I’m currently teaching through a sermon series on money, stewardship, and giving. As you might imagine, when the preacher starts talking about money, everyone tends to tense up a little bit. Have you ever noticed that, someone starts asking for money and everyone grips their pocketbook a little bit tighter? So if it makes everyone…

Those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge people into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. 1 Timothy 6:9-10 The…

When you look in the pages of the New Testament, you’ll see that the Apostle Paul made incredible sacrifices (2 Corinthians 11:23-28) to advance the Kingdom of God. What was it that gave him the mindset to make such sacrifices? We get four keys in an earlier letter (1 Corinthians 4:1-12): 1. Know your place. This, then, is…

By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as a wise builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should build with care. For no one can lay any foundation other than the one already laid, which is Jesus Christ. 1 Corinthians 3:10-11 This past Sunday I preached from 1 Corinthians and…

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