Memory Chapel

Today we look at Malachi 3:6 - “I am the Lord, I do not change” - and consider what this really says about the Living God. Along the way we will explore some Neo Platonist philosophy, some bad theology, the concept of “immutability”, and something called “proof texting”. Buckle up and get ready to engage with the Word!

Jesus warms his followers of the dangers of hypocrisy. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, July 9, 2023.

When Jesus’ detractors demand a miraculous sign, he responds by telling them that the only sign they will get is the sign of Jonah. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday July 2, 2023.

Jesus shifts the conversation from prayer to the Holy Spirit and delineates the Holy from the unholy. There is a line in the sand and no neutral ground. We cannot seek the holy apart from the Holy Spirit. The path of blessedness lies in hearing the Word of God and heeding it! This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, June 25, 2023.

This week we emphasize a word: magnanimous. It refers to a person that is great in spirit. It wraps up the ideas of being gracious, generous, others-oriented, others-serving, and quick to forgive. The Bible might not use the word “magnanimous”, but it definitely does teach us that all that is summed up by this word is true of our Heavenly Father. In Luke 11:5-13, Jesus teaches us about prayer by h...

The prayer Jesus taught his followers to pray repeatedly calls us to acknowledge our dependence on the Father and his sufficiency. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, June 11, 2023.

Jesus’s emphasis on our radical dependence continues to track through the prayer he taught his students to pray. It extends to our radical need to be forgiven AND to forgive. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, June 4, 2023.

As Jesus teaches us to pray, he focuses our attention upon our inherent, radical dependence upon God. We should acknowledge and embrace this dependence… a dependence that we will never outgrow, but rather, as we grow to maturity in Christ, our realization of this dependence will only grow. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday, May 28, 2023.

Following the Founder’s Day service at Memory Chapel, Pastor David fulfills a speaking engagement at North Ten Mile Baptist Church - the church where founding pastor Rev. Arleigh Cale was ordained.

We celebrate a special time to remember those who labored and sacrificed in order to establish the ministry of Memory Chapel.

We look at the New Covenant expressed by the symbol of New Jerusalem the City of God wherein God dwells with his people.

“The Kingdom in Symbols”. We look at two symbols used by the New Testament writers to picture the Old and New Covenants. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on May 7, 2023.

The New Arrangement that God made with His people through Christ’s sacrifice is the basis of the kingdom of God. Let’s see how this New Arrangement is fundamentally different from the Old Arrangement. This message was originally given at Memory Chapel on April 30, 2023.

We continue unpacking important truths about the kingdom of God. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday April 23, 2023.

We continue our study of the kingdom of God by unpacking some very important elements. This message was originally delivered at Memory Chapel on Sunday April 16, 2023.

Jesus had told his disciples to pray for the Father’s kingdom to come… but also indicated that it was a present reality in their midst and an opportunity that must be entered into. Then, on the night he was betrayed, he indicated that it was something that awaited fulfillment. Today we will look at what has to be fulfilled in order for the kingdom to fully come. This message was originally deliver...

The rule of the king was never in question; it's the rebels we are worried about! Daniel predicted the exact time of Messiah's arrival, execution, and initiation of a new and living way. The rebels would be reconciled into the rule of the king - if they will humble themselves and enter in! Luke 11:1-4; Daniel 2:31-45; Daniel 9:24-27; Luke 19:28-40

Abraham's promised descendant would also be a descendant of David that will rule forever and build the house for the Lord. But is the promise shattered when the Lord judges Israel and Judah for their iniquity and scatters them amongst the nations?! How do these two national tragedies and the additional promises of the Lord for a complete regathering of God's people shape the expectations of a nati...

The outworking of the Lord’s redemptive plan for humanity had a number of pivotal moments, such as when the Lord called Abraham. Today we look at another one of these pivotal moments: The Lord’s promise and oath to David concerning a descendant who would reign over the Lord’s kingdom forever and who would build the house of the Lord.

The second request of the prayer that Jesus taught his students to pray is for God’s kingdom to come. To understand the request, we must understand the concept of the kingdom of God. We begin laying the groundwork for our understanding of the kingdom by taking a big picture look at the sweep of the scriptures so that we can uncover the roots of the kingdom as well as the rejection of the king in a...

“Our Father… hallowed be thy name…”. How often have we prayed these words that Jesus taught his disciples, but have we understood what all is wrapped up in them? Today we will unpack it.

“Lord, teach us to pray,” the disciples said to Jesus. “When you pray, say ‘Our Father,’” Jesus replied. Today we begin a multi-part series that takes a closer look at a very familiar prayer. We call it the Lord’s Prayer, but it is what he taught his students to pray - it is a prayer for students. And it begins with an invitation to draw near to the Living God and to know him as our Father.

The Lord desires close intimate fellowship with his people.  What happens when they drift away from him?  And why might this happen in the first place?  We will look at two passages that speak to the problem of drifting away from the love we had at first in our walk with the Lord.

The legal expert was interested in justifying himself by defining exclusions: "Who is my neighbor?" But Jesus shifts the emphasis of the question in a subtle way through telling a story that suggests that the spirit of the law is not in defining who I may exclude from merciful love but rather is found in answering the question, "Am I behaving like a neighbor by showing merciful love without exclus...

The 72 disciples that Jesus sent out on mission to the towns and villages he was preparing to visit have completed their mission and have returned to joyfully report the results of their ministry. “Even the demons submitted to us in your name!” Jesus reminds them that there is an even greater thing to rejoice in: that their names are written in heaven. Then Jesus does some rejoicing of his own and...