John Wesley's Rule for Christian Living: Do all the good you can, by all the means you can, in all the ways you can, in all the places you can, at all the times you can, to all the people you can, as long as ever... you can! (Christian History,...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
There are many today who profess to have a relationship with Christ. But when you examine their lives you see no evidence of such claim---Steve Hereford.
We have been asking questions this week concerning anger. Today, I want to ask one more, “What do you do when you blow it?” All of us blow it, but the real issue is what do you do about it or what do you do to prevent it from happening again? I...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We have been looking at the subject of anger. Today, I want to ask another question—“How can I control my anger?” I have at least five ways to suggest in controlling anger. The first is put others first. Anger that is sinful is selfish—it is...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We have been looking at the subject of anger. We have already asked what is it, how is it manifested, and what is its cause? Now we’re asking when is it right? With that question, we come to our passage in Ephesians 4:26-27. Paul is writing to the...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We have been looking at the causes for anger? Today, I want to give you a few more. We have already considered pride, harsh words, selfishness, and unrealistic demands. The next is lying. Proverbs 13:5 says “A righteous man hates lying.” Do you...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Yesterday I asked two questions, “What is anger?” and “How is it manifested?” Today, I want to ask a third question: “What causes you to get angry?” The first cause is pride. When we survey David’s anger at Nabal it was not only because of Nabal...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Ephesians 4:26-27 says, “‘Be angry, and do not sin’: do not let the sun go down on your wrath nor give place to the devil.” This passage, which the first part comes from Psalm 4:4, is a call to righteous anger. Because anger can be selfish do we...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We are currently looking at 1 Peter 2:1. In this passage, Peter says, “Therefore, laying aside all malice, all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking. We have already looked at “malice, deceit,” and “hypocrisy.” Today, we are looking at...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
We are looking again today at 1 Peter 1:1. Here Peter gives 5 hindrances to our ability to desire God’s Word. We have already considered the first two, “wickedness” and “deceit,” and now we’re considering the next one which is “hypocrisy.” Not...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
