One of the many important decisions confronting new parents is, “What shall we call our baby?” Most new parents spend […]
Text: Isaiah 9:6There are only ten days left until Christmas. Have you done your shopping yet? Be careful, because there are some […]
Text: Micah 6:6-8“The mark of true Christian faith is that it changes everything you do and say.” Ray Stedman We have come […]
Text: 1 Thessalonians 5:12-22Give, 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 28-29God calls us to follow in his steps. The world may not reward you for showing mercy. Show it anyway. Your friends may take advantage of you. Have mercy anyway. You may be scorned and mocked as a softie. Better that you be thought too soft than to have a hard heart.
Text: Matthew 5:7So many of us have filled our hearts with the junk food of the world. No wonder we are so unhappy. No wonder we jump from one job to another and from relationship to another. We have full stomachs and empty hearts! Jesus said, “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they will be filled.” Are you hungry? Are you thirsty? If you are, you can be filled. This is the promise of God to hungry hearts and thirsty souls.
Text: Matthew 5:6“Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.” This is one of the strangest statements in the Bible. It is a paradox and a mystery. “Blessed are those who mourn,” said Jesus. Happy are the sad! What do these strange words mean? Who are the mourners, why are they sad, and how are they comforted?
Text: Matthew 5:4The Virgin Birth was never meant to stand alone. It is not a random truth plucked from thin air. God never says, “Pick and choose what you want to believe.” The story of Jesus is a seamless garment woven by the Holy Spirit. Take out his miraculous birth and you have ripped the whole garment to shreds.
Text: Isaiah 7:14, Matthew 1:23The evidence is clear and even overwhelming. Jesus is the Prophet like Moses promised in Deuteronomy 18. He is the ultimate fulfillment of a promise made 1500 years before his birth. What does this fulfillment signify for us today? Why should it matter to us that Jesus is the great Prophet sent by God?
Text: Deuteronomy 18:15-19