“Divide This Land for an Inheritance”

September 4, 2017September 25, 2019 BigSprings12 tribes of Israel, 2 Corinthians 1, Canaan, half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua 13, memorial stones, Philistines, Promised Land, racism

Joshua 13:1-14:15; 2 Corinthians 1:20-22 August 20, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Near the beginning of our study of the Book of Joshua, we learned that after crossing the Jordan River on dry ground, the Israelites were commanded by God to set up a memorial of 12 stones, each stone representing a tribe of Israel. The memorial was built so that the following generations of Israelites would know that their forefathers crossed the river after the LORD dried it up. Then they would fear the…

Joshua Psalms Sermons

The LORD’s Northern Campaign

September 4, 2017September 25, 2019 BigSpringsCanaanites, inheritance, John 6, Joshua, Levites, Philistines, Promised Land, Psalm 2, Psalm 46

Joshua 11:1-23; 12:1, 7-8; John 6:38-40 August 13, 2017 ● Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: In recent days, there has been much saber-rattling between the United States and North Korea. North Korea threatens to send a few missiles to the waters near Guam, and the United States has threatened retaliation “with fire and fury like the world has never seen.” Both are flexing their nuclear muscles, but the whole world knows that the United States can destroy the whole world many times over with its weapons. Both countries…

Judges Sermons

Samson Part 4: “Let Me Die With the Philistines”

October 17, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSpringsDelilah, Judges 16, Nazirite, Philistines, Proverbs 6, Samson

Judges 16:1-31; Prov 6:20-26; Col 3:1-7 October 16, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: Those of us who were raised in Christian homes and churches remember a few things about Samson. And these are mostly the “good” things about him: his God-given strength, his victories over the Philistines, and his prayer to God at the end to kill the Philistines in their own pagan temple. The not-so-good thing is his affair with the Philistine woman Delilah. Those of you who remember the music of the 60s may…

Judges Sermons

Samson Part 3: Vengeance at Firefox Field and Jawbone Hill

October 10, 2016September 25, 2019 BigSprings1 Corinthians 10, 300 foxes, Exodus 17, Isaiah 53, jawbone hill, Judges 15, living water, Philistines, precious blood, Samson

Exod 17:1-7; Judges 15:1-20; 1 Cor 10:1-5 October 9, 2016 • Download this sermon (PDF) Congregation of Christ: I’m not sure if they still teach World History in high school these days, but do you know that there was a Thirty Years’ War in Europe from 1618-48? This war was also known as the religious wars. It began when Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II of Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic) suppressed the religious freedom of Protestants. The Protestants then appealed to other Protestant states of England, Netherlands and Denmark for help.…