Test Yourself – Do you love football more than Christ?
There is no single issue in life more important than knowing that you are in the faith, that your relationship with Jesus Christ is real and transforming. In 2 Corinthians 13:5, Paul says “Examine yourselves, to see whether you are in the faith. Test yourselves. Or do you not realize this about yourselves, that Jesus […]
I have found that “reading” while I am driving is a good way for me t0 use that time in a valuable way. No, I don’t whip a book open and parouse the pages while I am skirting up and down I-44 (at least not a lot). I do like audio books, though. And I […]
You might find it difficult to understand why God would allow slavery among His people. We live in a culture that abhors slavery, justifiably so. What took place in this country with African-American people is a travesty, and we should despise the horrible things that took place in our country’s past. Our reference to slavery […]
Sermon on the Mount – resources
With every sermon series, I want to throw out a Bibliography of resources I will be using, so that those of you who would like to do further study will have some options. Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount: And His Confrontation with the World by D. A. Carson – Fairly deep and theological dealing expositionally […]
Series on the Sermon on the Mount
We’re starting a new series in the morning at Genesis on the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5-7. Our title for the series is Red Letters, primarily because this section of Scripture is some of the most concise and clear teaching from Jesus in the Bible. During the series, we will discover what Jesus […]