Sermons

After finishing an exhaustive defense of the sufficiency of Christ— both His person and work—Paul now addresses the direct threat of asceticism and works-based righteousness, reminding the believers of their completeness in Christ.

After explaining the final events of the world, the Apostle John arrives at the crowning jewel of the Bible’s storyline, the new heaven and the new earth: the eternal, glorious, sinless, anticipated home of every believer in the presence of the God.

Throughout the history of redemption, God has called His people to look to Him for provision, protection, salvation, hope, joy, and peace, and has given them several reasons to trust in Him and to rejoice in His redeeming works.

Yahweh speaks through Hosea to His people, delivering the charges He has sentenced each guilty party with, the reasons for the charges in their sinful behavior, the consequences of their behavior, and the judgements He will inflict.

The birth of Jesus Christ not only changed the measure of dating, and the course of history, but from a theological perspective, the incarnation of God demands not just our acknowledgment, but ever greater degrees of worship.

The creation’s desperate need for redemption, is clearly manifested throughout redemptive history in Scripture, and the eager longing for a Redeemer expressed by individual believers, the people of God, and in the creation itself.

Yahweh gives Hosea an even more difficult command, to illustrate the depth of Israel's spiritual adultery against Him, to reveal the height, width, breadth, and depth of God's steadfast love towards them, and His plans for them.

The Apostle Peter explains to his readers their only sure safeguard against unfaithfulness, temptations to sin, and the deceptions of false teaching, by knowing the inerrant, sufficient, authoritative, and indispensable Word of God.

The Apostle Peter explains to his readers The foundations for the apostolic teachings connecting Jesus Christ, their salvation through Him, Their sanctification in him, and the certain hope of his glorious return in judgment.

In light of God’s redemption through Jesus Christ, and of every spiritual resource He has provided to believers for life and godliness, the Apostle Peter expresses his desire to continually remind believers of these glorious truths.

After commanding his readers to apply Christlike virtues to their faith, the Apostle Peter now explains to them the implications of the presence, exercise, and progress of these qualities, or lack thereof, in the life of a believer

Yahweh providentially gives Hosea and Gomer children, who by their names and the circumstances of their births, will also become both, a living illustration of God’s relationship with His people, and signs of His judgement.

In light of the abounding graces through which God has redeemed believers, and all of the spiritual resources He provides for the Christian life, Peter commands them to fortify their faith through the application of Christ-like virtues.

In light of the abounding graces through which God has redeemed believers, and all of the spiritual resources He provides for the Christian life, Peter commands them to fortify their faith through the application of Christ-like virtues.

Yahweh speaks through the psalmist Asaph, to His people, and calls them to judgement for their inconsistent, inaccurate, and low views of Him, which are manifested in their vain professions and vain worship of Him as their God.

After exhaustively outlining the sufficiency of Christ up to this point, Paul writes this passage to warn of and discredit the false teaching of the Colossian heresy, reminding believers of the insufficiency of man’s decrees, and the sufficiency of Christ.

Peter begins his second letter to the scattered Christians of Asia Minor, by reminding them of their great salvation through Jesus Christ, and that His works of redemption will abound to them in spiritual provisions into eternity.

The psalmist composes a psalm which directs the attention of the people of God towards the glory of God, which He has revealed in, and through, every characteristic, circumstance, and promise concerning His city, Jerusalem.

Before ending his letter, Peter leaves his readers with some final exhortations an stark reminders concerning the realities of life in a fallen world, why it is fallen, and how to live faithfully through the spiritual war, until the end.

Peter transitions in his exhortations to the elders of the church, by reminding them, as well as the church, of the hierarchy of authority in the church, and the God-honoring attitudes concerning authority, service, and submission.

Peter continues his instructions concerning Christian suffering by exhorting his readers to persevere through fiery trials by understanding God's plans and purposes for suffering in the world, His judgments, and His faithfulness.