A long time ago in the history of our church, long before I became the pastor, someone wrote a document […]
Text: Hebrews 13:20-21When was the last time you played with modeling clay? It may have been a while unless you have a […]
Text: Acts 16:6-10Of all the questions that trouble the people of God, none is greater than the question posed in the title […]
Text: Isaiah 45:5-11No question is more central to the missionary enterprise than the state of those without Christ. Are they really lost? Are those who never hear also lost? And that raises an important question. How can God send people to hell for not believing in Jesus, if they never even heard of him in the first place?
Text: Romans 2:12This is a sermon about a topic we rarely discuss in church. This is a sermon about doubt. As such, […]
Text: Mark 9:24If God didn’t move in mercy, we would all end up in hell.
Text: II Peter 3:9The best way not to lose the Holy Spirit in our midst is to watch and pray that it might not happen. Take nothing for granted.
Text: Psalms 51:11Let the cry ring out to heaven–”Lord, we are ready. Let the fire fall!”
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:19It is so easy for us to be unkind and ungracious. Ephesians 4:29-32 shows us that we grieve the Holy Spirit first by rotten speech (v. 29) and second by rotten attitudes (v. 31). But these two things are not separate. Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks. We must stop making the Holy Spirit weep because of our unkind words and inner ugliness. Cry out to God for his help. Ask the Lord to open your eyes and see the uncleanness within. Pray for a fresh vision of Jesus dying for you.
Text: Ephesians 4:29-32God never leads us into the wilderness in order to destroy us. He intends the time of testing to make us stronger.
Text: Luke 4:1-14