Posts by Scott Roberts (Page 29)
When the Preaching is Bad…what are we to do?
This is a great post on how to approach church when the sermon is bad. There are many reasons for a bad sermon – poor preparation by a preacher, poor oratory, bad listening by church attendees, and even heresy. There are probably other reasons as well. But Nick Batzig gives some advice on how to approach a service when the preaching is bad. I hope my preaching isn’t poor, but I am human and recognize that there are times when…
Article to read on Politics, Religion, and Life
Due to the Office move and construction this week at the church, I do not have the time to make any recommendations from this list, however, I will repost the FRC Social Conservative Review here for you to peruse and get a different angle than the media normally gives: http://www.frcblog.com/2017/08/social-conservative-review-august-1-2017/
Embrace your Calling and Companions POWFW
Preparing our Hearts to Worship In an effort to help you prepare for the July 30rd, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Embrace your calling and your companions”. The main Scripture for the day is 1Kings 19:19-21. The other passages are either referenced…
Crazy Thoughts POHFW
Preparing our Hearts to Worship In an effort to help you prepare for the July 23rd, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Crazy Thoughts”. The main Scripture for the day is 1Kings 19:1-18. The other passages are either referenced in the message or…
Church, Culture and some articles worth reading
Here are some articles worth reading about contemporary issues that you may have missed: Cakes and Conscience Biblical Values and America’s Founders Hate group labels and Christian endangerment Basic Bioethics: How to illuminate the Christian Perspective The Four Crises every marriage must make it through For those wanting to read more articles or explore other topics, check out this link. Not every article or thought is endorsed specifically by the church, but these are worthy articles to consider and reflect…
The necessity of prayer
“It is, therefore, by the benefit of prayer that we reach those riches which are laid up for us with the Heavenly Father. For there is a communion of men with God by which, having entered the heavenly sanctuary, they appeal to him in person concerning his promises in order to experience, where necessity so demands, that what they believed was not vain, although he had promised it in word alone. Therefore we see that to us nothing is promised…
Fervent Prayer POHFW
Preparing our Hearts to Worship Fervent Prayer In an effort to help you prepare for the July 9th, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Fervent Prayer”. The main Scripture for the day is 1Kings 18:41-46. The other passages are either referenced in the…
Faith, works and salvation by grace
Here are some thoughts from John Calvin on the relationship between faith and good works. we define justification as follows: the sinner, received into communion with Christ, is reconciled to God by his grace, while, cleansed by Christ’s blood, he obtains forgiveness of sins, and clothed with Christ’s righteousness as if it were his own, he stands confident before the heavenly judgment seat. After forgiveness of sins is set forth, the good works that now follow are appraised otherwise…
Some of The Promises of God to His people
In my preparations for this week’s sermon, I decided to create a list of some of the promises of God. Here is a partial and incomplete list of the promises of God to his People. I hope you find these an encouragement, comfort and aid to your prayer life. Promise never to leave you or forsake you or cast you away if you come to him. (Heb 13:5, Jn 6:37) Promise to come back for you (2Pet 3:9, Jn 14:2-3)…
Reclaiming Hearts (POHFW)
Preparing our Hearts to Worship Reclaiming Hearts In an effort to help you prepare for the July 2nd, 2017, Sunday morning corporate worship gathering and to aid you in your own reflections on the Life of Elijah. I wanted to pose a few questions and provide a few resources to prayerfully consider over the coming days. Our sermon is entitled, “Reclaiming Hearts: Elijah at Mt. Carmel”. The main Scripture for the day is 1Kings 18:17-40. The other passages are…