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David Servant

(Through The Needle's Eye) 4 - A Steward, A Rich Man and a Beggar

David ServantLuke 16:1-31 If you have made it this far that is a very good sign. Be encouraged. God must be helping you in answer to your prayers. Although we've laid a foundation, there is still more that Jesus wants us to learn about stewardship. Many questions still loom, but we must take our time. We have be... Read More
David Servant

(Through The Needle's Eye) 6 - The Deceitfulness of Riches

David ServantMark 4:3-10, 13-20 There is yet still more to all that Jesus taught about material stewardship. In light of all that He said on this subject, it is amazing how little of it is mentioned in most churches. When it is, it is too often softened. As we continue our squeeze through the needle's eye, our o... Read More
David Servant

As a Father

David ServantLast month, George Sodini walked into a women's aerobics class at an LA Fitness Club just a few miles from where I live. He turned out the lights and began shooting into the darkness, firing fifty rounds. Within seconds, he killed three women and wounded nine others. Then he shot and killed himself.... Read More
David Servant

Forever Rich

David ServantIntroduction You are going to love this story. Jesus told it using just one sentence, but with a little imagination, it can easily be expanded without doing any harm to the lesson. A man is walking across a neighbor's field early one morning when something poking through the soil—perhaps exposed fro... Read More
David Servant

Sanctification: Perfecting Holiness

David ServantCome to Me, all who are weary and heavy-laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and humble in heart; and you shall find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy, and My load is light (Matt. 11:28-30). Very few professing Christians would debate that... Read More
Dick Sipley

THE RENEWING OF THE MIND

Text: Rom. 12:1-2 Let us please open our Bibles to the Book of Romans, chapter 12, verses 1-2... I believe with all my heart that every sincere Christian wants to live and walk in God's perfect will. We often desire to do God's will but are not doing it. We've confessed sin, dealt with self, but dri... Read More
Francis Turretin

The Salaries of Ministers

Francis TurretinTWENTY-EIGHTH question: the salaries OF ministers AND ecclesiastical goods: Is any salary due ministers of the church? We affirm against the Anabaptists. I. This question was agitated before this by the Anabaptists, who thought the gospel should be preached gratuitously; either by richer persons who... Read More
Miles J. Stanford

The Adamic Natures

Miles J. StanfordThe question we are dealing with is, Does the Christian have one, or two natures*; has the old man been eradicated, or not? I believe there are two keys that unlock the scriptural answer. The one is the doctrine of the two men, and the other is the doctrine of position. First we will consider the tw... Read More
Mose Stolzfus

The Sin of Gambling

In 2001 Americans wagered 7 billion dollars on lottery, 18 million on horses and dogs, 592 billion on casinos, and 150 billion on other forms of gambling. It is a total of 817 billion on gambling in 2001. a transcribed sermon It is my desire to speak to the ears of society in America concerning the ... Read More
Octavius Winslow

MORNING THOUGHTS - April

MORNING THOUGHTS, or DAILY WALKING WITH GOD By Octavius Winslow APRIL 1. "For if we would judge ourselves, we should not be judged." 1 Cor. 11:31 Self-condemnation averts God's condemnation. When a penitent sinner truly, humbly, graciously sits in judgment upon himself, the Lord will never sit in ju... Read More

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