Sermons from 2022 (Page 3)
The Plumb Line Hasn’t Moved
Amos 7:7-8 (NIV84) 7This is what he showed me: The Lord was standing by a wall that had been built true to plumb, with a plumb line in his hand. 8And the Lord asked me, “What do you see, Amos?” “A plumb line,” I replied. Then the Lord said, “Look, I am setting a plumb line among my people Israel; I will spare them no longer.
Strengthening Our Conscience in Regards to How We Obtain Right Standing With God
Hebrews 10:26-30 (NKJV) 26For if we sin willfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there no longer remains a sacrifice for sins, 27but a certain fearful expectation of judgment, and fiery indignation which will devour the adversaries. 28Anyone who has rejected Moses’ law dies…
The Triumphant Entry – Every Day
Matthew 21:1-9 (NIV84) 1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, “Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right…
The Ruth Report – Part 2
Ruth 3:10-13 (ESV) 10And he said, “May you be blessed by the Lord, my daughter. You have made this last kindness greater than the first in that you have not gone after young men, whether poor or rich. 11And now, my daughter, do not fear. I will do for you all that you ask, for all my fellow townsmen know that you are a worthy woman. 12And now it is true that I am a…
The Ruth Report – Part 1
Ruth 1:16-17 (ESV) 16But Ruth said, “Do not urge me to leave you or to return from following you. For where you go I will go, and where you lodge I will lodge. Your people shall be my people, and your God my God. 17Where you die I will die, and there will I be buried. May the Lord do so to me and more also if anything but death parts me from you.” Ruth 2:12 (ESV) 12The…
Thy Courts Above — Thy Courses Below
Luke 17:14-21 (NIV84) 14When he saw them, he said, “Go, show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed. 15One of them, when he saw he was healed, came back, praising God in a loud voice. 16He threw himself at Jesus’ feet and thanked him—and he was a Samaritan. 17Jesus asked, “Were not all ten cleansed? Where are the other nine? 18Has no one returned…
Plowing Through to the Abundant Life
Matthew 7:7-11 (NIV84) 7Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. 8For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. 9Which of you, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? 10Or if he asks for a fish, will give him a snake? 11If you, then, though you are…
God’s Got a Plan
Jeremiah 29:11-13 (NIV84) 11″For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. 12Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. 13You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. “
Sanctity of Human Life
Scripture reading for this sermon: Psalm 139:13-16 (ESV) 13For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. 14 I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. 15 My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. 16 Your…
Religious Freedom Reflections
Scripture reading for this sermon: 2 Corinthians 3:17 (ESV) 17Now the Lord is the Spirit, and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom. Galatians 5:1 (ESV) 1For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galations 5:13 (ESV) 13For you were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an…