“THE CURE FOR DEATH” ACTS 9:32-43 I. Introduction From 1966 to 2014 the Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon was broadcast on television stations throughout the nation. During those years the telethon raised over two billion dol-lars ($2,000,000,000) to fight muscular dystrophy and find a cure for it. But today, after all of that time, […]
“FROM SAUL TO PAUL” ACTS 9:10-31 I. Introduction Jesus performed miracles when He turned water into wine, when He fed the five thousand, when He stilled a storm, and when He walked upon the Sea of Galilee. He performed mira-cles when He healed the sick, the lame, the deaf, the blind, and the demon-possessed. When […]
“SAUL’S CONVERSION” ACTS 9:1-9 I. Introduction “Amazing grace! How sweet the sound. That saved a wretch like me! I once was lost but now am found; Was blind but now I see.” Thus begins the most widely known, played, and sung Christian hymn in the world. It was written in 1779 by John Newton. Who […]
“HE IS RISEN!” SELECTED SCRIPTURES I. Introduction The Lord Jesus Christ was nailed to the cross on Friday morning. Man had done his worst, and for the first three hours that Jesus hung between heaven and earth, He would undergo a degree of physical suffering that is beyond our vocabulary to fully describe. But then […]
“A SELF-EXAMINATION” 1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-32 I. Introduction It’s no secret that self-examination can be difficult. Honest self-examination can lead us into some pretty dark places. But, for the born-again believer in Jesus, it is in those dark places where the light of Christ shines the brightest. He is the light of the world, isn’t He? […]
“AM I REALLY SAVED?” 1 JOHN 1-5 I. Introduction “Am I really saved?” Or, “How can I be sure I’m saved?” Or, “What if I think I’m a Christian, but I’m only fooling myself?” Have questions like these ever crossed your mind? Sure they have! Or maybe, as you’ve learned more about God and have […]
“THE FAITH THAT SAVES” ACTS 8:25-40 I. Introduction The first time God poured out His wrath on this sinful world He did so with the flood. But He chose eight people to save from that wrath. When the waters finally receded and the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat, God used those […]
“A FAITH THAT CONDEMNS” ACTS 8:9-24 I. Introduction Are you between the ages of 50 and 70? If you are, you’re what is commonly known as a “baby boomer.” Baby boomers are those Americans who were born after World War 2 and before the war in Viet Nam. Think 1945 to 1965. If you’re a […]
“FROM PERSECUTION TO PROCLAMATION” ACTS 8:1-8 I. Introduction Two weeks ago an old friend of mine passed into the presence of His Lord and Savior. I learned a lot from Bob Johnson, not the least of which was how a Christian handles things like pain, sorrow, and grief. In Bob’s case he handled it with […]
“GOD’S PERFECT LAMB” EXODUS 12:1-14 I. Introduction Join me this morning as we climb aboard our trusty “Bible Time Machine” and journey back to the year 2050 B.C., or thereabouts. Where are we? We’re standing on Mt. Moriah in the city of Jerusalem. Only Jerusalem isn’t here yet. In fact, nothing is here yet. There […]