Jan 9, 2013 | Matthew
I have borrowed the title for tonight’s message from a movie of a few years ago – “The King’s Speech.” I have more than just a passing interest in recent British monarchy. When I was born, the King of England and of the British Commonwealth, was George VI. Even...
Jan 8, 2013 | Matthew
I am trying to be thorough in our study of this great Book of Matthew. Sometimes we have spent four or five messages looking at one paragraph in an attempt to see all that the Lord might have for us. But then in some cases we have skipped over certain statements or...
Jan 7, 2013 | Matthew
As I tried to say this morning, the seven parables in this chapter discuss the days in which we live. One of the things unique to the Word of God is its ability to cross the lines of time, culture, language and all the other things which separate people in this world...
Jan 6, 2013 | Matthew
Matthew 13 is sometimes called the chapter of the “Kingdom of Heaven Parables.” Although the first parable didn’t begin like the rest of them here – it could have. Notice verse 24 – “The kingdom of heaven is likened unto…” Verse 31 – “The kingdom of heaven is...
Jan 5, 2013 | Matthew
If this message was delivered in about two weeks, you might think that it was designed to be a Thanksgiving Day message. But I often say things like “Thanksgiving should not fall on only one day out of the year” – and I mean it. Our hearts should always be full of...
Jan 4, 2013 | Matthew
Thursday, as I was getting ready for my plasma donation, the man across from me was being sent home. He was told that he couldn’t return for several months. The machine which had drawn his blood had permitted some of his red blood cells into the container which was...
Jan 3, 2013 | Matthew
Here are a couple of obvious, but hated Bible doctrines. First, God gives His saving Grace only to those who are empty – not to the proud, satisfied or self-satisfied. The second principle is that God likes to give more and more – “He giveth more Grace.” God gives...
Jan 2, 2013 | Matthew
Let’s begin this morning with a short philosophical question: “What is the purpose of life?” “What is the purpose of life?” I suppose that the answer depends on the person. I saw a television commercial the other day showing some sports star whose name I can’t...
Jan 1, 2013 | Matthew
I feel as though a dozen of you might be able to preach this scripture as well as I can. This is one of the great and glorious parables of the Lord Jesus Christ. It is one of the stories of the Lord which children learn fairly early in their Sunday School classes....
Dec 20, 2012 | Matthew
That the Son of God came into the world through a normal human birth is a basic part of Bible Christianity. We call it the “incarnation” of Christ – where “incarnation” in this case means “to take a human body.” In the incarnation – the Son of God was conceived...
