Iron Sharpens Iron (Part Three)
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/11/2019
Our interactions with each other work either to sharpen or to produce a dulling effect. We can encourage, build, and sharpen, or we can tear down.
Iron Sharpens Iron (Part Two)
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 1/4/2019
How do we 'sharpen' another's countenance? Most importantly, the imagery implies proximity, closeness. Nothing can be sharpened unless there is contact.
Iron Sharpens Iron (Part One)
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 12/28/2018
Honing a blade re-forms or re-aligns the blade, while sharpening removes metal to expose or create a sharper edge. This happens within friendship, too.
For the Love of the Truth
Sermonette; Given 12/22/2018
Christ has never been in man's holidays, which are built on lies, and which teach children they cannot trust the veracity of their own parents.
Places of Safety (Part Two)
Sermonette; Given 11/3/2018
God has warned us what is to come; we now have time to refine our character, allowing God's Spirit to transform us into the image of Jesus Christ.
A God Near at Hand (Part Three)
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 10/19/2018
Since God clearly was involved in the lives of people in Old Testament times, if He does not change, should He not interact with people in the New Testament era?
A God Near at Hand (Part Two)
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 10/12/2018
Deists believe that a Creator God exists but that He does not intervene in its affairs. Yet Genesis is filled with rich examples of God's close involvement.
A God Near at Hand (Part One)
C.G.G. Weekly; Posted 10/5/2018
How involved has God been with humanity since its creation? Is He actively involved in what is going on? Or has He left things to work themselves out?
Places of Safety (Part One)
Sermonette; Given 9/30/2018
God see His Holy Days (include the weekly Sabbath) as typical places of safety. Such occasions foreshadow a time when the wolf and lamb dwell together.
Sharpening the Countenance
Sermonette; Given 7/21/2018
We have the opportunity to have either a positive or negative effect on each other based on how we interact and treat one another.
A God Near at Hand
Sermonette; Given 6/2/2018
Deists believe that creation proves the existence of God, yet they assert that God has left this marvelous and interdependent creation to manage itself.
Godly Regret
Sermonette; Given 5/12/2018
Worldly sorrow is superficial and unproductive, while godly sorrow yields not only repentance, but also a bumper crop of the fruits of God's Holy Spirit.
The Spring Holy Days
Sermonette; Given 3/24/2018
We need to probe into the deeper meaning of the Spring holy days more than we have previously because God's wisdom is unsearchable.
Thanksgiving
Sermonette; Given 11/25/2017
We cannot emulate the nine ungrateful lepers, but must be proactive in our expressions of thanksgiving, such as making lists of things for which we are thankful.
Enduring to the End
Sermonette; Given 10/14/2017
The antidote to post-Feast blues is to get our heads in God's Word, meditating on the topic of endurance, thinking about what it takes to endure to the end.
Patience
Sermonette; Given 7/22/2017
We should cultivate the Heinz Ketchup motto ('The best things come to those who wait'), rather than the Burger King approach ('Your way, right away').
Out Of Egypt
Sermonette; Given 4/22/2017
The Israelites witnessed many miracles, but their attention was short-lived as they prevailed upon Aaron to make a golden calf. They never really left Egypt.
Conflicts In The Body
Sermonette; Given 3/18/2017
As members of God's family, we must be quick to forgive one another for real or imagined slights. Those in God's Kingdom, will all be working together.
Prove All Things - Again
Sermonette; Given 12/17/2016
God's called-out ones must not stop testing, retesting, proving, and reproving all things, even though we may think they have proved everything already.
Judge Not, That You Be Not Judged (Part Two)
Sermonette; Given 10/29/2016
Christians should not serve on juries because God has not equipped us at this time to look into peoples' hearts and motives.