I'll Be Honest

Some passages in the Bible are very hard to understand. However Hebrews 13:17 is not hard to understand, rather it's hard to hear. In our culture when people hear, "Obey your leaders and submit to them", they tend to cringe; whether it's because of abusive leaders or because of how individualistic a person may be. No matter what the reason, in this message Ryan Fullerton pleads with the Christian...

The doctrine of regeneration is one of the foundational doctrines of our faith and lack of clarity on it can lead to deadly error.

To be walking in darkness does not just mean that you are living in scandalous sins, but it means your life is not regulated by the Word of God. Do you start out your decisions by what you want to do and then come to the Bible and say "I hope it lines up"? Yet when it doesn't you just kind of justify it away? Rather to walk in the light is to start out with the Word of God and let it control your...

The task of taking the Gospel to the lost is to be taken not only occasionally, but intentionally; which is when you set aside time in your weekly schedule to go share the Gospel with the lost. If you do that on a consistent basis, you will find it is not easy. It is because at the point you decide to be intentional in sharing about Christ, you cross a certain line, and that is the territory of th...

There are all sorts of subtle ways that we can turn from Christ and the purity of the Gospel. Men will come along and say, "If you really want to be perfected, you need 'Christ plus something else'". In Galatians Paul is adamantly arguing that his Gospel came by the authority of Jesus Christ and that this is the Gospel that we want to lay a hold of.

The Apostle Paul was being accused of preaching a different gospel to the Jews and to the Gentiles. Yet Paul comes along in Galatians and says "by works of the law no one will be justified." for "if righteousness were through the law, then Christ died for no purpose."

Acts 20:24 - But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. This message was preached at Richard Gonzales' funeral on October 19, 2014.

But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. - 1 John 1:7

What does it mean to confess my sins? The Greek word means "to say the same thing", it's agreeing with God; agreeing that you missed the mark. Confessing of sin is an evidence of someone who is in the light and has fellowship with God.

1 John 2:1 shows us that what is normative for the Christian is that they don't sin. However, so often professing Christians have the mindset that sin is what is normal, but that is not the way John talks. He "writes these things to us so that we may not sin; but if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the Righteous."

The Galatians were wanting to be perfected and grow and advance in the Christian life, and yet Paul came in and rebuked them for being conceited and biting and devouring one another. Why? Because they had gotten their eyes off of Christ and Him crucified and had turned back to the works of the law.

God does not intend for the Christian to always approach everything they do from a negative perspective by asking, "What's wrong with that?!" Rather we should be focusing on doing the good that we know we should be striving after! Excerpt from "Christian, Don't Sin"

In this sermon Tim deals with questions about the Lord's Supper such as this: How consistently should a church be taking it? What does it mean to eat "without discerning the body" and by doing so "drink judgment" on yourself?

The book of 1 John shows us that the difference between the lost and saved man is so clear that it is discernible and recognizable. John asserts that rather than it being vague, it is something that is evident when he writes verses like, "Whoever says 'I know Him' but does not keep his commandments is a liar, and the truth is not in him..." - 1 John 2:4.

Men are imprisoned under the law but due to the weakness of the flesh they do not want to be there. But now God has done what the law could never do, in sending His Son He has now provided a way by which looking to Christ in faith we walk in the power of the Spirit.

When it comes to interacting with lost family members there is no pre-prepared formula to follow. Rather if we truly love them and have been praying for them, the Lord will lead us in what to say.

The Christian is not under the law, but is being changed into Christ's image as they live a life looking to Him. Looking to law will only cause men to "bite and devour one another". The church where you are going to find true righteousness is where you find Christians who are most enthralled with Christ; those who study His person and glory in Him.

We must realize that anxiety accomplishes nothing. What will being fearful and worried change one bit about that difficult situation you are in? Nothing. Overcoming anxiety will only happen as we turn from our fears and unbelief and trust the Lord in all our circumstances. Preached on February 15, 2008

One of the great tests of true Christianity is that God puts in His people a special love for other true Christians. In 1 John 3:14 it says "We know that we have passed out of death into life, because we love the brothers. Whoever does not love abides in death." This verse leads us to ask, "What does John mean when he says love?" If it is the test of whether we are actually saved or not, we don't...

The enemy of your soul will seek to condemn you because of your failures, but you know what? You can answer the devil and say that 1 John was written to me saying that my "sins are forgiven for His name's sake." (1 John 2:12) It does not say I'm forgiven because I've kept these tests, but I've been forgiven for "His name's sake." Every time the devil brings up accusations, you bring up the Name, t...

When you seek to be perfected by any other way than by the Spirit, you are not going to succeed. Instead, Paul says what you will succeed at is "biting and devouring one another." (Galatians 5:15) However as you seek to be perfected by the Spirit, you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

It's amazing how often the authors of the New Testament do not quote the ten commandments, but rather they tell us to imitate the example of Christ and so fulfill the law of Christ (Gal. 6:2). Husbands are called to love their wives as Christ loved the church (Eph. 5:25). We are called to forgive others as Christ has forgiven us (Col. 3:13). We are called to welcome one another as Christ has welco...

If you just think about what pride is, that is what racism is rooted in. It's an attitude of superiority of valuing one race above all others or above another. Racism is a manifestation of the anti-God system that the Bible tells us not to love.

Join us as we gather together for the 6th time to fellowship around the things of our glorious Savior Jesus Christ. Denton, Texas April 2-5, 2015

God's wrath against sin goes beyond our ability to describe, and yet how much more does His love, displayed in Jesus Christ's death, go even further beyond our ability to comprehend.