Tag Archives: hope

How to Face Uncertainties of Life – Isaiah 41:8-14

Posted on August 20, 2024 by eig

This version of the sermon was preached at our Encore Group, the service for our seniors. — If anyone had uncertainties about the future, it was Israel. Their disobedience brought God’s judgement on their lives. They were to be taken captives by the Babylonians. They surely thought, “This is the end of us. This is […]

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Why we don’t talk about the Second Coming of Christ

Posted on March 11, 2021 by eig

Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18-5:11 talks about the Lord’s second coming. Yet, nowadays, we don’t talk about it often. I can think of  several reasons we don’t talk about or even teach about the Second Coming of the Lord as our hope. 1. We are too busy with our lives here on earth. We want […]

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Three virtues of a Christian

Posted on February 5, 2021 by eig

Paul (along with Silvanus and Timothy) in 1 Thessalonians 1 prays without ceasing “before God” for the virtues that believers in Thessalonica had shown when they converted to Christ.  Paul mentions for the first time in his writings (this letter was one of the first) the three cardinal virtues of a convert or christian.Let’s ask […]

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