Sermons
Expositional
Expository preaching takes a passage of scripture and explains its meaning, closely following Ezra’s method of Nehemiah 8:1-12, “So they read in the book in the law of God distinctly, and gave the sense, and caused them to understand the…
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Romans 16:17Part 153 in Romans – Chapter 16 (2014)
We are at war. The father of lies attacked the truth in Eden through Eve and Cain, and the Bible ends with his final efforts in his little season (Rev 20:3). The church is the pillar and ground of the…
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Romans 16:17Part 154 in Romans – Chapter 16 (2014)
Names must be named. Jesus blasted the Pharisees by name, and Luke, Paul, and John named other heretics. Paul even named Peter and put it in writing. To save the children of God from false teachers and liars, those varying…
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Romans 16:5b-7Part 151 in Romans – Chapter 16 (2014)
Romans 16:1-16 is hard for some to appreciate, but every word of God is pure and profitable. It is convicting to know these names were read in Rome and have been read for 2000 years. They are heroes of the…
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Romans 16:8-16Part 152 in Romans – Chapter 16 (2014)
Great Christians are givers, not takers. They bestow much labor on others. They choose to be addicted to serving saints. They invest their pounds and get a return. The greatest apostle calls their names out for commendation. Where do you…
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Malachi: The Final Warning (Chapter 4)Part 6 in Malachi : The Final Warning (2014)
God promised to answer proud words of wicked Jews by burning them up for arrogant rebellion. He would send Jesus to deliver the righteous. He would send John before the great event of 70 A.D. The O.T. ends with a…
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Malachi: The Final Warning (Chapter 3)Part 5 in Malachi : The Final Warning (2014)
Malachi warned the Jews about not keeping the ordinances of God, specially their giving, and their proud and arrogant words. He also noted the character of the righteous often talking to each other about Him. He promised to make a…
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Romans 16:1-5aPart 150 in Romans – Chapter 16 (2014)
Phebe was servant at Cenchrea with business in Rome, but she did not preach or teach. Aquila and Priscilla show the best use of a marriage – the kingdom of God. The house church movement today is little more than…
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Malachi 2:17-3:6Part 4 in Malachi: The Final Warning (Chapter 2; 3 sermons) (2014)
With compromise by priests and people, Israel was very confused about the nature of God. Since they no longer feared judgment for sin, Malachi gave a prophesy of John and Jesus coming to judge the nation severely and purify a…
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Sermon on the Mount – Overview
Matthew 5-7 is pure gold from the mouth of the Lord Jesus Christ. This is preaching at its best by authority and content. If you want to know if you are going to heaven, see how you stand against this…
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Malachi: The Final Warning (Chapter 2; 3 sermons)Part 2 in Malachi: The Final Warning (Chapter 2; 3 sermons) (2014)
As goes the pulpit, so goes the nation. The decline in worship and holy living in regathered Israel was due to priests neglecting their office and duties. God promised to judge them and their children for it. Pray God to…
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Malachi 2:10-16Part 3 in Malachi: The Final Warning (Chapter 2; 3 sermons) (2014)
Priestly malfeasance and complicity led men to take on pagan wives to defraud their wives and their families. God declared it treachery five times and an abomination. He declared against such divorces used to cover marital violence and warned for…
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Romans 16:1Part 149 in Romans – Chapter 16 (2014)
It is an error on the part of some to dislike or reject commending or praising men, but Paul fills this final chapter to the Romans with praise and affection, providing a lesson and reminder for all of the importance…
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Malachi: The Final Warning (Chapter 1)Part 1 in Malachi : The Final Warning (2014)
The Jews had been regathered from Babylon and rebuilt the city of Jerusalem and temple, but they were again slothful in their zeal toward God and His worship. God sent Malachi with about ten lessons to warn them and provoke…
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Romans 15:25-33Part 148 in Romans – Chapter 15 (2013)
These verses are not as doctrinally-dense as earlier chapters, but there is wisdom for those that look. Before his closing benediction, Paul promised he would come with the blessings of the gospel after he had carried a Gentile gift of…
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Romans 15:15-24Part 147 in Romans – Chapter 15 (2013)
The liberty issue at Rome was largely due to Gentile members with little care for scruples of Jewish members. Paul used his office and labors of apostle to the Gentiles to persuade them to hear him and used this information…
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Romans 15:14Part 146 in Romans – Chapter 15 (2013)
Paul knew the Jew-Gentile cultural difference and issues of Christian liberty could divide the Roman church. But he also knew the brethren there could save their church and eliminate differences if they used good motives with sound knowledge to rightly…
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Romans 15:13Part 144 in Romans – Chapter 15 (2013)
For 35 verses Paul answered strife and division at Rome. 30 verses covered details of their liberty issues (14:1 – 15:7). 5 verses covered the underlying Jew-Gentile division. Here Paul explains that exalting and delighting in Christ by faith will…
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Romans 15:13Part 145 in Romans – Chapter 15 (2013)
The God of hope can fill a church or person to full joy, peace, and abounding hope, if they will but believe and emphasize Jesus Christ from the context (15:8-12). The Holy Ghost is able and willing to provide these…
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Romans 15:8Part 142 in Romans – Chapter 15 (2013)
There was a considerable divide between Jews and Gentiles in the early churches. After the details of meat and drink of Christian liberty, 15:8 shows the place of the Jews in the church, and 15:9-12 shows the place of the…
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Romans 15:9-12Part 143 in Romans – Chapter 15 (2013)
There was a considerable divide between Jews and Gentiles in the early churches. After the details of meat and drink of Christian liberty, 15:8 shows the place of the Jews in the church, and 15:9-12 shows the place of the…