Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Paul is writing from Corinth, sometime during his Third Missionary Journey. As we said a couple weeks ago, it could have been written during his long first stay in the city, or it might have come when he made a quick second stop in Corinth, after gathering a small...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
Let’s pretend that the Lord has laid on the preacher’s heart a message on the subject of tobacco. Let’s say he has heard that a couple of his young people are beginning to use chewing tobacco. So he reaches into his file of notes and pulls out a...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
If Albert Einstein approached you and asked for your opinion about some scientific matter, wouldn’t you feel honored? If Bill Gates asked you to loan him a hundred dollars, wouldn’t you be curious? If the President Obama called you and asked what you...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
I begin with an apology for jumping the gun – I should know better. I said last week that we were finishing our look at chapter 15 with last Sunday night’s message. But the Lord has brought me back to it once again. I think that this will be our last week...
Jan 15, 2015 | Romans
It appears that with these words we come to the conclusion of the Book of Romans – the letter to the Romans. These words are generally called “the benediction” – a prayer for the blessing of God upon the readers. Often these benedictions come...
Jan 15, 2015 | Wednesday
According to my records we have looked at parts of this Psalm four times in the last 25 years. One of those messages was from the perspective of a New Testament quotation. “Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the...
Jan 14, 2015 | Romans
Baptist churches profess to pattern themselves after what they find in the Word of God. It is very common to hear them say, “We take the Bible as the grounds for our faith and practice.” First and foremost of course, they profess to take what they BELIEVE...
Jan 14, 2015 | Romans
As I have said several times, this letter was written while Paul was in Corinth. I think that in some ways, Paul’s most important ministry was in the city of Corinth. He was there about a year and a half. He began, as usual in the Jewish synagogue, but...
Jan 14, 2015 | Romans
I must confess that it is with fear and trepidation that I first thought about preaching from Romans 16. As you can see, we have here a long list of names – primarily of people of whom we know very little. Intellectually, I was thinking that I should be able to...
Jan 14, 2015 | Romans
If this message sounds familiar to yo than I am delighted. You see, this is a test, it is only a test. If it was really the Bema, then we might all be in trouble. Perhaps this will show us how little we pay attention, or how it might be at the Judgment Seat of...
