hebrews-12:2

When Jesus came to live on this earth, He entered a world in which everyone continually fought to preserve his or her own rights, reputation and life. How foreign it must have sounded to them when Jesus, in reference to the cross, replied to those who wanted to see Him: “The hour has come that the S... Read More

It is a challenge to follow His call to walk away from these things—but it is an even greater challenge to realize we always have the chance to turn around, to go back to a life that is more comfortable. Our Enemy, the devil, knows this, and he works hard to persuade us to do so. Let us look at what... Read More

Imagine with me that someone bought a whole bunch of bright red, crisp apples and tied them onto an apple tree. Everyone who casually walked by the tree would think, Wow, that tree looks great. See all of those apples? Unless of course they studied it carefully, they wouldn’t notice that the apples ... Read More

There is no doubt in my mind that Simon Peter and his brother Andrew became the talk of all the fishermen around the lake of Galilee when they suddenly left their nets to respond to Jesus’ call: “Follow Me, and I will make you become fishers of men” (Mark 1:17). We are greatly challenged by the will... Read More

Looking Unto Jesus By Paris Reidhead* Now will you turn to this portion before us, Hebrews 12. I read the text, the first two verses: 1Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us r... Read More

Preach the Word By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn, please, to the portion that was read earlier, 2 Timothy, Chapter 4. The days of our years are filled with frightening threats. I think that the absence of the newspapers in New York City has probably been responsible for more release from cardiac ten... Read More

The Faithful Christ By Paris Reidhead* To Hebrews, the 3rd Chapter, we will turn. Our Theme this morning, The Faithful Christ. Great is Thy Faithfulness, Oh God, Our Father. We sang it. And I am sure we sang it from our hearts. Thanksgiving Day has meaning to us just in proportion to our understandi... Read More

The Possibility of Apostasy By Paris Reidhead* Will you turn please to II Peter Chapter 2 and I shall read more of the Chapter than we did this morning. Beginning with the first verse and reading straight through the Chapter. Remember our theme Possibility of Apostasy II Peter 2:1-22: “But there wer... Read More

Reading: Psalm 118. "Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for He is good; for His lovingkindness endureth for ever. Let Israel now say, That His lovingkindness endureth for ever. Let the house of Aaron now say, That His lovingkindness endureth for ever. Let them now that fear the Lord say, That His lovingk... Read More

Chapter 7 - The Approaching Great Shaking As the writer of this letter (to the "Hebrews") approaches its conclusion; after repeatedly giving great and terrible warnings as to the peril of failure to apprehend the full purpose and meaning of God in Christ, he gathers all up into a prophetic forecast ... Read More