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I Will

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Click here to listen to this sermon. “Woe to the shepherds who destroy and scatter the sheep of My pasture!” declares the Lord . Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the shepherds who care for My people: “You have scattered My flock and have driven them away, and you have not attended to them. Behold, I will attend to you for your evil deeds, declares the Lord . Then I will gather the remnant of My flock out of all the countries where I have driven them, and I will bring them back to their fold, and they shall be fruitful and multiply. I will set shepherds over them who will care for them, and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall any be missing, declares the Lord. “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and He shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land. In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is the nam
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Overcoming Familiarity: Embracing the Newness of the Gospel

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"The Ordaining of the Twelve" by James Tissot Click here to listen to this sermon. [Jesus] went away from there and came to His hometown, and His disciples followed Him. And on the Sabbath He began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard Him were astonished, saying, “Where did this man get these things? What is the wisdom given to Him? How are such mighty works done by His hands? Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary and brother of James and Joses and Judas and Simon? And are not His sisters here with us?” And they took offense at Him. And Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor, except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his own household.” And He could do no mighty work there, except that He laid His hands on a few sick people and healed them. And He marveled because of their unbelief. And He went about among the villages teaching (Mark 6:1-6). Grace to you and peace from God our Father the Lord Jesus Christ! There once was a young Christia
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Three Characteristics of Christian Charity

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Click here to listen to this sermon. “We want you to know, brothers, about the grace of God that has been given among the churches of Macedonia, for in a severe test of affliction, their abundance of joy and their extreme poverty have overflowed in a wealth of generosity on their part. For they gave according to their means, as I can testify, and beyond their means, of their own free will, begging us earnestly for the favor of taking part in the relief of the saints—and this, not as we expected, but they gave themselves first to the Lord and then by the will of God to us” (2 Corinthians 8:1-5). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! There are two subjects that many pastors hesitate to deal with in a sermon—sex and money. Not so with the Apostle Paul. In his first letter, Paul warned the Corinthians: “Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulter
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Your Body Matters

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Click here to listen to this sermon. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Dr. John Kleinig begins his book, “Wonderfully Made,” by observing: The slogans on two sweatshirts worn by young women recently caught my attention. The first was ‘My body! My choice!’ The second was, ‘Your body may be a temple, but mine’s an amusement park.’ Both sum up how people now regard their bodies. Since it belongs to them and only to them, they may do as they please with it. Therefore, they use it for their own amusement in pursuit of physical pleasure or themselves apart from God and any higher purpose in life. [i]   From conception to birth, life, death, and resurrection, your bodies are of utmost importance. Through each stage, your bodies matter, as does how you live in them, what you do with them, and how you approach life and death. Today, with our text from 2 Corinthians 5:1-7, we’ll focus on the latter stages—life after death and the resurrection of the body. L
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Now Is the Favorable Time

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Click here to listen to this sermon. “Behold, now is the favorable time; behold, now is the day of salvation” (2 Corinthians 6:2). Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. As we journey through the Pentecost season, the lessons for today resonate with our current spiritual state. Just like the early Christians after Pentecost, we, too, believe in the resurrection of Christ, even though we cannot see Him. Our faith is not based on what we see but on our trust in Jesus as our Savior. Our Old Testament lesson gives us one example: Job. At the start of the book, Job is a wealthy man with everything going for him. That is quickly stripped away as he loses his goods, home, family, and health. He’s surrounded by friends who say, “We know what we see, and we see clearly that your life has become a trainwreck. The evidence is irrefutable: clearly, you’ve done something to turn God against you. Your life is evidence that the Lord is out to get you.” In our Ol
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