Private Interpretation 2 Pet.1:20 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Private interpretation is the method of interpreting scripture to make it say what you want it to say.  Private interpretation derives from four primary sources: The first is unbelief.  You don’t believe what you’re reading so you make the scripture say what you...

There is an amazingly generous offer in Prov 1:22-23.  Wisdom offers to the simple, to scorners, and to fools to “pour out my spirit unto you,” and to “make known my words unto you.”  God makes this offer, not to the righteous, but to fools and scorners.  The offer is...

A Matter of Perception Job 9:11 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO You say that perception is reality, but it isn’t if reality is not your perception. Most of the time, how you view a thing is just a matter of perception.  Today, we examine from the Bible those things that diminish...

We have recently visited a country in Africa steeped in idolatry.  In this sermon from Jer 44:15-19, we will see several things about people steeped in idolatry.  This should help us to avoid idolatry in our own worship of God.  And this should help us understand the difficulty of leading...

Hard Hearted Pharaoh Prov. 29:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Today’s broadcast is about hard hearted Pharaoh. Prov 29:1 says, “He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.”  Such was the case for Pharaoh.  He was often reproved and yet he hardened himself against...

We’re told to pray without doubting, 1 Tim 2:8.  This is because doubting will adversely affect your prayer life.   In Jas 1:5-8 we are to ask in faith nothing wavering.  Wavering is like waves of the sea.  When you waver, you are double minded, unstable, and think that you...

Wandering Out Of The Way Prov. 21: 16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Prov 21:16 says, “The man that wandereth out of the way of understanding shall remain in the congregation of the dead.”  This is one of the most ignored verses in the Bible.  It speaks of a specific right way...

Ps 78 is a Psalm about the history of Israel’s relationship to God.  It is instructive to the generations to come so they might set their hope in God, Ps 78:2-8.  The future generations must learn from the mistakes of the prior generations.  They provoked God with: They Provoked God...

The Root Problem Heb. 12:15 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO When you are trying to fix something in your life or help someone deal with a problem in his life, the best thing to do is find the root problem.  You must get down to the source of the trouble.  The fruit...

What Is Wrong With People Jer. 6:10 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO What is wrong with people?  It is not surprising to me that Christians can become backslidden.  I was there myself.  I had gotten horribly backslidden in my twenties.  When the Lord finally caught me and brought me out of all...