By Lewis Willis When I was a boy, our small-town Baptist church was as strong as garlic on moral questions. They op-posed divorce and remarriage for any cause. They opposed drunkenness. They opposed lying, cheating and stealing. It would have been insulting to those people to have even asked what they thought of homosexuality. Everybody would …
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Great Themes from Acts: The Roman World
By Tom Roberts The physical world which early Christians traversed in planting the gospel throughout the first century was vastly different than our world today. Religion, transportation, language, culture, and government were as different from our generation’s as night from day. Any consideration of the gospel age and the growth of truth in the Roman Empire …
Sermon Outline: Measuring Success
MEASURING SUCCESS Isa. 55:8-9 INTRODUCTION A. God’s ways are not man’s ways (Isa. 55:8-9). 1. God is right. 2. Man is wrong. B. What is success? 1. “1. The gaining of something desired, planned, or attempted. 2. a. The gaining of fame or prosperity. B. The extent of such gain” (Webster’s II, New Riverside Dictionary, …
Word Study: Lord
Greek: Kurios Vine’s: “properly an adjective, signifying having power (kuros) or authority, is used as a noun, variously translated in the N.T., “’Lord,’ … ‘Master,’…” Thayer’s: “he to whom a person or thing belongs, about which he has the power of deciding; master, lord… a. univ. of the possessor and disposer of a thing, the …