The most effectual ministers of the gospel are those who love the people to whom they are ministering. This love is not merely human love; it’s the love of God. And it was most apparent in the ministry of the Lord Jesus Christ. Not only did he dearly love his...
1 Cor 14:22-25 describes a church service where unbelievers are present. Therefore, you should invite people to church. Generally, prophesying is for the edification of believers, v.22; 1 Cor 14:4-5. What takes place in the service should edify the saints. Tongues, v.22, are for them that believe not, predominately because...
The texts for Pastor Haveman’s testimony are Eph 2:1-10 and Mk 5:1-20.
When God created the earth and everything in it, he made everything fruitful. In Gen 1:11, 22, 28, he made the trees and grass fruitful, the fish and fowl fruitful, and us to be fruitful. In Gen 9:1, after the flood, he told Noah and his sons to be fruitful...
In Jn 5:1-5 during the passover, and by the pool Bethesda, there were a great multitude of impotent folk. People were literally everywhere during this feast. And yet in the midst of this chaos and multitude of impotent folk, Jesus noticed that a certain man was there. Jesus picked him...
Paul told Timothy to fight the good fight of faith. Whether you know it or not, we are in a fight. And our key opponent is the devil. One of the problems in war is insufficient or inaccurate intelligence. Thankfully, we have good intelligence. Paul said of the devil, our...
VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON In 2 Cor 4:5, Paul wrote, “For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord.” Of course, Paul preached Christ because he was called to preach. The Lord enabled him, putting him into the ministry, 1 Tim 1:12. But...
VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON Family members can be some of the hardest people to lead to the Lord. And religious family members are often the hardest family members to reach. Jesus’ brethren did not initially believe in him in Jn 7:5. However, you see them in the...
VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON AUDIO RECORDING OF THIS SERMON There are lots of pressures, prayers, griefs, and heartaches in the work of the ministry. Sometimes, pastors think it would just be easier to be an evangelist, so that they wouldn’t have to get wrapped up in all the problems. ...
Shortly after news of the coronavirus first broke in the United States, Christians started asking, “Do you think this is a sign of the end times?” And so I preached the message that compared the coronavirus with Biblical pestilences because I didn’t believe that this was a Biblical pestilence. ...
