Indispensables of the Faith: Without a Preacher

November 29, 2015 I Kings 18:30-38; 19;1-7; Romans 10:14 In the slave camps they called her Preacher Woman.   She was a most unusual person, a slave who could read. When she was a child a young girl about her own age taught her to read.  This had to be accomplished in...

Envy: An Obstacle to Holiness

November 22, 2015 James 3:16-18 In February 2000, a Fox reality show garnered an audience of 22 million people by staging a two-hour show in which one woman from each state competed to be the bride of an unknown multi-millionaire, whom they did not see except in...

Pride – An Obstacle to Holiness

November 15, 2015 Genesis 3:1-7 Proverbs 16:18 In Tina’s car we have Sirius Radio, which is satellite radio. You can get the same stations all over the country. On Sirius Radio you can listen to music from every decade from the 40’s right up to the present day. Music...

Lust–An Obstacle to Holiness

November 8, 2015 I grew up in a house where discussions of sex and sexuality were as scarce as hen’s teeth. I actually learned a lot about sexual issues from reading the Bible. The Bible is plainspoken about rape, incest, polygamy, adultery, prostitution,...

Greed — An Obstacle to Holiness

November 1, 2015 Luke 12:13-21 Years ago a very clever scam hit the Internet that involved penny stocks.   Some people found a clever way to entice unsuspected buyers into a trap that left them with stock at inflated prices. The scam worked like this: A person would...