Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
In verse 10, Paul refers to “the judgment seat of Christ” – the “Bema” as it is found in the Greek Testament. This was not new theology which he was teaching the people of Rome, because, as we see he didn’t do any teaching about it...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
A couple of months ago, I began getting e-mails and letters announcing a high powered Christian men’s meeting. I probably tossed 4 or 5 different letters, brochures and announcements about it into the trash. And then a couple of weeks ago, I had an overly...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I am calling this message “Un-American.” I don’t know that you’d give it that name, but some certainly might. That is because “America” means different things to different people, and the adjective “American” therefore...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
What makes a person a good citizen? Some of you will be better at answering this question than I am, particularly in regard to the United States. And then again, you may have differing answers between you. Despite my inadequacies, let me offer some possible answers:...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
It is a difficult thing to condemn the drinking of alcohol using only the pages of the New Testament. But that is what I will try to do this evening. It is a difficult thing, but not an impossible, especially when speaking to people who are the children of God. The...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
David, the future King of Israel, was hiding in a cavern in the Engedi district of Judah, when his persecutor, Saul, also came in to take refuge from the sun. It seems quite clear to me that Saul took a short nap right there in front of David and his men. We need to...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
If you were the Devil and wanted to destroy this church, how would you do it? You’ve been around our church enough to know some of its weak points, and you could avoid its strengths. But don’t think that you know our church any better than Satan does. You...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I have two or three books in my library which are collections of quotations. I think that my favorite is called “Forty Thousand Quotations – Prose and Poetical” by Charles Douglas. It was first published in 1904, and my copy was printed 72 years ago...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Fifteen years ago we made a study of one of the Greek words in verse 7. “Wherefore receive ye one another, as Christ also received us to the glory of God.” It isn’t the one that you might think; it isn’t “receive ye,” but rather...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I didn’t get very original for the title to our last message. All that I did was to point to verse 7 – “Wherefore Receive Ye one Another.” As we have said, although all of Romans is practical, this is the more practical section. Sure there...
