Share The Futility of Works (1:12-13) By Phyllis Corbin / a few days ago THE FUTILITY of Works (1:12-13) I. Introduction A. The offer that Jonah makes to the Mariners was a voluntary one. 1. Keep in mind that Jonah is a type of Christ in his death and resurrection. 2. That is definitely stated in the N.T. by the Lord Jesus Himself Matt 12:40. 3. He is clearly […]
Share Evening Prayer For All Needs By Phyllis Corbin / last week Evening Prayer for all Needs Merciful Jesus, during Your life on earth You showed great concern for the sick and the infirm. Have compassion now on all those who are sick or in pain. Grant them a healing of mind and body and restore their strength and spirit. Comfort them with the knowledge that we […]
Share The Festival of Booths By Phyllis Corbin / 3 weeks ago THE FESTIVAL OF BOOTHS On the first day of the month, New Year’s Day, the Israelites heard the laws for the first time. They took inventory of their lives and the reading of the Law produced a great flood of tears. But the people were encouraged by their leaders to rejoice and feast together. The […]
Share Introduction to 2 Thessalonians By Phyllis Corbin / last month Introduction To 2 Thessalonians Thessalonica, the capital of Macedonia, occupied a strategic location in the first–century missiology and world evangelism. There was an ancient saying that “So long as nature does not change, Thessalonica will remain wealthy and prosperous.” She was a wealthy city with fertile soil, forest and mineral deposits in the area. Thessalonica […]
Share The Sleeping Prophet By Phyllis Corbin / last month THE SLEEPING PROPHET (Jonah 1:1-3) I. Introduction A. God commanded Jonah to arise and go to Nineveh but Jonah did a 180 and went in the opposite direction . 1. He arose all right, not to obey the Lord but to follow his own desires and inclinations. 2. Instead of going east – he started […]
Share Introduction to 1 Thessalonians By Phyllis Corbin / a couple of months ago Introduction to 1 Thessalonians The beginning of the church at Thessalonica is found in Acts 16:6-10; 17:1-10. It was in Macedonia, the kingdom of Alexander the Great, that Paul landed. The city stood on the Thermaic Gulf with its hot springs and famous harbor. Xerxes, the Persian, had his naval base there when he invaded […]
Share Gifts of the Holy Spirit Lesson 7 By Phyllis Corbin / a couple of months ago Gifts of the Holy Spirit Lesson 7 Working of Power: Definition: Supernatural, Holy Spirit given intervention into the natural with supernatural natural acts of healing, expelling demons etc. And when the sabbath day came, he began to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astonished, saying, From whence hath this man these things? […]
Share Gifts of the Holy Spirit Lesson #3 By Phyllis Corbin / a couple of months ago THE GIFTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT COURSE [CON’T} LESSON # 3 8) MERCY: Definition: Supernatural Holy Spirit given ability to give loving kindness and compassion toward people “or the one exhorting, encouragement, the one sharing, in simplicity, the one taking the lead in diligence, the one showing mercy, in cheerfulness.” Or he that exhorteth, on […]
Share An Excellent Sermon Without Words By Phyllis Corbin / a couple of months ago An Excellent Sermon Without Words A member of a certain church, who previously had been attending services regularly, stopped going. After a few weeks, the preacher decided to visit him. It was a chilly evening. The preacher found the man at home alone, sitting before a blazing fire. Guessing the reason for his preacher’s visit, […]
Share Born of Water and of the Spirit By Phyllis Corbin / a few months ago BORN OF WATER AND THE SPIRIT Acts 2:38 (KJV) Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Ghost. “Jesus answered, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be […]
