How close are we to that great day when the trumpet will sound, the dead in Christ will rise, and we will be caught up together with them to meet the Lord in the air? Perhaps very close. Certainly closer than we think.
Text: John 14:1-3; II Peter 3:3-10If you leave God out, you’ve missed the fundamental truth about the universe. That means that in order to understand human origins and the true history of the universe, we must begin
Text: Revelation 4:11“And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists […]
Text: Hebrews 11:6Let us instead be encouraged by the opportunities of this hour. Our task to is to go “Back to Basics” so we will truly know what we believe.
Text: Jude 20“And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because […]
Text: Galatians 4:4Christmas is all about who we are, and who God is, and how far God will go to save us.
Text: Psalm 8 & Hebrews 2:5-9I’d like to begin by calling your attention to verses 3-4 of this passage. They describe a scene that seems […]
Text: 2 Timothy 4:1-5Are you looking around and complaining, or are you looking up and comprehending? As God eavesdrops on our lives, He makes a distinction between those who know Him and those who do not. We see this in the last verse of Malachi 3: “And you will again see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
Text: Malachi 3:13-18Jesus sometimes puts us in the fire in order to purify us until He can see His image in us. Remember that He prunes so that we can grow because He is much more interested in our character than He is in our comfort. He takes His launderer’s soap and cleans us so that we’re forgiven. Isaiah 1:18: “Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red as crimson, they shall be like wool.”
Text: Malachi 2:17-3:5Getting married today is like flying an airline where you know that 50% of the planes that take-off will crash. The odds are stacked against marathon marriages today but God never intended couples to experience marital meltdown. If you’re married, or planning to get married, God wants you to have a marriage that lasts forever.
Text: Malachi 2:10-16