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Downcast In The Wilderness
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / March 04, 2018 Candor is one of the things we’ve come to known and love about the sacred Scriptures. The Bible details for us great men and women…
Fire On The Mountain
The fire of the Lord fell, and consumed the burnt offering, the wood, the stones & the dust, and licked up the water in the trench (1Kgs.18:38). In the contest on Mount Carmel the fire of the Lord…
A Storm Brewing On Mount Carmel
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / February 25, 2018 Having gone without rain for three years the northern kingdom (Israel) is physically parched and emotionally crippled. King Ahab has finally found the prophet Elijah.…
Obadiah: Good Or Bad?
There are a dozen different Obadiahs mentioned in the Old Testament. Everything we know about the Obadiah who delivered Elijah’s meet-me-on-the-mountain message to King Ahab is found exclusively in 1Kgs.18:3-16. Those who plumb the depths of this chapter…
The Troubler Of Israel
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / February 18, 2018 } Open your Bible to 1Kgs.18:1-19 | 1Kgs.17:1 opens with Elijah prophesying to King Ahab that an extended drought would strike the land. This prophecy…
An Unprecedented Cry
When the son of the widow of Zarephath died (1Kgs.17:17-18), Elijah carried the child to his upper room; laid him on his bed; and called to the Lord (1Kgs.17:19-20). His fervent prayer was a petition that plowed new…
The Lord Heard Elijah’s Cry
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / February 11, 2018 From the brook Cherith, Elijah journeyed 100 miles north and westward to arrive at Zarephath (see map). Zarephath was located midway between Tyre and Sidon,…
Refining In Zarephath
After about a year at Cherith the brook dried up ((1Kgs.17:7). Subsequently, God spoke to Elijah directing him to go to Zarephath (1Kgs.17:8). Zarephath, which means “to melt or smelt”, was a city located one-hundred miles northwest of…
Refining At Zarephath
Sermon Outline By Terry Siverd Cortland Church of Christ / February 04, 2018 ? Mary Stottlemyer’s birthday is this Saturday. Let’s all send her a card – – address is in today’s FamilyMatters. ? } Open your Bible…
Living By The Brook
After confronting King Ahab, God directed Elijah the prophet to hide himself at the brook Cherith (1Kgs.17:2-3). This area is described by one writer as “a narrow, profound gorge, overhung by tremendous cliffs, absolutely impassable, in whose numerous…