Article: Let There Be LIGHT Harold Greenberg Exploring the value of facing our shame and openly confessing our sin .
Video & Free PPT: A Strange Land Harold Greenberg Just a whisper of an ungodly suggestion, and the first woman in history was ready to challenge her God’s loving direction and fight for her rights. The relationship between God and man changed forever and paradise became a very strange land. Is the church today listening to similar, gospel altering, suggestions? Is the church itself becoming a strange land? Article: “Verily verily, I say unto you…” Examining the Importance of Sound Doctrine & Not “Pulling Punches.” Therese Greenberg “Verily, verily” means that the speaker is sure of both the truth and value of his words. “Pulling-punches” refers to one who strikes with less force than they are able. They want to avoid hurting their opponent. This may have it’s place in the boxing world, but not in ministry. Video & Free PPT: On the Side of the Angels pt. 5 of 5 Therese Greenberg This is part five (Dangerous Duplicity) of a five sermon series intended for Christian adults and ministers. It covers five dangers and pitfalls of grouping and side-taking, including: Pt. 1) Worldly War GamesPt. 2) Emboldening RebellionPt. 3) GroupthinkPt. 4) Caustic Kings (Their Motive & Methods)Pt. 5) Dangerous Duplicity In this lesson we bring it all together and discuss what it really means to be on the side of the angels.God Bless! Video & Free PPT: On the Side of the Angels pt. 4 of 5 Therese Greenberg This is part four (Caustic Kings) of a five sermon series intended for Christian adults and ministers. It covers five dangers and pitfalls of grouping and side-taking, including: Pt. 1) Worldly War GamesPt. 2) Emboldening RebellionPt. 3) GroupthinkPt. 4) Caustic Kings (Their Motive & Methods)Pt. 5) Dangerous Duplicity In lesson five we bring it all together and discuss what it really means to be on the side of the angels.God Bless! Video & Free PPT: On the Side of the Angels pt. 3 of 5 Therese Greenberg
This is part three (Groupthink) of a five sermon series intended for Christian adults and ministers. It covers five dangers and pitfalls of grouping and side-taking, including: Pt. 1) Worldly War GamesPt. 2) Emboldening RebellionPt. 3) GroupthinkPt. 4) Caustic Kings (Their Motive & Methods)Pt. 5) Dangerous Duplicity In lesson five we bring it all together and discuss what it really means to be on the side of the angels.God Bless! Video & Free PPT: On the Side of the Angels pt. 2 of 5 Therese Greenberg
This is part two (Emboldening Rebellion) of a five sermon series intended for Christian adults and ministers. It covers five dangers and pitfalls of grouping and side-taking, including: Pt. 1) Worldly War GamesPt. 2) Emboldening RebellionPt. 3) GroupthinkPt. 4) Caustic Kings (Their Motive & Methods)Pt. 5) Dangerous Duplicity In lesson five we bring it all together and discuss what it really means to be on the side of the angels.God Bless! Video & Free PPT: On the Side of the Angels pt. 1 of 5 Therese Greenberg
This is part one (Worldly War Games) of a five sermon series intended for Christian adults and ministers. It covers five dangers and pitfalls of grouping and side-taking, including: 1) Worldly War Games2) Emboldening Rebellion3) Groupthink4) Caustic Kings (Their Motive & Methods)5) Dangerous Duplicity In lesson five we bring it all together and discuss what it really means to be on the side of the angels.God Bless! Article: Dig We Must! Therese Greenberg As followers of Christ, we have embraced a great infrastructure plan. It is God’s plan for a better, stronger, more powerful church to represent Him in these last days. “Dig we must to be brighter lights for Christ.” Video & Free PPT: Don’t be an Esau! Harold Greenberg This sermon answers seven questions: #1 Are the tears of a Christian always Godly? #2 Can there be tears without repentance? #3 Can there be repentance without tears? #4 When we seek a place of repentance, do we always find it? #5 Can I live the Christian life without repentance? #6 What is the result of my living an unrepentant Christian life… and will I care? #7 What does all this mean for you, me and for the church in general? Article: When Children & Adults Study the Bible Together Therese Greenberg This article reminds us of the importance of children in the mind of God. To Him, they are open hearted souls He can draw closer to Himself and even call into ministry, often at a very young age. Video Sermon: Don’t Be a Nimrod! Therese Greenberg In this sermon, we examine how human pride can gradually seep into our work for Christ and morph us into Nimrods rather than Abrahams. We are called to emulate the Abrahamic walk. With Jesus as our example and keeping Him in our sights, we can remind ourselves as often as needed, “Don’t Be a Nimrod!” Video Sermon: What Do You Really Feel? Therese Greenberg This video was a 2011 New Year’s message for my daughter and her family. It encourages believers to be honest with themselves and others about what we are really feeling. We need to let God search our hearts and show us who we really are. Video Sermon: When Christians Get Snippy Harold Greenberg In several scriptures, the Lord urges believers to be merciful as He is merciful. He reminds us that is is not our job to pronounce judgement on mankind–it’s His. Most of us try to live this way, but sometimes, although we refrain from bringing out a guillotine, we can’t resist a little snip with our scissors. The biblical story of David’s experience with Saul brings this truth to life. Video & Free PPT: Wheat & Chairs Therese Greenberg Living things grow and mature. When a believer is born-again, he starts his Christian experience as a baby feeding on milk. Then he grows into a toddler learning to walk, then an adult having babies himself, etc. To illustrate this, Jesus preached a message on the four stages of wheat growth. Video Sermon: You Owe Me Harold Greenberg When Moses brought Pharaoh God’s message requiring him to set the children of Israel free, his immediate response was arrogant and defiant. He felt strongly that God had no authority over the affairs of his life. He jeered: “Who is the Lord?” “Why should I obey Him?” “Why should I let Israel go?” Pharaoh was no different than any of us. We are all slow to give the Lord His proper place in our lives. In this message, we learn what that place is: We owe Him; we need Him and we belong to Him! Video Sermon: Quarantine – Endure or Engage Harold Greenberg This sermon was preached during “shelter in place” 2020. Times of change and difficulty are often God’s opportunity to work in our lives. Let us not waste this season of atypical confinement with our loved ones. Potentially uncomfortable circumstances (such as these), if we choose to gratefully embrace them, have the power to spiritually strengthen us individually as well as our families. Article: Hidden Things Harold Greenberg A sermon based on the story of Achan (in Joshua) and his attempt to retain and conceal the booty he had taken from the Lord’s battle. Although we have been delivered from the world and its values, have we reserved a bit of this bounty and hidden it in our own tent (and at what cost)?
Article: My Journey Harold Greenberg Harold’s Personal Testimony.
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In this article, we explain our burden for outdoor preaching and our vision for the future.
How to Start an Outdoor Ministry
Want to start an outdoor ministry? This article explains exactly what we do and what we have learned along the way.
We offer links to the equipment we use and instructions on the basics of sermon development–anyone can do it!
This can be used for training young ministers.
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Harold & Therese Greenberg train & motivate believers to preach & evangelize. Contact us at info@ckusa.org to discuss involving your members in a training & outreach experience.
(Also available as special speakers for your ministry events.)
Click here to read our ministry reference letters.To quote C.T. Studd:
“Only one life, so soon it will pass. Only what’s done for Christ will last!”
Now that Billy’s Gone to HeavenWith the passing of Rev. Billy Graham, we might be concerned that the efforts of the Church (to take the Gospel outside the church walls) might decline. After all, for decades we have shifted much of that burden to faithful evangelists like Brother Graham.
We can’t do that anymore!However, we have noticed a new spark of evangelistic boldness and enthusiasm in some believers. Dare we hope that the Church (like Elisha) might pick up our forerunner’s mantle?
John Wesley said:It is no marvel that the devil does not love field preaching! Neither do I; I love a commodious room, a soft cushion, a handsome pulpit. But where is my zeal if I do not trample all these underfoot in order to save one more soul?”
ABOUT FIELD PREACHING:Give me one hundred preachers who fear nothing but sin and desire nothing but God, and I care not whether they be clergymen or laymen, they alone will shake the gates of Hell and set up the kingdom of Heaven upon Earth.”
Every believer is called to preach the gospel — it is our “Great Commission,” the final decree of our Savior. Obedience to the Great Commission and our personal transformation into the image of Christ are the reasons we continue on Earth. Let us pursue both wholeheartedly.
Did Jesus really mean it?In our hearts, we know He did, and that’s the proverbial “elephant in the room.” Perhaps we can alter it, dress it up, make it look as if Jesus actually said, Go… worship, love one another, do service, do miracles, study the Word, adorn the sanctuary, support missionaries, etc.
Perhaps we can simply toss one of these other, perfectly scriptural mandates over the big elephant and then tell ourselves that we are, by some stretch of the imagination, sort of obeying the “Great Commission.”
Still, we never quite feel the release and fulfillment that comes from full obedience. Instead, we feel selfish and rich with blessings amidst a dying generation.
Jesus — Our ExampleJesus went to Simon Peter’s house and healed his mother-in-law of a fever. She rose from her sick-bed and began serving Him. Soon, the whole city gathered at their door and He healed many.
Wow! People were coming, miracles were happening, the home was welcoming, and the lady of the house was serving food. Many a minister would extend the dates of such a plush engagement.
Yet, Jesus wasn’t comfortable — in fact, He was restless:
The Master’s Plan“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where He prayed.
Simon and his companions went to look for him, and when they found him, they exclaimed: ‘Everyone is looking for you.”
Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else — to the nearby villages — so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.” Mark 1:35-38
There are many things we can train believers to do that will impact unbelievers, but we must never forget that the “big gun” in our Gospel arsenal is PREACHING itself.
OUR preaching is HIS main way of speaking to the lost:Since God in his wisdom saw to it that the world would never know him through human wisdom, he has used our foolish preaching to save those who believe. I Cor. 1:21 NLT
Yet preaching the Good News is not something I can boast about. I am compelled by God to do it. How terrible for me if I didn’t preach the Good News!” 1 Cor. 9:16 NLT
So then faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the word of God.” Romans 10:17
So Send I YouAnd how are they to hear without a preacher?” Rom. 10:14 WNT
And how are men to preach unless they have been SENT.” Rom.10:15 WNT
A few believers are born with the ability to evangelize alone. The rest of us need the rest of us. We need training, organization, leadership and support.
This is what Jesus provided for His disciples.
Organize Local Gospel MeetingsAnd He appointed twelve, so that they would be with Him and that He could send them out to preach.” Mark 3:14 NAS
At the same time, He doesn’t force believers to go out alone without the support of other believers:
And how are men to preach unless they have been SENT.” Rom.10:15 WNT
Let’s revive the idea of Gospel Meetings (i.e., meetings that take place anywhere but in the church itself). The venues can be downtown shops, two-car garages, back-yard pools, etc. They can be geared to any age group — kids, teens or adults.
Do the math!! Putting together two timid but willing believers from each of five local churches would form a team of ten gospel workers. What more do we need to hold a campaign for the purpose of preaching to the lost?
Elijah was disheartened because he believed he was alone in his zeal, but to his surprise, God revealed there were actually 7,000 people with his level of commitment – but they were scattered. Christian leaders must identify and gather the willing workers scattered in their church, city, county, state, etc.
Military, business and sports leaders alike, know that winning teams must complete five vital stages before they can declare “mission accomplished!”
1] Gather a Team
2] Train the Team
3] Plan the Mission
4] Motivate The Team
5] Execute the Plan
Einstein said :
To “SEND” — Inspire, train, organize, and lead willing Christians into public gospel preaching for the purpose of winning the lost.Vision without execution is hallucination.”
Jesus started with two, which then grew to a mere twelve. Let us emulate Him — gather a few willing followers, train them and take them out to preach, and see what happens.
Let’s join together in our efforts to preach to the souls living in our area. Indeed, there are a handful in your church who want to, but they feel inadequate for the task.
I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” John 9:4 KJV
Woe to me if I do not preach the gospel!” I Cor. 9:16
In this article, we explain our burden for outdoor preaching and our vision for the future.
How to Start an Outdoor Ministry
Want to start an outdoor ministry? This article explains exactly what we do and what we have learned along the way.
We offer links to the equipment we use and instructions on the basics of sermon development–anyone can do it!
This can be used for training young ministers.