RickFerrell

The Apostle John wrote in his first epistle, “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the desires of the flesh and the desires of the eyes and pride of life—is not from the Father…

The problem in today’s churches with dwindling memberships is a spiritual one – a lack of  the spiritual food which draws people and sustains them when they come. Let me explain. A hungry Jesus, being tempted, said “man shall not live by bread alone but by every word out of the mouth of God.” Just…

The Scriptures We believe that “all scripture is given by inspiration of God,” by which we understand the whole Bible is inspired in the sense that holy men of God “were moved by the Holy Spirit” to write the very words of Scripture. We believe that this divine inspiration extends equally and fully to all…

1. The serpent would bruise the seed of the woman: Prophesied: “And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her Seed; He will bruise your head, and you shall bruise His heel” (Gen. 3:15). Fulfilled: “Now is the judgment of this world. Now shall the prince of this…

Let’s start with the Old Testament prophesy of the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon all flesh (Jews and Gentiles). Joel 2:28-29:  “And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young…

Let’s start this study on Easter Sunday, the day God raised Jesus from the dead in Glory, at the beginning, which is not His birth in Bethlehem nor on His cross dying for us but rather in the distant past before anything at all was created and before time began. In eternity past, God in…

In Lydia’s Salvation story, we can discover how God continues to work in the world. In Acts 16 we find the Holy Spirit actively directing, empowering, growing and furthering the ministry of the gospel and the church of Jesus Christ.  Paul was on his second missionary journey (53-58 AD) and was passing into the region…

Our Lord is shepherding us in this life because we are as children. He’s guiding and teaching us how to be like Him and guides us back onto a righteous path as needed and he takes us to pastures where we are protected and nourished by the Word of God. Eventually, we will receive the…

We call those that are learned in a particular area such as medicine, engineering and many other occupations as having a discipline. They practice their disciplines by closely following rules and applying methods and principles so as to achieve successful outcomes in everything they do and they are watchful for anything that might go wrong.…

Brothers and Sisters, you and I should always be ready to give the reason for our hope in Jesus Christ when we have the opportunity to or when we are asked. Someone may ask us why we act the way we do and that gives us an opportunity to explain our trust and hope in…

The Glory of God is not something we just read about in bible passages written long ago as if it has no meaning for us today. It has a real practical meaning even now in our lives so we should ask ourselves, “Where is the temple of God now and how is He being glorified…

Satan had tempted Peter and he denied knowing his Lord for fear of losing his own life. In that instant, with the cock crowing and a look from his Lord, shame entered into Peter’s heart as he recalled what the Lord had said to him. We can only imagine Peter coming to himself and saying,…