The sermon is from Romans 12:1-2 – “Now, What?” “Do not be conformed … but be transformed …” – Romans 12:2 The Bible teaches that sin no longer reigns in Christians (Romans 6:1-23), but the Bible also teaches that sin does remain in Christians (Romans 7:14-25). Romans 12:2 reminds us of the world’s efforts to […]
The sermon is from Romans 11:33-36- “Sola Deo Gloria”. “How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!” -Romans 11:33 Someone in the 16th Century asked the Protestant Reformer, John Calvin, “What was God doing before he created the world?” To which Calvin replied, “He was preparing hell for the curious.” Now, Calvin wasn’t […]
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 […]
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 […]
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” […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
