The Anchor Holds
Rex Yancey
Hebrews 6:13-20
Today is the sixteenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Ellon and I took my mom back to Ripley. We rode out the storm in Jackson.
We picked a bad day to go to town. If I had known this, I would have stayed at home. One need not be a Christian long to encounter storms in life.
The recipients of this letter were encountering uncertainty and insecurity.
I traveled to Greece in 1971. I was the pastor here during that time. One traveler witnessed the Parthenon being cleaned. The man cleaning it said. ''What twenty-five centuries could not do, the corrosive breath of the twentieth century was doing to this beautiful structure.''
Our nation is suffering from the corrosive breath of the twenty first century. The secularism, humanism, materialism, liberalism, and commercialism of our day have devastated the source of security. The home, once the primary place of stability, has become a battleground. The church has forfeited her power because of worldliness. Modern living is rooted in false philosophies. Many politicians are atheistic at the core.
These readers did not live-in assurance because of immaturity and insincerity. This is found in chapter five.
Can you imagine the storms this church faced in 1901 when it was founded? Yet the leaders and members found a way to push the needle of ministry forward to where we are today. They had the assurance that The Lord would guide them in their endeavor.
You may be facing the loss of a job, break up of a marriage, problems in church, or the death of a loved one today. Suddenly the storm of disease, defeat, discouragement, and death has tossed you like a sack of garbage on the sea of life.
I bring you good news today. There is a solid rock that we can anchor our life and soul on, and his name is Jesus.
In the days of the early church the anchor was a symbol of hope. There are 66 pictures of anchors found on the walls of the catacombs in Rome where Chri ...
Rex Yancey
Hebrews 6:13-20
Today is the sixteenth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Ellon and I took my mom back to Ripley. We rode out the storm in Jackson.
We picked a bad day to go to town. If I had known this, I would have stayed at home. One need not be a Christian long to encounter storms in life.
The recipients of this letter were encountering uncertainty and insecurity.
I traveled to Greece in 1971. I was the pastor here during that time. One traveler witnessed the Parthenon being cleaned. The man cleaning it said. ''What twenty-five centuries could not do, the corrosive breath of the twentieth century was doing to this beautiful structure.''
Our nation is suffering from the corrosive breath of the twenty first century. The secularism, humanism, materialism, liberalism, and commercialism of our day have devastated the source of security. The home, once the primary place of stability, has become a battleground. The church has forfeited her power because of worldliness. Modern living is rooted in false philosophies. Many politicians are atheistic at the core.
These readers did not live-in assurance because of immaturity and insincerity. This is found in chapter five.
Can you imagine the storms this church faced in 1901 when it was founded? Yet the leaders and members found a way to push the needle of ministry forward to where we are today. They had the assurance that The Lord would guide them in their endeavor.
You may be facing the loss of a job, break up of a marriage, problems in church, or the death of a loved one today. Suddenly the storm of disease, defeat, discouragement, and death has tossed you like a sack of garbage on the sea of life.
I bring you good news today. There is a solid rock that we can anchor our life and soul on, and his name is Jesus.
In the days of the early church the anchor was a symbol of hope. There are 66 pictures of anchors found on the walls of the catacombs in Rome where Chri ...
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