Helping the Whole World Find and Follow Jesus
Come To Worship: Lift Your Hands To God Introduction: There are various reasons why people raise their hands during praise/worship songs in church or at Christian concerts. Among the reasons are: to show surrender, submission, gratitude, humility, or dependence to God, to give God reverence or adoration, to give their all to God, or to…
Twisted Introduction: Is having money a bad thing? Scripture warns repeatedly about the dangers of holding wealth too tightly and making it too important in our lives. Certainly, the one most quoted verse of the scriptures dealing with money is 1 Timothy 6:10 that says, “the love of money is the root of all evil.”…
Twisted Introduction: Jeremiah 29: 11 may just be the most famous verse or at least second to “do not judge, lest you be judged” in the entire Bible. Most Christians can probably quote that verse: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you,…
Twisted Introduction: The Bible is not merely a collection of quotes, or one-liners. The Bible is a perfectly cohesive collection of 66 books by 40 authors, and is divinely uniform. Despite the uniformity of the Bible, verses are all too often misinterpreted or quoted out of context. There are phrases from the Bible you hear…
Introduction: As the church of Christ, we believe every child deserves a loving, lifelong family of their own. And the church is the most capable of making that happen. Caring for orphans is a mandate from God, because it mirrors the heart of God. The Bible is full of verses demonstrating God’s concern for orphans:…