Outlines from a Pastor-Volume 1

By Stephen Janke

Outlines From a Pastor is a collection of sermon outlines and Bible Studies that I have given at various times during my forty plus years in the ministry. There are many good books like it for busy pastors, Sunday School teachers, missionaries, and Christian workers. Some outlines are borrowed from others and some are original. There are also some poems I wrote about being a pastor and about the Christian life. This is followed by some illustrations and short stories. A few pictures were added for my friends. It is my prayer that this book will be a help to others and that the gospel of Jesus Christ will be shared with others.
Pastor Steve Janke

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Jun 17, 2015
• ISBN: 9781503573529

Stephen Janke

Poems from a Soldier by Stephen A. Janke The Vietnam War deeply devided our nation during the 60’s and early 70’s. Our returning soldiers during America’s longest war were treated shamefully in parts of the country. In time the public has learned to separate the war and the warrior. As a result many veterans did not speak of their year away from home for a long time if ever. It took me 20 years to slowly tell people by way of poems what it was like. At first they trickled out and then the trickle turned into a flood through the years. This book is also about the wonderful War Dogs of Vietnam. My sentry dog’s name was Kobuc. Our Air Base was the largest in Vietnam. The Security Policemen were the first line of defense to protect the many bases in Vietnam. I served at Cam Ranh Air Base with a great bunch of guys that made that long year almost tolerable. Most of the several thousand dogs that went to Vietnam never returned. This book tells their story as well.

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Copyright © 2015 by Stephen Janke.

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Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, King James Version (Authorized Version). First published in 1611. Quoted from the KJV Classic Reference Bible, Copyright © 1983 by The Zondervan Corporation.

Rev. date: 06/12/2015

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Contents

Five Things Jesus Left The Church

The Worldly Believer

The Backslider

Paul’s Bragging

If Jesus Had Not Come Down

How To Grow Up Spiritually

Seven Kinds of People God Will Not Save

Wherein Questions

Words of Comfort From the Bridegroom

Peace Be Unto You

He Is Able

Spiritual Growth

Work For Christ

Five Reasons For Blessing The Lord Even When You Don’t Feel Like It

Believers’ Privileges

Hebrews 6

Jesus Enters Jerusalem

It Was Night When He Came

Father’s Day Advice

The Seed Is The Word Of God

Characteristics of Service

Repentance

The Sovereignty Of God In A Life

Disappointment Is Not Discouragement

Generosity Of God

What Ae The Results Of Unbelief?

Jesus The Preacher

God Is Seen As

The Flood

The Crucifixion

Why Seek Ye The Living Among The Dead?

Suggestions For Winning Relatives And Close Friends

Fellowship In The Furnace

Things God Wants Us To Take Today

Some Of The I Wills Of God

Behold The Lamb Of God

I Have Sinned

Characteristics Of Service

Our God Is The_____

Mistakes Made By God’s Famous Men

There’s A Lion On The Loose

A Bad Man Saved

How A Crooked Woman Was Made Straight

A Heart Condition

Jesus Pilots My Ship

Fools In The Bible

Christian Motives

The Blessing Of Being Shut In

The Refiner

Jesus Christ The Baptizer

The Author Of Eternal Salvation

The Lamb Of God

Names Of God

Names Of Jesus, cont

Names Of Jesus

Missions

Truth Is Fallen

Why The Prodigal Wanted To Go Home

Can’t Eat a Bite, Can’t Sleep at Night The Woman I Love Won’t Treat Me Right

Our Duties Towards One Another

Wondrous Things

The Greatest Thing In All The World

What Can You Have Faith In?

The Preaching Of The Cross

The First And The Last

Christ The Living Vine

How To Have a Nervous Breakdown

Jesus The Healer

It Was Dark In The Ark

Emblems Of The Church

When God Says I Will

Why Prayer?

The Christmas Story

Troubles

What Makes A Church Great?

The Valleys of Life

Considering Jesus

The Parable of the Fig Tree

Four Last Things

POEMS

My Church

The Great Supper

Wait I Say On The Lord

Our Church

America

The Armor of God

Psalm 23

Holy Spirit Fill Me

The Old Black Book

My Second Year

My Church

Scripture Index

The Author

Pastor Stephen A. Janke received Jesus Christ as his personal Savior while serving as a Security Policeman and sentry dog handler in Vietnam in 1971 when he was twenty years old.

He has been the pastor of Community Baptist Church in Garfield, N.J. for the past ten plus years. Pastor Janke attended Pacific Coast Baptist Bible College in San Dimas, California. He has pastored small and large churches in the past forty years as well as being a teacher in Christian schools for ten years. He has authored a book especially for veterans called Poems From A Soldier that share his wartime experiences.

Pastor Janke is married to the former Linda Morse. They met in high school and were married in 1970. Stephen enlisted in the U.S.A.F. and volunteered for Patrol Dog School and Vietnam. The Janke’s have four children and thirteen grand children at this writing.

He and Linda have worked in California, Washington, New York and New Jersey either starting churches or helping established churches. Pastor Janke has been a Chaplain for the Vietnam Security Police Association and the Vietnam Dog Handlers Association. He was awarded the Air Force Accommodation Medal for meritorious service in Vietnam as a Sentry Dog Handler and has ministered to veterans since his own honorable discharge in 1973.

Every Christian is in the ministry. We all have a job to do. Each member of the body is important and needed. A pastor is a special calling and a great privilege. Every church needs a good pastor but every pastor also needs a good church. May the Lord use this book of outlines to aide in the further study of God’s Word and be a help to Christian workers as the Holy Spirit directs.

Five Things Jesus Left The Church

Acts 1:1-11

It’s nice when someone remembers you before leaving this world.

I had a great aunt, Tanta Marie. She left me $1000 when I turned 18 years old. She passed away when I was 13. For a kid that’s like hitting the lottery. It’s like getting about 10,000 dollars today. What does an 18 year old do with that? Gets a car. My neighbor also remembered me