Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

New Testament

Our Unchanging God

HEBREWS 1:10-12 – “You, Lord, laid the foundation of the earth in the beginning, and the heavens are the work of your hands; they will perish, but you remain; they will all wear out like a garment, like a robe you will roll them up, like a garment they will be changed. But you are the same, and your years will have…

The Trauma of Holiness

LUKE 5:1-10 – On one occasion, while the crowd was pressing in on him to hear the word of God, he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, and he saw two boats by the lake, but the fishermen had gone out of them and were washing their nets. Getting into one of the boats, which was Simon’s, he asked him to…

Making Wise Decisions

EPHESIANS 5:15-16 – Look carefully then how you walk, not as unwise but as wise, making the best use of the time, because the days are evil.” Today’s scripture doesn’t mention the word “decision” but it is implied with loud voices all over it. Let me explain. When making decisions, what are the two categories? Unwise and wise. After making decisions, what…

Working Out Our Salvation: Biblical Morality in an Immoral World – Part 4

This Lord’s Day, we continue our journey through the New Testament book of 1 Thessalonians. Our text finds the Apostle Paul describing the type of Christian who is being taught to love by God. It is the believer who contented living a quiet life, not meddlesome in the lives of others and working hard in their specific calling by God.

Becoming Useful for the Lord

2 CORINTHIANS 1:8-10 – For we do not want you to be unaware, brothers, of the affliction we experienced in Asia. For we were so utterly burdened beyond our strength that we despaired of life itself. Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death. But that was to make us rely not on ourselves but on God who raises…