Before we can understand what it means to be holy, we must understand what it means to say that God is holy. In many ways holiness is God’s central attribute. One writer actually defines it this way. “Holiness is that which makes God God.” Dr. Renald Showers calls it “the foundational truth of revelation.”
Text: Isaiah 6Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will […]
Text: Luke 6:38This morning I am interrupting my series in 1 Thessalonians to preach two sermons on the subject of Christian giving. […]
Text: 1 Chronicles 28-29“And the Lord brought about a great victory.” What made the difference? One man who refused to run away. One man who turned the tide of battle and through him, God brought about a great victory. What’s the hardest part of winning a battle like that? Having the courage to take your stand in the middle of the field. If you can do that, the rest is easy. The hard part is not running away.
Text: 2 Samuel 23In 1988 something new happened in the American political process. That year, for the first time in a long time, […]
Text: Exodus 13:21-22; Psalm 48:14The whole question of the Spirit-filled life resolves itself into this: Are you keeping in contact with the Holy Spirit? Your job—your only real job as a Christian—is to stay in contact with the Spirit.
Text: Romans 8:5-17“Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from […]
Text: Acts 16:6-10Our story begins in 1833 when a man named Joseph Kettlestrings, an Englishman from Yorkshire, arrived in the Chicago area. […]
Text: VariousWe’ll call him Bill, but it doesn’t matter. He’s been a Christian for three or four or five years. Although […]
Text: Romans 6:15-23You might call this text “The forgotten chapter of the Christmas story.” It is a genealogy—a list of names, most […]
Text: Matthew 1:1-16