Sermon series
How To Be Right With God
The Decision You Must Make
John 1:12-13 – October 31, 1999This is the final sermon in the series “How to Be Right with God.” As I have mentioned earlier, these sermons will form the basis for a “gospel book” I am writing under the co-sponsorship of Moody Press and the Committee on the Gospel. I ask for your prayers as I work on the manuscript […]
What is Saving Faith?
Romans 10:9-10 – October 24, 1999The question posed by my title is not as easily answered as one might assume. It is evident from reading the New Testament that not everyone who “believes” truly possesses saving faith. Jesus himself warned in Matthew 7:21-23 that on the Day of Judgment many will claim to have worked miracles in his name, but […]
The Great Exchange
Romans 4:5 – October 17, 1999“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? That question came to mind […]
A Man Called Jesus
Colossians 2:9 – October 10, 1999“For in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form.” These 13 words by the Apostle Paul contain a world of truth about Jesus Christ. They tell us that he is fully God. In him we find “all the fullness of the Deity.” The word “fullness” speaks of the essence of God’s […]
Amazing Grace
Ephesians 2:1-9 – October 3, 1999Since this is a sermon series on the gospel, I would like to point out that my text contains the whole gospel message in just six words. If you know what these words are and what they mean, you will know the gospel. And you can share it with anyone you meet. The six words […]
The Truth About You
Ephesians 2:1-3 – September 26, 1999A quarter-century ago psychiatrist Karl Menninger wrote a landmark book titled Whatever Became of Sin? In it he frames the question this way: In all the laments and reproaches made by our seers and prophets, one misses any mention of “sin,” a word which used to be a veritable watchword of prophets. It was a […]
A Place to Begin
Genesis 1:1; John 17:3 – September 19, 1999“True and substantial wisdom principally consists of two parts; the knowledge of God, and the knowledge of ourselves.” With this sentence John Calvin begins his famous book, Institutes of the Christian Religion. He goes on to note that it is hard to say which should come first—the knowledge of God or the knowledge of ourselves. […]
How to be Right With God
Luke 18:9-14 – September 12, 1999When a friend heard I was preaching on how to be right with God, he sent me this e-mail message: What a great topic for a Sunday sermon. It’s one that is especially poignant for the alcoholic, addict, etc., because so much of our difficulty is not knowing that we can get right with God, […]
What is the Gospel and Why Does It Matter?
Galatians 1:6-10 – September 5, 1999We 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 confusion […]
