Sunday, October 12, 2008 An unsatisfactory believing John 12:37-43 37 Even after Jesus had done all these miraculous signs in their presence, they still would not believe in Him. -- 39 For this reason they could not believe, because, as Isaiah says elsewhere: -- 42 Yet at the same time many even among…

When the judgment of God comes to sweep men and women into hell for eternity, there is one spot that is safe.

Beloved people of God, In this parable Jesus told the people contains two main questions. The first one is regarding the seed. On one day the servants passed the flied and wondered on what they saw. They knew that the owner would only use good seed, but now they saw was weeds coming up between the wheat.…

The proper interpretation of this parable is found when one recognizes what the field is.

Don't Focus on Your Haters! “You will be hated by all because of My name, but the one who endures to the end, he will be saved.” (Mark 13:13 NLT) Jesus was teaching His disciples warning them about the last days and preparing them to preach the gospel after the Resurrection and after their upper room…

Introduction For if we have become united with Him in the likeness of His death, certainly we shall also be in the likeness of His resurrection, knowing this, that our old self was crucified with Him, in order that our body of sin might be done away with, so that we would no longer be slaves to sin;…

In Matthew 13 Jesus shares several agricultural parables that explain the nature of the Gospel and the Kingdom of Heaven in surprising ways. One of the most surprising is the parable of the wheat and the weeds, which reveals that wheat and weeds are allowed to grow up together, and only separated at the harvest. Why can't the wheat and weeds be separated earlier? Stephen unpacks the agriculture behind the parable's image, and the theology behind its meaning. [NOTE: a digital glitch during recording damaged the last five minutes of the audio, but it is still intelligible, so please perservere if you can.]

In the midst of God’s judgment, God appears to encourage His faithful martyrs.