Good afternoon to all of you. As always, it is a joy to be up here on the Sabbath day to fellowship with you again. Brethren, America is at war with terror. The U.S.A. has five levels of terror alert warnings: low, guarded, elevated, …
Herman Edwards, a former head coach of the New York Jets, once famously said, “You play to win the game. You don’t play to just play it.” For those whom God calls, we could adapt this quotation to say, “We are called to win battles. We …
Many of you have heard me say that one of my favorite psalms, perhaps my favorite, is Psalm 90, a contemplation or prayer by Moses about time, particularly about God's timelessness as compared to man's brevity. It can also be seen as a …

(4) Adulterers and adulteresses! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Whoever therefore wants to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
To have a warm, familiar attitude with this world is to be on good terms with God's enemy. What does it mean, in more practical terms, to be a friend of the world? It is to adopt the world's set of values and wants, to desire …
In Part One, we saw how many Old Testament heroes of faith responded to God’s call to service with “Here I am,” a frequent translation of the Hebrew word hinneni. The same response occurs in the New Testament, with faithful men answering with idou, its Greek counterpart: Ananias: The man whom God used to heal and baptize Saul of Tarsus does not receive enough credit for his faith and courage. Ananias knew that this Saul had been persecuting followers of Jesus. But when God summons him to be His emissary to Saul, he responds immediately with “Here I am, Lord.” Notice Acts 9:10-11: Now there …
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