The Recommended Response – First Peter 1:13

Apr 7, 2022 | First Peter, Wednesday

Picture yourself on a walk to the park with your tiny, toy poodle. (It may take a lot of imagination.) Ahead you see a mother with a 6-year-old child, and the child is holding the leash of a 90lb. pit bull terrier. The dog sees you and your dog, bearing its teeth,...

The Tapestry of Salvation – First Peter 1:10-12

Mar 31, 2022 | First Peter, Wednesday

The Tapestry of Salvation – First Peter 1:10-12 I know very little about the ancient art of weaving, and I know even less about the making of tapestries. But I know that a tapestry is a piece of fabric with a picture, or design, woven or embroidered onto it. We have a...

Blind Faith; Blind Love – First Peter 1:8

Mar 24, 2022 | First Peter, Wednesday

Peter was writing this epistle to Christians who were living in the Roman provinces east of Greece and northwest of Israel. Many of them were Jews. They had become Christians because God graciously revealed their Messiah to them and gave them faith to trust the...

The Importance of Temptations – First Peter 1:3-9

Mar 17, 2022 | First Peter, Wednesday

As we have seen, Peter begins his letter by praising God and magnifying salvation by grace. He reminds us that our deliverance from sin and our adoption into the family of Jehovah is absolutely secure. That is because salvation is rooted, not in us, but in the Triune...

A Reservation in Heaven – First Peter 1:3-5

Mar 10, 2022 | First Peter, Wednesday

Last October Judy and I traveled to Ohio and the Winton Place Baptist Church where I was scheduled to preach. Pastor Daniel Holt had made a reservation for us to stay at the Marriot Hotel in north Cincinnati. We drove up to the front door of that hotel, walked in,...

The Inheritors – First Peter 1:3-5

Mar 3, 2022 | First Peter, Wednesday

Tonight I was going to go to Peter’s next major thought – “To an inheritance, incorruptible, and undefiled, and fadeth not away, reserved in heaven for you.” But I’m going to postpone that, because in order to fully understand it, we need to take a step back. Before...

Remember – Malachi 4:1-6

Jan 13, 2022 | Wednesday

If you were to describe the conclusion of this book, would you say it was moving in an upward direction? Does it reach a conclusion, or does it simply stop? Would you say that these last verses excite you, or does is leave you hanging, wanting more? Does it end in a...

Ophthalmological Orthodoxy – Malachi 3:13-18

Jan 6, 2022 | Wednesday

One day, as the Lord Jesus came into the community of Bethsaida, a blind man was led up to Him by friends. Together they plead with the Lord for an ophthamolical miracle. You can read of this in Mark 8:22-26. Jesus listened to the request, and then He led the man out...

Staying Warm in a Cold, Cold World – Malachi 3:16-17

Dec 30, 2021 | Wednesday

It has been cold for a couple days, with the temperature dropping to below zero, and the wind has is blowing. Right now the world is a cruel place in which to live without something to keep us warm. There are legitimate concerns about people freezing to death. Despite...

Hephzibah – Malachi 3:8-12

Dec 23, 2021 | Wednesday

Why do people immigrate to the United States, or Canada, or anywhere else for that matter? There are hundreds, if not thousands, of reasons. When I checked into my motel in Winnipeg, the desk clerk was wearing a turban and speaking with an accent. He could have been...

Four Points of Prophecy – Malachi 3:1-6

Nov 25, 2021 | Wednesday

Four Points of Prophecy – Malachi 3:1-6 I’d like to take Brother Fulton’s message from Sunday and preach again it in my own words. It had the catchy title “This is That,” using Peter’s words in Acts 2, where he said to the Jews: “What you are seeing is that which was...

Divine Irony – Malachi 3:1

Nov 18, 2021 | Wednesday

Do you remember what the weather was like last Sunday? Were any of you thrown into the building with the door being violently pushed open by the 50 mph winds? Were you followed into the building by a handful of maple leaves from next door? Did anyone have their hair...

The Messenger of the Covenant – Malachi 3:1-6

Nov 11, 2021 | Wednesday

Let’s have a study about studying the Bible this evening. Our subject is actually “The Messenger of the Covenant.” But let’s use that to consider some of the ingredients in studying God’s Word. I rarely ever do this, but I’d like you to empty your minds for a few...

Where is the God of Judgment? – Malachi 2:17

Nov 4, 2021 | Wednesday

“Where is the God of Judgment?” There are two ways to understand this question; each depends on the context. It can be a somewhat positive question, uttered by people suffering or being mistreated. “Oh, God of judgment, where are you, and when will you step in to...