Both sacraments that God gave us were given to point us to Christ. They are not intended to make a statement about the condition of the person receiving the sacrament. Rather, they create a covenantal obligation for the recipient of the sacrament to live a life that points—by faith—to the same thing that the sacrament …
Great Grace, Great Fear
Acts of the Apostles (11): Sermon Video Introduction: We come now to the famous story of Ananias and Sapphira, the moral of which is sometimes thought to be “look what happens to chintzy ...
A Bit of Help for Those Worried About the Election
If you have a few brain cells, and a pulse, it is quite possible that you have had a few worries about the upcoming presidential election. Not only that, but it is also possible that your wife is worried about it also, not to mention some of your older teens. So I thought it might …
God’s Hand and Determinate Counsel
Acts of the Apostles (10): Sermon Video Introduction: The God of all creation is, of necessity, the God of all history. It is not possible to separate the two, and any attempts to separate ...
Jumping Off the Barn
“Brash and confident, the inventor stands perched on the roof of the barn. Strapped to his arms, and across his back, is a flying contraption of his own devising. It is made of wood, wire, and canvas; a modern Daedelus stands ready to take flight. He believes, and believes strongly, that he has conquered the …
Reading Both the Word and the World
Introduction: Experiencing blessings without understanding the foundation of those blessing is to dance blindfold along the edge of a precipice. As Cotton Mather once put it, faithfulness begat prosperity, ...
No Other Name
Acts of the Apostles (9): Sermon Video Introduction: The foundation of the Christian church was the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, and because His execution had been perpetrated by ...
Times of Refreshing on the Threshold of Doom
Acts of the Apostles (8): Sermon Video Introduction: Jesus Christ was a murder victim, killed by the ungodly men who ran the ecclesiastical machinery of ancient Jerusalem. They thought that ...
In All His Holy Mountain
“The Lord said to my Lord sit at my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool” (Psalm 110:1). After the Lord Jesus completed his perfect work of salvation He ascended into heaven, and on clouds of glory He approached the Ancient of Days. The Lord Christ, the Great High Priest, presented His perfect …
Healing at the Beautiful Gate
Acts of the Apostles (7): Sermon Video Introduction: Faith in the power of Christ is not at all the same thing as faith in the power of faith. In this passage, Peter says explicitly that it ...