Apr 25, 2022 | First Peter, Sunday Evening
This morning I dealt with the doctrine of redemption. Perhaps I should say, I introduced the doctrine of redemption. Because, as I hope many of you recognized, I didn’t say anything about the blood of the Redeemer. Peter says, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not...
Apr 18, 2022 | Sunday Evening
Let’s say there is someone living in the White House whom you really like. You agree with his life-style, his politics, his foreign policy and his domestic agenda. The man is not just a professed Christian; it looks like he really is a child of God. Then one day your...
Mar 20, 2022 | First Peter, Sunday Evening
(To listen to this message click here.) Last Sunday we looked at Peter’s words: “ready to be revealed in the last time.” You “are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation READY to be revealed in the last time.” The message had four points: God’s...
Mar 14, 2022 | First Peter, Sunday Evening
Have you ever wondered what the relationship that the Apostle Paul might have had with Peter? For example, did they have any contact before Paul’s conversion? If so how did that affect them later? Did Saul of Tarsus ever come close to directly persecuting and...
Feb 7, 2022 | First Peter, Sunday Evening
The title of this message is: “The Father’s Role in the Birth of His Child.” If you read that and are hoping for a sensational or licentious message, you are going to be disappointed. I am thinking of a very special and holy Father, and the birth is special as well....
Jan 31, 2022 | First Peter, Sunday Evening
The Apostle Peter was writing a letter to a specific group of Christian diaspora. He was writing to the saints scattered across what we now know as Turkey or Asia Minor. We don’t know how many churches had been established there by Paul and others, but this epistle...
Jan 24, 2022 | First Peter, Sunday Evening
We are beginning this evening, what I hope will be, a two pronged study. Since I have only a couple more decades of ministry ahead of me, and there is so much Biblical material, I’m going to try to combine two subjects in this study: the life of Peter and Peter’s...
Jan 16, 2022 | Sunday Evening
As we wrap up our study of Malachi, I don’t want you to move on thinking ONLY that this is the last book of the Old Testament. Of course it is, but… There were no more books added to the canon of scripture until we turn the page into the New Testament. Sometimes...
Jan 10, 2022 | Sunday Evening
I don’t remember which year it was, but I do remember the season: it was early Autumn. Our brethren in Colorado were organizing as a church, and I was invited to participate. Steve and Kathy Kjeldgaard accompanied Judy and me. Sunday evening, after the organizational...
Jan 3, 2022 | Sunday Evening
On January 20, 1961, John F. Kennedy took the presidential oath of office. After that he began his first presidential address to the nation. I wonder how many of us can remember, or have been taught, the most famous line in that speech? It was: “Ask not what your...
Dec 19, 2021 | Sunday Evening
It is one thing to hear on the news about the sad, sad state of the world: the effects of sin on our society. But it is another thing to get out into the world and to see it first hand. It is sad to see family members, people we love, terrified at the world’s current...
Dec 19, 2021 | Sunday Evening
Try to picture a gang of thugs in one of the run down areas of Los Angeles, Chicago or New York. They control all the local crime in their neighborhood, including prostitution, drugs, gambling and protection. They are the total masters of their little domain, and the...
Nov 29, 2021 | Sunday Evening
Back in the days of medieval kings, art was the property of those kings and queens – monarchs only. The common man was so concerned with earning his daily bread that he had little time for beauty. The king commissioned the musicians, and he bought the sculptures. He...
Nov 9, 2021 | Sunday Evening
I mentioned in an earlier lesson that some commentators start chapter 3 with the last verse of chapter 2. Obviously, the men who translated and put together the King James Version did not agree. And here may be the reason why: Malachi 2:17 appear to be the words of...
Sep 13, 2021 | Sunday Evening
I hope you believe that God is God. Do you understand what I mean by that? I don’t mean, I hope you believe that Jehovah is God, or Elohim is God. That is an eternal truth. I mean: I hope you believe that God is truly sovereign. Sovereignty is a part of the definition...
