Fight of Faith

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/04/20/sin-wants-you-to-itself/

Whether Christ returns or calls us home through death, the end of all things is at hand. Death is the great clarifier. When we have a brush with our final enemy, death, it is incredible how many things in our lives become insignificant. The petty concerns seem to melt away. Trivial distractions are exposed as unimportant. Even most entertainment loses its ability to entertain. This is the kind of...

The sin of pride is one of the most destructive aspects of our lives. For not the non-believer, since they do not honor God and trust in Christ for their salvation, their entire life is controlled by it. However, for the Christian, even though we look to Jesus, pride can still hold sway. It lures us into other sins, it can destroy Christian fellowship, and it can make our lives miserable by steali...

What does Peter mean when he says, "prepare your minds for action," and what keeps so many of us from doing it? In this sermon, preached at 1st Artesia CRC, we answer those questions as we look closely at 1 Peter 1:13​-16.

In First Peter, the letter's audience was a group of people who had to flee for their lives from Jerusalem because the persecution they were facing for following Jesus was so intense. They had lost jobs, homes and even some of their closest family members had disowned them. In writing this letter, Peter reminds them of the hope and joy they have in Jesus, and even though they had lost earthly poss...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/04/14/fortresses-of-falsehood/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2019/04/04/3-reason-palm-sunday-is-significant/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/03/22/salvation-is-only-for-people-who-are-entirely-sinful/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/03/08/platos-wish-fulfilled-in-jesus/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2019/04/11/the-spiritual-meaning-of-the-triumphal-entry-j-r-miller/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/03/02/how-a-sermon-on-hell-lifted-my-soul/

Boredom can impact the Christian life in negative and positive ways. This short devotion explores that idea. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/02/25/boredom-self-denial-and-the-christian-life/

Social media is a new tool, and we must be aware of how it is changing us. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2019/08/20/social-media-is-brain-poison/

A short anecdote of encouragement. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2020/12/08/roosevelt-and-the-lonely-missionary/

There are three distinct temptations that come to us when we are weary. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/01/26/3-temptations-of-weariness/

I am concerned that our increase in virtual activity is affecting us more than we realize. This podcast explores that concern. This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2020/11/19/the-theology-of-place-in-a-virtual-world/

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://fightoffaithblog.com/2021/02/22/risk-and-learning-or-stagnation/