By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 How many times have you assured someone that you were praying for them? We do this for comfort, grace, peace, health, blessing and encouragement in people’s lives. There are other reasons, too, but let’s focus on a particular dynamic of prayer. We believe in it. We utilize it. We call for it. And we act on it.
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 28:18-20; II Corinthians 5:16-21 We could make a case that our subject for today ought to be the most natural thing we do as followers of Christ. And yet, we can make a case that there is nothing else that creates more fear and intimidation as this activity. Accelerated heart rates. Nervous sweats. Fear of fumbling over our words.
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 24:3-8,29-32,42-44 How certain are you that the sky is blue? How certain are you that two plus two equals four? How certain are you that the sun will rise tomorrow? How certain are you that you will be working the same job five years from now? In our lives we deal with things and situations where we have varying
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 15:26-27; 16:7-15 Do you like having an advantage when engaged in competition? Let me take an example from the madness that is basketball in March. We can be sure each coaching staff has dissected every cut of film concerning their opponent in order to gain an advantage for their players on the court. Each team wants to win. In
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 20:3-9,19-23,27-29 Happy Resurrection Day! Doesn’t it feel good to say those words of truth and reality? That the stone was rolled away, not so Jesus could escape, but that we should be let in to see the empty tomb. A crucified Jesus. An empty tomb. A risen Savior. Hallelujah! Let us reason together over these events. The fear, pain,
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 19:8-11,16b-18,28-30 Our calendars tell us that next week is Easter Sunday. We have explored the grand subject of the nature of God. Here we are again exploring a grand subject, the death and resurrection of Jesus. This knowledge is seminal and critical to our faith. While we assert that forgiveness is now possible because of Jesus dying a substitutionary
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Isaiah 59:1-13 Isaiah 59:1-5: Having begun with the nature of God and then having moved to the existence and purpose of man, this next essential follows suit. What went wrong? How did man, created by God with a purpose and a divine stewardship, find himself wrecked, ruined, and ravaged by sin? The question is both haunting and daunting. Haunting because
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Genesis 1:1-5,26-31 We are journeying through a study on the essentials of Christianity. We began last week where all things begin, with God. The logical follow up to this revelation is the existence of humanity. How did we arrive on this earth? Where did this earth come from? What does it mean to be human? Do we have a divine
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 14:8-11, 16-20, 23-26 What grander subject could we seek to explore and extract truth from other than the subject of the nature of God? And while the intricacies of Father, Son, and Spirit have baffled theologians for centuries, understand that God reveals Himself in knowable fashion. So, let us turn to the words of Jesus in John 14 to
By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: John 15:1-8 As we come to our final lesson in this quarter, we are reminded of Henry Blackaby’s challenge to “Find where God is working and join Him in it” (Experiencing God). R. Kent Hughes wrote about our text, “The inward test is far more telling than the number of souls saved, people influenced, money collected, etc. It
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: 1 Timothy 2:1-8 How many times have you assured someone that you were praying for
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 28:18-20; II Corinthians 5:16-21 We could make a case that our subject for today
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Matthew 24:3-8,29-32,42-44 How certain are you that the sky is blue? How certain are you
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 15:26-27; 16:7-15 Do you like having an advantage when engaged in competition? Let me
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 20:3-9,19-23,27-29 Happy Resurrection Day! Doesn’t it feel good to say those words of truth
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 19:8-11,16b-18,28-30 Our calendars tell us that next week is Easter Sunday. We have explored
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Isaiah 59:1-13 Isaiah 59:1-5: Having begun with the nature of God and then having moved
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: Genesis 1:1-5,26-31 We are journeying through a study on the essentials of Christianity. We began
By Michael Julian Pastor, Macedonia Baptist Church, Kenton Focal Passage: John 14:8-11, 16-20, 23-26 What grander subject could we seek to explore and extract truth
By Eric Taylor Pastor, Cedar Hill Baptist Church, Cedar Hill Focal Passage: John 15:1-8 As we come to our final lesson in this quarter, we