KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 17   Scripture: Philippians 4:1-7 Today, we conclude our seven part sermon series for our 2012 church theme, “I Am the Spirit of the Ministry” (Acts 2:17). We finish with our seventh ministry value, ‘The Spirit of Joy.’ In our service to God and others, we want to...

KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 14  Scripture: Romans 4:14-25 IN 1965, NAVAL AVIATOR JAMES B. STOCKDALE BECAME ONE OF THE FIRST AMERICAN pilots to be shot down during the Vietnam War. As a prisoner of the Vietcong, he spent seven years as a P.O.W., during which he was frequently tortured in an...

KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 12   Scripture: Ephesians 4:29 A WOMAN WENT TO HER LAWYER TO SUE HER HUSBAND FOR DIVORCE. The lawyer asked, “Do you have grounds?” The woman said, “I own two acres off Walnut Hill.” The lawyer asked, “Do you have a grudge?” The woman said, “I have a...

(EASTER SUNDAY EDITION) KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 11  Scripture: Matthew 28:1-11  Jesus entered Jerusalem triumphantly on Psalm Sunday only to experience within a few days betrayal, an unjust trial, and finally His own crucifixion. Nevertheless, the story does not end there, for as He prophesied in Matthew 12:38-40, He would rise...

KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 9  Scripture: 1 Peter 4:10     During difficult days of war, regardless of one’s particular persuasion, everyone owes a mighty debt of gratitude to the men and women of the armed forces of the United States of America who serve, and who risk their lives for freedom....

Kingdomview, Vol. IV, Issue 8  Scripture: 1 Chronicles 28:21 & 1 Kings 10:1-10 CHARLES GORE (d. 1932), A BRITISH THEOLOGIAN AND ANGLICAN BISHOP SAID, "God does not want us to do extraordinary things; He wants us to do ordinary things extraordinary well." To express this thought plainly, we are to serve...

KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 7   Scripture: John 8:32 While in the process of purchasing our home in the early 1990s, my wife and I had to deal with a menacing problem, identity theft. Our lending institution ran a credit check on both of us, and to my surprise, my report was...

KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 6  Scripture: Psalm 25:21 A PREACHER GOT ON A BUS ONE DAY, and he gave the bus driver the fare. The bus driver gave him too much change. The preacher went and sat down, counted the money, and noted that the bus driver gave him too much...

KingdomView, Vol. IV, Issue 4 Ephesians 4: 1-4 FOR SAFETY REASONS, MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS ROPE THEMSELVES TOGETHER when climbing a mountain. That way, if one climber should slip and fall, he would not fall to his death. He would be held by the others until he could regain his footing. The church...

Kingdom View, Volume IV, Issue 3 (MLK Obsevance) John 15: 12-17   What is the ultimate act that demonstrates a person’s true love for someone, something or some idea? The late Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., once said, "A man who won’t die for something is not fit to...