You’ve heard the saying, “in order to love others you first have to love yourself.” We’re often told that we need to “look out for number one.” We’re bombarded with messages from our society that you have to put our own interests first. Advertising campaigns are driven by the message that you ought to put […]
Good neighbors
One warm evening last summer our neighbor called to ask if everything was all right. Carolyn had just left the house to go to town for a few minutes and had taken a couple of the children with her. Evidently, our neighbors were a bit concerned that Carolyn might have been taking one of the […]
Loving God Loving People, Part 3 – Psalm 63:1-8
A couple of weeks ago we began a series of studies based on Matthew 22:34-40. We’re calling this series, “Loving God, Loving People.” Let’s look again briefly at the scripture that is the basis for this series.
Loving God, Loving People, Part 2 – Matthew 22:34-40
Kevin A. Pierpont Higgins Lake Baptist Church 3/28/04 Richard Wurmbrand, who spent fourteen years suffering in a Communist prison, recalled the following true story: “A Christian was sentenced to death. Before being executed, he was allowed to see his wife. His last words to his wife were, ‘You must know that I die loving those […]
Could I have your attention please?
Last Sunday afternoon I was reviewing my notes one last time for Sunday night’s sermon and as I sat staring at the computer screen Josiah—he’s about 19 months old—toddled up to my side.
Worthy of His Trust
Guest post By Carolyn Pierpont On a recent shopping trip, I was perusing the card selection trying to find the perfect card for my husband’s birthday. What I found were many cards that were meant to be light-hearted and funny but struck me as just the opposite. I didn’t want a card that was funny […]
Loving God, Loving People, Part 1 – Matthew 22:34-40
Kevin A. Pierpont Higgins Lake Baptist Church 3/21/04 We’re beginning a new series of studies today called “Loving God, Loving People.” We’re going to discover that real Christianity drives a believer to love God with everything—with his whole life. An understanding of Matthew 22:34-40 will help us see that at the root of our effectiveness […]
Guard The Truth – 1 Timothy 6:20-21
“A story is told of a man who, resisting the cost of oats he fed his mule, decided to gradually substitute sawdust in its diet. Everything went fine for a while but by the time the mule was satisfied with sawdust, he died. The same is true spiritually. The changeover from truth to error is […]