Sermons – 2016
| Date | Service | Sermon | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1/3/16 | AM | Accepted and Adopted (1) | Ephesians 1:3-6 is the heavenly provision for the hopeless problem of sin and judgment. |
| 1/3/16 | PM | Accepted and Adopted (2) | Ephesians 1:3-6 is the heavenly provision for the hopeless problem of sin and judgment. |
| 1/6/16 | PM | The Great Commission | Is it your duty, or did the apostles fulfill it gloriously and with power long ago? |
| 1/10/16 | AM | Redemption & Inheritance (1) | Ephesians 1:7 is the rich grace of salvation by redemption and forgiveness of sins. |
| 1/10/16 | PM | Redemption & Inheritance (2) | Ephesians 1:8 tells of the great wisdom and prudence of God in saving rebel sinners. |
| 1/17/16 | AM | Redemption & Inheritance (3) | Ephesians 1:9 tells us God has revealed His eternal decrees to His sons by the gospel. |
| 1/17/16 | PM | Redemption & Inheritance (4) | Ephesians 1:10-12 shows God gathering His elect family together in Christ. |
| 1/20/16 | PM | 75 Bible References on Drinking | A pamphlet by a teetotaling Baptist preacher trying to condemn alcohol. |
| 1/21/16 | PM | The Bible and Wine | PowerPoint slides commending wine and condemning drunkenness. |
| 1/24/16 | PM | Purchased and Sealed (2) | Ephesians 1:13-14 about operations of grace after believing and in the final day. |
| 1/24/16 | AM | Purchased and Sealed (1) | Ephesians 1:13-14 about operations of grace after believing and in the final day. |
| 1/31/16 | AM | Enlightened and Resurrected (1) | Ephesians 1:15-23 for more knowledge by the Spirit and the resurrection of Christ. |
| 1/31/16 | PM | Enlightened and Resurrected (2) | Ephesians 1:15-23 for more knowledge by the Spirit and the resurrection of Christ. |
| 2/3/16 | PM | He Ascended Up On High | PowerPoint slides of simple review of Jesus ascent into heaven to His throne. |
| 2/7/16 | AM | Enlightened and Resurrected (3) | Ephesians 1:15-23 and 2:1-10 for resurrection and regeneration. |
| 2/7/16 | PM | Jesus Christ our Passover Lamb | Jesus Christ by His death fulfulled the Passover lamb of Old Testmant Israel. |
| 2/14/16 | AM | Gospel of John (1) | Introduction - the writer, audience, and the Christ heresies John wrote against. |
| 2/14/16 | PM | Gospel of John (2) | Introduction - the method of his gospel, corruptions of the text, suggestions. |
| 2/17/16 | PM | Gods Favorites | God has had favorites throughout history, and you should strive to be His favorite. |
| 2/21/16 | AM | Gospel of John (3) | 1:1a for the profound opening six words, In the beginning was the Word. Hallelujah! |
| 2/21/16 | PM | The Importance of Marriage | About 32 factors from the Bible about marriage to motivate you to change yours. |
| 2/28/16 | AM | Gospel of John (4) | 1:1b - 1:2 for three of five axioms to refute major heresies concerning Jesus. |
| 2/28/16 | PM | Marriage Rules (1) | Intro to a sermon series on marriage with Bible rules to maximize its utility. |
| 3/2/16 | PM | The Christ Wars | Satan attacked and slandered the identity of Jesus Christ from the beginning to now. |
| 3/3/16 | PM | Christ Wars Timeline | One-page timeline showing the Christ Wars material presented 3/2/2016. |
| 3/6/16 | AM | Gospel of John (5) | 1:3-5 for the Word of God as Creator and Saviour and the real depravity of man. |
| 3/6/16 | PM | Marriage Rules (2) | God made the rules for marriage, and some are found in Genesis 2:18. |
| 3/13/16 | AM | God My Friend | Newell Eastland preaches about the attributes of God that make Him personal. |
| 3/13/16 | PM | Praise and Thanksgiving Service | Several men take the pulpit to praise and thank God for His abundant mercies. |
| 3/20/16 | AM | Gospel of John (6) | 1:6-8 for John the Baptist as the witness for Jesus Christ the Light of the world. |
| 3/20/16 | PM | Marriage Rules (3) | God made marriage perfect, but man has corrupted it, and God picked your spouse. |
| 3/27/16 | AM | Gospel of John (7) | 1:9-13 for the life and light of Jesus Christ regenerating men to believe on Him. |
| 3/27/16 | PM | Marriage Rules (4) | Further rules for marriage taught by the creation account of Adam and Eve. |
| 4/3/16 | AM | Gospel of John (8) | 1:12-13 to define and divide regeneration and conversion by the Bible against errors. |
| 4/3/16 | PM | Marriage Rules (5) | More marriage rules to maximize this earthly relationship to please God more. |
| 4/4/16 | PM | Grammar of Regeneration | Decisional salvation is further refuted by learning verb tenses popularly used for it. |
| 4/5/16 | PM | Regeneration and Conversion | A companion page to the sermon preached on April 3, 2016 in the AM service. |
| 4/6/16 | AM | The Three B's of Salvation | Belief, Baptism, and Birth (regeneration) must be properly defined and ordered. |
| 4/10/16 | AM | Gospel of John (9) | 1:14 for the glory of God revealed to men by the Word of God taking a human body. |
| 4/10/16 | PM | Marriage Rules (6) | Marriage unity needs agreement; couples should eliminate all disruptive issues. |
| 4/11/16 | PM | A Charitable Marriage | A table showing how the 15 phrases that define real love can work in marriage. |
| 4/12/16 | PM | Abigail - Dealing with Men | A commentary of I Samuel 25 and letter from Abigail to wives with hard husbands. |
| 4/17/16 | AM | Gospel of John (10) | 1:15-18 conclusion of introduction of John and glory of Christ for His grace and truth. |
| 4/17/16 | PM | Marriage Rules (7) | Four more rules from the word of God to help Christians have great marriages. |
| 4/18/16 | PM | Love the One Youre With | Handout to be used in conjunction with the marriage sermon preached 4/17/2016. |
| 4/20/16 | PM | Sonship Simplified and Settled | Controversy about the sonship of Jesus Christ is a war of worlds and words. |
| 4/24/16 | AM | Gospel of John (11) | 1:19-28 for an intro to the ministry of John the Baptist when Jews questioned him. |
| 4/24/16 | PM | Proverbs 22:11 | One of the best proverbs for heart and speech that brings promotion. |
| 4/25/16 | PM | Gracious vs. Odious | A chart comparing gracious and odious conduct and a quiz to help you learn them. |
| 4/27/16 | PM | A Good Name | PowerPoint slides for meeting of men to advance in life as excellent princes. |
| 5/1/16 | AM | Gospel of John (12) | 1:29-34 for John the Baptist identifying Jesus Christ as Lamb and Son of God. |
| 5/1/16 | PM | Praise & Communion Service | Men of the church presented favorite salvation verses before communion. |
| 5/8/16 | AM | Gospel of John (13) | 1:35-42 for third day of five consecutive days regarding John, Jesus, Andrew. |
| 5/8/16 | PM | Ten Mothers & Ten Rules | The goal is to excite, motivate, illustrate, teach, and warn to godly motherhood. |
| 5/15/16 | PM | Lessons from Lambs | Every reference to lambs, sheep, flocks, and shepherds reviewed from Bible. |
| 5/15/16 | AM | Gospel of John (14) | 1:43-51 for Jesus calling Philip, who called Nathanael, who then followed Jesus. |
| 5/18/16 | PM | Three Basic Rules | Paul gave us three comprehensive goals for every Christian life for us to follow. |
| 5/22/16 | AM | Gospel of John (15) | 2:1 for introduction to the chapter and considerations of marriage and Mary. |
| 5/22/16 | PM | Gospel of John (16) | 2:2-11 for the rest of the details about the first miracle of Jesus at a wedding in Cana. |
| 5/25/16 | PM | Manage Your Wife | Meeting of men to wisely set priorities for wives to maximize each marriage. |
| 5/28/16 | PM | Nehemiah Cleaned Up the Church | Nehemiah 13 tells how he cleaned up five errors and heresies of the Jews. |
| 5/29/16 | AM | Gospel of John (17) | 2:12-17 for Jesus at Capernaum and to cleanse the temple in Jerusalem of fools. |
| 5/29/16 | PM | Gospel of John (18) | 2:18-25 for Jesus rebuffing unbelieving Jews and avoiding false believers. |
| 6/1/16 | PM | A Lying Spirit from God | God sent a lying spirit into the 400 prophets of Baal to deceive the wicked king Ahab. |
| 6/5/16 | AM | Gospel of John (19) | 2:17,23-25 for review of the zeal of Jesus and the warning of false faith in Christ. |
| 6/5/16 | PM | Cursed for You! | You are born, live, and die under curses of God, but Jesus was cursed for you. |
| 6/8/16 | PM | Overwhelmed! | PowerPoint slides for helping women be overcomers rather than overwhelmed. |
| 6/12/16 | AM | Relationship Opportunities (1) | Each relationship and person in your life is opportunity to glorify God and help them. |
| 6/12/16 | PM | Relationship Opportunities (2) | Each relationship and person in your life is opportunity to glorify God and help them. |
| 6/13/16 | PM | Relationship Opportunities - Chart | Diagram for the many relationships in life with matching Bible rules to fulfill them. |
| 6/19/16 | AM | Happiness Is a Choice (1) | Introductory sermon to short series about dancing through life with joy in the Lord. |
| 6/19/16 | PM | Happiness Is a Choice (2) | Further introduction to short series about dancing through life with joy in the Lord. |
| 6/26/16 | AM | Happiness Is a Choice (3) | Before specific Bible suggestions, a good foundation of truth about joy is needed. |
| 6/26/16 | PM | Happiness Is a Choice (4) | Before specific Bible suggestions, a good foundation of truth about joy is needed. |
| 7/3/16 | AM | Happiness Is a Choice (5) | God kindly gave rules or suggestions in the Bible for you to fully maximize your joy. |
| 7/3/16 | PM | Incredible Gift of Salvation | Special things in life make men happy, but the gift of salvation crushes them all. |
| 7/10/16 | AM | Happiness Is a Choice (6) | God kindly gave rules or suggestions in the Bible for you to fully maximize your joy. |
| 7/10/16 | PM | Happiness Is a Choice (7) | God kindly gave rules or suggestions in the Bible for you to fully maximize your joy. |
| 7/17/16 | AM | Happiness Is a Choice (8) | God kindly gave rules or suggestions in the Bible for you to fully maximize your joy. |
| 7/17/16 | PM | Happiness Is a Choice (9) | God kindly gave warnings in the Bible of enemies that will destroy happiness. |
| 7/24/16 | AM | God, a King, and Politics (1) | Daniel 4 teaches the political lesson of a sovereign God to comfort believers. |
| 7/24/16 | PM | God, a King, and Politics (2) | Daniel 4 teaches the political lesson of a sovereign God to comfort believers. |
| 7/27/16 | PM | Remedies for Political Anxiety | Concern, fear, or worry about politics or world events is costly and dangerous. |
| 7/31/16 | AM | Membership Service: Profession of Faith | Eight join the church by way of profession of faith and church covenant of duties. |
| 7/31/16 | PM | What Hath God Wrought! | A prophecy of Balaam about Israel is used to describe greater works in Jesus Christ. |
| 8/3/16 | PM | Loose Your Bowels! | Bible bowels are your affection & sympathy for others to be loosed for kindness. |
| 8/4/16 | PM | Confidence in Prayer | God gave powerful reasons for you to boldly pray and trust Him to answer big. |
| 8/7/16 | AM | Gospel of John (20) | 3:1 for introduction to John 3 and the man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus. |
| 8/7/16 | PM | Gospel of John (21) | 3:2-3 for introduction to born again truth that Jesus presented to Nicodemus. |
| 8/14/16 | PM | Gospel of John (23) | 3:3 for further proof of regeneration by God and how to know you are born again. |
| 8/14/16 | AM | Gospel of John (22) | 3:3 for further Bible proof regeneration is the work of God and without man at all. |
| 8/17/16 | PM | Baptism of Children (2) | Baptism policy of waiting until 18 years of age explained and defended by Bible. |
| 8/21/16 | AM | Gospel of John (24) | 3:3 for elaboration of spiritual blindness to overlook the kingdom without regeneration. |
| 8/21/16 | PM | Gospel of John (25) | 3:3 for further angles on the kingdom of God set up by John and Jesus in 30 A.D. |
| 8/24/16 | PM | Pride | An insidious sin for a meeting of men to make them better Christian soldiers. |
| 8/28/16 | AM | Gospel of John (26) | 3:4-5 to clear up the confusion about the word water connected to being born again. |
| 8/28/16 | PM | Praise and Thanksgiving Service | The theme is from the words of Balaam in Numbers 23:23, What Hath God Wrought! |
| 8/31/16 | PM | Proverbs for Youth | Part of the agenda for a meeting of church youth - to pursue the wisdom of Proverbs. |
| 9/4/16 | AM | Gospel of John (27) | 3:5-13 Jesus finished born again truth to gently rebuke a ruler of Jews, Nicodemus. |
| 9/4/16 | PM | Gospel of John (28) | 3:14-15 for prophecy by Jesus of crucifixion death for eternal life for all believers. |
| 9/7/16 | PM | Incremental Compromise | Playing with sin, even a little at a time, will eventually destroy you and all yours. |
| 9/11/16 | AM | John 3:14-21 Reclaimed | 3:14-15 and common corruptions corrected by the plain truth of the word of God. |
| 9/11/16 | PM | John 3:14-21 Reclaimed | 3:15-16 and common corruptions corrected by the plain truth of the word of God. |
| 9/18/16 | AM | Gospel of John (29) | 3:16 for good news of this verse for only the elect of God in all nations of the world. |
| 9/18/16 | PM | Gospel of John (30) | 3:16 for good news of this verse for only the elect of God in all nations of the world. |
| 9/21/16 | PM | Differences in Men | Successes or failures - all men are different and will be exposed now and/or later. |
| 9/25/16 | AM | Gospel of John (31) | 3:17 to rightly divide the three worlds and understand this verse following John 3:16. |
| 9/25/16 | PM | Gospel of John (32) | 3:18-21 for faith as proof of justification; and also the evil depravity of man. |
| 9/28/16 | PM | Sex Reminders | Meeting of men with simple review of various duties and temptations of sex. |
| 10/2/16 | AM | Gospel of John (33) | 3:22-24 for Jesus and John baptizing in proximity and both by mode of immersion. |
| 10/2/16 | PM | Gospel of John (34) | 3:25-30 for John correcting disciples envious for him by success of Jesus. |
| 10/5/16 | PM | Building on Christ Jesus | Wednesday service to exalt Jesus Christ by the scripture and hate wood, hay, stubble. |
| 10/9/16 | AM | Gospel of John (35) | 3:31 in which John the Baptist continued to exalt Jesus as superior to himself. |
| 10/9/16 | PM | Gospel of John (36) | 3:32-36 for John the Baptist exalting Jesus over himself and his exhortation to faith. |
| 10/16/16 | AM | Gospel of John (37) | 4:1-8 for events and opening exchange of Jesus with Samaritan woman about truth. |
| 10/16/16 | PM | Gift of Holy Ghost | The death of Jesus obtained spoil He shared with believers, including the Spirit. |
| 10/19/16 | PM | Reviving Romance by the Spirit | God is love and those truly saved will show it to others - starting with their spouse. |
| 10/20/16 | PM | Praying for the Holy Ghost | The most important and most powerful need is a greater measure of the Spirit. |
| 10/23/16 | AM | Gospel of John (38) | 4:9-19 as Jesus led the Samaritan woman gently toward her conversion to truth. |
| 10/23/16 | PM | Gospel of John (39) | 4:20-24 for Jesus introducing the time of reformation in the true worship of God. |
| 10/26/16 | PM | Bible Principles of Management (1) | Bible study for men to be better leaders, especially in business management for jobs. |
| 10/30/16 | AM | Gospel of John (40) | 4:19-30 for the sweet conclusion and effect of Jesus talking to the Samaritan woman. |
| 10/30/16 | PM | Gospel of John (41) | 4:31-38 for lessons Jesus taught apostles about the priority of evangelism for them. |
| 11/2/16 | PM | Elaboration of John 4:20-24 | Slide presentation explaining / applying lesson by Jesus to the Samaritan woman. |
| 11/6/16 | AM | Gospel of John (42) | 4:39-54 conversions in Samaria and the healing of a son of a nobleman from afar. |
| 11/6/16 | PM | Jesus Our Mediator | I Timothy 2:5 is a precious summary of the Christian religion and our salvation. |
| 11/13/16 | AM | Christian & Politics (1) | Survey of many Bible principles that impact how we should wisely relate to government. |
| 11/13/16 | PM | Prayer Meeting | Powerful and spiritual prayer by many men for President-elect Donald John Trump. |
| 11/16/16 | PM | Business Meeting | Building committee updates church on progress for larger meeting place. |
| 11/20/16 | AM | Christian & Politics (2) | Survey of many Bible principles that impact how we should wisely relate to government. |
| 11/20/16 | PM | Christian & Politics (3) | Survey of many Bible principles that impact how we should wisely relate to government. |
| 11/27/16 | AM | Christian & Politics (4) | Survey of many Bible principles that impact how we should wisely relate to government. |
| 11/27/16 | PM | Christian & Politics (5) | Survey of many Bible principles that impact how we should wisely relate to government. |
| 12/3/16 | PM | Show Me Your Money | For a little fun - the Caesar argument by Jesus will condemn Constitution excuses. |
| 12/4/16 | AM | Christian & Politics (6) | Survey of many Bible principles that impact how we should wisely relate to government. |
| 12/4/16 | PM | Christian & Politics (7) | Survey of many Bible principles that impact how we should wisely relate to government. |
| 12/7/16 | PM | Hard Verses in Hebrews | Four passages that seem to teach a true believer can lose his gift of eternal life. |
| 12/11/16 | AM | Gospel of John (43) | 5:1-9 for Jesus Christ healing the impotent man out of many at the pool of Bethesda. |
| 12/11/16 | PM | Gospel of John (44) | 5:10-16 for the Jews hating the Lord for healing the impotent man on the Sabbath. |
| 12/18/16 | AM | Gospel of John (45) | 5:17-23 for Jesus glorious response to the Jews for their intent to kill Him. |
| 12/18/16 | PM | Gospel of John (46) | 5:24-30 for the great authority of Jesus to condemn or save and to judge all men. |
| 12/21/16 | PM | The War for Your Soul | You have an enemy insatiably bent on your destruction that fights you every day. |
| 12/25/16 | AM | Gospel of John (47) | 5:31-36 for John the Baptist and miracles as witnesses for the Lord Jesus Christ. |
| 12/25/16 | PM | Gospel of John (48) | 5:37-47 for the third witness for Jesus and His condemnation of the unbelieving Jews. |