Jan 28, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I’d like to start this morning by trying to paint a picture. Despite being common, I hope it will never be true of you, even though I’m painting you into the foreground. Your car has quit. You have no savings. You can’t afford to buy another vehicle. Sadly, because of...
Jan 14, 2024 | Sunday Morning
I am approaching this morning’s sermon with a bit of trepidation – with a bit of concern. As always, I want to get it right and to give you the truth, but sometimes I have less confidence than usual. There are two reasons for my concern this morning: First, this is a...
Jan 7, 2024 | Sunday Morning
The word “new” is used 131 times in the Bible, from the first chapter in Exodus to the last chapter of Revelation. I took the time, last week, to look at all of those references, jotting down a page of notes. I discovered that the Bible makes no reference whatsoever...
Dec 31, 2023 | Sunday Morning
Today is the 365th day of 2023; the last day of the year. In asking the Holy Spirit for a message, He laid on my heart the words, “in the last day…” “In the last day, the great day of the feast,” the Lord Jesus cried to the crowds in the temple, “If any man...
Dec 24, 2023 | Sunday Morning
At this time of year, every year, we are inundated with cliches. They are on Christmas cards; on billboards and in songs; we hear people repeat them; they are ubiquitous. In addition to the common greetings, we see and hear such things as, “Put Christ back in...
Dec 10, 2023 | Sunday Morning
This morning, I would like to tie together a New Testament scripture with something from the Old Testament. As you have heard, the New Testament is illustrated in the Old Testament, and the Old is fulfilled in the New. The pastor who preaches only from the first...
Dec 3, 2023 | Sunday Morning
Last week – thinking about the perfection of our salvation in Christ – I took our text from John 10. The Lord Jesus said, “My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish…” Earlier in...
Nov 26, 2023 | Sunday Morning
Sixty years ago, I knew a little boy. He was just like every other child in the neighborhood. An average little kid. He played outside from after breakfast until the street lights came on in the evening. The only thing making him slightly different from others was his...
Nov 19, 2023 | Sunday Morning
I don’t know if they do it any more, but it used to be in rich, respectable Southern Society, when a young lady reached a certain age, her family held a “Coming out Party” in her honor. There would usually be a large gathering of social equals, celebrating with music,...
Nov 12, 2023 | Sunday Morning
The Jews, both ancient and modern, have had a problem in saying or writing “Jehovah” – the name of God. Some called it “the ineffable Name” – the unutterable, inexpressible and unspeakable name of God. Instead of writing it out, they often abbreviate it into four...
Nov 5, 2023 | Sunday Morning
I plan to use both messages today to consider the subject of “the law.” My subject is not the United States Constitution or the 200,000 pages of the Code of Federal regulations. There is a message in those two documents, but as I say, that is not my theme. I will...
Oct 15, 2023 | Sunday Morning
When I was child, my parents, like thousands others, were terrified by an epidemic which was sweeping world. COVID hadn’t been invented yet, and the Spanish flu had run its course, but this was just as frightening. I remember, shortly after moving to Denver, my sister...
Oct 8, 2023 | Sunday Morning
You might soon be thinking that I am wasting my time this morning. You may think that I am preaching to the choir. But as you can see we don’t have a choir. I have something to teach which you may think is unnecessary, because you already firmly believe it. My theme...
Oct 1, 2023 | Sunday Morning
The words of this scripture can be made into a pretty good homiletical outline – but I won’t use it today. Paul prayed for wisdom to understand the will of God in three areas: The hope of our Heavenly calling – verse 18. The riches of the glory of His inheritance...
Sep 24, 2023 | Sunday Morning
Theologians argue with non-theological evangelists whether prayer is a part of the “formula” for salvation. The Bible says such things as: “For by grace are ye saved through FAITH; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: it is the gift of God, not of works...
