John’s third epistle has often called a “Tale of Three Men.” That is indeed an appropriate title for if you […]
Text: 3 JohnOn September 5, 1886, Charles Spurgeon began his sermon on our text with these incisive words: Satan is always doing […]
Text: Haggai 2:1-9“Tell them, Pastor Ray, tell them that nothing matters except Christ. The young people need to know this before it’s […]
Text: Jeremiah 9:23-24When I was a teenager in Alabama, I spent a week at a Methodist church camp. This was during the […]
Text: 1 Samuel 15:29How many people do you know who do exactly what they say? Before you answer, let me rephrase the question? […]
Text: Lamentations 3:22-25There 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 5:12-22Are there hidden areas of your life where you have harbored sin in your heart? Have you coddled sinful tendencies and made excuses for sinful habits when instead you should by the Spirit put to death the deeds of the flesh? If we are not ruthless with ourselves, we stand in danger of doing exactly what Abraham did.
Text: Genesis 20What do you believe deep in your heart? Is there anything to hard for the Lord? Anything in your life so big that he can’t handle it? You already know the answer is no, but I’m asking it in a different way. What problem seems so impossible that part of you doubts that God can take of it?
Text: Genesis 18:1-15This is the first promise given after the Adam and Eve ate the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden. It is also the first gospel sermon ever preached on the face of the earth. Theologians call it the protoevangelium–or first gospel. These words spoken by God contain the first promise of redemption in the Bible. Everything else in the Bible flows from these words in Genesis 3:15. As the acorn contains the mighty oak, so these words contain the entire plan of salvation.
Text: Genesis 3:15