May 4, 2025 | Sunday Evening
This afternoon I would like to take you to three semi-related scriptures. They all have questions which were posed to the Lord Jesus, but they had different purposes and answers. I bring them up because perhaps we should have the same questions – if we ask with proper...
Apr 20, 2025 | Sunday Evening
The little six-year-old crept out of his family’s rental cabin and ran down to the dock at the edge of the lake. Pretending to be a pirate in the early morning sun, he was flashing his wooden sword, forcing his enemy walk the plank. All of a sudden, it was he who fell...
Apr 13, 2025 | Sunday Evening
The Epistle to the Colossians was written by Paul when he was under arrest in Rome. Most likely, some of you have “spent time” thinking about the clause “under arrest,” but most have not. What is it to “arrest” something? It is to stop, hinder, or to check the forward...
Mar 23, 2025 | Sunday Evening
Let’s put this Psalm into the context of one of the modern lawyer/crime stories. It might have been written by David Baldacci or perhaps more likely – John Grisham. The hero is a lawyer, and, believe it or not, he is a good man, who has spent his career fighting crime...
Mar 9, 2025 | Sunday Evening
This epistle to the church in Thessalonica is considered to be the first of Paul’s inspired letters. And most Bibles have this note after the end – “The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens.” After preaching Christ in Thessalonica, Paul made a...
Feb 9, 2025 | Sunday Evening
If I asked: who said, “Speak Lord, for Thy Servant Heareth,” 98% of Christians would answer incorrectly. Not only would most not know that statement came from this chapter… Even those who did, would say that those were the words of Samuel. But the correct answer...
Jan 26, 2025 | Sunday Evening
After His resurrection, Christ’s disciples were not sure what to do or where to go next. Eventually the Lord told them to tarry in Jerusalem until they were endued with power. But at some point, Peter, with some time on his hands, said, “I’m going fishing. Anyone want...
Jan 19, 2025 | Sunday Evening
Our last Lord’s Day was so exciting that you might have forgotten the afternoon’s message. Its title was “Holyfication,” and its theme was “sanctification” – God’s process of making sinners holy. To refresh your memory, the saint’s holyfication began in eternity past...
Jan 13, 2025 | Sunday Evening
A very famous sculptor has been commissioned to carve what will be the most magnificent piece in his career. His king would like him to create a life-size image of his only son, the prince, which is to be set in the palace on the day of his coronation. The sculptor...
Jan 5, 2025 | Sunday Evening
In the will of God, Jesus was to have a special ministry among the gentiles on the east side of the Sea of Galilee, so He and His disciples entered into a little ship and started to glide across the lake. He was so exhausted that during the relaxing ride He fell...
Dec 22, 2024 | Sunday Evening
I am going to piggyback these few thoughts onto last Wednesday’s lesson. The title of our last message was: “New Testament Teaching the Old Testament Way.” I tried to apply some of the Hebrew words which speak about teaching Bible truths. This afternoon, let’s think...
Dec 15, 2024 | Sunday Evening
We have recently been reintroduced to Satan and to the part he played in the fall of man. That is extremely important theology, because it tells us how you and I became sinners. We are not sinners because we sin. We inherited sin from our first parents. I know that it...
Dec 8, 2024 | Sunday Evening
This message doesn’t directly apply to some of you. In fact, I am preaching to myself as much as anyone else this afternoon. And this points out the fact that there has never been, and never will be, a perfect church on earth. Certainly, if the pastor of one of the...
Dec 1, 2024 | Sunday Evening
In the light of our reexamination of God’s creation in Genesis, I thought this Psalm would an appropriate codicil. Perhaps there isn’t a distinct division, but generally speaking, in the first half of this Psalm we have a statement of David’s theology, and in the...
Nov 24, 2024 | Sunday Evening
This episode in the life of the Lord Jesus took place very early in His ministry. This is John 2, not John 19. Chapter 1 records Jesus’ baptism by John, and then the gathering of some of the first disciples. Chapter 2 begins with the “beginning of miracles” which “did...
