This Sunday, The Gideons International!

This Sunday, July 22, 2012, we will have as our guest, Bob Brooks in both morning services, 8:00 and 10:30 a.m. Bob serves as a Gideon in The Gideons International, a ministry that seeks to win people to Christ through the distribution of God's Word. Here is their mission statement:

The Global Mission

The mission of The Gideons International is to win the lost for Christ, and our unique method is the distribution of Bibles and New Testaments in selected streams of life. Gideons have placed or distributed more than 1.7 billion complete Bibles and New Testaments in more than 190 countries around the world . . . so far.

We will receive a love offering for The Gideons International at the conclusion of each service. 

Please join us for an inspirational time of worship and to hear the stirring testimonies of God's grace at work in our world.

For His Glory!
Pastor Joe

Sunday's Sermon Text (Daniel 6:1-28)

Sermon Series from Daniel chapters 1-6 Concludes This Sunday, July 15th. 

This Sunday I will conclude the current series from Daniel chapters 1-6.This Sunday’s sermon text will be Daniel 6:1-28. Let me encourage you to read and become familiar with this passage of Scripture.

For His Glory!
Pastor Joe

Sunday's Sermon Text (Daniel 5:1-30)

This Sunday I will continue in the series from Daniel chapters 1-6.This Sunday’s sermon text will be Daniel 5:1-30. Let me encourage you to read and become familiar with this text.

Following are some initial observations to consider:
* When Belshazzar and his banquet guests drank from the sacred vessels, what magnified their offense in the sight of God (5:4)?

* When the fingers of a man’s hand appeared and began writing on the plaster wall of the king’s palace, what was his reaction (5:5-6)?

* Why do you think the king’s wise men could not read and interpret the handwriting on the wall?

* What does the queen say about the character of Daniel (5:11-12)?

* When before the king, why do you think Daniel immediately resist the idea of receiving the king’s rewards (5:17)? What do you think this might say about Daniel’s character?

* When Daniel spoke to the king, he spoke as a prophet rather than one of his wise men. What was it about the content of Daniel’s message that indicates that Daniel was speaking as a prophet (5:22-23)?

* Beyond the sin of drinking from the sacred vessels, what was Belshazzar’s great sin (5:23)? How does this sin relate to the sin that cannot be forgiven, or the unpardonable sin?

* In the inscription that Daniel interprets, God foreknows Belshazzar’s rule and determines its length (5:26). How do we reconcile God’s sovereignty and Belshazzar’s free will with what occurred in this story?
 


See you Sunday!




For God's Glory!
Pastor Joe