Pastor Matt's Podcasts

Paul used his Roman citizenship against his persecutors.  We here in America have many more rights than Paul did, it is time we utilize our rights against our persecutors.

Paul wrote to the Romans as mature Christians.  He gave them meat, not milk.  This gives us tremendous insight into the nature of the word of God and its ability to mature Christians in its faithful preaching and hearing.

In this sermon we study the power that the word of God has on a person's life.  Jesus uses His word, both Old and New Testaments in order to affect change in the life of the believer.

Any given church is filled with differing opinions.  How are we to handle these opinions?  What would happen if the church decided not to disagree with things that are irrelevant?  How much further could we go in terms of expanding the Kingdom of God rather than expending our virtue fighting the brethren?

With the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, it is important to know and understand where the ideas came from, who preached these ideas, and how they have been applied.  This sermon is just a taste of the history and writings of those who were there.

In this sermon, we look at the fulfillment of the law with love.  How do we truly love one another?  It is not complicated, it has to do with obedience to God's word once again.

In this last of the three-part series on Romans 13 and civil government, we examine the nature of the Constitution and the character of the people.  The source of authority, the government and the people must be in alignment morally and spiritually in order for the government to function as it should.  A change in one will necessitate a change in the rest.

The Wall of Separation has been an attempt to neuter the church for years.  But if God is the God who created the church and the State, then both the church and State are equally under God's authority still.  Both are subject to His word, His law.

Romans 13 has been preached for the last number of years to encourage Christians to unconditionally submit to civil authority.  However, this is not the case.  This scripture describes three things regarding civil government.  First, it describes the source of civil authoirty. Second, it describes the purpose of civil authority and thirdly it describes the powers of civil authority.  If we read it in this context we can see how the United States Government was founded (mostly) in this biblical context.

In this section, Paul explains more on biblical ethics in terms of interpersonal relationships.  Christians are to live by faith and this includes dealing with those who persecute them.  No one is to return evil for evil, but we are to repay evil for good.  What does this mean?  How does this look in real life?