Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
I confess to you this evening that as I was doing some research for this message, I ran into the sermon of a well-known preacher, published on the internet. Although I don’t do this as a rule, I liked what I read and decided to follow his outline. But I’m...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
There are people who spend a lot of money to buy the biggest and newest computers available. And then all that they do with those computers is fill them with games. Now, I have nothing against computer games – per se – although I understand that some of...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
That the first part of verse 13 is confusing is seen in the variety of explanations offered by the commentators. And judging by that, I’m going to say that whether or not we fully understand Paul’s thought must not be critical to our faith. “For the...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
As I was reading through Romans 4 a couple of weeks ago, I jotted down some notes which had the potential of developing into messages. One of them referred to the fact that Abraham believed that Jehovah could quicken – resurrect – the dead. “And...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
A fifteen point message is a bit long for one sitting, even if each of those points are as sharp and wonderful as I usually make them. Keeping that in mind, I cut short our morning message and finish it this evening. We were talking about Abraham’s faith,...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
One of the most heart-warming stories in the Bible is that of David and Mephiboseth. Saul had 3 sons and 2 daughters, and at least one of those sons was twice the man that his father was. Prince Jonathan was courageous, wise, out-going and, more importantly, far more...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
Will there be any computers in Heaven? I rather think that there won’t. We certainly won’t need any kind of computer entertainment – video games and that sort of thing. And how much of the Lord’s wisdom and knowledge will the glorified saints...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
No one can accuse Paul of not being thorough. And because he has been so thorough, we have already reasonably covered the subject of justification. The word in its various forms has come up ten times thus far in the Book of Romans. In one way or another, we have...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
Paul does not completely finish the subject of saving grace at the conclusion of chapter 4. But he does begin to take the subject to a new level. It’s a strange phenomenon, but there are a lot of people who begin their spiritual journey theologically correct,...
Jan 16, 2015 | Romans
The Matterhorn was one the last mountains in the Alps to be climbed. It is like an arrowhead coming up out of the ground and piercing the sky. It may not be in the Rockies, or the Himalayas, but it is still a huge mountain at about 14,700 feet high. The article that...
