Total Depravity | Sermon on Genesis 6:5-8, Luke 18:18-27; Romans 1:16-2:2
Our first scripture reading this morning comes from the book of Genesis, chapter 6, beginning at verse 5. The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face…
Operation Christmas Child
Jambo! Say it with me: Jambo! Jambo is the way that we would greet one another in Tanzania, Africa, and I’m so excited to share with you just briefly about Operation Christmas Child. I love seeing your displays; I love the tree up in the front. This is just fabulous! I can tell that you have a heart and a passion for what God is doing around the world through the simple gift of a shoebox. As you can tell,…
Limited Atonement | Sermon on John 3:16-21
If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles please to Exodus chapter 33 for our first scripture reading beginning at verse 18. This is Moses on the mountain with God, and Moses said, ‘Please show me your glory.’ And He, God, said, ‘I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name, the Lord. And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy on whom I will…
Unconditional Election | Sermon on Romans 8:28-30; Genesis 22:1-18
If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles, our first scripture reading this morning comes from Genesis chapter 22, beginning at the first verse. After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So…
Ehud, the Left handed
If you please turn with me in your Bibles to Judges chapter 3 beginning at verse 12. And the people of Israel again did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord strengthened Eglon the king of Moab against Israel because they had done what was evil in the sight of the Lord. He gathered to himself the Ammonites and the Amalekites, and went and defeated Israel, and they took possession of the city of Palms.…
Othniel, Caleb’s Nephew | Sermon on Judges 3:7-16
If you’ll please turn with me in your Bibles to Judges chapter 3 beginning at verse 7. And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. They forgot the Lord their God and served the Baals and the Asherah. Therefore, the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Kushan-Rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia. And the people of Israel served Kushan-Rishathaim eight years. But when the people…
The Judges and the Testing of Israel | Sermon on Judges 2:16-3:7
Please turn with me. Our scripture reading today comes from Judges chapter 2, beginning at verse 16. Then the Lord raised up judges who saved them out of the hand of those who plundered them. Yet they did not listen to their judges, for they whored after other gods and bowed down to them. They soon turned aside from the way in which their fathers had walked, who had obeyed the Commandments of the Lord, and they did not do…
A Curse for Disobedience and the Death of the Old Guard | Sermon on Judges 2:1-16
This morning our scripture reading comes from Judges chapter 2, verses 1 through 16. You’ll turn with me, please. Now the angel of the Lord went up from Gilgal to Bokhem, and he said, ‘I brought you up from Egypt and swore and brought you into the land that I swore to give to your fathers. I said, ‘I will never break my covenant with you, and you shall make no covenant with the inhabitants of this land. You shall…
The Continuing Conquest Uncompleted (complete video) | Sermon on Judges 1:1-2:5
Our scripture reading this morning comes from the book of Judges, beginning with the first verse of the first chapter and going through the fifth verse of the second. After the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, “Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?” The Lord said, “Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.” Judah said to Simeon, his brother, “Come up…
The Continuing Conquest Uncompleted | Sermon on Judges 1:1-2:5
uh [Music] Our scripture reading this morning comes from the book of Judges, beginning with the first verse of the first chapter, and we will go through the fifth verse of the second. This morning, after the death of Joshua, the people of Israel inquired of the Lord, ‘Who shall go up first for us against the Canaanites to fight against them?’ The Lord said, ‘Judah shall go up; behold, I have given the land into his hand.’ And Judah…
Why Judges | Sermon on Joshua 24:1-27
Amen. For our script first scripture reading this morning we turn to Joshua chapter 24 beginning at the first verse. Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem and some of the elders, the heads, the judges, and the officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God. And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel: Long ago your fathers lived beyond the Euphrates, Tara the father of Abraham and of Nahor,…
Blessings and Benedictions | Sermon on Galatians 1:1-18
[Music] Our scripture reading today is Galatians chapter 6, verses 1 through 18. If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles, Paul writes: ‘Brothers, if anyone is caught in any transgression, you who are spiritual should restore him in a spirit of gentleness; keep watch on yourself, lest you too be tempted. Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. For if anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself. But let each…