A steering committee is four people trying to park a car. Most people are willing to meet each other halfway; trouble is, most people are pretty poor judges of distance. The greatest need today seems to be the key to fit the deadlock. Cooperation can be spelled with two letters—WE. Chance favors the prepared mind….
Author: Alan Holden
New Song
Revelation 5:1-14 New Song Introduction A. A New Year causes excitement and anxiety. Steve Farrar found a book containing only Country Music song titles: “If the Phone Doesn’t Ring, It’s Me” “I’ve Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand” “You’re the Reason Our Kids Are Ugly” “I Wouldn’t Take Her to a Dogfight,…
Contentment
Don’t be a cloud just because you can’t be a star. Just think how happy you would be if you lost everything you now have, and then suddenly got it back. A well-filled stomach is indeed a great thing–all else is luxury. If your bell isn’t ringing, your clapper is broken. A great deal of…
Conscience
Conscience is a small voice deep down inside where the acoustics are generally poor. Never trust a person with a hardened conscience. A gash in the conscience may disfigure the soul forever. A good conscience is the looking glass of heaven. Nothing is harder to bear than a guilty conscience. For some, conscience is the…
Compromise
The world can never be evangelized by Christians who compromise. Compromise is always wrong when it means sacrificing principle. By adapting the Gospel to the age, men have crippled the Gospel. Compromise is always costly–and sometimes fatal. <<Back<<
Jeremiah 4
Jeremiah 4 predicts Jerusalem’s destruction by the Babylonians because of their spiritual adultery. Key Verse: “Break up your fallow ground, and sow not among thorns,” v. 3. The Warning, vv. 1-4 A. Exegesis of Jeremiah 4 Repent Restoration a. “You shall not be moved” = Babylonians will not defeat you.b. Your confession “the Lord lives”…
Real Saint Nicholas
The legend of Santa Claus began with a person named Nicholas of Myra. Nicholas was born to wealthy parents in 280 A.D. in a small town called Patara in Asia Minor. He lost his parents at an early age by an epidemic, but not before they had instilled in him the gift of faith in…
Christmas Eve Service
John 1:1-14 Introduction: Christmas Eve commemorates the birth of Christ. The Catholic Church commemorates the birth of Christ in the Christ Mass. The World commemorates the birth of Christ through crass commercialism. Christmas Eve Brought Eternal Life in Christ Produced Spiritual Life, vv. 1-3. A. Creation was God’s first word, but man’s sin condemned man…
Precious Possession
What is you most precious possession? Pastor Rittenhouse and his family were on vacation when they saw a suitcase fly off the top of a car going in the opposite direction. They stopped to pick it up, but the driver of the other car never stopped. The only clue to the driver’s identity was a…
Attitude of Gratitude
In some parts of Mexico, hot springs and cold springs are found side by side–and because of the convenience of this natural phenomenon, the women often brings their laundry and boil their clothes in the hot springs and then rinse them in the cold ones. A tourist, watching this procedure, commented to his Mexican friend:…