Dec 7, 2012 | Matthew
You might think that this scripture has no relevance to your life or to anyone else in the 21st century. In verse 14 we have something which is repeated in different ways a dozen times in the New Testament. You might consider it a matter of historical curiosity; a...
Dec 6, 2012 | Matthew
Last Wednesday I received this email – which I immediately dispatched to the virtual round file. But I resurrected it later when I began thinking about our message for this evening. It reads – “Pastor David Oldfield. It is with a sense of urgency that I contact you...
Dec 5, 2012 | Matthew
Two weeks ago, on Sunday morning, I preached a message entitled – “The Lord of the Sabbath.” The title was related to the last point in that message. I was attempting to bring glory to our Saviour, by looking at several things from these verses. First, the Lord...
Dec 4, 2012 | Matthew
I probably shouldn’t be preaching this subject this evening – for several reasons. First, we’ve already moved on to the next paragraph, so we are we re-tracing our steps. (You wives know how hard it is for husbands to turn the car around once they are on the road....
Dec 3, 2012 | Matthew
I am calling this sermon “The Parable of the Withered Hand” although I have no Biblical right to do so. This scripture did not start with the words, “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man with a pair of hands,” or “salvation is like hand surgery.” In the three synoptic...
Dec 2, 2012 | Matthew
I’d like to share a little topical message, coming out of what the Lord Jesus told the Pharisees. Those Pharisees had problems with many of the things which the Lord Jesus did, and with the way that He did them. Of course, those problems stemmed from their unbelief...
Dec 1, 2012 | Matthew
If a stranger visited with us this morning and then was asked to describe our church in a single word, what would he say? Perhaps it would be better if he visited for a month or perhaps a year, before he was asked to describe us. And of course his answer would be...
Nov 13, 2012 | Matthew
It might be fun to make a survey based upon this question: What is the greatest word in the English language? Some of the more pious might answer – “love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith….” Others might come up with words like: “friend,...
Nov 12, 2012 | Matthew
I can’t speak with authority about your particular hobby. But I would guess, that if you quilters, or if you modelers had a choice, you’d prefer to design and make something which was different from all the others in the world. Sure, you might like to teach others...
Nov 11, 2012 | Matthew
Years ago, the Prince of Grenada, heir to the Spanish crown, was kidnaped and imprisoned. For thirty-three years he lived in solitary confinement within the walls of Madrid’s Skulls Prison. Then finally he was released – by death. When workers went into that man’s...
Nov 10, 2012 | Matthew
There was something that I failed to notice when I studied for our message two weeks ago. I pointed out that verse 25 begins in an odd sort of way – Christ’s answer to question which wasn’t spoken. I surmised that it came out of the mixed emotions of the disciples as...
Nov 9, 2012 | Matthew
Verse 25 begins in an awkward sort of ways – “At that time Jesus answered…” Matthew doesn’t tell us what the question was. What’s more, the answer is not expressed to any of the disciples or a group of Pharisees – it was an answer uttered in prayer to God,...
Nov 8, 2012 | Matthew
I say it about others and I must say it about myself – a man’s theology colors his perspective on a lot of things. Let’s say that a man doesn’t believe in the omniscience of God – that idea may increase his boldness towards sin, making him think that he will get away...
Nov 7, 2012 | Matthew
If any of you are so inclined, this evening I am going to give you the opportunity to get me into big trouble. I don’t think that I’ll get into trouble theologically, but I could socially. The Lord Jesus brings up the subject of the sins of Sodom, and I feel...
Nov 6, 2012 | Matthew
I thought about playing a mean prank on you, but I think that I can make my point with resorting to that. Let’s say that I asked you all to reach for your wallets, because I had a surprise for you. After a few moments of hesitation, you opened your purses or stood up...
