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Practical Help On Cultivating A Personal And Intimate Relationship With God

February 3, 2006

IDEA: Those who walk with God in any age may experience what Enoch had.

PURPOSE: To help listeners appreciate how much God values our faith.

On the tombstone of Fannie Crosby, the noted hymn writer, it says…

Discovering What God Might Be Saying To You (part 1)

December 6, 2005

Have you ever wondered how biblical writers got their insight?

God revealed it to them, of course, but do you think the insight just flashed into their heads?

PURPOSE: to help listeners realize that in what we give Him, God sees what is in our hearts.

Have you ever wondered how biblical writers got their insight?

Faith Affects How We Think And Live

October 11, 2005

Day after day over several years a nondescript man came regularly to the library of the British Museum in London. He shuffled in and out almost daily, noticed only by a few guards and some of the librarians. The man was

PURPOSE: To help listeners understand the impact of this idea.

Do you think we underestimate the power of ideas?

Bible Knowledge And Godly Behavior

August 15, 2005

Do you believe that the Holy Spirit dwells in us?

Do you think He convicts us of sin and leads us to do what God wants us to do?

PURPOSE: To help listeners see the Law as God’s directions for living.

Do you believe that the Holy Spirit dwells in us?

What It Takes To Be Good

July 13, 2005

What does it mean to be holy? Let’s review the study on the Ten Commandments and what the Bible is asking for when it says to be holy.

Godliness With Contentment

May 13, 2005

Being content with what you have isn’t easy. Is it even possible?

Treating Covetousness As Though It Were A Disease

April 26, 2005

According to the scientific community, the worst single affliction of the American people is obesity. Do you think people in our country know that? Have they read the articles or heard the programs? Why is it that Americans don’t change their lifestyle?

PURPOSE: To help listeners deal with covetousness in their lives.

Freedom: The Ability To Begin Something? Or The Ability To Quit Something?

March 11, 2005

Unless we recognize how covetousness binds us, we will never seek God’s power and grace to be free of it.

PURPOSE: To help listeners realize how they can be more and more bound by covetousness.

As Americans, we value our freedom. When we talk about freedom, what do we mean?

Three Parables Jesus Told That Illustrate A Similar Lesson

October 26, 2004

Do you think it would be easier to understand the Bible if Jesus had ministered in Michigan or New York City in the 20th century?

Do you think it is easier for country kids or city kids to understand the Bible?

PURPOSE: To have listeners understand that what we are is shown in what we do that matters to God.

Do you think it would be easier to understand the Bible if Jesus had ministered in Michigan or New York City in the 20th century?

Ability And Opportunity

September 29, 2004

Have people ever given you credit for living from the inside-out, when in reality you felt you were living from the outside-in?

PURPOSE: To have listeners consider how big decisions make many other decisions for them.

Have people ever given you credit for living from the inside-out, when in reality you felt you were living from the outside-in?

Found Faithful

Gain inspiration and encouragement from the true stories of eight heroes of the faith in the book Found Faithful by Elizabeth Skoglund. Take a closer look at the lives of individuals…