May 30, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
From day one, fallen Christendom has been trying to blend two opposing kingdoms – Christ’s and the world. The ages-old idea of a homogenous society was once again in people’s minds. When Constantine became emperor, claiming the banner of the cross, that goal obtained...
May 23, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I’ve selected I Peter 1:1 as our text because it relates to a couple of important points. First, there is the word “parepidemos” followed by “diaspora” – “the scattered strangers.” This takes us back to WHO the people of God ARE in...
May 9, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I know that it has been several weeks, but I’d like to take you back to our first lessons in this series. I pointed out that God originally created an homogenous society – where every aspect of life was firmly knitted with every other aspect of life. And of course at...
May 2, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
It might be said that last week’s subject – the churches of the Montanists – were a REACTION to the growing false doctrines and unbiblical practices in some areas of Christendom. While that is not altogether untrue, it must be emphasized that the Montanists considered...
Apr 25, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Can we agree that at the time of the close of the Book of Acts, all the so-called “Christian churches” were true churches of the Lord? Can we agree that the only religious “ecclesia” using the name of “Christ” were assemblies of...
Apr 17, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
This is the third, and probably the last part of the transition in this series of messages. Our theme has been and will continue to be the names and titles which have been applied to God’s people. Up until two weeks ago, we were looking at a dozen or so which come to...
Apr 11, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I called last week’s message “God’s People are a Part of Society.” But tonight I want to turn that inside out with the title “God’s People are Outside Common Society.” Here in John 17 we have the true “Lord’s Prayer.” It is an...
Apr 11, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
God’s People are Outside Common Society – John 17:1-26 I called last week’s message “God’s People are a Part of Society.” But tonight I want to turn that inside out with the title “God’s People are Outside Common Society.” Here in John 17 we...
Apr 4, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Tonight we are taking our study of the names and titles of God’s people and turning a sharp 90 degrees. This is a transitional message, and it might seem to be completely off the subject, but we will come back. This is where I intended to begin five or six months ago....
Mar 28, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Those of you who were able to stay awake through last week’s afternoon message, might remember that our scripture for this evening takes up where last week’s scripture left off. And I will begin with essentially the same introduction. Even though this epistle is...
Mar 20, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
To whom was this letter – this epistle – written? There is no doubt but that it was written to the church in Corinth. I hope that you and I have no problem understanding that a church is not a physical building. This letter was not written and mailed to post office...
Mar 14, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
I can’t say that all of our Lord Jesus’ sermons were developed just like this Sermon on the Mount. But it appears that this message was developed in much the same way that I usually develop mine. There was an introduction, and now we are in the second subdivision of...
Mar 7, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
Our scripture is just one point in Christ’s Sermon on the Mount. And one of the critical things to remember when studying and interpreting this Sermon is – the audience. It was preached to Christ’s disciples; God’s saints; Jesus’ spiritual brethren; His servants; His...
Feb 29, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
The word “sheep” is found many times in both testaments – 41 times in the New Testament. Several times it is applied to us but prefaced with the word “as.” “Behold, I send you forth AS sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as...
Feb 21, 2016 | God's People Are ..., Sunday Evening
There is an immensely popular PBS television series called “Downton Abbey.” It has been running for five years, and according to some accounts, it is the most watched series in world. It tells the story of the Crawley family, the father of which, Robert...
