A Pattern for Prayer – Part 1 (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·July 5, 2019Matthew 6:9-15 Charles H. Spurgeon, a great English Baptist pastor, said, “A prayerless church member is a hindrance,...
Calvinistic Pull-string Dolls: The Young, Restless, Reformed, and Rigid Chris Dunn·June 23, 2019The movement that came to be known as the young, restless, and reformed has had time to find...
The Secret of Effective Prayer (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·June 23, 2019Matthew 6:5-8 How does it work? Does it work? There is uncertainty, confusion, and comfort that surround any...
Investing in God’s Program (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·June 15, 2019Matthew 6:1-4 One of the most significant events of the late nineteenth century was urban and city growth....
Responding to Enemy Behavior (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·June 4, 2019Matthew 5:43-48 Suppose you were a lifeguard rescuing a drowning person. If the person was your best friend...
Jesus Speaks on Rights (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·May 27, 2019Matthew 5:38-42 The Second Continental Congress met in Philadelphia on May 10, 1775. They had no legal authority,...
Jesus Speaks on Marriage (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·May 4, 2019Matthew 5:27-32 Maintaining a marriage and a family takes work and a lot of maintenance. As in Nathaniel...
Jesus On Faithfulness (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·April 29, 2019Matthew 5:27-30 Nathaniel Hawthorne’s, The Scarlet Letter, was written as an indictment against the Puritanical beliefs of his...
How to Handle Anger (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·April 23, 2019Matthew 5:21-26 Dr. S. I. McMillen, in his book None of These Diseases, wrote, “What a person eats...
The Everlasting Book (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·April 14, 2019Matthew 5:17-19 Books today certainly don’t last as they did years ago. I suppose the main reason is...
How to Be an Effective Influence (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·April 9, 2019Matthew 5:13-16 John Donne once said, “No man is an island.” American diplomat, philanthropist, and social activist Elihu...
Kingdom Faithfulness (A Study on the Sermon on the Mount) Martin Wiles·March 31, 2019Matthew 5:10-12 One biographer said of Savonarola, the Italian preacher and Reformer, “His preaching was a voice of...
