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Renewed by the Word! -- 2 Kings 22:8, 11-13a; 23:1-6 By Pastor Lee Hemen November 25, 2018 The English preacher G. Campbell Morgan was known as the “prince of expositors” in his day. When he was a young man, he went through a period of doubting the truthfulness of God’s Word. To find some answers for himself, he locked away all of his books and bought a new Bible. He committed himself to studying it until he knew if it was God’s Word or not. The result was clear. He said, “That Bible found me.” Morgan devoted the rest of his life to studying and preaching God’s Word. Hilkiah found the book of the law while making repairs to the temple. When the book was read to King Josiah, it “found him” and became the blueprint for his reign. His grandfather Manasseh worshipped Baal, Asherah, practiced the worship of stars, participated in sorcery, consulted mediums and spiritists, and sacrificed one of his own sons in the fire! Though he turned to the Lord at the end of his reign, Scripture blamed h...

Hebrews 1:1-4 – Jesus is better than angels, the original! By Pastor Lee Hemen June 10, 2012 AM We live in a day and age whereby everyone is inaccurately taught that they are both unique and special. And while this may true as far as our individuality is concerned, sadly, many of us find out that we are simply not as exceptional as we were led to believe! In fact, most of us are average. This concept of giving honor to anyone for anything has resulted in the tearing down of those who truly deserve recognition for their achievements. Public education often teaches to the lowest common denominator. This has crossed over to the theological realm as well. Spiritual self-help books glut the bookshelves of Christian bookstores and churches focus on spiritual pabulum. The author of Hebrews does not skimp on theological content. These first four verses are packed full of spiritual depth. In the original Greek it is one sentence and not five or the four as used in the NIV or ot...

Luke 2:8-12; John 1:1-5 - The Word among us… By Pastor Lee Hemen December 18, 2011 AM From small beginnings mighty things can happen especially when God is involved. Take for instance the man known as Francis of Assisi. When he committed his life to Christ, he gave away everything he had. He came from a very wealthy family. For clothing, he put on a brown robe discarded by a peasant. For a belt he found a piece of rope lying on the ground nearby. It was a shabby outfit at best but ten years later his makeshift costume was the uniform of 5,000 men. Consider also the petite young woman who became huge in stature. The missionary Lottie Moon was in China even before the great missionary Hudson Taylor. This tiny woman had a large vision for reaching the world for Christ. Taylor himself would remark, “God does not do His great work by large committees. He trains somebody to be quiet enough and little enough and then he uses them.” That’s what occurred with the birth of Jesus Chri...