Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Like Our Master

LUKE 7:34 – The Son of Man has come eating and drinking, and you say, ‘Look at him! A glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’ THEME OF THE DAY. LIKE OUR MASTER. As followers of Christ, we are surrounded with many who are not followers of Christ. There are few, if any, days we won’t find ourselves…

God Has Visited His People

LUKE 7:11-16 – Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was…

Salt and Light in a Decaying Culture – Part 7

The Apostle Peter is showing us how to live as salt and light in a decaying culture. He does so by identifying three relationships which are to influence our culture for the Lord Jesus; our lives as public citizens, on our jobs, and in our marriages. We will begin looking at the last one – marriage – and the roles of wives and husbands in a salt and light marriage.

Two Greatest Ways To Please The Lord

LUKE 7:1-10 – After he had finished all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered Capernaum. Now a centurion had a servant who was sick and at the point of death, who was highly valued by him. When the centurion heard about Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him to come and heal his servant.…