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Category Archives: Preachers
Isaiah’s Vision (Isaiah 6)
When one get a glimpse of the glory of God, it can change his life. It may change how one views himself. It may change how one views others. It did for Isaiah. Look Up Isaiah had a vision of … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, God, Godhead, Humility, Jesus, Preachers, pride, prophets, Sin, Textual study
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Fire in My Bones
“Then I said, ‘I will not make mention of Him, nor speak anymore in His name” (Jeremiah 20:9a). Jeremiah was tired of the fight. He was mocked by what seemed like everyone (Jeremiah 20:7, 10). He was in derision daily … Continue reading
Posted in evangelism, God`s word, Love, Preachers, Preaching, prophets, Textual study
Tagged 1 Thessalonians 2:13, alone, b.j. clark, book studies in Jeremiah and Lamentations, burn out, critics, fear on every side, fire in bones, garland elkins, jeremiah, Jeremiah 15:17, Jeremiah 20:10, Jeremiah 20:7-8, Jeremiah 20:9, Jeremiah 6:16-17, Jeremiah 8:21, jeremiah 9:1, Jeremiah wants to go in hotel business, johnny ramsey, love, meditation, mock, negative preaching, power lectures, preaching, Psalm 1, Psalm 119, robert taylor jr., unpatriotic, weary of preaching, weeping prophet
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Negative As Well As Positive
“Behold I have put My words in your mouth” (Jeremiah 1:9). The LORD addressed these words to Jeremiah. The prophet was to speak God’s word. It was not his duty to entertain the people. It was not his duty to … Continue reading
Posted in Preachers, Preaching, prophets, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 4:2, a herald, atricle getting there from here by wacaster, book studies in Jeremiah and Lamentations, build, destroy, God over nations, jeremiah, Jeremiah 1:10, Jeremiah 1:9, Jeremiah over nations and kingdoms, kerusso, negative preaching, plant, positive preaching, preach the word, prophet, pull down, robert taylor jr., root out, throw down, tom wacaster, universal authority of God, vines, words in mouth
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The Truly Wise
“Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show by good conduct that his works are done in the meekness of wisdom” (James 3:13). The truly wise demonstrate their wisdom in two ways. (1) They demonstrate it by good … Continue reading
Posted in christian growth, Christian Influence, Preachers, Textual study, Word Study
Tagged adam clarke, asv, bitter envy, christian living, demonic, diakritos, earthly wisdom, education, eirenike, eleous, envy, epieikes, epistemon, eritheian, esv, eupeithes, foy valentine, full of good fruit, full of mercy, gentle, good conduct, good fruit, good works, Guy N. Woods, hagne, how to show wisdom, hupokritos, IQ, James 1:22, James 3:1, James 3:13-18, jealousy, jj turner, Matthew 7:24, meekness, mercy, nasb, peaceable, poor teacher, pure, r.l. whiteside, rubel shelly, self seeking, sensual, sophos, teacher, thayer, unwavering, varience, vines, willing to yield, Wisdom, wisdom from above, wise teacher, without hypocrisy, without partiality, zelon
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Rest From Labor
In 1844, President Grover Cleveland made Labor Day a Federal Holiday. “It constitutes a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well being of our country” (History of Labor Day, dol.gov). American workers … Continue reading
Posted in History, holiday, Man, Preachers, Stats, Work
Tagged beethoven, bible class teachers, canada, Christians ultimately work for the Lord, deacons, fanny crosby, forbes, gdp, germany, Give your best, Grover Cleveland, Hebrews 6:10, holiday, ireland, japan, labor day, martin luther king jr., mexico, michelangelo, music group alabama, niall mccarthy, norway, prayer leaders, preachers, roy deaver, scripture readers, shakespeare, song 40 hour week (for a livin'), song leaders, song to the work, south korea, stats, street sweepers of memphis, supporting roles, thanks you, the rest is to come, where labor productivity is highest, william j. bennett, work, zeal
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Serving Only When it is Convenient
What would happen if the man-in-need scenario from the parable of the Good Samaritan were recreated? How many would stop to help? John Darley and Daniel Batson, two Princeton University psychologists, conducted a study, in the early 1970’s. Princeton Theological … Continue reading
Posted in Dedication, Love, Parables, Preachers, Preaching, Priorities, Time
Tagged 1970s experiment at princeton, benevolence, book the tipping point, daniel batson, doers of word, doing good to others, family brethren and others, God over people, helping others, Jesus had time for others, john darley, kindness, love, malcolm gladwell, mercy over sacrifice, opportunities to do good, people over animals, preaching and praticing, princeton, princeton psychologists experiment, princeton seminary, serving, serving when convenient, stats, the good samaritan, time, too busy, too hurried, urent needs, urgent needs
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