“Tell them, Pastor Ray, tell them that nothing matters except Christ. The young people need to know this before it’s […]
Text: Jeremiah 9:23-24“Give thanks to the Lord, for He is good.” 1 Chronicles 16:34a “The Lord is good to all; he has […]
Text: Psalm 107:1When I was a teenager in Alabama, I spent a week at a Methodist church camp. This was during the […]
Text: 1 Samuel 15:29Sometimes the title tells the whole story. My sermon today is about the wrath of God. It is truly a […]
Text: Romans 1:18-20This is the third and final sermon on the “omni” attributes of God. I have remarked earlier that these attributes […]
Text: Jeremiah 32:17The sovereignty of God is a mysterious doctrine because it brings us face to face with the problem of evil and free will. If God is sovereign, why is there evil in the universe? If man has free will, how can God be sovereign? Christians have debated these questions for centuries. Suffice it to say that God is sovereign and you are truly responsible for all the choices you make. Often we won’t understand how they work together, but they do. When we embrace this truth, we have the true freedom—and peace that comes with it—to stop trying to be God and let Him direct our lives.
Text: Daniel 4Before 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 6There are only ten days left until Christmas. Have you done your shopping yet? Be careful, because there are some […]
Text: Micah 6:6-8Peace never just happens. Someone has to go out of his way to make peace. That is why Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers”—not the peace-wishers or the peace-hopers. In a world torn by strife and fueled by hatred, we need Christians who will step into the breach as true peacemakers.
Text: Genesis 21:22-34In the name of Jesus, live in peace with everyone. In Jesus’ name, refuse to return evil for evil. Know that out where you live, work, study and play, there are people who won’t like you, who will attempt to hurt, who will mistreat you and then laugh about it. Go anyway, and carry with you the love of God. Go determined not to seek revenge against those who hurt you.
Text: Romans 12:17-21