Against the Time to Come In this text, Paul is writing to those of us who are saved.  He wrote, “Laying up in store for themselves a good foundation against the time to come, that they may lay hold on eternal life”. People understand laying up a good foundation against...

The Lord Always Before Me Ps 16: 6-11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO  of The Lord Always Before You In our lives, we are always influenced by the people who are around us, and by the people with whom we associate.  We often live to impress them, whether they are impressed...

The Church Building Matt 16:16-18 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Jesus said, “I will build my church,” [Matt 16:18].  It’s built on a rock [Matt 16:16].  That rock is Jesus Christ, and the gates of hell were not able to prevail against it between his burial and resurrection [Acts 2:27, 31].  Notice...

Nevertheless Rev. 2:4 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO In the epistles and the Revelation you will see the word nevertheless 20 times.  Often when you see that word God is going to show you something good in spite of something bad.  Nevertheless interrupts the current train of thought in a verse or...

A Spiritually Good Marriage 1-Cor.7:39 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO We have prepared a three-broadcast series on marriage.  The first part is on a spiritually good marriage.  That is a marriage that is established on a good spiritual foundation.  A spiritually good marriage requires these five things: Salvation – 1 Cor 7:39,...

The Righteous Prov.10:25 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The Bible has lots to say about the righteous and the wicked.  In Proverbs, there are numerous references to these two and they are often contrasted.  There are two interesting pictures of the righteous in Proverbs that we want to preach on today. ...

There is so much more to having eternal life than just being able to go to heaven when you die.  Of course, going to heaven is wonderful.  But if you could have more, wouldn’t you want it?  You can have more.  We are instructed to lay hold on eternal life,...

When I pray for young Christians, I often ask the Lord to lengthen your root and strengthen your foundation in the Lord.  This involves being: Rooted and grounded in love – Eph 3:17 – see Eph 3:19, also.  We love him because he first loved us.  In our ministry, we...

The Foundation of the World Job 38 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO There are several references in the Bible to the foundation of the world.  By studying these references, we can learn as much about what God wants us to know concerning things he did before and that he has done since...

Foundation Ps. 11:3 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO If the foundations be destroyed, what can the righteous do? Ps 11:3. When the foundations are destroyed, there’s nothing you can do.  Whatever you built is going to crumble.  Likewise, if your life has no foundation or you build on the wrong foundation, it...