Sunday, October 6, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 11:25-32 – “Israel’s Future Salvation”. “… in this way all Israel will be saved, …” – Romans 11:26 In Romans Chapters 9, 10, and 11, Paul explains a great conundrum in the First Century. Israel’s promised Messiah came to earth and the nation en masse rejected him. He came to […]
Sunday, September 29, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 11:17-24 – “Lessons from the Olive Tree”. “Note then the kindness and the severity of God: …” – Romans 11:22 Christians, if they are not careful, can drift to extremes in their considerations of the attributes of God. We can focus entirely upon his love and ignore his wrath; we […]
Sunday, September 21, 2024
The sermon is from John 11:17-44 – “Life After Resurrection”. “… they were broken off because of their unbelief, …” – Romans 11:20 Ethnic Israel eventually violated the terms of the Old Covenant and suffered the curses of that covenant in 1st Century A.D. (See Deuteronomy Chapters 27-30). They were “cut off” or “broken off” […]
Sunday, September 15, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 11:11-16 – “Being Jealous Unto Salvation”. “… through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, …” – Romans 11:11 Often as Christians, we take for granted certain Bible doctrines and fail to realize the magnitude and wonder of the truth we confess to believe. Newton’s famous song reminds us […]
Sunday, September 8, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 11:7-10 – “Israel’s Failure; the Elect’s Success”. “… if my people …” – 2 Chronicles 7:14 Many contemporary Christians bemoan the moral degeneracy in our nation and in our world. Such concerns, of course, are legitimate. Paul, in Athens, “was provoked within … as he saw that the city was […]
Sunday, September 1, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 11:1-6 – “Elijah – The One Man Left Standing”. “… I alone am left, and they seek my life.” – Romans 11:3 After Elijah’s courageous witness for the God of Israel in 1 Kings 18, we find him in 1 Kings 19 fearful and running from Jezebel’s death threats. It […]
Sunday, August 25, 2024
The sermon is from Matthew 19:16-26 – “Who Then Can Be Saved?” “God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew.” – Romans 11:2 Theologians call Romans 8:29-30 “The Golden Chain of Salvation.” Notice the great actions of God himself in the salvation of his people – foreknowledge, predestination, calling, justification, and glorification. In Chapter […]
Sunday, August18, 2024
The sermon is from Psalm 23 – “My Shepherd”. “… to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge …” – Ephesians 3:19 Samuel Rutherford penned these famous lines, “O Christ, he is the fountain, the deep sweet well of love! The streams on earth I’ve tasted; more deep I’ll drink above: there to an […]
Sunday, August11, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 10:18-21 – “When God’s People Turn a Deaf Ear.” “All day long I have held out my hands to a disobedient and contrary people.” – Romans 10:21 In Romans 10:21, Paul quotes from Isaiah 65:2. This Old Testament verse teaches us about God’s mercy and patience to the nation Israel. […]
Sunday, August 4, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 10:14-17 – “The Message →The Messenger→The Means→Manumission”. “And how are they to hear without someone preaching?” – Romans 10:14 George Strait sings, “Preachers preach, farmers plow ….” And unknowingly, Mr. Strait highlights one of the most important means God uses for the salvation of his people. God, of course, also […]