Three Responses to the Gospel
The gospel message is a singular message, but it provokes different responses from different people. For some in Ephesus, they responded with repentance – and it cost them a fortune. […]
The Prophet Isaiah
What does it mean to serve God successfully? Can good come from insecurity? What is better than success? Is affluence always bad? Isaiah answered all of these questions and many […]
Simeon’s Song: Declaring God’s Salvation and God’s Savior
Simeon declares that God’s salvation in Jesus is for all peoples. But he also prophesies that some will reject God’s Savior, Jesus. Scripture: Luke 2:22-35
Repent and Believe or Perish
Each decision we make involves a certain belief about the future. So what if we knew the future precisely? If you knew there was going to be an attack or […]
Jesus: Better Than Riches
Philip Graham Ryken said, “Luke’s Gospel is for anyone who needs to know Jesus. It is for people who have never met Jesus before, and for people who need to […]
A Sermon So Great The Preacher Got Fired
The phrase mic drop, now an official word as it’s included in the Oxford Dictionary, refers to an instance of deliberately dropping or tossing aside one’s microphone at the end […]
Forgiven People = Happy People
Confession is a powerful tool that God has given to us to retool or recalibrate our relationship regarding our thoughts, attitudes and affections so that we’re walking in a right […]
The Practical Atheism
A fool is someone who lives their life without the direction or acknowledgment of God. In their heart they say “there is no God” even if they simultaneously confess the […]
The God of the Second Chance
Our God is a merciful God and He many times gives second chances. In Jonah 3 we see the mercy of God in giving Jonah another opportunity to be obedient, […]
Desperate for God
God said “Go,” but Jonah said “No” and ran. God wasn’t going to let him go, so he graciously brings Jonah down: physically, emotionally and spiritually. He did this not […]