I was privileged to have the opportunity to share what God has done in my life and present the Gospel to a recovery group at the Vineyard Church in down town Gadsden this past Thursday night. It was a bit of a challenge for me since I’m not much of a stage guy. »
“preach the word; be ready in season and out of season; reprove, rebuke, and exhort, with complete patience and teaching. For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions,” – 2Ti 4:2-3 ESV Paul here is giving »
“Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,…” – 2 Tim 3:12 ESV We live in a much different time and culture than that of Paul and Timothy. Though some modern cultures still physically persecute and even kill Christians, the one we live in isn’t much of a comparison »
Last time we talked about the proponents of fruitfulness: Supplementing and Exercising your faith. Now we will deal with the traps of unfruitfulness. 2 Pet 1:8-15 – The big idea is fruitfulness. God wants our lives to be fruitful and for us to enjoy our salvation. 1:8 For if these qualities are yours and are increasing, they »
Intro to 2nd Peter: Date: Peter probably wrote this letter from Rome not long before his martyrdom, sometime during a.d. 64–67. Purpose & Background: Peter writes this brief, final reminder to the churches so that his readers will by God’s grace live a life that is pleasing to God. In doing so, Peter must also combat the »
Most of us have heard at some point in our lives that Christianity is a religion of dos and don’ts. You need to act a certain way, read the Bible, pray, do good, watch goofy Christian TV (to clarify, not all of it is goofy, just most), etc. This is usually said and spun negatively »