Sermons and Prophecy

Text: Judges 11:29-40 Sermon: BE CAREFUL LITTLE MOUTH WHAT YOU SAY Date: June 5, 2011 Introduction : let us read together  Judges 11:29-40 29  Then the spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, and he passed through Gilead and Manasseh. He passed on to Mizpah of Gilead, and from Mizpah of Gilead he passed on to the Ammonites. 30 And Jephthah made a vow to the Lord , and said, ‘If you will give the Ammonites into my hand, 31 then whoever comes out of the doors of my house to meet me, when I return victorious from the Ammonites, shall be the Lord ’s, to be offered up by me as a burnt-offering.’ 32 So Jephthah crossed over to the Ammonites to fight against them; and the Lord gave them into his hand. 33 He inflicted a massive defeat on them from Aroer to the neighbourhood of Minnith, twenty towns, and as far as Abel-keramim. So the Ammonites were subdued before the people of Israel. 34  Then Jephthah came to his home ...

The Other Disciples - Unsung Heroes Date: May 29, 2011 Scripture: Luke 6:12-16 from the series 12 Men and a Savior Introduction let's read together Luke 6 12 - One of those days Jesus went out to a mountainside to pray, and spent the night praying to God. 13 - When morning came, He called His disciples to Him and chose twelve of them, whom He also designated apostles: 14 - Simon (whom He named Peter), his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, 15 - Matthew, Thomas, James son of Alphaeus, Simon who was called the Zealot, 16 - Judas son of James, and Judas Iscariot, who became a traitor. Do you remember what it was like when you were in College and the year union year book came in? I attended The National college, Gauribidanur the minute I got my copy each year I would leaf through it carefully, page by page, to see how many times my face or name showed up in a picture or page. I did this because there was sort of an unwritten rule back then that said that the mor...

Thomas - The Man Who Became Certain By Doubting Date:  May 22, 2011 Scripture: John 20:24-29 from the series 12 Men and a Savior Introduction How many of you have ever been given a nickname? Now, if you raised your hand, then you may know by experience that having a nickname isn't necessarily a good thing, because the truth is some nicknames are complimentary but MOST aren't. And once you're labeled with a certain nickname you're pretty much stuck with it which is especially bad if you never deserved the nickname in the first place. Sermon This is something that I am sure the disciple known as Doubting Thomas discovered. You see, after studying his life for the past week I have come to doubt that it has been fair to brand him in this way but that's what has happened. Thomas' nickname has stuck firmly for the past two thousand years. Take your Bibles and look with me in the Gospel of John at the three times Thomas is mentioned in the New Testame...