Troy Styer Pastor, First Baptist Church, Grand Junction Focal Passage: I John 1:1-4 When we claim to know someone famous, people will often ask us how? Or where is your proof? What do we do? We tell them personal stories about the person. We show them photos of the person and how we met them. These things give credibility to our claim that we really know this person. John gave
By Randy Harmon Pastor, Rock Springs Baptist Church, Greenbrier Focal Passage: Joshua 1:1-9 Oswald Sanders said, “Simply stated, leadership is the ability to move and influence people.” You may question your role as a leader, but followers of Christ, are called to be used by Him to move and influence people. The Lord calls us salt and light. The Apostle Paul, Peter, and John remind us of our important role
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 3:1-7, 16-18; 4:1-2 God always has a plan. That is a good thing because I have a hard time trying to figure the plan out. It seems like the unrighteous prosper, the shady characters in this world get away with things that are not right, the oppressed are even more oppressed. The truths in Malachi speak to this
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Romans 14:1-4, 13-19 My father tells a sermon illustration about a man who did not know the meaning of the word “ancestor.” When someone told this man that he had “ancestors” he thought it was some disease or parasite. Consequently, he would swear that he DID NOT have “ancestors” (though certainly he did). The topic of Romans 14 is another word
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 2:10-17 I am not part of a generation where one can count on another to keep their word. In fact, I do not think the previous generation was much better. I have heard stories about a former age relying on handshakes and a good look in the eye to get business done, but it seems like a long
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Philippians 2:1-5, 13-15 The essentials to maintaining a healthy physical body are familiar. Doctors, physical trainers, and nutritionists agree with the basic components: Eat a balanced diet covering all the needed vitamins and minerals, exercise, drink plenty of fluids, and get a good night’s sleep. But what is essential to maintain good health as the body of Christ? Paul tells us
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Galatians 5:13-15, 6:1-5, 10 “Liberty is being free from the things we do not like, in order to be slaves to the things we do like.” — Ernest Bean In Galatians, Paul calls on believers to celebrate their freedom from the legalistic path prescribed by the Old Testament laws. In this passage he describes a high and noble use of this
By Brent Moore Pastor, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 1:1-11 Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who knows exactly what you are thinking? The intimacy is so close they ask questions even when they already know the answers. This friend uses questions to extract the truth of your peril so that you may see the point. When your soul is laid bare, these “wounds of
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Haggai 1:1-11; 2:5-9 It is so hard to do what you are told when you want something else. Kids have a hard time obeying their parents when they really want the new toy. Husbands have a hard time fixing the leaky faucet when their truck needs to be washed. All of us tend to believe our own excuses for
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Matthew 18:21-28, 32-33 Today’s Bible Study applies to everybody. It does not matter if you are 4 years old or 104. Everyone knows the experience of being hurt by someone else. Often it is just your feelings that are wounded. But we also can experience damage financially and physically at the hands of another person. As a young preacher I was
Troy Styer Pastor, First Baptist Church, Grand Junction Focal Passage: I John 1:1-4 When we claim to know someone famous, people will often ask us
By Randy Harmon Pastor, Rock Springs Baptist Church, Greenbrier Focal Passage: Joshua 1:1-9 Oswald Sanders said, “Simply stated, leadership is the ability to move and
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 3:1-7, 16-18; 4:1-2 God always has a plan. That is a good thing
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Romans 14:1-4, 13-19 My father tells a sermon illustration about a man who did not know
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 2:10-17 I am not part of a generation where one can count on
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Philippians 2:1-5, 13-15 The essentials to maintaining a healthy physical body are familiar. Doctors, physical trainers,
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Galatians 5:13-15, 6:1-5, 10 “Liberty is being free from the things we do not like, in
By Brent Moore Pastor, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Malachi 1:1-11 Have you ever been in a relationship with someone who knows exactly what
By Brent Moore Pastor to Adults, First Baptist Church, Clarksville Focal Passage: Haggai 1:1-11; 2:5-9 It is so hard to do what you are told when
By Jay McCluskey Pastor, North Cleveland Baptist Church, Cleveland Focal Passage: Matthew 18:21-28, 32-33 Today’s Bible Study applies to everybody. It does not matter if you are
