Theme The old paths of godly Christian living have been forsaken, and God’s people love it that way. Introduction The average church of today is a long way off from the early New Testament church. The church of today is not persecuted and is not hiding from the government. The average church of today is […]
1 Corinthians 15:17 The resurrection of Jesus Christ proves His deity, confirms that His atoning sacrifice for sin was accepted by God, and guarantees the justification of all who place their faith in Him. Theme The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is the pillar of the Christian faith.No Resurrection = No Christianity. Introduction This morning, we […]
The Resurrection This sermon examines the burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the discovery of the empty tomb, the witnesses who confirmed it, and the objections raised against it. The message shows that Christ truly died, truly rose again, and now offers eternal life to all who believe. Theme I know that my Redeemer lives […]
The Crucifixion Scripture Text Matthew 26:36–46Matthew 27:26–54Isaiah 53:1–6 Theme The LOVE of GOD at Calvary! Introduction We celebrate Easter because it is the time of year when God’s Son, Jesus Christ, was crucified, buried, and rose again three days later. Since this is Good Friday, we will be focusing our thoughts on the Crucifixion. Today […]
Theme: The carnal Christian causes breakdown in personal relationships because of a self-serving attitude. In chapter 19 we saw the murderous rage of King Saul as he no longer hid his evil intentions but openly called for David’s execution. We noted an important progression of sin: When we do not repent of our sin, we […]
Theme: The enemies of God will eventually be destroyed by God. In chapter 10, we saw Israel go up and rescue Gibeon. Israel kept their covenant with the Gibeonites and rescued them from the siege of five other kings. We also looked at Joshua’s prayer of faith that trusted God for something that seemed impossible […]
An exposition of 1 Samuel 19 showing Saul’s murderous rage, David’s escape, and the destructive spiral of sin when a heart refuses repentance.
Theme: The Lord’s Supper is a memorial service that demands self-examination. The purpose of the message today is to help prepare our hearts for the Lord’s Supper, which we will be observing immediately after this morning’s service. Today, I would like to focus our attention on two things clearly stated in the passage before us […]
Theme: The Christian should always act with the highest integrity, regardless of how much we are mistreated by others. We recently studied I Samuel 17 and took some lessons from the account of David and Goliath. We noted that Saul typifies for us the impotence of a carnal Christian. The carnal Christian cannot be effective […]
Theme: God blesses the walk of faith. In chapter 9, we saw Israel’s leadership deceived by the Gibeonites into making a peace covenant with them. This covenant revealed a failure in the leadership of Israel described in Joshua 9:14b, “…and asked not counsel at the mouth of the LORD.” The league resulted in the Hivite […]