Waiting on the Promises of God
Waiting on God is hard enough when He hasn't promised us a child, a spouse, or a dream job. It's even harder when He has promised us something that hasn't yet arrived. Abraham waited nearly a lifetime to see the fulfillment of God's promise!
The Lonely Man
When Noah and his family boarded the ark, they weren't walking away from their trials . . . they were walking deeper into them. The pain of living with unbelievers was doubled by the pain of watching them be destroyed.
Fleeing the City of Destruction
One line says it all sometimes. Here's one illustration of that: "Noah walked with God." That statement is worth a thousand words and it encapsulates a lifetime of obedience and enduring faith. But his obedience was costly.
Question and Answer Program No. 78
Stephen and Scott discuss questions phoned in by listeners. Please note that there is NO transcript available for this program.
The First Vanishing
What Old Testament saint was taken up to heaven before death? Elijah is the most well known, but Enoch was first. His story is a picture of our redemptive future.
Beyond the Cherubim
The story of Cain and Abel provides us with a lot of firsts in history: the first sibling rivalry, the first murder, the first account of true and false religion, and, of course, the first example of a human hero.
The Ultimate Original Hero
There would be no great saints had there been no great Savior; there would be no great men or women of faith had there been no faithful God. God is the ultimate original hero of the Bible.
The Beat of a Different Drummer
Hebrews 11 lists heroes who are honored for faithful ministry, and the most incredible thing is that it's full of people we wouldn't expect to find there.
Pandora's Box
The legend about Pandora's box explains well the consequences of sin once you "let it out of the box." Though the story is a myth, the moral isn't. Romans 1 also reveals the consequences of sin.
The Sands of Sodom
As homosexuality grows throughout America and other parts of the world, our need to understand what the Bible teaches on the subject grows as well. In this message Stephen examines this controversial issue.