A college professor, an avowed atheist, told his class that he intended to prove to them that God didn’t exist. Addressing the ceiling he shouted: “God, if you are real, then I want you to knock me off this platform. I’ll give you 15 minutes!” The lecture room fell silent. You could have heard a [...]
Posts Tagged ‘service’
Ministry – What is in your hand?
Posted in Just Thinkin', tagged excuses, ministry, Moses, service on November 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Ministry – We were shaped to serve
Posted in Sermon Notes, tagged available, Elvis, faithful, grateful, ministry, service on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In October of 2002, Elvis’ album of greatest hits had been the number one album in the nation for three weeks, 25 years after the guy died! Now in spite of enormous success, Elvis was, according to friends, an unfulfilled and unhappy man. He died of obesity and drug dependency at 42. And in an [...]
How to be Rich (Part 2) – 1 Timothy 6:17-19
Posted in Sermon Notes, tagged generosity, giving, service on January 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
What is the best financial advice you ever received? Here’s Paul’s advice… do good. Not normal good. Everybody is supposed to do that. But good like only rich people can do. He says rich people are supposed to be good at good deeds. Rich people have extra time: Saturday & Sunday off, vacations, 8 hour [...]
Be Servant of All – Matthew 20:26-27
Posted in Sermon Notes, tagged humility, leadership, servant, service, slave on September 8, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Among the men listed in God’s ‘Hall of Fame” in Hebrews 11 are Samson, David, Solomon, and Joseph. The first three failed morally and paid a heavy price for their sin. However, Joseph remained pure even though he was severely tempted to be immoral. What did they have in common? All were descendants of the [...]
Too Many Chiefs and Not Enough Indians
Posted in Just Thinkin', tagged Labor Day, ministry, servant, service, work on September 3, 2010 | 1 Comment »
With the Labor Day weekend comes appreciation for the working man or woman. We tend to celebrate the celebrity or the leaders, but too often undervalue the common laborer who actually gets the work done. ‘Go to the top’ is the cry that every young person hears in our generation. The truth is that the [...]
Submission in the World – Ephesians 6:5-9
Posted in Sermon Notes, tagged employment, obedience, service on December 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In Walt Disney’s fairy tale Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the little men march off to work each morning singing, “Hi ho, hi ho, it’s off to work we go.” What a job. They had a diamond mine in which there were golf-ball sized gems already cut laying all around the mine! Tennessee Ernie [...]
Conspiracy of Kindness
Posted in ♥♥♥♥ - 4/5, Book Review, Christian Ministry, tagged church, evangelism, kindness, service on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Author: Steve Sjogren Publishing Date: 2003 Publisher: Regal Pages: 265 This is a book about servant evangelism – doing acts of kindness to open doors to present the claims of Christ. It is not a theory book – but taken from the outreach of a church in Cincinnati. This is a book that I will [...]
