Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any such thing, that she might be holy and without…

Happy New Year!

Our Scripture lesson this morning is just two verses. Once again we focus on Ruth’s profession of faith found in Ruth 1 . But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your…

The Presiding Reign of Christ Introduction: This is the final sermon in this short series on the deity of Christ. We have discussed the promise of the coming Christ as well as the presence and the presented work of Christ. We have discussed how important it is to fully understand the deity of Christ…

The glory that awaits us in New Jerusalem is more than we could ever dream. Let us be busy about sowing the seed of the Word of God on the fields of the earth while there remains time to do so!

How would you describe a successful church? I think my answer has had to change in the last year. But think about it for moment. What makes a church a good church. I have mentioned several times how amused I get when I read on FB about someone looking for a church. They have a grocery list of what they…

Hebrews 11:10 ​Most people in this world, even those who deny the existence of hell, talk about the existence of some form of paradise after death. Preacher’s talking about Heaven – “We may be surprised by who is not there!) One of the first references in Scripture to heaven noted Abraham “looked for…

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the day of God and speed its coming. That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire, and the elements will melt in the heat. But in keeping…

In the Old Testament, “peace” carries the fundamental meaning of welfare, prosperity, or wholeness as well as the absence of hostility 22 The Lord spoke to Moses: 23 “Tell Aaron and his sons, ‘This is how you are to bless the Israelites. You should say to them, 24 “May the Lord bless you and protect…

Moses meeting with the LORD on Mount Sinai has been given details for the clothing of both Aaron and his sons, clothing that reflect the glory and beauty of the Lord and appropriate for Their ministry to God and for Israel. Now Aaron and his sons must be prepared spiritually for the service they will…

1 Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. 2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying, “Behold,…

(1980 Miracle on Ice Hockey Story. Playing for the name of the back.) At the heart of Revelation the message is to the believers in the seven churches that John is writing too in chapters 2 and 3. The book of Revelation has many things to say about God’s people, and that is why we would consider this…

Sarah lived one hundred and twenty-seven years; these were the years of the life of Sarah. Who is Sarah? Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, you shall not call her name Sarai, but Sarah shall be her name. And I will bless her and also give you a son by her; then I will bless her, and she…

18 For I consider that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory that is to be revealed to us. 19 For the anxious longing of the creation waits eagerly for the revealing of the sons of God. 20 For the creation was subjected to futility, not willingly, but because…