Have you ever gone to Cabelas and seen all of the animals on display? While the critters are beautiful and interesting to look at, there is something missing: life. They were once living creatures but now only their shells are left and they will n...

Jesus, knowing that his hour had come, loves His disciples to the end, teaching them, serving them, even on the night before his death....

David's Reign is established and God promises in the Davidic covenant, a seed of David's would rule the Kingdom forever, but even he, a man after God's own heart, falls into sin with Bathsheba. David's dysfunctional family has much conflict and Ab...

God's law requires perfect, personal, and perpetual obedience; that we love God with all our heart soul, mind and strength; and love our neighbor as ourselves. What God forbids should never be done and what God commands should always be done. ...

The process of sanctification is completed by the Holy Spirit’s working in our lives, but he uses means to accomplish our growth. These means all lead us back to beholding the glory of Christ. In other words, seeing Christ’s glory in scripture...

The truth about the process of sanctification is that it is indeed completed by the Holy Spirit’s working in our lives, but he uses means to accomplish our growth. These means all lead us back to beholding the glory of Christ. In other words, se...

God's power over the human heart is an imponderable mystery. The gospel of John unfolds the power of God over who believes, and who disbelieves. ...

As a part of our study of the New City Catechism we will be exploring different questions on Wednesday evenings. This week we take a look at the trinity with Question 3: How many persons are there in God? Answer: There are three persons in th...

Where Truth and Beauty Meet  “Now that is beautiful!” You have no doubt experienced the moment. The sun emerging from the horizon, the symphony coming to a majestic climax, the movie resolving just right. Or perhaps it was more ...

The Story of Joseph and his brothers shows us how God can intend evil for good. “As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good, to bring it about that many people should be kept alive, as they are today.” Genesis...

The story of salvation has been planned by God from the beginning, and he has guided the events of human history all along to accomplish it through Christ. The ancient roots of this story are weaved throughout the whole Bible....

David is anointed as King and his loyalty is tested. David flees and conflicts escalate. King David shows mercy and spares Saul's life. God is faithful to preserve David as King. Saul's decline as king hits rock bottom leading to the death of him ...

Sermon NotesMain Idea: Seeing clearly God’s plan for Christ’s birth is the only way to find God’s peace on earth 1. Why Did Christ visit? To complete the plan of salvation...

Become imitators of God as beloved children and walk in love, just as Christ also loved you and gave himself up for us and gave himself up for us an offering and a sacrifice to God as a fragrant aroma. References to John 1:11, John 15, John 17-18....

Life is full of diverse experiences—joy, sadness, anticipation, grief, fun, uncertainty, stress, celebration, sadness, satisfaction, and doubt. We’ve known them all. In fact, we often experience many of these diverse events and competing e...

Being a part of the church is exciting, because it means we belong to God's family!...

Find answers to questions like: What is our natural condition? What does it mean to have a sin nature? How gracious is God? How can we have salvation? Is salvation by grace alone? What does it mean to be spiritually dead? What are trespasses and s...

Sermon NotesMake God and His glory the greatest treasure now for that is what He will be in eternity 1. Examine your allegiance (21:9)    ...

Sermons NotesIntroduction      Revelation 2:24-27; Revelation 2:19-21 Be faithful in serving Jesus now as you look forward to serving Him in the millennium.  ...

God's faithfulness, redemption and sovereignty in man's failures. Redeeming grace. ...

Just the other day I was watching a video of a live performance from a very accomplished worship ministry in Austin, Texas. Austin is known as the live music capital of the world, so this church makes a point to serve their congregation within tha...

A Holy Nagging While it is true that some people pervert the purpose of prayer by asking for things that they shouldn’t, many Christians are way too passive and don’t ask for things they should. The problem with...

Glory ravaged, Glory restored. God vindicates His name....

Israel rebels and receives Gods judgement ...

When it seems all is lost, prayer is the answer. ...

Traumatized by God as training for ministry....

The Cure The most important thing I can say about prayer is not actually about prayer. Rather, it is about that which produces and creates desires for prayer. Isn’t that oftentimes what we’re missing. We can mak...

False trinity. There is a war for your worship. Worship is what you value, and what you do for what you value....

The theology and methodology of prayer. ...

No ordinary messenger. Judgement is good news. Salvation comes through judgement that was poured out on Jesus. ...

Living forever....

Even through God's judgement, Christians can draw comfort from him....

God on his throne is glorious....

Our very lives should be in imitation of God....

The all powerful nature of God should inspire us to obey....

There is no love like God's. He manifests it through his plan for redemption. ...