Sermons

If you have ever had a godly ambition and your ambition was thwarted, then you will sympathize with King David. David wanted to build a temple for the Lord, but God wouldn't let him do it. In 1 Chronicles 28, we find David had called a great assembly of his leaders. His government officers were …

We're going to be focusing on 2 Corinthians 8 and 2 Corinthians 9 as we take up our study of Second Corinthians. One of the major ministries of Paul during his second missionary journey was taking up a collection. This was a special missionary offering really, for the poor Jewish Christians in …

And now let’s pray together as we open the Word of God. Thank you, Father, for the vitality of your Word; it is a living Word, it’s not dead. And it comes alive as the Holy Spirit of God breathes upon us. Thank you for your inspired Word, and thank you that it has all that we need for life and …

Material wealth can be used to send people to heaven. The Lord Jesus taught that in the parable in Luke 16:1-9. The steward realized that he had to do something; judgment was coming. He was going to lose his job, and so he used his opportunity to make friends who took care of him after he was …

Luke 16:9 is our Lord's conclusion to the parable of the unjust steward. "And I say to you, make friends for yourselves by unrighteous mammon, that when you fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations." This is the conclusion to the parable. In the parable, the Lord taught about a man …

Luke 15 has often been called the lost and found department of the New Testament because you have the story of the lost sheep, and the lost coin, and the lost son. And of course, the main lesson of this chapter is that God receives and forgives sinners who repent and will come by faith in the Lord …

The Lord Jesus Christ didn't often use the word beware. But when he did, he was saying something that we really need to hear. In Matthew 6:1, he said, "Take heed and beware that you don't do your alms, your religious duties to be seen of men." Watch out that you don't have selfish, proud motives. …

But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith—which leads to faithfulness—meekness, temperance or self-control; against such there is no law. Self-control. The root meaning of this word is mastery, power. It means you can get a grip on life. It means …

In contrast to the ugly works of the flesh listed in Galatians 5:19-21, we have the beautiful fruit of the Spirit. Galatians 5:22, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance: against such there is no law." We focus today on …

Arnie Cole: Thank you Warren for being in our studio today. It's so great to have you here again. You know, you said that the mind grows by taking in and the heart grows by giving out. Explain the natural progression of taking in and giving out. Warren Wiersbe: I think that that comparison …