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This sermon examines the beginning of the first missionary journey of Paul and Barnabas as recorded in Acts 13, highlighting their divine commissioning by the Holy Spirit. The teaching contrasts the boldness of the apostles with the opposition of Elymas the sorcerer, emphasizing the spiritual danger of false prophets and the necessity of submitting to God's authority over human tradition. It furth...

This chapel concludes a year-long study on the Beatitudes by emphasizing the absolute authority of Scripture over personal opinion or situational ethics. It identifies five essential spiritual qualities—genuine humility, denial of self, a forgiving spirit, a clear conscience, and pure motives—as the foundational gears of a healthy Christian life. The message warns that deficiencies in these areas...

El sermón explora la seguridad inquebrantable del creyente en Cristo, contrastando la ausencia de condenación con la certeza de la futura gloria. Se analiza el sufrimiento presente no como una señal de abandono divino, sino como una etapa transitoria comparable al dolor del parto, utilizando la ilustración de los gritos en un hospital para distinguir entre el sufrimiento que precede a la muerte y...

It's easy to say Christ is first in our lives, but is He? Listen-in to today's This Day In The Word radio teaching broadcast, "Is Christ Really First In My Life?"

What does Job teach us about ourselves when life suddenly falls apart? We begin examining and reconstructing seven lessons from Job about uncertainty, suffering, faith, and anguish.

What is Sharia and what does it teach us, particularly about the dominance of men? How does it treat apostasy? Under Sharia, how are Muslims to treat Christians and Jews? Is Sharia something that is separate from Islamic governance or intrinsically tied to it? Joining Crosstalk with a loving response to these and other related questions was Shahram Hadian. Shahram is the founder of Truth in Love M...

Jesus fed four thousand people with seven loaves and a few fish, yet His disciples soon worried about having no bread. Jesus turned their attention to a greater danger: the Pharisees' and Sadducees' corrupt teaching. In "The Spiritual Threat Is Greater than the Physical Threat," Pastor Brandon Holthaus examines Matthew 15:29–39 and 16:1–12, tracing Jesus' compassion for the multitudes, the religio...

When God's Soldiers Forget Who the Enemy Is!. WE'VE GOT THE ARMOUR—BUT WE'RE FIGHTING EACH OTHER! Eph. 6:10–18 KJV My message tells the story of Christians who have studied God's Word, learned about spiritual warfare, and put on the appearance of soldiers—but have forgotten how to love and protect one another. Christians who know their Bibles and can identify every piece of spiritual Armour. Yet a...

"Testimonies of Expository Preaching" This unique sermon time defines expository preaching as the faithful explanation of Scripture's original intent. This contrasts with topical or anecdotal messages prioritizing the preacher's ideas over the text! Using Nehemiah 8 as a foundational example, the message outlines a 'preaching ladder' presented at a MacArthur Center for Expository Preaching worksho...

Is expositional preaching the biblical standard for teaching God's Word? This sermon examines historical and New Testament examples, including Ezra, Jesus, and Paul, to demonstrate that true preaching involves reading, explaining, and applying scripture in context to reveal Christ. The message continues the theme from our AM sermon, contrasting this method with superficial inspirational talks, emp...

A conversation between Dewey Dovel and Austin McCormick on the biblical basis for AM and PM worship services on the New Covenant Sabbath (Lord's) Day. This discussion was originally featured on the Covenant Podcast.

This devotional explores the biblical standard for evaluating one's thoughts through the eight criteria listed in Philippians 4:8. It argues that believers must measure their mental life against attributes such as truth, honesty, justice, purity, loveliness, good report, virtue, and praiseworthiness to ensure their thinking conforms to reality and God's will. The teaching addresses common pitfalls...

Ecclesiastes 4:1-4

This sermon examines the contrasting fates of apostles James and Peter in Acts 12, highlighting God's sovereign choice to martyr one and miraculously deliver the other. The central theme emphasizes the efficacy of the early church's ceaseless prayer for Peter, arguing that divine intervention often defies human expectations and timing. The speaker critiques the hypocrisy of religious leaders who p...

David's fall began long before Bathsheba, he allowed disobedience to God continue never thinking it would catch up to him. Today we will see how we can mistake God's patience, and grace to try to manage sin instead of repenting. God's mercy gives us an opportunity to repent—but be sure your sin will find you out.

The Sunday School lesson explores the doctrine of God's eternal decree as outlined in Chapter 3 of the Westminster Confession of Faith, emphasizing that God sovereignly ordains all that comes to pass according to His wise and holy will. It distinguishes between God's active role in salvation and His passive role in reprobation, clarifying that He is not the author of sin but works through secondar...

Circumcision was established by God to identify specific earthly promises to Abraham and his descendants and to the nation that would come from him and through which the Messiah would come. Specifically, it was a sign that Abraham would be the father of many nations, and that through Israel, Jesus the Christ, the seed, would be born. Circumcision also pointed toward a greater spiritual reality in...

Ecclesiastes 3:18-22