Sermon Video Introduction: This is our observance of Pentecost, the time we set aside to commemorate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit upon the Church. There are many things that can be said about ...
The Holiness of the Holy Spirit
The Ascension and the Gunk in Our Brains
Sermon Video Introduction: Whenever we discuss the incarnation of Christ, or His death and resurrection, or His ascension, we are talking about something that is much more important than simple ...
Self-Deception in Marriage
Sermon Video Introduction: Self-deception is truly an interesting psychological phenomenon. I mean, whenever it occurs in your life, that means that you are the one lied to, and you are the liar, ...
Grace and Sweat
Sermon Video Introduction: I am fond of saying that grace has a backbone, but I think it is time to explain what I mean by that. The context of these remarks is the general and current ongoing ...
Confession of Sin and Forgiveness
Sermon Video Introduction: One very common problem that Christians have in their Christian lives is the problem of spiritual clutter. Many Christians don’t know what to do with various unresolved ...
The Forgotten Duty
Sermon Video Introduction: Forgiveness of sin is forgiveness of sin, not redefinition of sin (Rom. 13:8-10). “Christians aren’t perfect, just forgiven” contains a glorious truth. But, misapplied ...
Reforming the Family
Sermon Video Introduction: We understand that there is no such thing as a healthy Christian community without a large number of healthy Christian families. Just as you cannot have a good omelet ...
Real Forgiveness
Sermon Video Introduction: Everyone knows that the Christian faith revolves around the forgiveness of sins. But because there is a gospel logic involved in it that eludes every form of carnal ...
The Meaning of Joy
Sermon Video Introduction: When Paul comes to describe the fruit of the Spirit in Gal. 5:22, he uses the singular form of fruit, and then goes on to list love, joy, peace, and so on. So instead ...
Fear Not, Little Flock
Introduction: Our attitude toward the future reveals, as few others things do, our actual doctrine of God, our actual theology. It is perilously easy to have our catechism truths down pat, there on ...