What Weakens Faith When Jesus and the disciples were caught in a great storm of wind, and their boat filled with water from the waves, the disciples thought they were going to perish.  Jesus, on the other hand, was asleep on a pillow.  The disciples woke him up and said,...

Blessed by Forgiveness “Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered”, Ps 32:1.  David knew his sin was forgiven and covered.  Therefore, he was blessed by foregiveness.  Practically speaking, how did he get there? He acknowledged his sin to God, Ps 32:5.  Sin is deceitful.  People in...

The Bible gives us the best instruction on singing hymns.  When we sing hymns, we should sing the right songs and we should sing them the right way. We should sing to the Lord – Eph 5:19 – “to the Lord”.  Col 3:16 “to the Lord”.  Ex 15:1, 21 –...

Doing Righteousness Notice all of these references in Prov 11 to righteousness, the righteous, and the upright.  This sermon is about doing righteousness that’s in you by Jesus, so that the things you find in Prov 11 will be true in your life, too.  Notice: 11:3 the integrity of the...

A Biblical Worldview Our texts are 2 Cor 4:18 and Jn 7:24.  These texts show us to see things that are not seen and to judge by righteous judgment rather than by appearance.  To do this you need a Biblical worldview. Instead of looking directly at the things around us,...

Prayer for the Sick Jas 5:14-15 is a very specific prayer of faith which God answers by healing the sick person and raising him up.  The conditions are these, he calls for the elders of the church, they pray over him, and they anoint him with oil in the name...

Philippians 4:1-5 “The Lord is at hand”.  Introduction: In this passage of scripture, Paul ends in vs 5 by saying “The Lord is at hand”. In other words, Jesus Christ is coming back soon for his church, the bride of Christ, that is, every believer that’s here this morning. There is...

Why the Lord Must Be Your God Genesis 28:10-22 In our passage God reveals himself personally to Jacob in a dream. There is no doubt that Jacob knew about God. Certainly Issac, and even Abraham had told him and Esau all about God and the promises that he had given...

The Kind of Men We Need 2 Samuel 11:1-27 In this sermon we will look at Uriah the Hittite as type of a saved person and a faithful soldier of Jesus Christ who died with honor on the battlefield serving the King. In 2 Timothy 2:1-4 we see some things...

The Reality of Hell Luke 16:19-31 In our passage for this sermon Jesus gives a description of what happens to a person that goes to hell. We will use some of the things found in this passage as well as things found elsewhere in the Bible to show the reality...