Sermons – 2017
| Date | Service | Sermon | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/1/17 | AM | Application of Theology | Newell Eastland - The study of attributes of God will lead to peace and prosperity in life. |
| 1/1/17 | PM | Five Young Men | Five excellent short sermons by young men while the pastor was on vacation. |
| 1/4/17 | PM | Joshua and Caleb | Nathan Crosby - Are you more like Joshua and Caleb or the ten faithless, evil spies? |
| 1/8/17 | AM | Higher Ground - Top Ten Review | Jim Cutler - A review of the top ten goals for the church for its spiritual perfection. |
| 1/8/17 | PM | Five Young Men | Five excellent short sermons by young men while the pastor was on vacation. |
| 1/15/17 | AM | Gospel of John (49) | 6:1-4 to introduce its various lessons and the primary need to prove your own faith. |
| 1/15/17 | PM | Gospel of John (50) | 6:5-15 for feeding the 5000 and how Jesus exposed many as belly worshippers. |
| 1/18/17 | PM | Reversal of Fortune | Faith has three good helpers to trust God for great deliverances when in trouble. |
| 1/22/17 | AM | Gospel of John (51) | 6:16-27 for men seeking Jesus and being reproved for their carnal thinking. |
| 1/22/17 | PM | Gospel of John (52) | 6:27-37 for Jesus rebuking a multitude seeking earthly bread rather than spiritual. |
| 1/25/17 | PM | Bible Principles of Management (2) | Bible study for men to be better leaders, especially in business management for jobs. |
| 1/26/17 | PM | Church as a Football Team | Are you a Christian man obsessing for excellence like TB12 is a NFL quarterback? |
| 1/29/17 | AM | Gospel of John (53) | 6:37a for the glorious doctrine of God electing His children for Christ to save. |
| 1/29/17 | PM | Praise & Prayer Service | The church was very greatly blessed by testimonies, prayer, and singing to Christ. |
| 2/1/17 | PM | Past, Present, and Future | Bible study to rightly use your three time zones to maximize your life before God. |
| 2/5/17 | AM | Gospel of John (54) | 6:37 for the elect coming to Jesus Christ with true faith and being received. |
| 2/5/17 | PM | Gospel of John (55) | 6:38-39 for Jesus coming to do the will of God in salvation and not lose one. |
| 2/12/17 | AM | Gospel of John (56) | 6:37-40 to review salvation truth before Jesus explained their impossibility of faith. |
| 2/12/17 | PM | Gospel of John (57) | 6:41-44 for Jesus explaining their lack of faith as a result of not being born again. |
| 2/15/17 | PM | Joseph the Prince | PowerPoint sermon about the character of Joseph mainly for young men to copy. |
| 2/19/17 | AM | Gospel of John (58) | 6:44-47 for the needed work of God for anyone to believe on Jesus Christ. |
| 2/19/17 | PM | Gospel of John (59) | 6:48-59 for Jesus confounding Jews by using bread, flesh, and blood metaphors. |
| 2/22/17 | PM | Bible Principles of Management (3) | Bible study for men to be better leaders, especially in business management for jobs. |
| 2/26/17 | AM | Gospel of John (60) | 6:60-66 for Jesus final remarks against a hostile audience in city of Capernaum. |
| 2/26/17 | PM | Gospel of John (61) | 6:67-71 for testimony of apostles for Jesus Christ; He indicated Judas as a devil. |
| 3/1/17 | PM | Judas Iscariot | John 6:70-71 names a man that should not have been born to avoid his judgment. |
| 3/5/17 | AM | Truth Is Not a Right (1) | Most of mankind has lived believing various lies, which entirely wastes their lives. |
| 3/5/17 | PM | The Broken in Heart | Five verses tell of the personal, emotional, and psychological sufferings of Christ. |
| 3/12/17 | AM | Truth Is Not a Right (2) | God blinding and deceiving some while converting others is true and profound. |
| 3/12/17 | PM | Truth Is Not a Right (3) | Rightly dividing the word of truth is a gift from God to be carefully protected. |
| 3/15/17 | PM | Change! | God saved you to change you, and your growth and progress should be obvious. |
| 3/19/17 | AM | Truth Is Not a Right (4) | Somewhat of a review thus far emphasizing the privilege and opportunity of truth. |
| 3/19/17 | PM | Truth Is Not a Right (5) | We are responsible for truth God reveals, because He blinds and hardens many. |
| 3/22/17 | PM | Maccabees - the Hammer of God | PowerPoint study for men to know God, be strong for Him, and do exploits for Him. |
| 3/26/17 | AM | Gospel of John (62) | 7:1-3 for the brothers of Jesus pressing Him foolishly to attend the feast in Jerusalem. |
| 3/26/17 | PM | Gospel of John (63) | 7:4-9 for His answer to His brothers about attending the feast in dangerous Judea. |
| 4/2/17 | AM | Resurrection Power (1) | God is the source of life, raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, and will resurrect us. |
| 4/2/17 | PM | Resurrection Power (2) | God is the source of life, raised Jesus our Lord from the dead, and will resurrect us. |
| 4/5/17 | PM | Church Membership | PowerPoint slides for simple review and reminder of glory of local churches. |
| 4/9/17 | AM | Gospel of John (64) | 7:10-17 for Jesus at Feast of Tabernacles teaching men how to confirm true doctrine. |
| 4/9/17 | PM | Praise and Thanksgiving | Spontaneous service given to praise, thanksgiving, and prayer. Hallelujah! |
| 4/10/17 | PM | Personal Qualifications | Spiritual character is more important than the technical rules of Bible heremeneutics. |
| 4/12/17 | PM | Women as Trees of Life | PPT slides for girls and women to review the Bible mandate to be trees of life. |
| 4/15/17 | PM | Easter in Acts 12:4 | The KJV Bible has no error in Acts 12:4; it uses Easter for the Jewish Passover. |
| 4/16/17 | AM | Gospel of John (65) | 7:19-24 for Jesus rebuking the Jews for their hypocrisy about keeping the Sabbath. |
| 4/16/17 | PM | Gospel of John (66) | 7:25-36 for the Jews confusion about the origin and destination of Jesus of Nazareth. |
| 4/19/17 | PM | Making Wise Decisions | PowerPoint slides for the four dangerous enemies of making wise decisions in life. |
| 4/23/17 | AM | Gift of the Holy Ghost | A repeat sermon from 10/16/2016 about the Holy Spirit as spoil for the suffering of Jesus. |
| 4/23/17 | PM | Praise & Prayer Service | Special prayer service to pray for more of the Holy Ghost and His ministries to us. |
| 4/30/17 | AM | Gospel of John (67) | 7:37-39 for the Lord inviting men to freely partake of the coming gift of the Holy Ghost. |
| 4/30/17 | PM | Marriage Celebration | With a wedding to occur Monday, the church celebrated two members marrying. |
| 5/1/17 | PM | Gift of the Holy Ghost - Heresy | The gift of the Holy Ghost in Acts 2:38 is not Him giving local church membership. |
| 5/3/17 | PM | Business Meeting | Building committee informed the church about progress with the new facilities. |
| 5/7/17 | AM | Gospel of John (68) | 7:37-39 for further elaboration on the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost for saints. |
| 5/7/17 | PM | Gospel of John (69) | 7:37-39 for further elaboration on the gift of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost for saints. |
| 5/14/17 | AM | Gospel of John (70) | 7:40-44 about the division among the common people about Jesus as the Christ. |
| 5/14/17 | PM | Gospel of John (71) | 7:45-53 about the division among the Jewish rulers about Jesus as the Christ. |
| 5/17/17 | PM | Regeneration & Conversion | Abuoma Boanerges slides from Nigeria for the Bible truth about being born again. |
| 5/21/17 | AM | David (1) | Simple sermons for reviewing character traits of David (1-7) making him special. |
| 5/21/17 | PM | David (2) | Simple sermons for reviewing character traits of David (8-15) making him special. |
| 5/22/17 | PM | 40 Years of Absalom | Identify the 40 years in II Sam 15:7 that commentators and translators cannot. |
| 5/28/17 | AM | David (3) | Simple sermons for reviewing character traits of David (16-18) making him special. |
| 5/28/17 | PM | David (4) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (19-25) that made him special. |
| 5/31/17 | PM | Killing Your Goliaths | Youth meeting about killing Goliaths that youth commonly face and must defeat. |
| 6/4/17 | AM | David (5) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (26-29) that made him special. |
| 6/4/17 | PM | David (6) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (30-32) that made him special. |
| 6/7/17 | PM | Calvinism, Arminianism, and the Truth | PowerPoint slides for a simple review of the great controversy about salvation. |
| 6/8/17 | PM | Calvinism, Arminianism, and the Truth - Chart | Chart for a brief and simple comparison of three positions regarding salvation. |
| 6/11/17 | AM | David (7) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (33-37) that made him special. |
| 6/11/17 | PM | David (8) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (38-43) that made him special. |
| 6/18/17 | AM | David (9) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (44-47) that made him special. |
| 6/18/17 | PM | David (10) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (48-52) that made him special. |
| 6/25/17 | AM | David (11) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (53-57) that made him special. |
| 6/25/17 | PM | David (12) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (58-62) that made him special. |
| 6/28/17 | PM | Men Prayer Meeting | The men used their monthly meeting for extra prayer based on the ten parts of life. |
| 7/2/17 | AM | David (13) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (63-67) that made him special. |
| 7/2/17 | PM | Communion Service | Along with a review of Psalm 22, the church sang ten communion songs of ten families. |
| 7/3/17 | PM | Good Men with Bad Children | Some of the greatest men in the Bible had some of the worst kids for your comfort. |
| 7/9/17 | AM | David (14) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (68-71) that made him special. |
| 7/9/17 | PM | David (15) | Simple sermons for reviewing the traits of David (72-75) that made him special. |
| 7/12/17 | PM | Hopeless or Hopeful Women | A meeting of girls and women to increase their hope to be great women on earth. |
| 7/16/17 | AM | Love Is the Greatest (1) | Introduction to the topic, I Cor 12:28 - 13:13, and love is our greatest duty (#1). |
| 7/16/17 | PM | Love Is the Greatest (2) | Love is the greatest concept (#2), and love is the greatest definition (#3). |
| 7/19/17 | PM | Count Your Blessings | The church gave God verbal thanks and praise for abundance of all good things. |
| 7/23/17 | AM | Love Is the Greatest (3) | Love is the greatest concept (#2) and ideal (#4) - a perfect relational bond. |
| 7/23/17 | PM | Love Is the Greatest (4) | Love viewed variously is the greatest grace (#5), evidence (#6), and measure (#7). |
| 7/30/17 | AM | Love Is the Greatest (5) | Brotherly love is the greatest means (#8), and source (#9), and challenge (#10). |
| 7/30/17 | PM | Love Is the Greatest (6) | Finish of series from the greatest example (#11) to the greatest device (#16). |
| 8/2/17 | PM | What Is Wrong with the Angels? | PowerPoint slides about personal evangelism to build your love of souls. |
| 8/6/17 | AM | Gospel of John (72) | 8:1-11 with review of Bible manuscript evidence for the Pericope Adulterae. |
| 8/6/17 | PM | Gospel of John (73) | 8:1-11 for our Lord escaping a legal trap and turning it on His wicked enemies. |
| 8/13/17 | AM | Gospel of John (74) | 8:1-11 for our Lord escaping a legal trap and turning it on His wicked enemies. |
| 8/13/17 | PM | Gospel of John (75) | 8:12-20 for Jesus as the light of the world and easily rebutting Jewish accusations. |
| 8/16/17 | PM | Two-Step Bible Study (#1) | PowerPoint slides for a very simple review of proving what a text does not mean. |
| 8/20/17 | AM | Gospel of John (76) | 8:12 review of Jesus as light of the world and our great need to follow Him daily. |
| 8/20/17 | PM | Gospel of John (77) | 8:30-33 for our Lord exposing many false believers that were not true disciples. |
| 8/23/17 | PM | Psychopath Men | PowerPoint slides for meeting of men to correct and replace wicked thinking. |
| 8/27/17 | AM | Gospel of John (78) | 8:21-29 for Jesus confronting the Jews about dying in their sins for not believing. |
| 8/27/17 | PM | Gospel of John (79) | 8:30-37 exposes false believers by slavery to sin and rejection of the word of Jesus. |
| 9/3/17 | AM | Gospel of John (80) | 8:38-47 as Jesus told the Jews they were ignorant-depraved children of Satan. |
| 9/3/17 | PM | For What Did Jesus Die? | Jesus died for the sins of His people, but do they really grasp the evil of their sins? |
| 9/10/17 | AM | Gospel of John (81) | 8:48-55 for Jesus defending Himself against the rebellious and wicked Jews. |
| 9/10/17 | PM | Gospel of John (82) | 8:56-59 for Jesus exalting Himself over heretical confidence by Jews in Abraham. |
| 9/17/17 | AM | Gospel of John (83) | 9:1-2 for background and philosophy about the right perspective of a man born blind. |
| 9/17/17 | PM | Gospel of John (84) | 9:2-3 for background and philosophy about the right perspective of a man born blind. |
| 9/20/17 | PM | Two-Step Bible Study (#2) | PowerPoint slides for a very simple review of starting to learn what texts do mean. |
| 9/24/17 | AM | Gospel of John (85) | 9:4-7 as Jesus healed the blind man in His zeal to His mandate from God in heaven. |
| 9/24/17 | PM | Gospel of John (86) | 9:8-17 for neighbors and others and then Pharisees examining the man born blind. |
| 9/27/17 | PM | Money Matters (1) | Meeting of men to review basic rules of financial management from God in the Bible. |
| 10/1/17 | AM | Gospel of John (87) | 9:18-34 for the Pharisees examining the man born blind and his parents. |
| 10/1/17 | PM | Gospel of John (88) | 9:35-41 Jesus found the man born blind and condemed the Pharisees arrogance. |
| 10/4/17 | PM | When Was Abraham Saved? | PowerPoint slides to review the life of Abram and his acts of faith and works. |
| 10/8/17 | AM | The Day of Pentecost (1) | Acts 2 describes one of the most important events of the New Testament kingdom. |
| 10/8/17 | PM | The Day of Pentecost (2) | Jesus Christ gave His church the gift of tongues to enhance their evangelism. |
| 10/15/17 | AM | The Day Of Pentecost (3) | Peter explained the first gift of tongues as fulfilling the prophecy of Joel 2:28-32. |
| 10/15/17 | PM | The Day of Pentecost (4) | Grasping prophetic language, like in Acts 2:17-21, takes study and believing God. |
| 10/18/17 | PM | The Holy Spirit (in Ephesians) | Paul in Ephesians told us more about the Holy Spirit than he did anywhere else. |
| 10/22/17 | AM | The Day of Pentecost (5) | 2:22-24 is a precious summary about Jesus Christ that all men should heed carefully. |
| 10/22/17 | PM | Church History Review | The church reviewed how God mercifully led us over 40 years for special guests. |
| 10/25/17 | PM | Money Matters (2) | Meeting of men to review basic rules of financial management from God in the Bible. |
| 10/29/17 | AM | The Day of Pentecost (6) | 2:25-32 for proof of Jesus resurrection by Psalm 16 and great inductive reasoning. |
| 10/29/17 | PM | The Day of Pentecost (7) | 2:33-40 for Peters conclusion to his great sermon and the glorious response. |
| 11/1/17 | PM | The Gunpowder Plot (Guy Fawkes) | Catholic conspirators in 1605 tried to blow up Parliament and kill King James & family. |
| 11/5/17 | AM | The Day of Pentecost (8) | 2:41-47 for the traits and nature of the Spirit-filled church in Jerusalem at its best. |
| 11/5/17 | PM | Reception of New Members | Nine applicants give testimonies before joining with the church as members. |
| 11/12/17 | AM | Warnings about Hell (1) | The Bible has a lot to say about the eternal torment of the wicked after this life is over. |
| 11/12/17 | PM | Warnings about Hell (2) | The Bible has a lot to say about the eternal torment of the wicked after this life is over. |
| 11/15/17 | PM | Health, Sickness, and Death - 1 | The Bible has rules for the children of God to deal with the three cases properly. |
| 11/19/17 | AM | Warnings about Hell (3) | The Bible has a lot to say about the eternal torment of the wicked after this life is over. |
| 11/19/17 | PM | Warnings about Hell (4) | The Bible has a lot to say about the eternal torment of the wicked after this life is over. |
| 11/26/17 | AM | Celebrating God (1) | A special service to celebrate God by preaching and extra singing and praying. |
| 11/26/17 | PM | Celebrating God (2) | A special service to celebrate God by preaching and extra singing and praying. |
| 12/3/17 | AM | Gospel of John (89) | 10:1-10 for Jesus as the parabolic door of the sheep for a lesson of comfort for sheep. |
| 12/3/17 | PM | Gospel of John (90) | 10:11-18 for Jesus as the parabolic good shepherd for a lesson of comfort for sheep. |
| 12/6/17 | PM | Health, Sickness, and Death - 2 | The Bible has rules for the children of God to deal with the three cases properly. |
| 12/10/17 | AM | Gospel of John (91) | 10:1-10 review with more explanation for interpreting parables and first five verses. |
| 12/10/17 | PM | Gospel of John (92) | 10:11-18 to review Jesus as the good shepherd compared to Pharisees hirelings. |
| 12/17/17 | AM | Gospel of John (93) | 10:19-26 for division among Jews Jesus settled by declaring them reprobates. |
| 12/17/17 | PM | Gospel of John (94) | 10:26-30 for Jesus explaining election as the divider of men and salvation by it. |
| 12/20/17 | PM | Ethics in a Gay Society | Christians may do business with those of different lifestyles and still please God. |
| 12/24/17 | AM | Gospel of John (95) | 10:31-42 for Jesus defending Himself against unbelievers and finding believers. |
| 12/24/17 | PM | Marriage Celebration | A marriage in Christ was celebrated with reading, charges, singing, and a feast. |