Sermons of Grace

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy shows us the theme of Romans 7 is the Law and the sections of Romans 7, which are vs 1-6 the believer is liberated from the Law, vs 7-13 Paul vindicates the Law, and vs 14-20 Paul's personal illustration trying to live by the Law. We'll then look at the first four verses as Paul makes general statements about man's relationship to the Law and illustrates this re...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy begins our study of Romans chapter 7 on the Believer's Relationship to the Law (or the Believer's Remarriage to Christ). Paul's teaching that the believer is not under the Law almost destroyed the unity of the church. We'll look through Acts 15, where the church leaders debated whether the Gentiles who were being saved were required to keep the Law of Moses....

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy begins our study of Romans chapter 7 on the Believer's Relationship to the Law (or the Believer's Remarriage to Christ). Paul's teaching that the believer is not under the Law almost destroyed the unity of the church. We'll look through Acts 15, where the church leaders debated whether the Gentiles who were being saved were required to keep the Law of Moses....

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that we obey the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. In this episode, we'll see 9 reasons that adultery is an evil, heinous sin: 1-it violates the marriage vow and destroys the home, 2-it's a deliberate act committed with careful, thoughtful consideration, 3-it's purely a needless act, 4-it's a subset of the sin of...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that we obey the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. In this episode, we'll see 9 reasons that adultery is an evil, heinous sin: 1-it violates the marriage vow and destroys the home, 2-it's a deliberate act committed with careful, thoughtful consideration, 3-it's purely a needless act, 4-it's a subset of the sin of...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that we obey the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. In this episode, we'll see the power of adultery and how far it can lead you from the example of Herod in Mark 6:14-29. Even though Herod seemed interested in listening to John the Baptist preach and was even glad to be able to question Jesus, because of his adultery, Herod&#...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that we obey the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. In this episode, we'll see the power of adultery and how far it can lead you from the example of Herod in Mark 6:14-29. Even though Herod seemed interested in listening to John the Baptist preach and was even glad to be able to question Jesus, because of his adultery, Herod's con...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that we obey the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. We'll discuss 4 types of affairs that lead to adultery: 1-the one night stand, 2-sexual compulsion, 3-the add-on, and 4-the emotionally entangled. Then we'll look at 7 signs that may indicate your partner is involved in infidelity: 1-they become extremely secretive, 2-their commu...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that we obey the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. We'll discuss 4 types of affairs that lead to adultery: 1-the one night stand, 2-sexual compulsion, 3-the add-on, and 4-the emotionally entangled. Then we'll look at 7 signs that may indicate your partner is involved in infidelity: 1-they become extremely secretive, 2-their commu...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy spends some time reviewing what we've learned thus far about the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. We'll review what adultery is, what the Bible says about it, and how prevalent it is. Then we'll see 3 different types of adultery: 1-physical, 2-visual, and 3-emotional. We'll also see some of the costs of adultery: 1-you might lose your partner, 2-you...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy spends some time reviewing what we've learned thus far about the command to love your neighbor by not committing adultery. We'll review what adultery is, what the Bible says about it, and how prevalent it is. Then we'll see 3 different types of adultery: 1-physical, 2-visual, and 3-emotional. We'll also see some of the costs of adultery: 1-you might lose your partner, 2-you...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us the believer's obligation to show love to others. But how do we discharge this love? Romans 13:8-10 gives us two parameters of love: 1) love fulfills the law and 2) love worketh no ill to his neighbor. Therefore, this love means you will not commit adultery, murder, steal, bear false witness, or covet. Paul begins his list of commandments with adultery,...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us the believer's obligation to show love to others. But how do we discharge this love? Romans 13:8-10 gives us two parameters of love: 1) love fulfills the law and 2) love worketh no ill to his neighbor. Therefore, this love means you will not commit adultery, murder, steal, bear false witness, or covet. Paul begins his list of commandments with adultery,...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that the believer's obligation is to love one another as Christ loves. Christ's love is volitional, sacrificial, forgiving, unconditional, unchanging, and pure. We'll see that this love is a major theme of John's writings and is also included in Paul and Peter's writings. This imperative to love is more than just emotion and feeling; it works no evil, i...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues to show us that the believer's obligation is to love one another as Christ loves. Christ's love is volitional, sacrificial, forgiving, unconditional, unchanging, and pure. We'll see that this love is a major theme of John's writings and is also included in Paul and Peter's writings. This imperative to love is more than just emotion and feeling; it works no evil, i...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy shows us that an obligation to love our neighbor is to "owe no man any thing." This does not mean that a believer cannot go into debt of any sort, but his intention must be to repay what he has borrowed. We'll go through many guidelines of borrowing and lending found in the Old Testament and Christ's words in the New Testament.

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy shows us that an obligation to love our neighbor is to "owe no man any thing." This does not mean that a believer cannot go into debt of any sort, but his intention must be to repay what he has borrowed. We'll go through many guidelines of borrowing and lending found in the Old Testament and Christ's words in the New Testament.

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues our study on Paul's teaching for believers to be subject to civil authorities. We'll study four statements that indicate God's sovereignty over civil authority: 1) vs1 There is no power but of God 2) vs1 The powers that be are ordained of God, 3) vs4&6 The powers are ministers of God, and 4) vs4 they are the avenger of God to exercise justice.

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues our study on Paul's teaching for believers to be subject to civil authorities. We'll study four statements that indicate God's sovereignty over civil authority: 1) vs1 There is no power but of God 2) vs1 The powers that be are ordained of God, 3) vs4&6 The powers are ministers of God, and 4) vs4 they are the avenger of God to exercise justice.

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues our study on Paul's teaching for believers to be subject to civil authorities. Paul wants believers to understand the role of government and the believer's responsibility. Citizens owe the government a great debt for their services, such as: running water, law and order, roads and bridges, defense against enemies, electricity, garbage disposal, transportat...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy continues our study on Paul's teaching for believers to be subject to civil authorities. Paul wants believers to understand the role of government and the believer's responsibility. Citizens owe the government a great debt for their services, such as: running water, law and order, roads and bridges, defense against enemies, electricity, garbage disposal, transportat...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy shows us that civil disobedience is sometimes required and shows us several Biblical examples of this: the Jewish slaves in Exodus 1 mandated to kill baby boys, the 4 Hebrew boys captive in Babylon and their response regarding dietary laws, the 3 boys in Daniel required to bow to the golden image and thrown into the fiery furnace, Daniel restricted from praying and thrown i...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy shows us that civil disobedience is sometimes required and shows us several Biblical examples of this: the Jewish slaves in Exodus 1 mandated to kill baby boys, the 4 Hebrew boys captive in Babylon and their response regarding dietary laws, the 3 boys in Daniel required to bow to the golden image and thrown into the fiery furnace, Daniel restricted from praying and thrown i...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy shows us that dealing with human government and civil authority is becoming a grave concern as the government is imposing and crushing freedom and liberties in the name of democracy. The global agenda to destroy Christianity and the Bible is 1-advocacy of unrestrained sexual freedom, 2-redefinition of the family, 3-control of the educational system, 4-the mantra to promote...

Pastor/Dr. David Murphy shows us that dealing with human government and civil authority is becoming a grave concern as the government is imposing and crushing freedom and liberties in the name of democracy. The global agenda to destroy Christianity and the Bible is 1-advocacy of unrestrained sexual freedom, 2-redefinition of the family, 3-control of the educational system, 4-the mantra to promote...