Aug 7, 2022 | Sunday Evening
I read a statement a few weeks ago which I saved to put into the bulletin some day, but I’ll use it right now. Jim Petersen asked, “Why didn’t Jesus go back into the temple after His resurrection?” That is an interesting question with several possible answers, but...
Jul 18, 2022 | Sunday Evening
The Statue of Liberty stands on a rock in New York Harbor. Tens of thousands of immigrants have passed it before disembarking at Ellis Island and entering the U.S. That statue, sometimes called “Lady Liberty,” is about half as tall as Seattle’s Space Needle. Green in...
Jul 11, 2022 | Sunday Evening
The Bible describes life in a number of ways. James says that it is a vapour, a puff of steam, “that appeareth for a little time and then vanisheth away.” David, approaching his earthly end, described his life as nothing more substantial than a passing shadow. Job...
Jun 27, 2022 | Sunday Evening
How odd should the people of God be in the eyes of the world? Some might criticize my use of the word “odd,” but note that I am using it in the context of the unsaved mind. We might prefer the word “peculiar,” but we know it in its Biblical context, whereas the world...
Jun 13, 2022 | Sunday Evening
I mentioned in our last lesson that one of the ways the Holy Spirit keeps His Word relevant is with the use of timeless illustrations. For example, babies have been essentially the same from the day in which Eve first gave birth. The Spirit uses what we know about...
Jun 6, 2022 | Sunday Evening
I very much enjoyed preaching through I Peter chapter 1. There is a lot of great material there, including the gospel. With chapter 2 Peter’s subject changes from salvation to practical Christian living. And to be honest with you, I seriously thought about bringing...
May 15, 2022 | Sunday Evening
Paul and Silas were directed by the Holy Spirit to sail across the northern tip of the Aegean Sea from Troas to Philippi. Their lives then intersected with the life of Lydia, who was working there, but who actually lived in Thyatira. She responded positively to their...
May 2, 2022 | First Peter, Sunday Evening
The Almighty God, Elohim, created the universe between six and ten thousand years ago. And it goes without saying that God did not create Himself. A corollary to that point is that God has always been. The Lord God is eternal, not just in the sense of the future, but...
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...
