Sermons

If you are in the furnaces of life, don't look for reasons. Don't look for explanations. Look for deepening relationships to your Lord. That is what really counts. Well, there are many things about the Christian life that we just cannot explain. I can't explain why God does what He does, why He …

Remember, when God puts you into the furnace, He has purposes in mind, and He always keeps His eye on the clock and His hand on the thermostat. He knows how long we can take it, and He knows how much we can take, and He works out His purposes. Let's talk to our Father now. Gracious Father in …

Now my friend, the Word of God will keep you from yielding to temptation. Now we have time for so many things, but do you take time for the Word of God? Thank you for opening your Bible to James 1 as we consider the fourth barrier that God has erected to keep us off of the path of sin. Now James …

My friend, you're going to get hooked on the devil's bait if you forget the goodness of God.  We're looking together at James 1 and we're discovering the four barriers that God has erected to keep you from sinning. The first barrier that we discovered is in James 1:13-16; it's the barrier of God's …

He does not permit you to be tempted above that you're able. In other words, when temptation comes, and we say, "God, you know all about this, you have permitted it, you are controlling it, and somewhere there is a way of escape." I'd like to chat with you this week on a subject that I think is …

You know, it's a wonderful thing to be able to say, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. He died actually, he died confidently, and he died willingly.  We come now to the sixth word from the cross found in John 19:30. When Jesus therefore had received the vinegar, he said, It is finished: …

When I hear the Lord Jesus say, I thirst, I see the suffering Son of Man, I see the obedient servant of God, and I see the loving Savior of sinners. Once again we make our way to Calvary as we listen to our Lord Jesus speak from the cross. The first three statements of our Lord from the cross …

The cross is a place of responsibility. And if you and I have come to the cross, we have a big responsibility: the responsibility of loving the Lord Jesus, and then living for the Lord Jesus, and loving others. We come now to John 19:25 as we look at the third of our Lord’s statements from the …

I'm reading Luke 23, and I'm beginning at verse 35. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers also derided him saying, "He saved others. Let him save himself if he be the Christ, the chosen of God." And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar and saying, "If thou …

God in His mercy postpones His judgment because His Son prayed, "Father, forgive them. They know not what they do." On the day that Karl Marx died, March 14, 1883, his housekeeper came to him and said, "Tell me your last words and I'll write them down." Marx replied, "Go on, get out. Last words are …