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What happens if people no longer act as if they know God? Why are people destroyed for a lack of knowledge? Destroyed for a Lack of Knowledge | Challenges of Faith for God's People | Outline | Video

Is it always a good thing when God gives you what you ask for? Why would the people of God want to be like the nations around them? Give Us a King! | 1 Samuel 8:1-22 | Challenges of Faith for God's People | Outline | Video

In the days of Micah, the Levite, and the Danites, there was no king in Israel. Everyone did what was right in his own eyes. It wasn't pretty. We can learn much from their examples. Religion According to Man | Judges 17:1-18:31 | Challenges of Faith for God's People | Outline | Video

The Christian faith demands faithfulness. Christians ought to be full of faith and dependable, faithful to covenant as God has been faithful to them. To be faithful to God demands proving faithful in life, conduct, and especially in relationship with the people of God. Faithfulness | Righteousness | Outline | Video

God has loved us, and we are to love one another as God has loved us. When we love one another as God has loved us, people will know we are Jesus' disciples, and we can love them and proclaim the life that is in Jesus to them. It's that simple. And it doesn't need systems, institutions, or hierarchies to do so. The Simplicity of the Gospel | Thoughts on Evangelism | Outline | Video

Jesus reigns as Lord in His Kingdom. We do well to learn about the nature of that Kingdom and how we are to advance God's purposes in the Kingdom of His Christ! The Nature of the Kingdom | Some Thoughts on Evangelism | Outline | Video

To Jewish people the Gospel was a stumbling-block; to Greeks, foolishness. But to those who heard and obeyed the Gospel was God's power and wisdom to save. These categories remain to this day; join us as we explore them. The Gospel and the World | 1 Corinthians 1:18-24 | Thoughts on Evangelism | Outline | Video For the word of the cross is to them that perish foolishness; but unto us who are saved...

The COVID-19 pandemic has powerfully demonstrated the need for patience. Join Dan Szeto as he explores, from Scripture, why patience is so important for all of us during this challenging time. Patience in a Pandemic | Dan Szeto | Video

We like "good" things; we want to be known as "good" people. But what has God said about who, and what, is good? How can we pursue and embody what is good? Goodness | Righteousness | Outline | Video

"Ministry" is strongly associated with the Christian faith. These days most think of "ministers" in terms of the "clergy," and ministries in terms of various organizations and structures. Yet what do the Scriptures teach about ministers and ministry? Ministry | Thoughts on Evangelism | Outline | Video

God has called us to participate in the work of the Kingdom of Jesus to embody the Lord and proclaim the Gospel. Join us as we explore the work of evangelism. The Work of Evangelism | Thoughts on Evangelism | Outline | Video

Christians have been called upon to proclaim the Gospel of the Lord Jesus. Join us as we talk about many important principles regarding telling others about Jesus. Preaching the Gospel | Thoughts on Preaching | Outline | Video

We depend on God's kindness and mercy toward us. If we refuse to be kind and merciful, we should expect nothing but merciless judgment. Kindness | Fruit of the Spirit | Righteousness | Outline | Video

Do you trust in God? Christians will invariably answer that they do. But what happens in the difficult moments? Do you still trust in God when His will proves hard to understand, trying to accomplish, countercultural and counterintuitive? Or will you turn aside to follow your own ways, the ways of culture, the idols of the heart, or a false picture of God in Christ? Do You Trust in God? | Trust in...

Elijah endured difficult days. Even after great success, a setback sent him into despair. In his flight to the desert he learned much regarding God and His purposes. We do well to learn from his experience. Elijah's Flight | Trust in Difficult Times | 1 Kings 19:1-21 | Outline | Video

The fear was palpable. Conspiracy theories blossomed. Ahaz would make a fateful short-term decision with a lot of long-term consequences for Judah. So it always goes when a people falls prey to conspiracy theories and fear. Conspiracy! | Trust in Difficult Times | Outline | Video For YHWH spake thus to me with a strong hand, and instructed me not to walk in the way of this people, saying, "Say ye...

Patience, or longsuffering, is a rare virtue in the 21st century. We all seek it from others; we should show it as well. Longsuffering | Fruit of the Spirit | Righteousness | Outline

All of us learn from sources we trust. Thus, the quality of what we know is dependent on the quality of our sources. Thus, when it comes to what God has made known in Christ, to whom are you listening? To Whom Are You Listening? | Trust in Difficult Times | Outline | Video Beloved, believe not every spirit, but prove the spirits, whether they are of God; because many false prophets are gone out in...

How do we know anything, and how can we have any confidence that what we think we know is true? The study of epistemology is important yet involved. Challenges abound; and yet, after all has been pursued, we end up in a place of trust. God is trustworthy, and we ought to trust in Him. Knowledge and Trust | Trust in Difficult Times | Outline | Video

Hurricane Katrina in 2005; the Great Recession of 2008: a natural and an artificial calamity which shook many Americans to their core. We can learn much from these events and what came after them as it relates to our lives before God in Christ. Security Amidst the Tempest | Trust in Difficult Times | Outline | Video

The question regarding how you will respond to Jesus of Nazareth comes to each and every one of us, believer or unbeliever. Join Gerald as he explores this very important question.

God gives peace through Christ; it is far more profound than the pale imitation preferred in the world. Let us seek this peace and then manifest it! Peace | The Fruit of the Spirit | Righteousness | Outline | Video

Jesus concluded His teaching in Matthew's Gospel with a portrayal of the final judgment scene. How you treat the least among you would tell if you truly embodied God's purposes in Jesus or if you went your own way to perdition. Judgment Before the Throne of Glory | Matthew 25:31-46 | Jesus' Parables | Sermon Outline | Video "But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with...

Jesus prepared His people to live in light of the judgment to come. They had received gifts; there would be an accounting regarding how they were used. We can trust in God and strive to bear fruit for Him or live in paralyzing fear. The judgment does not go well for those who bury what God gave them. The Parable of the Talents | Matthew 25:14-30 | Jesus' Parables | Outline | Video "For it is as wh...

Jesus wished to reinforce to His disciples the importance of being ready for the Lord to return at any time. He thus spoke the parable of the ten virgins. Faithfulness at the beginning is good; but will we continue to be prepared for the Lord's return after some time, or will we have empty lamps when the Lord returns? The Parable of the Ten Virgins | Matthew 25:1-13 | Jesus' Parables | Outline | V...