Jul 15, 2013 | Matthew
Two day’s ago, as I was planning this morning’s message, I intended to read all the verses that I just read. But as my thoughts matured – or was it, as they “fermented” – I chose to cut the Lord’s parable in half. I created two parables, fully realizing that the Lord...
Jul 14, 2013 | Matthew
Matthew 18 has several divsions, but it is all about one subject. It reads somewhat like a well-written story. I have never studied the art of creative writing. But I have read a few books, and I’ve learned a few things about a good story. Some of those...
Jul 14, 2013 | Matthew
As I said this morning, I believe that the underlaying theme of the entire chapter is “unity.” It is not the ecumenical, love-everyone-wearing-the-Christian-label variety of unity. Christ was speaking to His church – one in which there was a problem of pride and...
Jul 13, 2013 | Matthew
If you noticed the title of this message in today’s bulletin, and then heard the reading of the scripture, you could very well have jumped to conclusions about my theme. Perhaps it was my intention to misdirect you just a little bit, but I’ll not actually confess to...
Jul 12, 2013 | Matthew
It seems when Baptist church’s come to church discipline they often go to one of two extremes. Many churches do absolutely nothing to discipline errant members. While others move too quickly to dismiss people, without following proper Biblical guidelines....
Jul 10, 2013 | Matthew
The scripture which we read from Matthew 11 was our text for a message preached about a year ago. It was entitled – “Christ and His Father.” I hope that you will excuse me for returning to a couple of the thoughts which that message contained. But I want...
Jul 9, 2013 | Matthew
Have you ever meditated on “the will of God,” or as the Lord puts it here “the will of your Father in heaven”? I didn’t spend a lot of time on the subject this week, but I did come up with different areas to explore. There is the will of God –...
Jul 8, 2013 | Matthew
As I read these four verses a few minutes ago, they probably didn’t jump off the page at you. These are not among the gemstones of the scriptures – demanding, by their beauty, that we spend an hour studying them. In fact, we have seen two of these verses in a...
Jul 7, 2013 | Matthew
Mark, tells us that it was while the disciples were journeying back to Capernaum that they had began squabbling about pre-eminence in Christ’s kingdom. As I have said repeatedly, the kingdom of Heaven is a multifaceted subject. You and I are currently living in one...
Jul 6, 2013 | Matthew
After the first few years of my Christian life, I was inserted into an atmosphere of hyper-evangelism. By that I mean that men who pastored and taught me were so interested in what they called “the salvation of souls” that they were not above bending the...
