This exposition examines the biblical record concerning the deity of Christ, providing a catalyst to review His glorious character and attributes and a review of the profound personal and theological implications of His Lordship in the life all true believers.

Title: The Lordship of Christ

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Oct 23 2005

Bible: Matthew 22:41-46

After reviewing the fascinating context of this third and final question of entrapment, along with a review of the various features and divisions of the Law revealed to Moses, this exposition examines the profound implications of loving God with all our being and our neighbor as much as we love ourselves.

Title: The Foremost Commandment

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Oct 16 2005

Bible: Matthew 22:34-40

This exposition underscores the parallel attitudes and tactics of modern heretics with those of the ancient Sadducees in the ongoing battle for the truth. Special consideration is then given to the marvelous realities of the believer’s glorified, resurrected body.

Title: Resurrection Glory

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Oct 09 2005

Bible: Matthew 22:23-33

This exposition examines the machinations of wicked men who conspire against the truth—manipulations common in the ecumenical movement. Special attention is also given to practical considerations surrounding our Christian duty to pay our taxes and submit to those God has place in authority over us.

Title: Government and the Christians Duty

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Oct 02 2005

Bible: Matthew 22:15-22

An examination of various Bible passages that explain why we have natural disasters, whether or not they are precursors to the judgments leading up to the second coming of Christ, and why a loving God would allow them to indiscriminately kill both the innocent and the wicked.

Title: Rita - Making Sense Out of Natural Disasters

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Sep 25 2005

Bible: Selected Passages

This exposition of Jesus’ parable of the “wedding feast” presents seven theological themes that give testimony to the glorious character of God and the staggering sinfulness of man.

Title: The Ultimate Invitation

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Sep 18 2005

Bible: Matthew 22:1-14

Prefaced by a theological overview of the love of God, this exposition of Ezekiel 16 compares the parallels of ancient Israel and the United States and the interplay between three spiritual realities that inevitably coexist in wicked nations, namely, religious self-deception, divine judgment and the unmistakable out workings of sovereign love.

Title: Katrina and the Love of God

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Sep 11 2005

Bible: Ezekiel 16

This sermon examines the recent hurricane tragedy on the Gulf Coast from a biblical perspective, namely, God’s saving purposes are often concealed in calamity, and in them we can see His glory, His wrath and His mercy.

Title: Katrina - God Has Spoken

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Sep 04 2005

Bible: Selected Passages

This exposition examines Jesus’ parable of the Landowner, underscoring the sequence of disbelief commonplace among hypocritical religious leaders, namely, those who are driven by self-interest, deceived by self-righteousness and damned by self-justification. Numerous counterfeit systems are used as examples, especially Roman Catholicism.

Title: The Pattern and Price of Rejecting Jesus

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Aug 28 2005

Bible: Matthew 21:33-46

Prefaced by an overview of the moral relativism that has invaded evangelicalism now culminating in the Emergent Church movement, this exposition examines the matter of spiritual authority according to Jesus as it was played out in His confrontation with the religious elite of Israel.

Title: The Matter of Spiritual Authority

Speaker: Dr. David Harrell

Event: Sunday Service

Date: Aug 21 2005

Bible: Matthew 21:23-32