Sermon Video Introduction: As we examine the Scriptures on this topic, we find that the central duty that Christian offspring have is the duty of honor. This honor has different manifestations ...
How to Be a Christian Kid (2)
You are the Man, and You Are Responsible
Over many years of counseling and teaching, I have discovered that one of the most difficult lessons for men to learn is the distinction between guilt and responsibility. I believe that this is a difficult ...
As the Internet Is Without Sin, We Will Let It Cast the First Stone
The following is a transcript of my remarks to the Society of the Perpetually Aggrieved. The occasion for the address was a response to a court order, and it was in anticipation of the next sexual scandal that is going to be thrown against our community, whenever that might happen to be. A car was …
Assigned Loyalties
We live in an individualistic age, and because of this we have come to believe that it is not possible to have any of our loyalties assigned to us. We believe (somehow) that in order to obligated to anything, we need to have chosen it ourselves. This is true on some occasions, as when a …
Zach and Isabel
At the end of the Sermon on the Mount, the Lord Jesus gives us an illustration of two houses—one built securely on a rock, and the other built on sand. From a distance, there was no real way to tell the essential difference between the two houses. In fact, we could easily imagine the house …
How to Be a Christian Kid (1)
Sermon Video Introduction: “Growing up Christian” is a process that revolves around a relationship between people. In most cases, you have the parents on the one hand, and you have the child ...
The Meaning of Contentment
Philippians (16): Sermon Video Introduction: We come now to the conclusion of Paul’s letter to the Philippians. The theme of this passage is the importance of contentment, in the context ...
That Passes Understanding
Philippians (15): Sermon Video Introduction: Paul is following his typical pattern here. He loves to conclude his epistles with a set of rapid-fire exhortations, which is what he is doing here ...
Likemindedness at the Pinch Point
Philippians (14): Sermon Video Introduction: Everybody thinks that likemindedness is a wonderful thing, and everyone approves of it in the abstract. Behold how pleasant it is when brethren ...
Inescapable Partaking
A common mistake with regard to the Lord’s Table is that of thinking that something is happening here that never happens anywhere else in the world. But it would be more accurate to say that the thing that distinguishes this Table is with whom it happens . . . not what happens. This is what …