In this message, expounding on Romans 8:14-17, Rick discusses the wonderful work of the Holy Spirit in leading us, adopting us, and assuring us.

Preached by guest speaker Jim Bean.

Preached by guest speaker Ken Rambo

One of the great causes of falling away from the church, dullness in the Christian life, and lack of joy in God through Christ is found in flirting with and entertaining sin. In this message, drawing on the writings of John Owen, Rick explains Paul’s charge to put this remaining sin to death. As we receive this charge, the blessings of the gospel bud and blossom in our hearts.

The fact that the Holy Spirit dwells in the heart of a believer is well known. And like all truths that are well known, familiarity can often leave us less than awed by it. In this message Rick reviews Paul’s argument up to Romans 8:9-11 and then presents five points that will hopefully set our minds and hearts into worshipful adoration of the fact that God’s dwells with us.

In Romans 8:5-8 Paul contrasts Spiritual mindedness with fleshly-mindedness. Paul informs us that to be fleshly-minded is death but to be Spiritually minded is life and peace. In this message Rick explains what Paul means by these two phrases, presents a practical way in which we can discern whether we are Spiritually minded or fleshly-minded and concludes by showing how the believer can increase in Spiritual mindedness.

One of the most glorious passages in all of Scripture reads: “There is now, therefore, no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.” This verse should take our breath away. Sadly, too often, it does not. In this message, Rick looks at one of the principle reasons for this lack of awe and from there moves to gaze at what God has done to make this verse a reality.

The Christian life is a battle. As believers we deeply desire to obey God but we often fail. In this message, Rick takes us through Romans 7:14-25 showing us that though we are free from sin's dominion we are not free from its presence.

In this message, from Romans 7:7-12, Rick shows that the law is both a mirror and a window.

In Romans 7:1-6 Paul presents a principle, an illustration, and an application. The principle is: “The law is binding on a person only as long as he lives.” The illustration is marriage. The application is one of the most beautiful pictures of salvation in the whole of Scripture. In this message we glean from this picture and behold our husband, Christ Jesus our Lord.