Leviticus 25:1-55 The Path to Positive Money Management

Last updated on: August 10, 2013 at 1:07 am By Jim Erwin

Leviticus 25:1-55 The Path to Positive Money Management The Stewardship Continuum (Leviticus 25:1-55) Let’s start with the middle of the continuum. At this point, it can go two different directions. These directions are based on our view of money management, or stewardship. One can have a poor view of stewardship, which ends in slavery. One can have a positive view of stewardship which leads to release, rest and restoration. Let’s start with the poor view of stewardship. This is illustrated... Read more

You Will Be My Witnesses to Your Generation

Last updated on: August 8, 2013 at 8:00 pm By Jim Erwin

You Will Be My Witnesses to Your Generation August 8, 2013 “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be My witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”” (Acts 1:8, HCSB) I have always heard this verse interpreted geographically. The idea is that Jesus gave us a roadmap with a worldwide scope for His mission. We start first in Jerusalem as the center of... Read more

How to Enjoy God with the Treasures He Gives Me

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 3:04 pm By Jim Erwin

How to Enjoy God with the Treasures He Gives Me How to Enjoy God with the Treasures He Gives Me is a sermonfrom Luke 12:13-21 on the way to enjoy God with material wealth. The story is told of a prosperous, young investment banker who was driving a new BMW sedan on a mountain road during a snowstorm. As he veered around one sharp turn, he lost control and began sliding off the road toward a deep precipice. At... Read more

Clinging to God When All Else Fails

Last updated on: August 7, 2013 at 9:33 pm By Jim Erwin

Clinging to God When All Else Fails August 7, 2013 “…Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will leave this life. The LORD gives, and the LORD takes away. Praise the name of Yahweh.” Throughout all this Job did not sin or blame God for anything.” (Job 1:21–22, HCSB) Sometimes, like Job, we encounter situations which we cannot explain. We lose our house. Our spouse dies. A tragic accident leaves us childless. It is during these times... Read more

Christian Love Is Stronger Than Death

Last updated on: August 1, 2013 at 3:03 am By Jim Erwin

Christian Love Is Stronger Than Death August 1, 2013 If love is as strong as death, then in Christ, love is stronger than death. “Set me as a seal on your heart, as a seal on your arm. For love is as strong as death; ardent love is as unrelenting as Sheol. Love’s flames are fiery flames — the fiercest of all. Mighty waters cannot extinguish love; rivers cannot sweep it away. If a man were to give all his... Read more

How to Make Jesus the Leader of My Life

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 3:02 pm By Jim Erwin

How to Make Jesus the Leader of My Life How to Make Jesus the Leader of My Life is a sermon based on the idea that He can help us change in life. The sermon below is an expansion of my blog post entitled “Orbiting Jesus.” You can find the diagrams mentioned in this sermon here and here. “Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin... Read more

Jeremiah 9:23-24 The Key to True Happiness

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 3:00 pm By Jim Erwin

Jeremiah 9:23-24 The Key to True Happiness Jeremiah 9:23-24 The Key to True Happiness is a sermon about the fact that true and enduring happiness results from knowing God personally. Proposition: True and enduring happiness results from knowing God personally. The soul is measured by its flights, Some low and others high, The heart is known by its delights, And pleasures never lie. Where does your pleasures lie? If you are like the people in Jeremiah 9:23, your happiness may... Read more

Orbiting Jesus

Last updated on: July 23, 2013 at 4:07 pm By Jim Erwin

“Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.” (Hebrews 12:1–2, HCSB) I... Read more

Jeremiah 29:1-14 God’s Plans and My Life

Last updated on: June 14, 2018 at 11:51 am By Jim Erwin

Jeremiah 29:1-14 God’s Plans and My Life Jeremiah 29:1-14 God’s Plans And My Life is a sermon about the way that God directs my life. This sermon encourages Christians to not listen to others, but to God for His plans for them. Garth Brooks – “The River” You know a dream is like a river Ever changin’ as it flows And a dreamer’s just a vessel That must follow where it goes Trying to learn from what’s behind you... Read more

Ezekiel 32:1-32 Pride Comes Before a Fall

Last updated on: July 6, 2013 at 3:06 am By Jim Erwin

Ezekiel 32:1-32 Pride Comes Before a Fall Pride runs on the fuel of comparison. ““Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: You compare yourself to a lion of the nations, but you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churn up the waters with your feet, and muddy the rivers.”” (Ezekiel 32:2, HCSB) Difference between pride and confidence Pride versus Confidence There is a major difference between pride... Read more