Elisha and the Widow's Oil

WHEN GOD GIVES YOU SOMEONE TO LIVE FOR. [The Grace That Saved You Was Never Meant to Stop with You.] Luke 10:33–35 KJV WHEN GOD GIVES YOU SOMEONE TO LIVE FOR explores the transforming power of God's grace through the parable of the Good Samaritan. Using the true story that inspired Ordinary Angels as an opening illustration, this message shows that Christ rescues broken people, redeems their past, and gives them a new purpose in serving others. Above all, it points to Jesus Christ as the true Savior who came to where we were, paid our sin debt, and calls us to carry His compassion into a hurting world. This message reminds us that every ordinary believer can become an extraordinary witness when Christ transforms the heart and sends that life into a hurting world. God often rescues broken people by giving them a purpose greater than themselves. When Christ changes your heart, He also changes who you live for.

Teaching on Deuteronomy 15:1-18

The sermon explores the profound depravity of sin by contrasting its blinding, degrading, and destructive effects with the redemptive power of God's grace. It argues that sin obscures spiritual truth, reduces humanity to a beastly state, and leads inevitably to eternal death, leaving individuals unable to save themselves. The preacher emphasizes that only the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross could pay the infinite debt owed for such wickedness. By highlighting the severity of divine wrath against sin, the message underscores the magnitude of God's love in providing salvation through faith rather than human effort. Ultimately, the sermon calls listeners to recognize their desperate need for redemption and to respond with repentance and worship.

This podcast episode explores the biblical dangers of wealth and the call to faithful stewardship through a discussion of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress and key Scripture passages. The speakers analyze how the love of money can distort motives in ministry and daily life, warning against compromising integrity for financial gain or social status. They emphasize that while wealth itself is not sinful, it becomes an idol when it replaces God as the primary focus of one's heart and trust. Practical advice is offered on maintaining financial wisdom, avoiding debt, and teaching children to manage resources with a spirit of generosity and worship. The conversation concludes by encouraging believers to stay fixed on Christ through Scripture, prayer, and accountability to resist the temptation of easy paths.

Proverbs 6:30-35 — A thief can pay sevenfold and walk out with a closed account. An adulterer has no number at all. There is no ransom. This expository preaching message closes out our series through Proverbs 6 by tracing one of the chapter's sharpest contrasts: a starving thief has a motive, a mercy, and a number he can pay — sevenfold, steep as it is, has a bottom. But the man who commits adultery has none of that. If you've wrestled with the consequences of sexual sin, or wondered how forgiveness and consequence can both be true at the same time, this verse-by-verse teaching addresses it directly. This message doesn't soften the text. It works through the wound that "shall not be wiped away," the rage that jealousy produces, and the sobering reality — proven out in the life of David himself — that God's forgiveness and a broken household are not contradictions. God forgave David completely. The sword still never left his house. Working through Proverbs 6:30-35 alongside Exodus 22, Genesis 34, and 2 Samuel 12, this expository sermon lays out why every other snare in Proverbs 6 has a door out of it — and why this one doesn't. This expository preaching message through Proverbs 6 covers: - Why the thief in verse 30 is shown mercy but the adulterer is not - The meaning behind Solomon's number: sevenfold, a debt that can be finished - "He destroyeth his own soul" — why this man is not a victim - Spiritual adultery — what false god has taken the place of devotion to God - Genesis 34 — Dinah, and what rage drives men to do - Why "a wound and dishonor" is a description, not a threat - 2 Samuel 12 — David, forgiven by God, and the sword that never left his house

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Everyone who calls on the Name of the Lord will be saved. 1. Pray earnestly 2. Pray honestly 3. Pray patiently 4. Pray hopefully

Brian's sermon explores the Christian command to forgive others without limit, drawing primarily from the Parable of the Unmerciful Servant in Matthew 18. It emphasizes that while God's forgiveness of human sin is vast and unpayable, believers are equally obligated to extend mercy to others. The preacher outlines a practical process for achieving forgiveness by engaging the will, actions, mind, and emotions, noting that feelings often follow obedience rather than precede it. Key distinctions are made between forgiveness, which is unilateral, and reconciliation, which requires repentance, as well as between forgiving and forgetting or minimizing the offense. Ultimately, the message encourages reliance on the Holy Spirit's power to overcome bitterness and trust God with justice, illustrated by the story of Joseph and Corrie Ten Boom.