Biblical Preaching

For what do you thirst in life? Do you have a hunger for the goodness of God? This devotional message draws from Psalm 42 to see each person's need for God at all times in life.

This message draws from various scriptures reflecting on the identity and nature of the Creator of the universe. From God's Revelation in His Creation and His Scripture, we can see that God is all-powerful, all-knowing, unchanging, and enduring forever. This truth shapes our outlook on life including its meaning and morality. To perceive God accurately is to recognize what makes God awesome.

This message encourages Christians to obey God's commands for the family in Colossians 3:18-21. This lesson also looks at the passages earlier in Colossians leading Christians to the necessary changes in one's life that encourage our families to follow Christ.

Are you looking forward to Christ coming back? What would believers look forward to? This message draws from Revelation 21-22 to observe and understand God's promises of a new Jerusalem and a new Earth.

This message emphasizes a warning about over interpreting prophecy like many did during Jesus's earthly ministry. This lesson launches from Revelation 17:7-11 to unlock the symbolic language of Revelation. This message addresses the Beast, the Mark of the Beast, and the Harlot.

This message launches from Matthew 11:28-30 and explores the Book of Hebrews to recognize the rest that Christ gives to those who are weary and burdened by life.

This message draws from Jesus's instruction to His apostles on the night of His betrayal. In John 15, Christ revealed that His followers must bear fruit or they will be cut from the vine and cast into the fire. Christ is the vine and all Christians must bear fruit. Other scriptures expand on this truth and encourage the faithful to find joy in Christ by being fruitful.

This message launches from Acts 17 to observe how the apostle Paul spoke before Greek philosophers in the ancient city of Athens and how he opened the door leading people to consider Jesus. Paul began with the greatness of God and how God created the nations to seek and find Him for He is not far from anyone. This message continues by recognizing the model of evangelism in the New Testament and ho...

This message draws from Matthew 22:23-33 to see how Jesus responded to the Sadducees' test to disprove the resurrection. Christ confronted their mistake as He revealed that they did not know the Scriptures nor the power of God. In this lesson, Jesus teaches us how to apply the Scriptures written long ago as though written to us today and Jesus revealed how the very tense of a word proves that God...

This message is drawn from Jesus's reading in Matthew 21:33-44. Jesus taught in the Temple telling the Parable of the Vineyard Owner. This lesson looks at Jesus's claim to be the rejected stone that became the cornerstone and explores the imagery of the stone predicted to conquer the world.

Launching from Jesus's response to religious leaders after cleansing the temple, this message draws from those events to see whom Christ received in the Temple including children praising Him as God from Psalm 8.

This message draws from Matthew 19:3-9 to observe what Jesus teaches about marriage and how divorce was not permitted from the beginning when God created humanity male and female. Furthermore, Jesus defined another marriage after divorce as adultery with exception if one divorced a spouse for extramarital sex. This is the 2nd lesson in this series. This sermon series launches each sermon from Jesu...

Jesus often responded to religious leaders asking an exposing question: "Have you not read?" This message draws from Matthew 12:1-8 to see how we need to read the Bible, handle it rightly, practice mercy, and recognize the authority of Christ over religious traditions.

What is God doing during world affairs --- plagues, famines, and wars? This message draws from Psalm 46 and other Psalms to see how God has been active in influencing the nations and enacting justice. This lesson considers the authority of Christ now from Psalm 2 and from Revelation 19.

What makes America great? Should it be freedom or righteousness? This message draws from Proverbs 14:32-35 among other scriptures to recognize how Christians are free in Christ and how that freedom has blessed the world. Biblical truth has set the fundamental values that have made America free.

What is the impact of a faithful father? This message draws from the life and faith of Abraham in the Book of Genesis. Abraham's faith was exceptional and his faith in God's promises produced obedience in him even so that he would offer his son as a sacrifice because He trusted that God would raise him from the dead.

How can an eternal Hell be just? Why would Jesus teach that this is the sentence for those who do not believe in Him? This message draws from Matthew 25:41-46 to see what Jesus meant by "everlasting punishment" and how we can escape by Christ such a conclusion.

Should the assembly of the church consist of congregational worship, ensemble worship, or both? This study draws from 1 Corinthians 11 and 14 looking at how the New Testament describes the gathering of the church. By reading these scriptures, readers can see how the gathering for communion, edification, and worship were acts of the whole church.

Who is in charge of the church today? This message draws from the Letter to the Ephesians to see how Christ is the Head of the church now. This message also seeks out the purpose, the mission, and the unity of the church. This all leads to, "Where is the church of Christ today?"

This message draws from Titus 2:1-8 addressing the roles of gender as assigned by God according to sex, so that males are to behave as faithful men and females are to behave as faithful women.

How should Christians view the Bible? Christians should rely on the Bible as Jesus did. This lesson draws from Mark 12 to observe how Jesus defended the truth by relying on the Bible. This study also addresses some of the tough questions many have about the Bible.

This message draws from Acts 18 about Priscilla and Aquila to observe their example of character, faith, and courage. This character study exemplifies how faithful women and men can serve in the mission of Christ to make disciples of all the world.

Are there behaviors that are always wrong? Is it always evil to abuse the innocent especially children? Yes. There are behaviors that are always absolutely evil. This message draws from the Bible to see the nature of God, that God must always be just, and that He is the only possible standard who is morally excellent for determining what is good and evil.

This sermon observes Genesis 1:1 with other scriptures about the creation of heavens and the earth. The message answers questions of skepticism and offers 3 arguments for searching out the cause, the power, the nature, and intelligence of the cause of the universe. "In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth."

This message launches from Jesus's resurrection appearances in Luke 24 to observe the evidence to believe. This is evidence throughout the New Testament. Gospel preaching means preaching the resurrection of Christ from prophecies and attested by witnesses. This message lays out the evidence to believe and the message to proclaim to all of the world.