Brief messages on biblical truths concerning various subjects. Christ centered, God focused teaching covering a wide variety of important truths are presented in an engaging and edifying manner to help believers mature in the knowledge and practice of their faith.
The Bible helps us understand the nature of faith in the lives of God's people by giving us the examples of faith in Hebrews 11. This chapter is often called the Roll Call of Faith. Her…
When your hear the word advent what comes to mind. Probably you think of the birth of Jesus, Christmas as we call the holiday. This however is not what came to mind in the early churche…
Paul writes a deep insight in Romans 8:2-4. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.
3 For God has done what the law, weakened …
On the day of his resurrection from the dead Jesus twice revealed himself to his disciples at a meal. He was made known to them in the breaking of the bread. (Luke 24:31f and Luke 24:43…
Psalm 73 is a testimony of a true believer whose faith is put on trial. He believes that God is good to Israel but when he sees the prosperity and arrogance of the wicked he gives way …
If you were ask for a verse in the Bible that expresses the gospel many would quote John 3:16 "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believes in h…
Paul in his great letter to the Romans expounds the righteousness of God in saving his people. Paul quotes this prophet in his statement of the theme of his letter to the Romans.
For I …
Jesus tells a story that illustrates how a person can be declared justified, in right standing before God. It is found in Like 18:9-14. Two very different people with very different pra…
Sin creates a problem for people because by it we are condemned before God and damned. The Law reveals this but it can not rescue us. Why? Because we are lawbreakers and continue to tra…
Psalm 8 looks back to the original creation of humanity in Adam. It relates the language of God's command to Adam found in Genesis 1 and 2. Man was a glorious creature made in the imag…
Psalm 8 is a great psalm that has often inspired worship of his name and wonderment that such a glorious Being would care for people. The psalmist is overwhelmed in his thoughts of the …
Jesus the Messiah is the fulfillment of the tabernacle of Israel and later the temple in Jerusalem. Jesus is the perfect fulfillment of all that the tabernacled foreshadowed. The whole …
The Psalms have always played a central role in the life God's people, in both Israel and in the Church. They function in many ways: prayer, instruction, confession, and affirmation. Th…
John introduced early that his purpose in writing his good news of Messiah Jesus announcement was that people would believe on the Son. As many as received him he gave the right to be …
John's introduction to his witness of the Messiah begins with a prologue that spells out his main idea. He first identifies the Word as preexistent in eternal fellowship with God as God…
Who is Jesus the Christ? John's gospel was written to answer this question. His entire thesis is summarized in the first 18 verses known as his prologue. In these verse he sets forth th…
Who is Jesus Christ? Whose Son is he? This is question to which we must give an answer. What did Jesus say about himself and his relationship to the Father? Did Jesus ever claim to be …
Jesus explained his own person, his mission, and the meaning of his coming, his death, burial and resurrection and his return to the Father in the words of the prophets of old. He refer…
Hymns have been associated with the Lord' Supper or Holy Communion since the night in which Jesus instituted this act of worship. We read in Mark 14:26 And when they had sung a hymn the…
Jesus great Commission to his disciples recorded in Matthew 28:16-20 comes in the context of the advancing of the kingdom of God. Our continuing mission as demonstrated in the preaching…