Leadership Profile, From Shepherd to Shepherd

Tuesday, March 11th, 2008

Place yourself in this situation. You have a very important decision to make, and this decision must be made. This decision will affect your future significantly. The truth of the situation is this: it will be impossible for your future not to be affected though this decision. One of two ...

Leadership Profile, Crete

Friday, March 7th, 2008

This evening we will continue to broaden and deepen our understanding of biblical leadership in a congregation. Tonight we want to look at the profile of a man who could become an elder or bishop in one of the congregations on the island of Crete. One of the principal reasons ...

New People Leadership

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

What a week! What a roller coaster ride! Something unbelievably successful happened and created one of the most exciting moments in your life! There was an adrenaline rush that created a fantastic, natural high. It felt so good, so right that you floated above the every day world. It was ...

Christianity and Relationships

Sunday, March 2nd, 2008

CHRISTIANITY AND RELATIONSHIPS (Part 1) 1 Timothy 5:1-8, 5:1 Do not rebuke an older man but exhort him as you would a father; treat younger men like brothers, 5:2 older women like mothers, younger women like sisters, in all purity. 5:3 Honor widows who are real widows. 5:4 If a widow has children ...

A New People

Thursday, February 28th, 2008

Do you know what basic problem is in the world? Do you know what the basic problem is in our society? Do you know what the basic problem is in the families of our society? It is the same basic problem in all of them! The basic problem is people. Do ...

A New Me In A New World

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

He is a changed man. From the time he was a freshman in college, all he did was chase women. For him, life existed to have a good time, and to have it any way you could find it. You could not depend on him for anything. He did what ...

And Jesus Said, You Dont Get It

Sunday, February 24th, 2008

School is in session. College is in session. Without doubt this morning we have a number of teachers and a number of parents who already share the same frustration. The frustration: trying to teach a student who "just doesn't get it." I can guarantee you that it is no fun being ...

Wearing Big Shoes

Monday, February 11th, 2008

There are moments in the lives of small children that delight parents in every generation. Though those moments occur in every generation, the very same incident never gets old, never stops touching us, never fails to make us smile. One such moment is the sight of a three or four year ...

The Only Thing We Will Take To Heaven

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Husbands, I want to ask you some questions about your wives. What is the most difficult request your wife has ever made of you? What is your wife's most difficult expectation in your life? What is the greatest challenge your wife has ever given you? Wives, l want to ask you ...

What Difference Does It Make

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Greg, I have a question. This is the fourth Podcast that you have talked about the old and the new. In examining the old and the new, you have shown us how the Old Testament law was specifically given in God's attempt to gain control of and redirect those Israelite ...

Jesus Emphasized The New

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

One of the eternal struggles in human existence is created by the ever present reality of established thinking clashing with new thinking. In every age, established thought patterns exist and new thought patterns emerge. In every age, people struggle because when established thinking tries to grasp new thinking. Why the struggle? ...

Looking Past The Old to See The New

Monday, January 21st, 2008

As Christians, many in Churches of Christ have an unusual way of determining and interpreting the basic nature of Christianity. We declare that we are not under the law of Moses (the law that was the foundation of Judaism in both the Old and New Testaments). Yet, we use the ...

God Makes Everything New

Saturday, January 19th, 2008

Tonight I will begin some studies with you that can actually change your life. I will share with you insights and understandings that have changed my life. I am not talking about changing your faith. I am not talking about increasing your knowledge. I am talking about advancing your insights ...

For What Food Do You Hunger

Thursday, January 17th, 2008

What is the kindest thing you ever did for your family? What is the kindness thing you ever did for a fellow Christian? What is the kindest thing you ever did for someone you did not know? What is the kindest thing you ever did for someone who did not ...

The Many Forms of Faith

Friday, January 4th, 2008

If I asked you to list some Christian concepts that are simple to study and easy to understand, what concepts would you list? Let me give you a list to choose from. Which of these concepts would you say were simple to study and easy to understand? The word of God Accepting ...