Friday, March 25, 2011

Age Doesn't Count

Can a Christian ever retire from being God’s servant? When our days are almost over and our strength wanes, what can we do for the Kingdom of God? Find out what one person did to further the Kingdom - beginning Sunday, March 27 @ www.ChristianCrusaders.org.


Sermon
Age Doesn’t Count


Scripture: I Timothy 4:12
Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity.


Renewing Reflections
It is our prayer that Renewing Reflections will be a blessing in your life this coming week. This quote is taken from the sermon Rahab – Make Yourself Available delivered on Christian Crusaders February 11, 2001:

Long ago in Jericho, God entered the life of Rahab who was going nowhere. She was a prostitute. God changed her heart and made her His servant. Hundreds of years later, He entered the life of a very ordinary person with only average talent and used him to tell the story of Christ and the way of salvation to thousands of people. I know that, if we will make ourselves available, God will use us and life will be so exciting we will not like to leave it, not even to go to heaven.


Enjoy Christian Crusaders on the Run
Spring is here! Did you know you can download Christian Crusaders’ sermons to your iPod, so you can listen to them on the go? Maybe even when you’re out walking and enjoying the beautiful spring weather. Simply click on “Sermon Audio Archive” on the homepage, and then scroll through the list to find the sermon you would like to hear. Sermon downloads are available back to January 2010.


On the Light Side
God, grant me the Senility
To forget the people
I never liked anyway,
The good fortune
To run into the ones I do,
And the eyesight
To tell the difference.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Pass It On

Industry, business, athletics, and academia are all out recruiting gifted people to labor in their institutions. What about the Church? Are we to recruit workers, and if so, who do we recruit? Find out what the Bible tells us in this week’s sermon.

Sermon
Pass It On

Scripture: II Timothy 2:1-7

You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others. Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus. No one serving as a soldier gets involved in civilian affairs – he wants to please his commanding officer. Similarly, if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not receive the victor’s crown unless he competes according to the rules. The hardworking farmer should be the first to receive a share of the crops. Reflect on what I am saying, for the Lord will give you insight into all this.

Renewing Reflections
It is our prayer that Renewing Reflections will be a blessing in your life this coming week. This quote is taken from the sermon Out Recruiting delivered on Christian Crusaders January 15, 2006:

From a study of the early Church, it is evident that people became Christians through the personal witness of those who were Christians. That is still true today. We go into the working world as Jesus’ disciples. We let our lights shine and listen carefully to our coworkers’ needs. Then comes that exciting day when we can share what Christ has done in our lives. We plant the seed of God’s Word and leave the Holy Spirit to do His work.  

News About Christian Crusaders
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On the Light Side
An Irishman, by the name of O’Malley, proposed to his girl on St. Patrick’s Day. He gave her a ring with a synthetic diamond. The excited young lass showed it to her father, a jeweler. He took one look at it and saw it wasn’t real.

The young lass, upon learning it wasn’t real, returned to her future husband. She protested vehemently about his cheapness.

“It was in honor of St. Patrick's Day,” he smiled. “I gave you a sham rock.”