Sermons on Friends

Sermons on Friends

1 Cor. 9:19-23

Friendship Evangelism SCRIPTURE: 1 Cor. 9:19-23 Introduction:  It is not a matter of significant debate that the church at large is not fulfilling Christ’s commands in the area of either evangelism or discipleship with any great degree of effectiveness.  While some Christians are regularly engaged in sharing their faith, many go through the average week, or even month, without a single verbal witness regarding their faith in Christ.  All of us acknowledge that witnessing is important; we know that God says that “he who…

Ecclesiastes 4:1-16

Wise Work in a Wicked World The question for today is, “How do we keep our sanity while working in a wicked world?” A great deal of work is oppressive.  (4:1-3) The opening verses of chapter 4 speak of the oppression of the poor by the powerful. Economic injustice was so severe and so pervasive in the Preacher’s day that he declared it is better to be dead than living and better still to have never been born, because the only alternative…