Last Sunday we celebrated Mother’s Day. I sure hope that you did something very special for the mother in your life. Pastor Kim takes a look at Godly Characteristics of a Wife and Mother in this sermon based on I Peter 3:1-7. As in all his sermons he requests that you listen along with an open Bible.
Jesus called His disciples to follow Him, but what does this look like? In this sermon Pastor Kim shares from three specific passages found in Matthew’s Gospel where Jesus speaks of the cost of discipleship. Take your Bible and listen along. Learn what it means to love Jesus by Following Him.
There is coming a day when the nations of the world will gather together to fight against God and the Jewish people – Israel. God will judge the nations based on the way that they treated Israel throughout their history.
The nations will be defeated when they come up against God, and as they seek to drive Israel into the sea for the very last time. The nations will always lose when God is involved. He is a Father to the Jewish people, and when any nations messes with Israel, well, they are messing with the “apple of God’s eye”.
Pick up your Bible and follow along as Pastor Kim speaks from Joel 3:1-17 on the topic of: The Judgment of the Nations. Also make sure that you have a pen in hand and take note as you listen.
At Spirit Lake Baptist Church I have sought to train the men in our fellowship to step up the the pulpit when I am away, absent due to sickness, or just plain need a break (it is alright to admit that you need a break – that is not a sign of weakness).
Well, I host a Preaching Clinic where I seek to train men to share God’s Word. This is what we are told to do in Ephesians 4:11-12, and it is what I have been doing to SLBC for years now. My first Preaching Clinic had eight guys, out of the eight only four actually graduated. To graduate you have to preach a message that is approved by the Pastor. My goal is not to turn loose men in the pulpit who have no clue how to sermonize, or to accurately cut the Scripture. No, I walk with the guys carefully for 12 weeks, and we study other men and how they preach.
Tons of paper is passed along with all kinds of insights into preaching. I absolutely love to train men to preach, and I love it when I get to sit in the audience and see the results of the “Ha Ha” moments from the class.
We have a great time for 12 weeks as each man has a series of assignments, everything from reading their personal testimony before the men to developing a sales pitch for an item they create (very humorous) – we do a lot of laughing!
My goal is to train men to step in when I am not available. There is no reason to go outside the church. Our men have heard from God too, and they read their Bible’s and they have a lot to offer our church body. The men who sign up for the next preaching clinic will learn the following steps to developing a message for Sunday morning:
We will watch some great sermons together, and we will listen to one another present small segments of Scripture in a classroom setting. Like I have said, it is going to be tons of fun.
The very last assignment is to prepare your sermon. We will walk through the steps it takes – here are only a few examples: Where does God have you reading in the Bible right now? This may be the place where you develop a sermon from. Surmise: Perhaps what I am living can be shared with others – trouble, pain, loss of loved one, hurt, change of job? Picking a text to preach. Like I said, these are some elementary steps for me, but they will be something I pass along to you.
I hope that we will have a lot of guys who sign up. There is a sign-up sheet on the Welcome table in the entrance way of the church. Sign up today.
I also want to make a quick comment about our Mission Team going to the Appalachian Mountains. The team as a whole needs to raise around $ 22,000 dollars. This will get airfare for everyone, plus take care of room, board, and feed up to 60 children a day. Your support right now is crucial for the team. Let us pull together and get our team ready to go. Mark your checks AMPM – Appalachian Mountain Mission Team
God is doing some wonderful things here in our church. I hope you are as excited as I am. Christian Star called me today and told me that a young guest that attend Church last week gave her heart to Christ. Isn’t that fantastic NEWS!!! Also a week ago at youth group a young teenage girl invited Christ into her life as well. This is what we want to see happening all the time at SLBC. God help us to become a LIFE SAVING STATION.
Sincerely in Jesus Christ,
Pastor Kim
This morning on national television (Good Morning America) I head a report about how in California counselors were no longer going to be able to talk with teenagers about their sexual orientation. It appears that the state believes that teenagers are confused when someone tells them that it is possible to change their sexual behavior, and the state doesn’t want teenagers to be confused. Excuse me, living in California is enough in and of itself to be confused. I once heard someone refer to California as the “Land of Fruits and Nuts.” No wonder so many people are leaving the state.
The Bible tells us that we are all sinner (Rom. 3:26), and the Bible tells us that there is a wage for sin (Rom. 6:23), that wage is DEATH. You and I are going to die because of sin. We inherited sin from our parents – they were sinners and the spiritual DNA of their sin was passed down to us.
Have you ever noticed that you don’t have to teach people to do wrong, that it just comes naturally? No, what we have to do is to teach people to say “NO” to their sinful desires and behavior. This includes all kinds of sin, everything from drunkenness to homosexuality, and even to fornication (sex outside of marriage). Forget the arguments that you have for me. I’m just speaking to you about a biblical worldview. Its really that simple.
California once again has it wrong. The nannie state continues to push for all of it citizens to think alike, and to even agree that perversion is right. Woe to those who call good evil, and evil good (Isa. 5:20) Go ahead and read that verse. I dare you to.
Some men in the church came and took away my lawn mower. It was in bad shape. Wheels that were flat. A motor that wouldn’t start. A cutting deck that was broken. These men took it away. Painted it. Fixed tires. Got the motor running great and did a tune up. They also put in a new battery. I know that mowing season is upon us and feeling terrible after chemo treatment and knowing that the yard was going to need to be mowed wasn’t something I was looking forward to. Now I believe that I am ready. Thanks guys! Your act of kindness is so appreciated.
“be ye kind one to another.”
Pick up your Bible and following along. Another study from the Major Messages from the Minor Prophets.
The Promise of the Holy Spirit
Secret Service is in the news – it appears that our own protective agents for the President of the United Sates have been very bad. Some delegates went to Columbia for a pre-event planning for an upcoming trip that Obama would be taking, and while there they rented a room that could host 30 people and they invited in prostitutes. It appears that they had sex with them (Prostitution is legal in Columbia), and then refused to pay them what they agreed to. The prostitutes went to the police, and now it is National News back home. Many have stepped down, some have taken retirement (they should be fired with no retirement), and some are under investigation. This makes me sick! Some of these men probably are husbands and fathers, and they went and cheated on their wives and children. Not to mention they disgraced America. Shame on them.
As the sayings goes: “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
How sick too is this story. A young boy walking to school shows up missing. How many times are we going to allow these stories to happen. When will we stop these perverts dead in their tracks? This should not be taking place today. I hope that they find the body of this boy that has been missing for over 30 years, and that justice will be served on the man who killed this child. This is my point of view, but I hope you can tell that I am one angry Pastor.
Silence for Gays Teens
Each person has the right to practice their own behavior, or do they? When does an individual right violate the rights if others? If society becomes perverted, then what do the righteous do? Do we allow social pressure to determine our future? I can remember as a small child when just about everyone realized that gays (homosexuals – a term that even the elite media doesn’t use much) were abnormal. There was a time when people knew that being gay was a mental disorder. Now it is turned around and guess who has the mental disorder – straight people. We are called, homophobic. We are the ones presented with the problem. Have you ever heard the story of the frog and the kettle? You can boil a frog in a pot of water by turning up the heat a little at a time. Well, this is what the homosexuals have done, and what the media has done to American mind today. No one can think for themselves any more unless we all think alike.
Thats my rambling for today.
Here is the sermon that Pastor Kim preached on Resurrection Sunday. Make sure that you pick up your Bible and follow along. I Am The Resurrection
Last Sunday a young man, 19 years old walked up to me after church saying, “I want to get a Bible. Pastor Kim, what kind of Bible shall I get?”
That is a great question. Many of us have two or three, perhaps more Bible’s lined up on our book cases. I sat down with me, went to the internet and looked at the various types of Bible available online. My O my how many Bible’s are there today.
NIV, KJV, ESV, NASV, NNIV, and on and on it goes. Not to mention, Charles Stanley Study Bible, MacArthur Study Bible, Life Application Study Bible, Quest Study Bible, Mission of God Study Bible, Archaeological Study Bible, and Favorite Authors Study Bible to name a few. So many choices.
It has been said, “The best Bible is the one that you will read.” What Bible are you reading from right now?
I walked into the sanctuary of the church building, reached under a seat, and pulled out a gift Bible that we make available to people who visit church, but who do not bring a bIble with them. These Bible’s are available for people to use and to follow along with us as I preach on Sunday morning. I took the Bible and I handed it to John. I said, “John, here is a Bible that is free, and it is our gift to you.” I wrote the following message on the inside of the Bible cover: “This book will keep you from sin, or sin will keep you from this book.”
Years ago a friend of mine wrote in a Bible that he gave me the following words, “Seven days without the Lord makes one WEAK.” That is a good point!
Finally, I heard from a pastor one morning the following statement, “It doesn’t matter how a man makes his Bible, but how the Bible marks the man.” Is your Bible marking your life?
I suggest that all of us read Psalm 119 – the longest and most beloved Psalm. All 176 verses deal with the value of the Scripture. Pause today long enough to read through this Psalm. Highlight ny verses the speak directly to you, and there you have God’s Word for you today.
Dr. Adrian Rogers use to say, “These hath God married and no man can part, dust on the Bible and drought on the heart.”You can live well without knowing God’s Word.
Take the needed time today to read your Bible – the one you own. The one that you can find on the internet. Read it and heed it and obey it and follow it. Be wise and be used by Almighty God.
Remember this: The Bible is not the book of the month or even the book of the year. It is the Book of the ages.
