Sermon Topic: Faith

The Effectual Calling of God

Date: June 5th, 1983  |  Scripture: Romans 9:15-16  |  Topics: Calling, Choice, Drawing, Election, Faith, Foreknowledge, Grace, Mercy, Regeneration, Repentance, Salvation, Volition

For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.


Sarah:Laughing At Angels

Date: August 7th, 1983  |  Scripture: Genesis 21:6-8  |  Topics: Angels, Faith, Ishmael, Sarah, Women

And Sarah said, God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me. And she said, Who would have said unto Abraham, that Sarah should have given children suck? for I have born him a son in his old age. And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.


Our Mother and Her Children

Date: May 13th, 1984  |  Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:1-5  |  Topics: Church History, Faith, Family, Heroes, Home, Mothers, Prayer, Sons

Paul, an apostle of Jesus Christ by the will of God, according to the promise of life which is in Christ Jesus, To Timothy, my dearly beloved son: Grace, mercy, and peace, from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faithContinue Reading


Our Mother and Her Children (Baccalaureate FBA)

Date: May 13th, 1984  |  Scripture: 2 Timothy 1:3-5  |  Topics: Church History, Faith, Family, Heroes, Home, Mothers, Prayer, Sons

I thank God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure conscience, that without ceasing I have remembrance of thee in my prayers night and day; Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy; When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.


In Defense of the Faith

Date: May 20th, 1984  |  Scripture: 1 Peter 3:15-17  |  Topics: Baptism, Defense, Faith

But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear: Having a good conscience; that, whereas they speak evil of you, as of evildoers, they may be ashamed that falsely accuse your good conversation in Christ. For it is better, if the will of God be so, that ye suffer for well doing, than for evil doing.


The Christian Faith: Our Hope in Glory

Date: September 30th, 1984  |  Scripture: Hebrews 11:8-17  |  Topics: Christian Life, Christianity, Eternity, Faith, Heroes

By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went. By faith he sojourned in the land of promise, as in a strange country, dwelling in tabernacles with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise: For he looked for a city which hath foundations, whose builder and maker is God. Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child wContinue Reading


Don’t Drink Bitter Water

Date: October 14th, 1984  |  Scripture: Exodus 15:22-26  |  Topics: Complain, Faith, Provision, Tithe, Trials, Trust, Water

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water. And when they came to Marah, they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah. And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he madContinue Reading


Don’t Drink Bitter Water

Date: October 14th, 1984  |  Scripture: Exodus 15:22  |  Topics: Complain, Faith, Provision, Tithe, Trials, Trust, Water

So Moses brought Israel from the Red sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; and they went three days in the wilderness, and found no water.


The Preacher As A Man of God

Date: January 17th, 1985  |  Scripture: 2 Kings 4:8-9  |  Topics: Faith, Ministry, Preachers, Undershepherd, Walk

And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread. And she said unto her husband, Behold now, I perceive that this is an holy man of God, which passeth by us continually.


Address at Temple Shalom

Date: May 10th, 1985  |  Scripture: Deuteronomy 6:4-7  |  Topics: Faith, Greece, Israel, Jews, Maccabees, Torah, Walk

Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.