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The Parable of the Two Foundations is actually Jesus’ concluding invitation to The Sermon on the Mount. He tells us that whoever hears His words and acts on them is wise, and whoever does not is foolish. He builds up to this conclusion by making it clear that there are two ways to choose from in life, a narrow one and a wide one. The narrow leads to life, and the wide to destruction. This is not r...

"Lessons From Bartimaeus" (Mark 10:46-52) 1. Don't wait for perfect conditions. Then they came to Jericho. As Jesus and his disciples, together with a large crowd, were leaving the city… Mark 10:46 2. Concentrate on what you have. When he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to shout, "Jesus, Son of David…” Mark 10:47 3. Don't be swayed by public opinion. Many rebuked him and told him to...

In today’s message we focus on two factors that can blind us to God’s activity in the world. First, there are many people today who can’t see the Lord at work in their own lives or around them because they refuse to believe what they do not understand completely. Second, religious tradition can be one of the most devastating causes of spiritual blindness, clouding our vision and keeping us from en...

“Seeing the Light” Acts 9:1-18 Five lessons we can learn from the conversion of Saul in Acts 9:1-18: 1. Just because someone appears far from the Lord doesn’t mean that they are a lost cause. As Saul began his journey, he was one of the greatest enemies of the Christians of the day, yet it ended with him becoming one of their number. 2. The Lord usually gives us information on step at a time. Saul...

“Eyes to See” Luke 24:13-31 Sometimes you can be looking directly at something and not really see it. God is with us, many times in plain view, but we just can’t see Him. That is what happened to the two believers on the Road to Emmaus. They were walking and talking with Jesus, but for the longest didn’t see Him for Who He was. They were in a season of lost hope when Jesus showed up. How about you...

Before your were ever formed in the womb, God already knew you and liked you. He knows you more intimately than you may even know yourself, and He loves you. He loves the real you, just as you are, and wants to help the wonderful, unique real you have the best life possible.

The main reasons we come to believe in Easter are: 1. Somebody told us about it. 2. The Biblical accounts and extra-Biblical confirmation 3. The difference in the lives of other people who have experienced it. 4. Our own personal experience.

In raising Jesus from the dead, His Heavenly Father, and Our Heavenly Father 1. Confirmed all Jesus said as the truth. 2. Validated all He did. - That includes dying on the cross as payment for our sins. 3. Sealed every promise that Jesus had made. Three things we are promised: 1. A Room 2. A Reservation 3. A Peace

The Sovereign Lord who controls the very elements of the universe rode into Jerusalem on Palm Sunday knowing He would die. He could have done so many other things, but humanity’s salvation was on the line, and nothing was going to deter Him. He entered with a plan that had begun before the foundation of the world, and nothing could stop its fulfillment.

John Newton pretty well summarized the Apostle Paul’s sentiments in Philippians 3:7-14 when he said, “I am not what I might be, I am not what I ought to be, I am not what I wish to be, I am not what I hope to be. But I thank God I am not what I once was, and I can say with the great apostle, ‘By the grace of God I am what I am.’ ” Spiritual growth is critically important, but not for the reasons p...

Many today do not want hell to be a part of any Christian conversation, yet Jesus spoke more about hell that all other Biblical authors combined. If we believe that the Bible is God’s Word, and that the words of Jesus in it are true, then how can we call ourselves followers of Christ and deny the existence of something He thought was so very important. A sound, Biblical understanding of hell: 1. A...

In our pluralistic society, anyone who takes Jesus’ claim to be the only way to heaven seriously is slapped with labels such as “intolerant,” “narrow-minded,” “hateful,” “arrogant’ and “bigot.” In John 14:6 Jesus says, “I am the way, the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father but by me.” In making this claim, Jesus puts Christianity in a class by itself, because if the way to God the Fathe...

Many have been discouraged from studying the Bible because they think it requires some knowledge or capabilities they do not possess, or just do not know how to get started. It's really not hard at all, and very rewarding! Listen as Dr. McMahon explains.

How can God pardon sinners without encouraging sin? How can he simultaneously show justice in punishment but mercy in pardoning? How can he turn his enemies into his friends and bind them to him in eternal love? How can he admit men and women into heaven without spoiling the holiness of heaven? The answer to all of those questions is in the Cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. As foolish as it seems to...

Lent is a season of soul-searching and repentance. It is a season for reflection and taking stock. It originated in the very earliest days of the Church as a preparatory time for Easter, when the faithful rededicated themselves and when converts were instructed in the faith and prepared for baptism. By observing the forty days of Lent, the individual Christian imitates Jesus’ withdrawal into the w...

Jesus prayed that we would all be one, and yet His followers find themselves fragmented and divided on many levels today. One of the main sources of division is a refusal by many to accept the Bible as God’s Word. Without that definitive foundation, churches and individuals find themselves anchorless and adrift, “tossed to and fro by every wind of doctrine.” Before we can be one, we need to agree...

Suppose you had the opportunity to start life all over. If you could ask Jesus how to make the rest of your life the best of your life, what do you think He would say? I have no doubt that He would say, “Seek ye first the Kingdom of God, and His righteousness.” (Matthew 6:33a) I also have no doubt that if you started doing this consciously, continuously, constantly, and consistently, it would tota...

As followers of Christ, we will sooner or later find ourselves in situations much akin to the Israelites’ Red Sea Experience. We will find ourselves helpless and hopeless with no escape, and calamity closing in upon us. It is at those times, we learn, that God manifests Himself most palpably in our lives, and that we get to see just how great a God we serve. Over time we learn to get excited when...

Both Jesus and Paul prayed that believers would have unity amongst themselves. Doing so, we learn, would cause the world to believe that God sent Jesus. Sadly, the church today is divided, and the divisions keep people from ever entering the Kingdom of God. The statement, “In essentials, unity; in non-essentials, liberty; and, in all things, charity,” pretty well sums up what would be exhibited by...

How do we discern the right thing to do in a specific situation as Christians? Paul prays that the Philippians will grow more and more in their love, so that they will know what is the right thing to do. This should be our prayer, as well, for ourselves, so that we will know the right thing to do.

Philemon 1:4-6 In the series “Prayer List” we are examining four of Paul’s prayers for believers. Each prayer contains a specific petition for something that believers need so that they can know the fullness of the life to which Jesus has for them. Last week we saw we need “power so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.” This week we see that we need “to be active in sharing our fait...

Paul felt a great responsibility for those who came to know Jesus as Savior and Lord through his ministry, and desired that they all know the fullness of the life in Christ they has entered. To this end, he prayed for them often. In this series we will look at four of those prayers and consider the things he thought were important for every Christian to have. In this first prayer we see that he co...

No Other Name but the Name of Jesus Acts 10:34-43 God doesn’t play favorites. It’s His desire that people from every nation, every race, every walk of life would be at peace with Him, and live, not in futility, but in the richness of life He created us to have. If we truly desire to know Him, He will make a way for us to find peace with Him. He offers that peace to everyone through Jesus Christ, w...

2017 has begun! We have the opportunity to be closer to the Lord than ever. Let’s make this spiritually the best year ever!

Just as God made a promise to David in spite of David, He has made a promise to you, in spite of you! Recorded Christmas Eve, December 24, 2016, during the Candlelight Service in Historic San Felipe United Methodist Church, San Felipe, Texas. Merry Christmas!