Authentic Ministry 19/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: When preachers take up the subject of money, it is too often the case that they focus on how the rank-and-file believers ...
A Snake-Handling Church
State of the Church 2023
Sermon Video Introduction: As you all know, it is our custom sometime around the first of the year to give a “state of the church” message. Sometimes it relates more to the condition and challenges ...
All Saints Should Be Baptized
We are accustomed to think that baptism is a statement that we make. And while there is a sense in which this is true, the foundational reality is that it is a statement that God makes. It is a statement of ownership, of possession. It should be obvious that in the case of infants, we …
Christmas as Cornerstone
Sermon Video Introduction: On a number of different occasions, we have reminded you of the importance of having all our times and seasons defined in relationship to Jesus Christ. The only real ...
Unbelief on Christmas Eve
Sermon Video Unbelief has a mysterious ability to tie knots in just about anything. Because unbelief is a function of the heart and will, it can operate in defiance of right reason, known facts, ...
Mike Lawyer, RIP
The apostle Paul says that unbelievers are without God and without hope in the world. “That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers ...
Incarnate Emotions
Sermon Video Introduction: An essential part of the Christian confession is that Jesus of Nazareth is “fully God” and “fully man.” If you sometimes wonder why the Nicene Creed and the ...
The Night Before Whatsit
So here is some festive doggerel I wrote some time ago, and which I periodically post at appropriate times of the year — and now it is the turn of 2022. I think the last time I published this was in 2017. Have a merry Christmas. Comments are open, but only for those of you …
Earthy and Holy
Sermon Video Introduction: During the course of Advent, we are celebrating the Incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ. I say celebrating, not mourning. In contrast to a number of Christian traditions, ...
Get To, Not Got To
Authentic Ministry 18/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: We are continuing our series in 2 Corinthians, but we are doing so mindful of this “giving season” that we are in. We ...