Sermons and other messages
What are you devoted to? We're called to be devoted to God, but what does that look like? We have a clue in Paul's repeated command that believers be devoted to doing what is good. It comes up twice in this last chapter. We already…
Continue reading...To what do you look for the assurance of your salvation? A date? A prayer? A baptism? The grace of God came to bring us salvation, but do we understand that means? Whether we realize it or not, so many of us think that just…
Continue reading...Sound doctrine isn't merely a collection of truths to hold in our head and heart. It has implications for how we live. We've already seen very specific expectations that sound doctrine places on older men, older women and younger women. There are still three more…
Continue reading...Elders had two tasks: encourage the believers by sound doctrine and refute those who opposed sound doctrine (Titus 1:9). Most of the rest of Paul's Letter to Titus deals with encouraging believers by sound doctrine. But sound doctrine is not merely knowledge about God, His…
Continue reading...The title of the sermon, “Oops, I Goofed. Now What Can I Do?" is actually a play on words, for we do goof up at times, but in reality I am not talking about a goof like spilling milk, I am talking about a deliberate sin against God or others, and if it is against others, it is against God as well. In the Lord’s Prayer we pray, “forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors.” Others say trespasses instead of debts, but what is the true meaning of these words. In actuality, Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “Forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us.” Reading it or praying it this way puts the reality of what we have done in a greater light.
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