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Christmas - The Winter Solstice is the Real Reason for the Season

For a master copy of the outline can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. To Listen on YouTube, click here: Christmas - The Winter Solstice is the Real Reason for the Season I. The origin of Christmas 1. Definitions A. Christmas - etymology - Late OE. Cristes mæsse the mass or festival of Christ. 1. a. The festival of th...

Marijuana: Can Christians Smoke It?

Image from www.livescience.com. For a master copy of the outline can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. To Listen on YouTube, click here: Marijuana: Can Christians Smoke It? I. The properties and effects of marijuana 1. Definitions A. Marijuana - 1. a. A preparation of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see Cannabis), f...

Balaam (Part 09) - (Num 22:34-41) - Balaam Confesses His Sin; Balak's Meeting With Balaam

  • By Pastor Chad Wagner
  • on Wednesday, November 18, 2015
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Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 09) - (Num 22:34-41) - Balaam Confesses His Sin; Balak's Meeting With Balaam 14. Balaam confesses that he has sinned (Num 22:34). A. Notice h...

The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ (Heb 6:1-2) (Part 3) - Laying on of Hands; Resurrection of the Dead

Image from www.workerstogetherwithhim.org. For a master copy of the outline, click here: Basic Bible Doctrine To Listen on YouTube, click here: The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ (Heb 6:1-2) (Part 3) - Laying on of Hands, Resurrection...

Balaam (Part 08) - (Num 22:31-33) - Balaam's Ass Saves His Butt

  • By Pastor Chad Wagner
  • on Wednesday, November 11, 2015
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Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 08) - (Num 22:31-33) - Balaam's Ass Saves His Butt 10. The LORD opens Balaam's eyes and he sees the angel with his sword drawn and he falls fl...

The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ (Heb 6:1-2) (Part 2) - The Doctrine of Baptisms

Image from www.workerstogetherwithhim.org. For a master copy of the outline, click here: Basic Bible Doctrine To Listen on YouTube, click here: The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ (Heb 6:1-2) (Part 2) - The Doctrine of Baptisms

Balaam (Part 07) - (Num 22:24-30) - The Dumb Ass Speaks

Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 07) - (Num 22:24-30) - The Dumb Ass Speaks 3. The angel of the LORD then stands in a path with walls on each side (Num 22:24). A. Balaam had ...

The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ (Heb 6:1-2) (Part 1) - Repentance From Dead Works; Faith Toward God

Image from www.workerstogetherwithhim.org. For a master copy of the outline, click here: Basic Bible Doctrine To Listen on YouTube, click here: The Principles of the Doctrine of Christ (Heb 6:1-2) (Part 1) - Repentance From Dead Works; Fait...

Balaam (Part 06) - (Num 22:21-23) - Balaam's Wise Ass

Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 06) - (Num 22:21-23) - Balaam's Wise Ass 7. Balaam, being all too eager, gets up in the morning and goes with the princes of Moab (Num 22:21)....

How to Start a Non-501c3 Church - The Constitution of the Excelsior Springs Church

Image from www.sharefaith.com. To Listen on YouTube, click here: How to Start a Non-501c3 Church - The Constitution of the Excelsior Springs Church A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. How to Start a Church I. What is a church? 1. Church n...

Making Things Work

A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. Making Things Work I. The church is building project. 1. Saints are told to be "building up yourselves on your most holy faith" (Jud 1:20). 2. Building up ourselves is contrasted with those who "separate themselves" (Jud 1:19). 3. The church is the body of Christ to which God has given a pastor to edify it (Eph 4:11-12). A. Edify v. - 1. trans. To build; to construct...

Balaam (Part 05) - (Num 22:18-20) - God's Second Answer to Balaam

Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 05) - (Num 22:18-20) - God's Second Answer to Balaam 4. Balaam responds to Balak's request with a very pious sounding statement: he will not d...

Halloween - The Druids are the Real Reason for the Season

A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. To Listen on YouTube, click here: Halloween - The Druids are the Real Reason for the Season Halloween - The Druids are the Real Reason for the Season I. Halloween is a dark, pagan, occultic festival in which no Chr...

Balaam (Part 04) - (Num 22:15-17) - Balaam's Second Meeting with the Princes of Moab

Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 04) - (Num 22:15-17) - Balaam's Second Meeting with the Princes of Moab VI. Num 22:15-21 - Balaam's second meeting with the princes 1. Balak ...

Balaam (Part 03) - (Num 22:5-14) - Balaam's First Meeting with the Princes of Moab

Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 03) - (Num 22:5-14) - Balaam's First Meeting with the Princes of Moab V. Num 22:5-14 - Balaam's first meeting with the princes 1. Because of ...

Why Tarriest Thou? Arise and be Baptized

Image from: envisionchurch.cc A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. To Listen on YouTube, click here: Why Tarriest Thou? Arise and be Baptized I. This is an admonition for those who have come to the knowledge of the truth of Jesus Christ, but have not ye...

Balaam (Part 02) - (Num 22:1-4) - Balak's Irrational Fear

Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 02) - (Num 22:1-4) - Balak's Irrational Fear III. The story of Balaam (Numbers 22-25) IV. Num 22:1-4 - Balak's irrational fear 1. Israel h...

Contentment and Thankfulness

Image from: gossipaunty.com A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. Contentment and Thankfulness I. My recent trip to the Philippines made me aware of the importance of the Christian attitude of contentment and thankfulness. 1. I saw: A. Extreme poverty. B. People living in shacks and shanties. C. People living in 90+ de...

The Rich Young Ruler (Philippines)

Image from vimeo.com. Pastor Wagner preached an extemporaneous sermon on the The Rich Young Ruler in the Cavite Church in the Philippines. This sermon answers the question, "What shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?" (Mar 10:17). ...

Persuasion, Conviction, and Conversion

Brother Bud Schaitberger preached a sermon on the process of persuasion, conviction, and conversion in the life of a child of God....

Baptist Church History (Part 7) - Anabaptists; Welsh Baptists; American Baptists; Primitive Baptists; Minneapolis Church

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Baptist Church History 11. The Anabaptists (3rd - 16th Century) A. The Anabaptists as a named group arose in the early 1500s in Germany. i. The term Anabaptist means one who re-baptizes. ii. Anabaptist - 1. lit. One who baptizes over again, whether frequently as a point of ritual, or once as a due performance of what ...

Balaam (Part 01) - Intro - Balaam Was a Child of the Devil

  • By Pastor Chad Wagner
  • on Wednesday, September 16, 2015
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Image from bemel.com. For a master copy of the outline, click here: The Story of Balaam To Listen on YouTube, click here: Balaam (Part 01) - Intro - Balaam Was a Child of the Devil I. The story of Balaam is an interesting study, from which many good life lessons can be drawn f...

Baptist Church History (Part 6) - Petrobrussians; Henricians; Arnoldists; Waldenses

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Baptist Church History 8. The Petrobrussians and Henricians (12th Century) A. The Petrobrussians were named after their famous leader Peter de Bruys. They appeared in southern France in the early 12th century and numbered in the hundreds of thousands. After he was martyred, Peter was succeeded by a preacher named He...

Another Jesus (Part 5) - His Future Plans

  • By Pastor Chad Wagner
  • on Thursday, September 10, 2015
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For a master copy of the outline, click here: Another Jesus 10. His future plans: A. The other "Jesus'" plans for the future are quite different from those of the real Jesus. i. The other "Jesus" is going to return for the second time secretly and silently and he is going to "rapture" all of his people from earth and resurrect the righte...

Baptist Church History (Part 5) - Paulicians; Albigenses; Paterines; Catharists

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Baptist Church History 5. The Paulicians (7th - 11th Centuries) A. The Paulicians were a continuation of the Donatists and were found in Armenia and the eastern Byzantine Empire, and even as far west as Rome and France. i. "Instead of Constantine having originated the Paulicians, or of their beginning in his time, Mos...

Another Jesus (Part 4) - His Attitude, Emotions, and Character

  • By Pastor Chad Wagner
  • on Wednesday, September 2, 2015
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For a master copy of the outline, click here: Another Jesus vi. Jesus methodically made an instrument of punishment and physically beat and destroyed the property of men who were perverting His religion (Joh 2:14-16; Luk 19:45-46). a. Scourge n. - 1. a. A whip, lash. Now only rhetorical, with reference to the torturing of human beings, or...

Baptist Church History (Part 4) - 1st Century Churches; Montanists; Novatians; Donatists

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Baptist Church History X. The lineage of true Baptist churches from the 1st to the 21st century 1. The first century churches A. John the Baptist was the first Baptist (Mat 3:1). i. John opened up the New Testament church era (Luk 16:16). ii. John was the first to announce the arrival of the kingdom of God/heaven (Mat...

Another Jesus (Part 3) - His Church; His Word; His Attitude, Emotions, and Character

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Another Jesus C. In preserving His church: i. The other "Jesus" built his church and said that it would last, but it went out of existence after a few hundred years when the Roman Catholic church apostatized, and remained so for over 1000 years until the Protestant reformation got it going aga...

Baptist Church History (Part 3) - Errors in True Churches; Catholics and Protestants not God's Church; Baptists not Protestants

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Baptist Church History V. Error in a church doesn't necessarily preclude a church from being a true church. 1. Consider some of the serious errors that were found in churches in the NT: A. Lack of discipline in the church at Corinth (1Co 5:1-2). B. Works-based salvation in the Galatian churches (Gal 1:6, 3:1-3; 5:1-4),...

Baptist Church History (Part 2) - Baptist Distinctives

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Baptist Church History IV. The marks of a true church of Jesus Christ -- things to look for when looking for the true church throughout history. 1. Christ is the head and founder of the church. A. Christ is the founder of the true church (Mat 16:18). B. Christ is the only head of the true church (Eph 5:23). 2. The Bibl...

Another Jesus (Part 2) - His Death; His Appearance; His Salvation of His People; His Kingdom

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Another Jesus 6. His death: A. The other "Jesus’" death and resurrection: he was crucified on Friday afternoon, spent one day and two nights in the grave, and rose again on Sunday morning at sunrise, not even close to fulfilling his own prophecy of his death. B. The real Jesus’ death and resu...

Baptist Church History (Part 1) - God's Promise to Preserve His Church; Perpetuity of the Ministry

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Baptist Church History Table of Contents I. The purpose of this study. II. The promise by God to preserve His church III. The perpetuity of the ministry is inseparably connected to the perpetuity of the church. IV. The marks of a true church of Jesus Christ. 1. Christ is the head and founder of the church. 2...

Another Jesus (Part 1) - His Nature; His Birth

For a master copy of the outline, click here: Another Jesus I. “But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 4) For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye hav...

Money Management (Part 2)

A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats and part 1 of the series can be found here: Money Management. VII. It is indicative of a lack of spirituality or godliness if a Christian is poor because of laziness, wastefulness, foolishness, or imprudence. 1. If you are lazy, you will likely be poor (Pro 6:9-11; Pro 10:4; Pro 13:4; Pro 19:15; Pro 20:4; Pro ...

Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace (Part 58) - Rev 22:17; Rev 22:19

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. For a master copy of the outline, click here: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace ...

Money Management (Part 1)

A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats and part 2 of the series can be found here: Money Management. Money Management I. Before we learn how to manage money, let's first learn what money is. 1. Money n. - 1. a. Current coin; metal stamped in pieces of portable form as a medium of exchange and measure of value. b. Applied occas. by extension to a...

Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace (Part 57) - Rev 2:7; Rev 2:11,17,26; Rev 3:5; Rev 3:12; Rev 3:20-21; Rev 21:6-7; Rev 22:14

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. For a master cop...

Things That Will Make or Break a Church

Elder Conrad Jarrell preached on things that will build and edify a church, as well as things that will destroy one....

How God Helps Us to Muddle Through Life

Elder Conrad Jarrell preached a sermon on serving God in one's latter years and how God helps us to get through this life by strengthening, exercising, chastening, and encouraging us....

Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace (Part 56) - 2Pe 3:9; 1Jo 1:9; 1Jo 2:2; 1Jo 4:14; 1Jo 5:11-12

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. For a master cop...

The Sermon I Would Preach to a Room Full of Heathen

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. I. The following facts often cause Christians to wonder how they should go about witnessing to...

Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace (Part 55) - 2Pe 1:10-11; 2Pe 2:1-3; 2Pe 2:20-22

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. For a master cop...

What it Means to be a Church

A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. I. A church of Jesus Christ is more than just a group of people that meet together weekly to listen to a sermon. 1. A church is the body of Christ (1Co 12:27). 2. A church is the house of God (1Ti 3:15; 1Pe 2:5). 3. A church is the temple of God (1Co 3:16). II. To be a church means being committed. 1. There is nothing more important in a Christian's life than to be in God's church. A....

Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace (Part 54) - 1Pe 1:9; 1Pe 1:22; 1Pe 1:23; 1Pe 3:21; 1Pe 4:6

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. For a master cop...

Abortion and Gay Marriage - The Judgment of God

A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. I. A misunderstanding of the judgment of God. 1. Christians often say that God will judge our country for allowing abortion and gay marriage. 2. The truth is that God has judged our country by allowing abortion and gay marriage. II. An effective method of deception is to use euphemisms. 1. "When words lose their meaning, people lose their freedom." - Confucius 2. Abortion and gay mar...

Wrong Reasons for Pastoring a Church

A master copy of the indented outline in both MS Word and PDF formats can be downloaded at the bottom of this page. I. Considering that some of you will certainly talk about the proper motivation for pastoring churches such as the ones we pastor, I want to discuss some things that should not motivate us to do what we do, namely: 1. Pride 2. Notoriety 3. Money II. Pride 1. The first evil motivation for pastoring a church is pride. A. One of the qualifications for the ministry is that a potential pas...

Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace (Part 53) - Jam 2:14-26; Jam 5:19-20; 1Pe 1:5

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. For a master cop...

Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace (Part 52) - Jam 1:18; Jam 1:21

For a paperback book in outline form which addresses over 150 difficult verses that Arminians use against Sovereign Grace, check out: Problem Texts for Sovereign Grace: Rooting Arminianism Out of Every Verse. For a master cop...