The Gospels tell us about the birth of Jesus. We have one brief vignette of Jesus’ boyhood. The story of Jesus getting separated from his earthly parents immediately precedes the text I want to read this morning. These two verses summarize the life...

At the beginning of 2008, I issued two challenges. The first was to join me in reading through the Bible. For those of you who will complete that challenge this week, I say, “Congratulations.” I hope that your continued reading and study of the...

I think I am making a pretty good assumption this morning that I am preaching a very similar message to the most often preached message from the pulpit of First Baptist Church. The setting is different, but the message is the same. John 14-16 is the...

Isaiah prophesied that Jesus would be our Wonderful Counselor, our Mighty God, our ¬Eternal Father, and our Prince of Peace. We learn much about Jesus as our Eternal Father in his own prayer to the Heavenly Father.

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.

Isaiah 9:6 is the background for this series of messages throughout the Christmas season. Isaiah prophesied about Jesus, “For unto us a child is born , unto us a son is given; And the government will be upon His shoulder. And His name will be...

If we are not careful, Thanksgiving will come and go each year with only a passing thought from us. The spirit of thanksgiving is one of the basic qualities God longs for in His children. Perhaps we lack thanksgiving, because we lack contentment...

I take the title of my message this morning from the text as you will read with me in just a moment. The background to our passage of reflection is a threat against Peter and John. Peter and John have been arrested for preaching that “Salvation is...

Our challenge over the last several weeks has been to understand those foundational beliefs of Christianity. As I said in the beginning, my goal has been to talk about those things that are essential. We certainly have not talked about everything...

We started in this text last week as we talked about baptism, but let’s go a little farther today as we think about the church.