Episodes
Saturday May 30, 2020
Romans 13:8-12 ~ Love for the Day Is Dawning ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Saturday May 30, 2020
Saturday May 30, 2020
The Lord Jesus said to His followers, “You are the light of the world. Let your light shine before men in such a way that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven” (Matthew 5:14, 16). So we are not in darkness. We are not night people. We are not people of the night. We don’t live in mental darkness; we know the truth. We don’t live in moral darkness; we live the truth. As day people we live in a completely different sphere of life than those who live in darkness and don’t know the truth. Therefore we are able to “Love for the day is Dawning.”
Monday May 18, 2020
Romans 13:7-10 ~ Love is the Fulfillment of the Law ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Monday May 18, 2020
Monday May 18, 2020
John MacArthur said, “God’s own love is the inexhaustible well from which, as it were, we can draw the supernatural love He commands to live by.”
As a Christian, the love of God has been poured out within your heart (see Romans 5:5). The moment you received Christ for the forgiveness of your sins, the Holy Spirit came to live in you and He poured out the love of God into you. You see, you don’t have to pray for God to give you more love for someone. What you should pray for is for God’s help in letting it out. The love of God is in you, you just need to let it out. This is how you pay the debt of love.
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Romans 13:3-7 ~ God's Purpose for Government ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Tuesday May 05, 2020
Tuesday May 05, 2020
God’s Purpose for Government: Romans 13:3-7
In these days of a global pandemic, where we all live under governmental restrictions related to physical distancing, sanitation protocol, and the Center for Disease Control’s guidelines, it is essential that we know what God’s Word has to say about the government’s God-given authority and His purpose for government. And we also need to understand how we should respond to its authority as Christians.
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
Tuesday Apr 28, 2020
From Romans chapter 13, we learn that there are only two legitimate biblical reasons for Christians to disobey the governing authorities: 1) They command you to do something that is in disobedience to God’s Word, 2) They try to prevent you from obeying God’s Word.
So how do we apply these principles in a Covid-19 world devastated by a pandemic and where we are required to follow strict governmental guidelines? What is the Christian’s responsibility to the government?
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Romans 12:17-21 ~ Overcomers ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Monday Mar 16, 2020
Overcomers:
As I am writing this, the White House just announced that they are recommending that no groups meet that are larger than 10 people and that all restaurants and bars are to be closed. It’s a nationwide ban. As believers in Jesus Christ, we are not exempt from the Corona Virus epidemic and it’s far reaching effects. But the Bible teaches that as believers we are “overcomers.” So how do we overcome? What does victory look like? And most importantly, what was the Apostle Paul’s aim when he was horribly mistreated and suffered physically? Our aim should be the same, “that Christ be exalted in our bodies” (cf. Philippians 1:20).
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Romans 12:12 ~ Joyful, Prayerful, Perseverance ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
“Don’t Despair”
Several years ago, a missionary was sitting at her second-story window when she was handed a letter from home. As she opened the letter, a crisp, new, ten-dollar bill fell out. She was pleasantly surprised, but as she read the letter her eyes were distracted by the movement of a shabbily dressed stranger down below. He was leaning against a post in front of the building.
She couldn’t get him off her mind. Thinking that he might be in greater financial stress than she, she slipped the bill into an envelope on which she quickly penned, “Don’t despair” and she threw it out the window. The stranger below picked it up, read it, looked up, and smiled as he tipped his hat and went his way.
The next day she was about to leave the house when a knock came at the door. She found the same shabbily dressed man smiling as he handed her a roll of bills. When she asked what they were for, he replied, “That’s the sixty bucks you won, lady. Don’t Despair paid five to one.”
Swindoll, Charles R.. The Tale of the Tardy Oxcart (Swindoll Leadership Library) (p. 274). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition.
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Romans 12:11 ~ How to Serve the Lord ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Monday Mar 09, 2020
Psalm 116:12
What shall I render to the LORD
For all His benefits toward me?
The word translated “render” means to repay or give back. “What can I can give back to God for everything He has done for me?” And what the Psalmist is saying is, “I can’t think of thing one that would be equal to what He has done for me.” Fortunately God doesn’t expect us to return in equal.
So motivated by all God’s benefits toward him, the Psalmist says, “OK, this is what I will do:”
Psalm 116:13-14
I shall lift up the cup of salvation
And call upon the name of the LORD.
I shall pay my vows to the LORD,
Oh may it be in the presence of all His people.While I was giving this message on a Sunday Morning, I gave the people in the congregation the opportunity to share what God had done for them—to testify in the presence of God’s people and to vocally express His benefits toward them. Before you listen to the message, take some time to recount what God has done for you.
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Romans 12:9-10 ~ Sincere Love ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
Saturday Feb 08, 2020
While in the Upper Room with His disciples the Lord Jesus told them, “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another, even as I have loved you, that you also love one another” (John 13:34).
The old commandment was to “love our neighbor as ourselves.” Whatever we do for ourselves in meeting our own needs, we are to do for others. But in giving the new commandment, Jesus raised the bar big time. It doesn’t make the old commandment null and void, but we are love one another as Jesus loved us. In a word, we are to love others “sacrificially.” The supreme demonstration of Jesus’ love was when He went to the cross and bore God’s wrath on our behalf.
“But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Romans 5:8).
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Romans 12:6-8 ~ How to Know Your Spiritual Gift ~ Pastor Bill Slabaugh
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
Saturday Feb 01, 2020
How to Know Your Spiritual Gift:
In Romans chapter 12, verses 6-8, the Apostle Paul lists seven spiritual gifts that are given to Christians. These gifts have been called the motivational gifts because it is apparent that every believer has one of these gifts as their primary gift of the Spirit. These are certain passions and certain drives that God has given to you. God will use your motivational drive to open up to you where and how you are to serve in the Body of Christ. If you listen to the message and work through the worksheet, you will have a really good idea which one is your motivational gift
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
Thursday Jan 23, 2020
A Great Example of the Spiritual Gift of Faith:
Dr. Howard Hendricks gave an excellent example of the gift of faith working in the life of Dr. Harry Ironside. Shortly after the seminary (Dallas Theological Seminary) was founded in 1924, it almost capitulated. It came to the point of bankruptcy. All the creditors were going to foreclose at 12 noon on a particular day. That morning, the founders of the School met in the President’s office to pray that God would provide and in that prayer meeting was Harry Ironside.
When it was his turn to pray, he prayed in his characteristically refreshing manner, “Lord, we know that the cattle on a thousand hills are thine. Please sell some of them, and send us the money.”
While they were praying, a tall Texan with boots on and an open collar came into the business office and said, “I just sold two car-loads of cattle in Fort Worth. I have been trying to make a business deal go through and it won’t work and I feel God is compelling me to give this money to the seminary. I don’t know if you need it or not, but here is the check.”
A secretary took the check and knowing the criticalness of the hour financially, went to the door of the prayer meeting and timidly tapped. When she finally got a response, Dr. Chafer took the check out of her hand and it was for the exact amount of the debt. When he looked at the signature of the check, he recognized the name of the cattleman from Fort Worth. Turning to Dr. Ironside, he said, “Harry, God sold the cattle.”
Dr. Ironside was a man gifted with faith. He knew God’s Word and claimed its age-old promises for current needs while the other men possessed faith and hoped God would do something. Dr. Ironside expected God to provide the need.