Franklin Alliance Church

Prayer may include asking, but we have been given authority in some areas where we should act more, pray less

Learning to Pray with Jesus in Matthew 6:5ff. How to pray the Jesus' Way, not as comfort to the one being prayed for and not with big words

Love, Pray and Greet your Enemies. Be perfect but do not make it known to the world. This is the call of be like Jesus. Also, another look at the left hand.

Honoring our aging parents. "Do not despise your mother when she is old" How to return true love to those who cannot show their love in return.

The men who burned for the Bible in English. As we celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Bible in English, we remember their sacrifice to make the Bible accessible for us all.

One died in sin, one died to sin, Christ died for sin. There are three crosses and two choices, what is yours?

Will you follow the call and sacrifice all to be a follower instead of an admirer

Essential Needs, Entertaining Worship, and Easy Road are the three temptations we are thrust into by the Spirit, may we pass the test of faith.

Joseph was righteous through his obedience and faithfulness. The Magi remind us that this gospel is inclusive of outsiders and that we all have a choice when we hear the name Jesus. Choose to adore him.

Great lessons from Matthew's genealogy of Jesus. If you aren't perfect, then you are the perfect candidate to tell the story of Jesus or be part of His life story.

When we find ourselves under the covenant we find ourselves tabernacling with God and healing in his wings (fringes). The symbolism of the covenant and healing in the prayer-shawl.

The Mark of a Christian is Living a Life of Courageous Faith in Prayer, in Tests of Faith, in Persecution and Interpersonal Relationships.

The mark of a Christian is found in how one lives out the 4 Cardinal Virtues. We must stand up for justice for those with no voice, from the unborn to the afflicted and the dying.

The mark of a Christian is found in how one lives out the 4 Cardinal Virtues of Prudence, Temperance, Justice and Fortitude. Prudence is Love choosing between things that hinder and help on account of others and for the glory of God.

New Year's Resolutions aren't judged, but your resolution to God is in the end. Make it your resolution to live a holy life and please your Lord when He comes again.

At the beginning and end of Luke, he speaks of a room, a kataluma, Jesus is left in the barn for there is no room in the kataluma and in the end he invites his friends to a Passover at a kataluma.

The Secret of a God Filled Life is Keeping it Secret! In Rest is Our Strength

Christ shows up in ordinary wrappings. I depend on whether you see him or not: GODISNOWHERE, is God nowhere or is God now here?

In the Ancient World - the most common metaphor for a king was a shepherd, which gives a deep meaning to why the angels announced the birth of the King of Kings to "lowly" shepherds.