Rue, to Ukraine, preached from 1 Sam 17:29. In this passage, David asked, “Is there not a cause”? And indeed there was a reason for him to step into the fight with Goliath. Yet, most Christians only talk about the fight; they aren’t actually in it. And the reason is that they live […]