Introduction: Postmillennialism is the conviction that prior to the Second Coming of Christ, the earth will be as full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea. The church’s marching ...
Postmillennial Worship
Eagerly Skeptical
Acts of the Apostles (38): Sermon Video Introduction: Thessalonica was a major city in Macedonia. It had a huge harbor on the Aegean Sea and was situated on a major trade route. It had been ...
Prison Acoustics are Best
Acts of the Apostles (37): Sermon Video Introduction: This is the place where Luke joins up with Paul’s entourage (v. 10). He may have been the man in the vision that Paul saw in the night, ...
Dealing With Discouragement
Introduction: Although the occasions can be many, there are two basic reasons for discouragement—internal and external. The internal occurs when for some reason we have given way to sinful ...
Garrison and Kendra
I want to begin this wedding homily in an unusual way, by telling a story about my father. I can assure you beforehand that it will all tie in. In just a moment, it will all tie together. My father, Jim Wilson, graduated from the Naval Academy in 1950, and was sent to a destroyer …
Enter Timothy
Acts of the Apostles (36): Sermon Video Introduction: In this place in Acts, we are first introduced to Timothy—Paul’s companion and co-worker over the course of the many years to come. ...
We Are No Different
The mark of the covenant in the Old Testament was a mark that most certainly included infants. Male babies were to be circumcised on the eighth day after birth, and this, no less than baptism was a sign and seal of regeneration—not that every circumcised child was regenerate, but rather this pointed to the reality …
Barnabas and Paul, and Then Silas
Acts of the Apostles (35): Sermon Video Introduction: The early church, no less than ours, was a church that was filled with personalities. Sometimes those personalities clashed. Sometimes ...
Let’s Play Chase—Anglican and Puritan Version
Introduction: I have an exhilarating task before me. I want to argue with C.S. Lewis about politics, and I also want to praise him highly at the same time. The praise is because he puts his finger ...
To the Holy Spirit and to Us
Acts of the Apostles (34): Introduction: Sermon Video This is the moment where all the trouble that has been brewing finally comes to a head. And remember that John Mark deserted them in Pamphylia ...