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A verse-by-verse study through the book of James. What is the difference between knowledge and wisdom? There is a worldly wisdom and a Godly wisdom. What is the difference and how do we know which is which? Listen as Pastor Brian answers these questions and more using God's Word.

Music is a divine means of communication, created by God to speak directly to the heart, soul, and spirit in a way that words do not. Using Isaiah 12:2 and the truth that "the Lord Jehovah is my strength and my song," the message teaches that music is woven into God's creation and even reflects biblical patterns of completion, new beginnings, and the hope of redemption. The sermon connects the musical scale's movement from beginning to completion with Christ as Alpha and Omega, showing that just as music longs for resolution, creation itself points beyond this present world to the new heaven, new earth, and the reign of Christ. It calls believers to see music as holy rather than common, to recognize its witness to God's truth, and to take comfort that the end of this present world is not despair, but the beginning of all things made new in Christ.

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Authentic Christianity, Volume 1 is a collection of expository sermons preached at Westminster Chapel, London by David Martyn Lloyd-Jones — known to his congregation simply as "the Doctor." Working through the first three chapters of Acts, Lloyd-Jones holds the early church up as a mirror to the modern church and the modern soul. His central argument: Christianity is not an ethical system, a social program, or a religious sentiment — it is a supernatural intervention by the living God, beginning at Pentecost and continuing wherever the Holy Spirit works regeneration. The book is organized around three passages: Acts 1–2 (Pentecost and Peter's sermon), Acts 2:41–47 (the four marks of the early church), and Acts 3 (the healing of the lame man and Peter's second sermon). Lloyd-Jones engages throughout with liberal theology, nominalism, and every effort to reduce Christianity to a creed-free "way of life." The preaching is vintage Lloyd-Jones — doctrinal, searching, and urgent — pressing every listener to examine whether their Christianity is authentic.

A.W. Tozer argues that Christians can experience a greater filling of the Holy Spirit—but only if certain conditions are met. Is that what Scripture actually teaches, and what happens when the absence of spiritual power is blamed on the believer?

The devotional centers on the story of Cornelius, a devout Roman centurion whose prayers and charitable deeds marked him as a seeker of God, though he had not yet embraced salvation through Christ. Highlighting God's awareness of sincere spiritual longing, the message emphasizes that divine encounters often come through human instruments—like Peter—rather than direct angelic intervention, underscoring the vital role of believers in sharing the gospel. The preacher calls the audience to examine their own willingness to be used by God, reminding them that seekers may appear in unexpected forms and that every believer is called to respond to God's invitation with, 'Here am I, send me.' With a pastoral and urgent tone, the sermon challenges listeners to cultivate a heart open to the Holy Spirit's prompting, so they may become instruments in bringing others into a genuine relationship with Christ.

The sermon draws a parallel between God's physical creation in Genesis 1 and His spiritual recreation of the sinner through salvation. It emphasizes that God is the sovereign creator of faith, acting independently of human merit to bring light into the darkness of the soul. The Holy Spirit plays a crucial role as the agent of regeneration, awakening dead hearts and illuminating the truth of the Gospel. Salvation is depicted as a monergistic work where God separates believers from darkness, deeming their redemption good and useful for His glory. The message concludes with an urgent call to examine one's heart for evidence of this transformative spiritual rebirth.