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The Great Exchange - Romans 4:5 - Oct 17, 1999 - 304
"However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness” (Romans 4:5). What’s your credit like with God? If God is the Great Creditor, are you “in the red” or “in the black” as far as he is concerned?T ... More
Father Abraham - Romans 4:1-8 - Apr 26, 1992 - 286
In your opinion, who is the most honored person in human history? If we could take a Gallup Poll of the entire human race, what name do you suppose would appear at the top of the list? The question tantalizes the mind because it asks for something very specific. Out of the billions and billions of p ... More
Faith-Yes! The Law-No! - Romans 4:13-17 - May 17, 1992 - 289
This is my 15th and next-to-last sermon on Romans 1-4. In just two weeks we’ll begin a new series on the Ten Commandments. It’s appropriate to mention that now, because we’re talking about the law of God in this message. Paul’s great concern in our text is to show that no one ... More
Righteousness is a Five Letter Word - Romans 4:9-12 - May 10, 1992 - 288
Certain subjects present a preacher with unusual problems. There are some subjects that quite simply make people uncomfortable no matter how you deal with them. Circumcision is one of those subjects. No matter what I say after that sentence, some of you will have difficulty listening to my words. I ... More
The Oldest Dad in the Nursery - Romans 4:18-25 - May 24, 1992 - 290
Let’s start off with a bit of historic trivia. Who is oldest mother in history? I’m going to give you four choices:Ellen Ellis Ruth Alice Kistler Murphy Brown None of the Above According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the correct answer is B. Ruth Alice Kistler, who gave birth to ... More
Passing the Baton - Genesis 25 - Aug 4, 1996 - 29
All week long one question hung in the air. Would he or wouldn’t he? Some said yes, most said no. The debate raged in a sports bars across America. He’s America’s fastest runner. But he didn’t practice with the team. He’s our best hope for a gold medal. But it&rs ... More
The Blessing of a Believing Spouse - Hebrews 11:11-12 - Jul 23, 2008 - 1159
This is the story of Sarah’s faith. It is the story of one woman who together with her husband believed God and received a very great reward. It is also a story about the enormous blessing of having a believing spouse. If man has a wife who believes in Jesus, he is greatly blessed, and if a wi ... More
Keep Hope Alive - Mar 25, 2001
An old man and an old woman, childless for decades, are promised by God that someday they would have a baby. Abraham responds with total honesty. He laughs out loud at the Almighty. When Sarah hears the news, she laughs, too. How could such a thing happen? Twenty-five long years pass while they wait ... More
Is Anything Too Hard For God? The Doctrine of God's Omnipotence - Jeremiah 32:17 - Mar 9, 1997 - 472
This is the third and final sermon on the “omni” attributes of God. I have remarked earlier that these attributes are difficult to grasp because they describe truths about God that have no analog in human experience. We are limited as to place, power and personal knowledge. God is not. T ... More
When God Comes to Dinner - Genesis 18:1-15 - May 19, 1996 - 20
Last Tuesday night I sat on the platform at the UIC Pavilion for the Say Yes Chicago campaign with Luis Palau. During the evening Luis told the story of an evangelist named Mordecai Ham who came to Charlotte, North Carolina in 1934 for a citywide tent campaign. One night only six people came forwa ... More
God's Good vs. God's Best - Genesis 21:1-21 - Jun 16, 1996 - 23
Have you every wanted something very badly and waited a long time for it to happen, only to discover that when it did, things didn’t work out the way you thought they would? Most of us have had that kind of experience at least once, and some of us have been down that road many times. Perhaps ... More
Sola Fide: By Faith Alone - Romans 3:27-31 - Jul 13, 1997 - 678
This is the final message in the series on the four solas of the Reformation. I have saved sola fide-by faith alone-for the last because it is the logical climax of all we have said so far. If sola scriptura is the “material principle” of the Reformation, then sola fide is the formal pri ... More
Justification: Not Guilty! - Various - Feb 26, 1995 - 375
Some of you may recognize the name P.P. Bliss. If you know evangelical music and hymnology, you may have seen his name in our hymnal. He was a man who served as a musical song writer and associate evangelist for the great D.L. Moody. In the early years of Moody’s career, P.P. Bliss was his fav ... More
By Faith Alone - Romans 3-5 - Oct 28, 1990 - 512
This week I spent some time playing around with the new computers we have in the church office. We bought them a few months ago and whenever I have a free moment I like to sit down and fool around and see what I make the computers do.As it turns out, there are a lot of things our computers can do. ... More
The Most Sought After Things in the World - Romans 5:1-5 - Jan 1, 1993 - 441
A number of years ago a major American magazine published the results of a most fascinating survey. The editors had asked 16 prominent Americans what they did in order to find peace of mind in the midst of our stressful world. The responses were quite revealing.Noted author James Michener reported t ... More
Sola Gratia: By Grace Alone - Titus 3:7 - Jul 6, 1997 - 679
I’d like to begin this sermon with a thought-provoking quotation from Kim Riddlebarger. He works with Michael Horton in an organization called CURE: Christians United for Reformation and Evangelism. When we use the term “grace alone”, what we mean is that our salvation from the wra ... More
Inner Beauty - 1 Peter 3:1-6 - Feb 6, 2005 - 598
“Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised” (Proverbs 31:30). “Beauty? Let me tell you something, being thought of as ‘a beautiful woman’ has spared me nothing in life, no heartache, no trouble. Love has been difficult. ... More
What is the Difference Between a Real Christian and a Religious Person? - John 3 - Nov 11, 2008 - 1172
Let’s begin with a simple question. What percentage of Americans believe in God? You probably won’t be surprised to know that the number is very high. One recent survey puts it at 94%. That means that almost 19 out of 20 people in the U.S. believe in God. It also means you won&rsqu ... More
What is the Gospel and Why Does It Matter? - Galatians 1:6-10 - Sep 5, 1999 - 311
We begin with these strong words from the Apostle Paul to the churches of Galatia: I am astonished that you are so quickly deserting the one who called you by the grace of Christ and are turning to a different gospel—which is really no gospel at all. Evidently some people are throwing you into ... More
