Even though, one could interpret this passage as something of a rapid-fire list of admonitions as Paul begins to conclude his letter, I do think there is a correlation in these admonitions to the overriding theme of this letter—joy!

I want to talk to us about our continued pursuit to know Christ, to know the power of His resurrection, to pursue Him more. Even if we think we are pursuing Christ, here is one of the areas of life that call all of us. Even if we are pursuing Him, we...

As we begin this New Year, our focus will be to Pursue Christ. We begin to add to that central idea, ideas that are rooted in the pursuit of Christ. Today, here is the challenge: Pursue unity in the church!

Paul challenges us with at least three commitments that should be part of every believer’s life. In essence, we need to understand that if we are going to have joy we need to be committed to the things of Christ. For Paul, that meant a commitment to...

With days to go in 2018, it seems appropriate to worship to give thanks to God for the blessings and benefits of 2018 while at the same time ask His blessing and favor upon the coming year. We are blessed to have not only teaching on the subject of...

We live in a world looking for peace. Why can we be certain that we can find peace in Jesus? That’s part of the message of Christmas, is it not? Well, for starters, peace was the message of the angels the night that Jesus was born.

I am amazed and confirmed in my faith by the fact that Isaiah could point to the advent of Christ 700 + years before His birth. Christmas is the reminder that God is our Wonderful Counselor, our Mighty God, our Eternal Father, and our Prince of Peace...

Christmas is the reminder that God is our Wonderful Counselor, our Mighty God, our Eternal Father, and our Prince of Peace. Today, we examine specifically God as our Mighty God. Now, there are numerous examples in the Bible, throughout history, and in...

We return today to Isaiah 8 and 9 for background, then highlight a wonderful verse that will serve as a launch point for us to re-examine one of the most powerful Christmas texts that is in the Bible. Another preacher (James Merritt) called this verse...

Two weeks ago, we considered Isaiah 6:1-8, but today we consider 9-13. This chapter contains Isiah’s call. We usually stop at verse 8 and that is unfortunate, because there is an important lesson about God’s call that we need to see in verses 9-13. It...