Dec 4, 2012 
This sermon from Isaiah 50-51 on December 2, 2012, deals with one problem, God’s solution, two responses, and three reasons. As we prepare our hearts for Christmas this Advent season, let us make room for Him in our hearts by confronting our sins, confessing them and repenting of them.
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No Comments In 2 Corinthians 5:12 – 6:2, Paul gives us a deep, inside look at what ministry is all about. He provides the MOTIVATION, the nature of RECONCILIATION, and the INVITATION to participate. A focus on ministry helped Paul in his suffering, and it is a good example for us as believers and followers of Jesus.
I gave this sermon on July 8, 2012.
1 Thessalonians 5:9-11 9 For God has not destined us for wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ, 10 who died for us so that whether we are awake or asleep we might live with him. 11 Therefore encourage one another and build one another up, just as you are doing.
The elders and I read through these verses and prayed for our church this past week. These are positive and exciting and thankful verses to read and pray through for the church body! We have salvation through Jesus and we will live with Him for eternity (which started “the hour I first believed”). We can then take this good news and encourage and build up one another throughout the week as we pray and read and meet and fellowship. What a wonderful picture of our lives in Christ as individuals and as a community!
I hope you are encouraged and built up today as you think about and apply all who Jesus is and what He has done in your life, as a believer. If you are not a believer and follower, I pray you would consider the truth of His claims and receive Him as Lord and Savior.
This is the last sermon in our series based on the gospel tract, “Two Ways to Live.” It comes from John 3:36 and speaks to the choice each person must make concerning eternal life or God’s judgment and wrath. I preached this message on June 12, 2011.
God is good and holy, man rebels and is in sin and under His wrath and judgment – is there any hope for us? How can Jesus help? Why do I need Jesus?
This is my sermon on May 29, 2011 from 1 Peter 3:18.
God has appointed a time for you to die and then face judgment – how will He judge you? This is my sermon from Hebrews 9:27-28.
The Revised Edition of Desiring God by John Piper is a dense book, rich with complex thought and emotion and theology. It is not a book to be read lightly, nor can it be done so. This is the 25th year reprint of the book and all of the original work is meaningful for today, although much of the world itself has changed. A chapter on suffering has been added, and a study guide is included. Detailed Scripture, person, and subject indexes are included as well. The purpose of the book is to explore the relationship between seeking happiness and walking closely with God; the author’s premise is that these concepts are not opposed to each other, but go hand-in-hand. We are commanded to seek happiness in life, which only comes from God and can only be fulfilled by and in Him. In the ten chapters that follow, the author explains and expands and explores this concept, and puts it into daily practice through the disciplines of Word and prayer, missions, worship, marriage and stewardship and suffering. The author approaches his subject deeply and passionately and personally. This is not an easy book to read, but many rewards and much fruit is to be found on every page. It is highly recommended for followers of Jesus and others who may be curious about the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
This book was provided to me at no cost by the publisher for the purpose of review. I was not required to write a positive review.
This was a good opportunity to share, I’m glad we could do it. We said a lot more that couldn’t be shown, but we pray it is for His glory.
“Our peace and confidence are to be found not in our empirical holiness, not in our progress toward perfection, but in the alien righteousness of Jesus Christ that covers our sinfulness and alone makes us acceptable before a holy God.”
- Donald Bloesch
“You get one pass at life. That’s all. Only one. And the lasting measure of that life is Jesus Christ.”
John Piper, Don’t Waste Your Life
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