Sermons

Abraham is the great example of what it means to live by faith. Abraham and Sarah were godly people; they made their mistakes, they had their problems, but they trusted God and they obeyed Him. We've been looking at Hebrews 11, and now we’ve come to Hebrews 11:13-16: "These all died in faith, not …

Hebrews 11. We come now to verse 20: "By faith Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning things to come." In verse 21 we have Jacob. So we have Isaac, Esau, and Jacob—three interesting men. "By faith Jacob, when he was dying, blessed both the sons of Joseph; and worshipped, leaning upon the top of …

When you walk into Holy Trinity Church at Stratford-on-Avon in England, you walk down the end of the aisle and there at the altar is a very special grave, it’s the grave of William Shakespeare. And inscribed on that grave is his own epitaph, and it reads like this: Good friend for Jesus sake …

Hebrews 11:23, we have the faith of the parents of Moses. "By faith Moses, when he was born, was hid three months by his parents, because they saw he was a beautiful child; and they were not afraid of the king’s commandment." The record is given in Exodus 1:22, "Pharaoh charged all his people, …

By any standard of measurement, Moses was a great man. He was a great liberator, leading the people of Israel out of Egypt. A great legislator, as he gave God's law to the people to govern their lives. A great leader, who brought them to the edge of the Promised Land, turned them over to Joshua, …

By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about seven days. Now, we're going to learn from Joshua and the people of Israel some fundamental truths about faith. You'll notice between Hebrews 11:29 and Hebrews 11:30, there is no mention of forty years wandering in the …

Well, not all the giants of faith are named in Hebrews 11. Verse 32 we read, "And what shall I more say? For the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, and of Barak, and of Samson, and of Jephthah; of David also, and Samuel, and of the prophets: Who through faith subdued kingdoms, wrought …

When I was in grade school and then in high school, the class that I disliked the most was gymnasium. Now, recess was fun. They turned us loose, we could run around and play and do what we wanted to do. But I didn't like the discipline and the competition in the gymnasium class, especially in …

You and I as Christian believers are in God's gymnasium. We are being trained for Christian maturity. Now, this training is not easy, and sometimes the race that we are running is very difficult, and we feel like giving up. In fact, the book of Hebrews was written to a group of believers who wanted …

Have you ever heard the creed of the International Olympics? Let me read it to you. Quote: "The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win, but to take part. Just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but …