Dr. Jeffrey F. Evans
How Do We Know If a Desire Is from God or Us
Acts 20:22-24; Proverbs 3:1-6; Psalm 37:1-9
Dead in Sin – The Reason We Need the Life-Giving Miracle of God’s Grace
Ephesians 2:1-10; Ephesians 3:14-21; Colossians 2:6-15; Titus 3:3-8
Loving People Without Judging them or Affirming their Sin
Romans 5:1-10; Titus 3:1-2; Matthew 7:1-3; John 13:34-35; Mark 12:28-34; 1 Corinthians 5:9-13
What We Need to Know about Us – God’s Evaluation, Self-Evaluation and the Evaluation of Others
2 Corinthians 10:1-5; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; 2 Corinthians 10:7-18
Baptism
Acts 2:22-41; Acts 19:1-7; Romans 6:1-4
How We Grow Through Suffering and Trials
Psalm 119:67 & 72; Romans 5:1-5; 2 Corinthians 4:17-18; Hebrews 12:8
Discernment, Mistakes & Being in the Center of God’s Will
Acts 9:1-25; Acts 21:1-14; 1 Thessalonians 4:1-8
The Spiritual Battle for our Hearts & the Role of Prayer
Matthew 6:21; Psalm 130; Proverbs 4:18-27; 2 Corinthians 10:1-5
Remembering to Give Glory to the One from Whom All Blessings Come
Romans 16:20-27; Jude 1:24-25; Ephesians 3:14-21
Beware of Those Who Use the Faith for Their Own Personal Gain
Romans 16:17-19; Philippians 3:17-4:3; Jude 1:17-25; Galatians 6:11-18
“All in the Family: The Greatest Fruit Comes Through the Closest Relationships”
Romans 16:8-16, 21; Acts 10:19-48; Colossians 4:10-18
Honoring the Women Who Held Leadership Roles in the Church Part 2
Romans 16:3-7; Romans 1:1-6; 1 Timothy 2:8-15; Galatians 2:6-10
Honoring the Women Who Held Leadership Roles in the Church Part 1
Romans 16:1-2; Mark 9:33-37; 1 Timothy 3:8-13
The Invitation to Believe – Is He Your Lord and Your God
John 20:19-31; Isaiah 12:1-6; Matthew 28:16-20
Faith-Spawning Resurrection Encounters with Jesus
John Chapter 20
The Christian’s Concern and Care of the Poor
Romans 15:25-33; Amos 2:6-8; 2 Corinthians 8:1-15
The Christian’s Very Clear Mission
Romans 15:19b-24; Isaiah 66:19-21; Acts 1:4-11
The Christian’s Privilege, Purpose & Power Source
Romans 15:14-19a; Acts 22:3-16; 1 Peter 2:9-12
Dreams, Angel Visitations & Prophecy Fulfilled in a World Where Joy & Deep Sorrow Must Mingle Together…for Now
Matthew 2:13-23; Jeremiah 31:10-15; Hosea 11:1-7
Christmas Eve Devotional
John 8:12; Luke 2:1-7; Isaiah 9:1-7
What Jesus’ Coming Tells Us About Ministry “In the Flesh”
Philippians 2:1-11; Matthew 1:18-25; John 1:1-5, 14
The Five Reasons Jesus Said He Came
Matthew 5:17-20; Mark 1:35-39; Luke 12:49-53; John 6:35-40; John 10:7-10
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#14): Accepting Others as Christ Has Accepted Us
Romans 15:7-12; Psalm 126:1-6; John 15:5-17
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#13): Pleasing Our Neighbor for Their Good & God’s Glory
Romans 15:1-6; 1 Thessalonians 1:1-10; Philippians 4:1-9
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#12): Love as Silence, Sin as Anything that Violates Our Conscience
Romans 14:22-23; Romans 2:14-15; John 3:4-6
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#11): Peace, Love & Voluntary Self-Restraint
Romans 14:19-21; 1 Thessalonians 5:6-11; Romans 2:14-15
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#10): Refusing to Judge the Non-Forbidden Moral Choices of Other Believers
Romans 14:13-18; 1 Corinthians 6:1-6; Matthew 7:1-6
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#9): Applying Grace to the Morally Grey Areas of Life
Romans 14:1-12; 1 Corinthians 8:4-13; Colossians 2:8-23
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#8): The Christian, Sin & the Approach of the End
Romans 13:11-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:1-11; Matthew 24:36-44
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#7): The Christian and the Essence of True Love
Romans 13:8-10; Exodus 20:1-17; James 2:8-11
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#6): The Christian and the Governing Authorities
Romans 13:1-7; Matthew 22:15-22; Acts 4:18-22
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#5): Loving Our Enemies
Romans 12:17-21; Matthew 5:34-48; Luke 6:27-36
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#4): Dying to Pride-Filled Ways of Responding & Living
Romans 12:14-16; Matthew 5:38-42; 1 Peter 4:12-19
The Hardest Part of All – Readjusting to Life Back Home
1 Kings 18:22-39 and 19:1-14
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#3): a Passionate Zeal and Caring Faith
Romans 12:11-13; John 2:13-17; Hebrews 13:1-2
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#2): the Christian and Genuine Love
Romans 12:9-10; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Philippians 2:1-11
Grace Received, Grace Understood, Grace Applied to Every Area of Life (#1)
Romans 12:3-8; 1 Corinthians 12:1-11; Exodus 31:1-5
Grace Changes Everything
Romans 12:2; Romans 8:5-8; Mark 12:28-34
The Key to All Christian Obedience, Service, Sacrifice & Worship
Romans 11:33-36; Acts 17:24-31; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
How the Nature of God Demands a Gospel of Grace
Romans 11:33-36; Acts 17:24-31; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25
Disobedient Yet Loved for the Sake of the Faithful Long Ago
Romans 11:25-32; Isaiah 59:19-21; Jeremiah 31:31-34
Stirred to Seek Salvation through Envy and Jealousy
Romans 11:11-27; Psalm 103:6-18; Deuteronomy 32:15-22
God’s Faithfulness to His People – the Foreknown, Elect, Remnant
Romans 11:1-10; 1 Kings 19:9b-18; Matthew 13:10-17
Those Who Hear but Refuse to Believe
Romans 10:16-21; Isaiah 53:1-12; Matthew 13:11-17; Hebrews 4:1-3a
How Beautiful Are the Feet of Those Who Bring Good News
Romans 10:14-15; Acts 1:1-8; Matthew 28:16-20
If You Believe in Your Heart…You Shall Be Saved
Romans 10:5-13; Acts 16:25-34; Deuteronomy 30:11-14
Religious, Zealous & Sincere but Still Not Saved
Romans 10:1-4; Luke 18:9-14; Galatians 3:1-9
God’s Grace In Jesus – The Stumbling Block That Hardens And Makes People Fall
Romans 9:30-33; Titus 3:3-8; Ephesians 2:1-10
The Deep Mystery of God’s Sovereignty and Human Responsibility
Romans 9:17-29; Deuteronomy 29:29; Psalm 135; Isaiah 45:9-13
The Unpopular Doctrine of Election or Salvation By Him Who Calls
Romans 9:6-16; Acts 13:44-48; Acts 16:11-14
Anguishing Over Those Who Will Not Come to Christ
Romans 9:1-13; Romans 1:1-6; Philippians 3:4b-11
Meeting Up with the Living Jesus After He Died
Acts 9:1-23; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8; Luke 24:1-6a
O Love that Will Not Let Me Go
Romans 8:35-39; John 10:22-30; Ephesians 3:14-19
The Precious Prayers Jesus Prays for Us
Romans 8:33-34; John 17:1-19; Romans 8:26-27
If God Is for Us, Who Can Be Against Us?
Romans 8:31-32; Jeremiah 29:10-14 & 32:36-41; Isaiah 41:8-10
The Order of Salvation (#2): Justification, Sanctification, Glorification
Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:3-10; 2 Timothy 1:8-12
The Order of Salvation #1 – Foreknowledge, Predestination & Call
Romans 8:29-30; 1 Peter 1:1-2; Ephesians 1:3-10
Predestination and the Ultimate Good God Works for in All Things
Romans 8:26-27; Hebrews 7:23-25; 2 Corinthians 1:8-11; Psalm 5:1-3
How Do We Pray When We Don’t Know What to Pray For?
Romans 8:26-27; Hebrews 7:23-25; 2 Corinthians 1:8-11; Psalm 5:1-3
The Forgotten Saints of the Christmas Story
Luke 2:21-38; Leviticus 12:7b-8
Jesus – God Come to Earth in Weakness
Luke 2:1-20; Isaiah 7:10-14; Hebrews 4:14-16
The Children of God and the Salvation of All Creation
Romans 8:18-25; 2 Peter 3:10-13; Revelation 21:1-7
The Indispensable Need for Struggle And Suffering in the Life of a Believer
Romans 8:17; Hebrews 2:10-18; 1 Peter 4:12-19
The Obligation, Privilege and Evidences of Being Possessed by God’s Spirit
Romans 8:12-17; Galatians 4:6-7; Galatians 5:13-26
If the Holy Spirit of God Lives in You
Romans 8:9-11; John 3:1-8; Acts 2:1-21; 38-41
The Dangers of Thinking the Will Is Free
Romans 8:5-8; Jeremiah 13:20-23; Matthew 7:13-20
No Condemnation for Those Who Are in Christ Jesus
Romans 8:1-4; John 3:16-21; John 5:24-30
Grace & Inability: God’s Power to Change Your Life
Romans 7:14-25; John 8:31-34; Galatians 5:16-26
When That Which is Good Produces That Which Is Bad and Why
Romans 7:7-12; Psalm 119:65-72; 1 Timothy 1:8-11
Under Law or Under Grace and the Difference It Makes
Romans 7:1-6; Galatians 4:8-11; 5:16-26
Life’s Greatest Decision – Pay the Price or Receive the Gift
Romans 6:23; Acts 13:42-48; Titus 3:3-8
Freed from Slavery Unto Slavery
Romans 6:19-22; Psalm 119:57-64; John 14:15-24
We’ve a Message to Give to the Nations
1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Romans 9:30-33; Habakkuk 2:4
The Grave Danger of Using Grace to Excuse Continuing in Sin
Romans 6:15-18; Jude 1:4; John 8:31-36; 2 Peter 2:17-22
Three Keys to Growing in Godliness
Romans 6:8-14; 2 Corinthians 4:1-12
Intentional Cross-Generational Engagement
Psalm 133:1-3; I Peter 5:1-7; I John 2:12-14
The Dangers of Misunderstanding & Abusing the Grace of God
Romans 6:1-7; 1 Peter 2:22-25; Colossians 3:1-11
When the Sinner’s Heart Hears the Demands of God’s Law
Romans 5:20-21; Galatians 3:19-25; Romans 7:7-12
Condemnation and Death in Adam, Justification and Life in Christ
Romans 5:12-19; Genesis 3:1-7; 1 Corinthians 15:21-28
Totally Sinful Yet Totally Loved
Romans 5:6-11; 1 Corinthians 6:7-11; John 15:9-17
Be Baptized, Every One of You…
Romans 6:1-4; Acts 2:29-41; Acts 10:34-38; Acts 19:1-7
Seeing All of Life Differently Because We’ve Been Justified by Faith
Romans 5:1-5; James 1:2-4; Hebrews 12:1-13
The Essence of Faith and the Struggle to Believe
Romans 4:18-25; Genesis 17:15-22; Galatians 3:1-9
The Key to Receiving and Maintaining Happiness
Romans 4:9-17; Galatians 3:1-9; Galatians 5:1-6
Blessed Is the One Whose Sin Are Forgiven and Covered
Romans 4:6-8; Psalm 32:1-5; Psalm 130:1-8
Living on Borrowed Credit – the Way It’s Always Been!
Romans 4:1-5; Genesis 15:1-6; Hebrews 6:13-20
The Gospel: Pride-Killing, Life-Stabilizing, Prejudice-Removing & Law Upholding!
Romans 3:27-31; 1 Timothy 1:6-11; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31
Jesus In My Place – When Justice Equals Mercy
Romans 3:25-26; 2 Corinthians 5:14-21; 1 Peter 2:22-25
The Death of Self-Righteousness & the Gift of Life, in the Death of Jesus
Romans 3:21-24; Titus 3:3-8; Romans 1:16-17
The Glorious Gospel Purpose of God’s Law!
Romans 3:19-20; Galatians 2:15-21, 3:19-25
Leveling the Playing Field: The Advantage of Knowing We Are All Sinners
Romans 3:9-19; Psalm 14:1-3; Ecclesiastes 7:20
Spiritual Advantages, Not Saving Ordinances
Romans 2:25-3:4; Psalm 51:1-12; Galatians 2:17-21
Talking the Talk or Walking the Walk and the Experience that Makes the Difference
Romans 2:17-29; Deuteronomy 10:12-22; Ezekiel 36:16-32
But What About Those Who Have Never Heard?
Romans 2:12-16; 1 Corinthians 4:1-5; 1 Timothy 4:1-8
Is Salvation By Works?
Romans 2:5-11; Ecclesiastes 12:9-14; II Corinthians 5:1-10
Evidence that Demands a Verdict
Luke 24:1-12; Acts 2:29-39; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11
“Pausing for a ‘Nobody’ on the Way to History’s Most Momentous Event”
Mark 10:46-52; Luke 18:31-24; Mark 11:1-11
Our Judgement, God’s Judgement, and the Mercy that Leads to Repentance
Romans 2:1-4; Matthew 7:1-5; Luke 7:36-50; Luke 18:9-14
Idolatry and the Wrath of Being Given Over to Depraved Thinking and Depraved Living
Romans 1:28-32; Galatians 5:16-21; Colossians 3:1-11
Idolatry and the Wrath of Being Given Over to Sexual Immorality and to Unnatural Relations Part 2
Romans 1:21-27; 1 Thessalonians 4:3-8; Ephesians 5:3-7; 1 Corinthians 6:18-20; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Leviticus 20:7-16
Idolatry and the Wrath of Being Given Over to Sexual Immorality and to Unnatural Relations Part 1
Romans 1:21-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9-11; Leviticus 20:7-16
New Years and the Blessing of Marking the Passing of Time
Ecclesiastes 12:13-14; Acts 3:17-26
The Antidote Who Takes Away the Soul’s Craving for Idols
Romans 1:25; Isaiah 46:1-13; Matthew 1:22-23; John 4:1-26
Idolatry as the Root of All Sin (#3): Christmas, Covenants, and Deliverance from Idols
Romans 1:21-25; Isaiah 8:19-9:7; John 1:1-18; Psalm 115:8
Idolatry as the Root of All Sin (#2): Idols, Our Identity, and Freedom through Repentance
Romans 1:21-25; Psalm 115:1-8; Ezekiel 14:1-5
Idolatry as the Root of All Sin
Romans 1:21-25; Isaiah 46:1-10; Psalm 106:19-23
The Truth Suppressing Affects of Unrighteousness
Romans 1:18-21; Psalm 19:1-6; John 3:16-21; Acts 18:23
The Increasingly Unpopular Truth of God’s Wrath against Sin
Romans 1:18; Psalm 7:6-16; Revelation 16:1-21
By Faith Alone (Sola Fide)
Romans 1:17; Hebrews 10:35-11:6; Habakkuk 2:1-5
Unashamed of the Gospel
Romans 1:16; 1 Corinthians 1:18-25; 2 Timothy 4:1-5
Preaching the Gospel to Unbelievers, Other Believers and Ourselves
Romans 1:8-15; 1 Corinthians 2:1-5; Colossians 2:1-13
The Four Truths About Believers That We Must Always Remember
Romans 1:7; Galatians 2:20; Ephesians 5:1-2; Colossians 3:12-14; 2 Thessalonians 2:13
The Good News of the Gospel – Who and NOT What
Romans 1:2-6; Philippians 3:7-14; Luke 24:13-27
The Blessing of Knowing Who We Are and What We’re Called to Do (Part 3)
Romans 1:1; Romans 12:1-13; 2 Corinthians 5:6-10
The Blessing of Knowing Who We Are and What We’re Called to Do (Part 2)
Romans 1:1; 1 Corinthians 15:1-11; Jeremiah 1:4-10; Galatians 1:11-24
The Blessing of Knowing Who We Are and What We’re Called to Do (Part 1)
Romans 1:1a; Jeremiah 1:4-10; Acts 22:1-21
The Lessons of the Mountain
Exodus 24:12-18; Numbers 20:22-28a; 1 Kings 19:1-13
Our Duty to the Straying: Love Them Enough to Seek Their Moral or Spiritual Restoration
James 5:19-20; Luke 15:1-7; 1 Timothy 2:1-7
Suffering, Prayer, Healing, Confession and Forgiveness
James 5:13-18; Matthew 9:1-8; John 5:1-15
Being People of Our Word
James 5:12; Ephesians 4:20-25; Matthew 5:33-37; Proverbs 12:22
Patience, Perseverance and the Right Response to Suffering
James 5:7-11; 1 Corinthians 13:1-7; 2 Peter 1:3-8
Warnings to All Who Exploit Others in Order to Get Rich
James 5:1-6; 1 Timothy 6:3-10; Matthew 6:19-24
Our Plans, Our Desires and the Will of God
James 4:13-17; Matthew 6:25-34; Ecclesiastes 5:1-7
When Christian People Elevate Themselves Above God
James 4:11-12; Romans 14:7-12; Matthew 7:1-5
What’s Wrong with Loving the World?
James 4:4-10; 1 John 2:15-17; John 15:18-25
Desires, Motives and the Grace of Unanswered Prayers
James 4:1-3; Mark 11:20-25; John 14:12-14
The Essence of Godly Wisdom
James 3:13-18; Proverbs 2:1-22; Proverbs 8:1-11
The Immense Power of the Tongue for Good or Evil
James 3:2-12; Proverbs 12:17-19; Proverbs 10:19-20
The Blessings and Dangers of Teaching
James 3:1; 1 Timothy 3:1-7; 1 Corinthians 12:27-31
Faith Only Made Complete by Exercising It
James 2:20-26
Good Works As the Necessary Fruit of True and Saving Faith
James 2:14-19; Romans 6:1-7; Romans 8:9-17
But I Only Broke One Command…
James 2:8-13; Exodus 20:1-17; Romans 3:9-20
The Sin of Prejudice, Bigotry and Favoritism
James 2:1-7; Leviticus 19:11-15; Luke 7:21-23
True Religion Which Is Acceptable to God
James 1:26-27; Deuteronomy 24:17-22; Job 29:11-17
The Many Forgotten Events of Easter Sunday
Luke 24:13-45; Luke 24:1-12; 1 Corinthians 15:1-8
Good Friday Sermon: Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
Six of the reasons why Jesus had to die on the cross
The Day Jesus Lost His Temper
Mark 11:1-21; Isaiah 56:4-7; Psalm 118:19-29
The Plague of the Church: Listening to Know, or Listening to Do
James 1:22-25; Matthew 7:21-29; Luke 8:19-21
Five Traits of a Wise and Godly Person
James 1:19-21; Psalm 103; Proverbs 17:28; Proverbs 29:11
The Greatest of All God’s Good & Perfect Gifts
James 1:16-18
Trials, Tests, Temptations and Who’s to Blame for Sin
James 1:12-15; 1 Corinthians 10:6-13; 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5
The Upside Down Kingdom
James 1:9-11; Matthew 5:1-12; Luke 1:46-56; I Timothy 6:3-10
Rejoicing in Trials
James 1:1-8; Psalm 119:65-72; Romans 5:1-5
The Absolute Necessity of Correctly Interpreting Painful Circumstances
Matthew 2:12-18; Lamentations 3:1-24; Romans 8:35-40; Jeremiah 31:15-17
Christ as Prophet, Priest and King
Matthew 2:1-12; Hebrews 1:1-9; 4:14-16
Joy and New Birth
John 3:1-18
Come, Thou Long Expected Jesus
Isaiah 9:1-7; Micah 5:1-5; Genesis 3:6-15
The Wisdom of God in Christ Jesus
1 Corinthians 1:18-31; Luke 11:29-32; John 1:1-14
The Supremacy of Wisdom and Its Numerous Benefits
Proverbs 4; James 1:5-8
Wisdom’s Value and Regrettable Disappearance
1 Kings 3:5-15; James 3:13-18; Proverbs 2:1-22
Revelation (#23) Powerful Prayers for the Persecuted Church
Revelation 8:1-5; Psalm 141:1-2; Acts 4:23-31; Ephesians 3:14-21; Romans 8:26-27
Revelation (#22) Shepherded Forever By the Lamb
Revelation 7:13-17; John 10:7-18; Revelation 19:1-9
Revelation (#21) The Song of the Redeemed
Revelation 7:1-12; 1 Peter 2:4-10; Revelation 1:4-8
Revelation (#20) The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Revelation 6:1-17; Ezekiel 14:21-23; Daniel 12:5-10; Isaiah 61:1-3
Revelation (#19) Celebrating the Saving Work of the Only Worthy One
Revelation 5:1-14; Psalm 96:1-13; 1 Peter 2:4-10
Revelation (#18) Keeping Worship God-Centered
Revelation 5:1-14; Psalm 145:1-7
Revelation (#17) Worshipping God on Earth as He Is in Heaven
Revelation 4:2-11; Isaiah 6:1-7; Psalm 95; 2 Corinthians 12:1-6
Revelation (#16) The Script Has Already Been Written
Revelation 4:1 and 5:1; Acts 4:23-28; Ephesians 1:11-12
Revelation (#15) Those I Love I Rebuke and Discipline
Revelation 3:19-22; Amos 3:1-2; Hebrews 12:4-13
Revelation (#14) Laodicea: The Self-Confident Lukewarm Church
Revelation 3:14-22; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; Proverbs 3:1-8
Revelation (#13) Philadelphia – The Weak and Small but Faithful Church
Revelation 3:7-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 7:21-27
Revelation (#12) Sardis – Socially Active, Spiritually Dead
Revelation 3:1-6; Titus 3:3-8; 2 John 1:4-11
Revelation (#11) Thyatira – The Faithful Church that Needed to Confront Error
Revelation 2:18-29; I Kings 18:1-4; 21:1-23
Revelation (#10) Pergamum – Church of Sheep (with a Few Wolves!)
Revelation 2:12-17, 2 Peter 2:1-16, Jude 1:3-4
Revelation (#9) Smyrna: The Faultless Church, Faithful Unto Death
Revelation 2:8-11, Hebrews 11:32-40, Acts 7:51-8:3
Revelation (#8) What to Do When Your Desire for God Disappears
Revelation 2:1-7, Matthew 22:34-40, 1 John 4:7-12, Philippians 3:4b-11
Revelation (#7) The Christ-loving Believer and the Fear of God
Revelation 1:17-20, Proverbs 1:7, Isaiah 8:11-15, Daniel 7:9-14
Revelation (#6) Jesus, the Glorified Son of Man
Revelation 1:12-16, Daniel 7:9-14, Matthew 26:59-68
Revelation (#5) In the Spirit on the Lord’s Day
Revelation 1:10-11, Isaiah 58:13-14, Galatians 5:16-26, Jude 1:20-21
Revelation (#4) Unavoidably at Odds with the Spirit of the World
Revelation 1:9, 1 Peter 4:12-19, Jude 1:20-21, 2 Timothy 3:10-17
Revelation (#3) Every Eye Shall See Him
Revelation 1:5b-8, 1 Corinthians 15:12-20 & 50-58, Romans 10:1-13
Revelation (#2) What Would Make the Stones Cry Out?
Revelation 1:4-6, Luke 19:28-40
Revelation (#1) The Revelation of God’s Victory
Revelation 1:1-3, Matthew 13:10-17, Hebrews 4:12-13
The Attributes of God (#23): Worship – As Putting All Things in Their Right Place
Acts 14:8-18, Revelation 19:1-10, Deuteronomy 4:9-20
The Attributes of God (#22): The Glory of God
Isaiah 42:8, 1 Chronicles 16:23-36, Psalm 96:1-13, Isaiah 48:9-11,2 Corinthians 3:7-18
The Attributes of God (# 21): Holy, Holy, Holy…
Isaiah 6:1-8, Psalm 99, Revelation 4:6b-11, Leviticus 11:44a & 45
The Attributes Of God (# 20): The Jealous Zeal Of God
Exodus 20:1-6; Exodus 34:10-14; Joshua 24:19-24; 1 Corinthians 10:18-22
The Attributes of God (#19) God Is Good (All the Time)
Psalm 25:1-15; Psalm 119:65-72; Mark 10:17-27; Romans 8:28
The Attributes of God (#18): The Sternness and Wrath of God
Romans 1:18-32; Isaiah 2:10-22; Amos 1:9-2:8; Revelation 20:7-15
The Attributes of God (#17): God of Kindness and Grace
Ephesians 2:1-10; Titus 3:3-8; Isaiah 54:4-8; Romans 2:1-4
The Attributes of God (#16) Our Merciful and Patient God
II Peter 3:8-13; Isaiah 39:1-8; Psalm 103:1-14; Exodus 34:1-9
The Attributes of God (#15): Great Is Thy Faithfulness
Genesis 15:1-19; Deuteronomy 7:7-9; Amos 3:1-3; Philippians 1:6
The Attributes of God (#14): God of Justice
2 Thessalonians 1:3-10; Psalm 18:1-19; Amos 5:21-24; 2 Chronicles 12:1-8; Deuteronomy 24:17-22 & 27:19; Proverbs 29:7
The Attributes of God (#13): Our Communicating God
Psalm 19:1-4; 1 Corinthians 10:1-13; 2 Timothy 3:14-17; Matthew 2:1-12
The Attributes of God (#12): God Unchanging and Unchangeable
Malachi 3:5-7a; Psalm 102:23-27; 1 Samuel 15:27-29; Hebrews 13:7-8
The Attributes of God (#11): The God of Joy
Luke 1:39-58; John 15:1-11; Nehemiah 8:7-10; Galatians 5:22; 1 Timothy 1:9-11
The Attributes of God (#10): The Sovereign & Unthwartable God
Luke 1:26-38m; Daniel 4:34-35; Isaiah 45:9-13; Isaiah 46:8-11
The Attributes of God (#9): The God Who Knows Everything
Matthew 6:5-8; Luke 1:26-38; Psalm 139:1-6
The Attributes of God (#8): The God Who Is Everywhere Present
1 Kings 8:27-30; Jeremiah 23:23-24; Psalm 139:5-12
The Attributes of God (#7): Almighty Over All, The Unthwartable God
Daniel 4:34-37; Job 42:1-2; Jeremiah 32:17-27
The Attributes of God (#6): The Paradox of God, Transcendent Yet Immanent
Psalm 8; Exodus 33:7-11; Job 29:1-6; Jeremiah 23:16-24
The Attributes of God (#5): The Inexhaustibly All-Sufficient One
Acts 17:22-13; Revelation 3:16; Isaiah 46:1-6
The Attributes of God (#4): God Is Love
I John 4:7-19; 1 Corinthians 13:1-13; Romans 5:1-8
The Attributes of God (#3): The Uncreated Creator: The Self-Existent, Eternal God
Nehemiah 9:5b-6; Psalm 90:1-6; Exodus 3:1-15
The Attributes of God (#2): The Necessity of Our One God Being a Trinity
Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Matthew 28:16-20; II Thessalonians 2:13-14
Why a Series of Messages on the Attributes of God
Romans 1:18-25; Isaiah 44:6-11; Psalm 115:1-8
The Ministry of Encouragement
Ephesians 6:21-24; Colossians 2:1-5; Acts 4:36-37; Acts 11:19-26
Prayer and Proclamation
Ephesians 6:19-20; Acts 4:23-31; Colossians 4:2-4
Prayer-The Second Most Powerful Weapon in the Arsenal of God
Ephesians 6:18; John 14:1-14; 2 Corinthians 1:8-11
The Weapons of Our Warfare – the Sword of the Spirit
Ephesians 6:10-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Isaiah 55:8-13
The Weapons of our Warfare (#3) The Gospel as Defensive Armor
Ephesians 6:15; Philemon 1:7
The Weapons of Our Warfare (#2) The Belt of Truth and the Breastplate of Righteousness
Ephesians 6:13-14
The Weapons God Gives for the Battle We Are Engaged In (#1)
Ephesians 6:10-12; II Kings 6:8-17
Mutual Submission as it Applies to Parents & Children
Ephesians 6:1-4; Exodus 20:12
Marriage (#3) The Husbands Submission to Meeting His Wife’s Need for Love- Intentional, Purposeful, Sacrificial Love
Ephesians 5:25-27
Marriage (#2) – The Submission of Wives to their Husbands: Stop Fighting, Show Respect
Ephesians 5:21-24
Holiness (#9) – Undisguised, Sin-Confessing and Sin-Exposing
Ephesians 5:11-14
Holiness (#8) Being Light, Bearing Fruit and Pleasing God
Ephesians 5:8-10
Holiness Defined (#3): Bitterness Rejecting, Rage Resisting, Kind, Compassionate and Forgiving
Ephesians 4:31-32
Holiness Defined (#2): Uplifting Speech, Sin-Resisting Resolve
Ephesians 4:29-30
Called from a Life of Ungodliness to a Life of Holiness
Ephesians 4:17-24; Galatians 5:16-26
Christian Maturity Defined & Described
Ephesians 4:14-16
Equipped for Service: Grace Gifts and The Beauty of Unity Amidst Diversity
Romans 12:3-8; I Corinthians 12:27-31; Ephesians 4:7-13
Learning to Live a Life Worthy of Our Calling (#2): Called to Be In and For the Church
Ephesians 4:3-6; 1 Corinthians 12:4-13; John 17:20-23
Learning to Live a Life Worthy of Our Calling (#1): Called to be in Christ
Ephesians 4:1-3; Acts 20:17-21
Praising the God Who Is Able
Ephesians 3:20-21; Colossians 1:3-14; Psalm 148:1-14
The Heart of Paul – Praying for the Church
Ephesians 3:14-19; Philippians 1:3-11; 1 Chronicles 29:10-14
Israel Redefined (Part Two): The Believing Gentiles & Believing Israel as the Church, or God’s One New People in Christ
Ephesians 3:1-13; Galatians 3:21-29; 1 Peter 2:4-10
Praying and Action – Putting Feet on our Prayers
Acts 4:18-35; Romans 10:8-17; Psalm 143:1-10
The Believer as God’s Workmanship
Ephesians 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; Isaiah 43:1-10; Psalm 139:1-18
What It Means to Be Saved by Grace
Ephesians 2:8-9; Isaiah 55:1-13; Titus 3:3-8
Seated with Christ in the Heavenly Realms
Ephesians 2:6-7; Luke 9:1-6;II Corinthians 5:16-21; I Corinthians 1:26-31
Made Alive by the Spirit of God
Ephesians 2:4-5; John 11:32-48; Ezekiel 37:1-14
Our Pre-Conversion Condition: Struggling with Sin or Dead in Sin
Ephesians 2:1-3; Colossians 2:9-14; Romans 6:19-23
The Living and Reigning Christ
Ephesians 1:18-23; Colossians 1:15-20; Philippians 2:1-11
Experiencing the Power of the Resurrection
Ephesians 1:18-20; Isaiah 53:1-12; Acts 2:22-41
The Goal of Our Redemption
Ephesians 1:15-19a; 2 Peter 1:3-11; 2 Peter 3:17-18
Earnest Prayer, Heartfelt Prayer, Disciplined Prayer, Persistent Prayer
Psalm 5:1-3; Daniel 6:10-13; II Corinthians 10:1-5
The Guarantee of Our Salvation
Ephesians 1:13-14; Acts 1:1-8; Acts 2:29-41
Chosen and Predestined…to the Praise of His Glory
Ephesians 1:11-13a; Deuteronomy 7:7-9; John 15:9-17
Redemption Planned, Redemption Accomplished, Redemption Applied
Ephesians 1:9-10; Galatians 4:1-7; Revelation 13:5-10
Redemption and the Forgiveness of All of our Sins
Ephesians 1:7-8; Psalm 32:1-5; Colossians 2:13-15
Ephesians – Praising the Wonders of God’s Glorious Grace
Ephesians 1:1-6; 2 Timothy 1:8-12; Romans 8:28-30
Prayer; the Saints Greatest Privilege
Psalm 5:1-3; Psalm 62:1-8; Romans 8:26-67; 1 Samuel 1:1-18
Can One Lose Their Salvation
Hebrews 6:1-6; Matthew 24:15-25
The Old Testament, the New Testament and the Unchangeable Nature of God
Isaiah 61:1-3; Hebrews 13:7-8; Malachi 3:6
Where Did God Come from and How Do We Know He Exists
Romans 1:18-20; Exodus 3:14; Romans 2:12-16
An Earnest Call to Prayer
Colossians 4:2-6; 1 Thessalonians 5:12-18
How Can I Know for Sure that I’m Saved
1 John 5:1-15; Romans 8:1-17; John 20:24-31
What Must I Do Now That I Am Saved?
2 Corinthians 5:11-6:2; John 3:1-18; Psalm 80:1-19
What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Isaiah 45:20-22 / Romans 3:21-31 / Acts 16:16-3
What Does It Mean To Be “Saved”?
Psalm 80:1-19 / John 3:1-18 / II Corinthians 5:11-6:2
Life Lessons Series (#4) -Swimming for Shore: Escaping the Cultural Current of Busyness
Isaiah 30:15-18; Isaiah 46:1-7; Psalm 131
Life Lessons Series (#3) – Do It Right The First Time
I Corinthians 3:10-17 / Matthew 7:24-27 / Luke 14:25-30
Life Lesson Series (#2) – The Body of Christ and the Lesson of the Bicycle
John 17:20-23 / Ephesians 4:1-6 / I Thess. 5:12-15
Life Lessons Series (#1) -The Flowers and the Weeds
Proverbs 24:30-34; Isaiah 5:1-7
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#10) – Implementing the Vision — An All-Encompassing Ministry Focus as a Way of Life
Philippians 2:1-11 / I Peter 2:4-12 / Mark 10:35-45
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#9) – Taking the Whole Gospel to the Whole World
Matthew 24:14 / Luke 24:40-49 / Acts 1:8/8:1 / Rev. 7:9-12
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#8) – Practical Gospel-Centered Social Concern
Job 31:13-23 / Galatians 2:6-10 / James 1:26-27 / Acts 6:1-7
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision for Church Health (#7) – Getting Started in Evangelism
Acts 22:1-16 / Philemon 1:4-7 / Ephesians 2:1-10
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#6) – Sharing the Hope-filled Message That God Is and God Cares
Matthew 4:18-20 / Acts 20:17-24 / Philemon 1:4-6 / Acts 1:1-8
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#5) – The Disciple Making, People Equipping Church
Ephesians 4:7-16 / Titus 2:1-15 / Matthew 28:16-20
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#4) – A Gospel-Centered Community of People Lovers!
I John 4:7-21 / Romans 12:1-21 / Acts 4:32-37
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#3) – The God-Adoring, Christ-Exalting, Worshipping Church
Exodus 33:12-20 / Psalm 95:1-7 / Revelation 7:9-12 / John 4:13-26
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#2) – The Prayer Saturated Church
Psalm 5:1-3 / Acts 2:1-18 / Acts 12:1-19
Pursuing and Embracing a Vision of Church Health (#1)
Psalm 133:1-3 / Ephesians 4:1-16 / Acts 2:36-47
Jesus, Source of Power and Healing
Daniel 7:13-14 , Luke 5:17 , Luke 6:17-19 , Luke 8:40-56
Redemption, Wholeness and the Healing of Persons # 6
James 4:1-3, John 5:1-15, John 9:1-12, II Cor. 12:1-10
Redemption, Wholeness and the Healing of Persons # 5
Luke 17:10-19, John 1:14-18, II Kings 5:1-27
Redemption, Wholeness and the Healing of Persons # 4: Physicians and the Fruit of the Spirit
Galatians 5:19-26, Mark 11:22-26, Mark 7:31-37, Matt. 13:53-58, Luke 5:17-26
Redemption, Wholeness and the Healing of Persons # 3: Examples of Healing
Mark 1:14-34,Mark 8:22-25, Acts 19:1-20
Redemption, Wholeness and the Healing of Persons # 2: History of Healing
Mark 10:46-52 , I Corinthians 12:4-11, Acts 19:1-20
Redemption, Wholeness and the Healing of Persons
Mark 10:46-52; I Corinthians 12:4-11; Acts 19:1-20
I Know That My Redeemer Lives!
Job 19:23-27; Isaiah 53:4-12; I Corinthians 15:12-32
Getting Preferential Treatment in the Church
Job 18:1; 19:22; Corinthians 12:21-26; James 2:1-7
The Pain of Shattered Dreams and The Quest for Hope
Job 16:22-17:16; Psalm 43:1-5; Habakkuk 3:16-19
If Only We Could Trade Places, Then You’d Understand
Job 16:1-21; Hebrews 4:14-16; Romans 3:31-39
Dense or Deaf? When People Refuse to Listen, Budge or Grow
Job 15:1-35; II Corinthians 1:8-11; Galatians 1:3-10
Heaven? Hell? Sheol? Hades? And How to Escape the Wrath of God
Job 14:1-22; Psalm 32:1-5; Micah 7:18-20
Is Present Suffering Punishment for Former Sins?
Job 13:1-24; Psalm 69:1-18; Matthew 27:45-46
The Suffering Person’s Greatest Yearning To Have God Tell Us Why
Job 13:1-24; Psalm 69:1-18; Matthew 27:45-46
Man’s Greatest Struggle Affirming God’s Sovereignty Even When Misfortune Strikes
Job 12:1-25; Isaiah 14:24-27; Isaiah 46:8-11; Daniel 4:34-35
Job and the Relentless Pressure to Repent for Something We Didn’t Do
Job 11:13 – 12:6; Isaiah 64:1-12; John 9:1-7
True Wisdom Holding Two Seemingly Contradictory Truths in Tension
Job 11:1-12; Matthew 11:25-30; Luke 22:20-23
Former Love, Present Affliction, and the Truth About Doubt
Job 10:8-22; Psalm 42:1-11 , / Psalm 77:1-9
Getting Mad At God A Sign of Hope in the Despairing
Job 10:1-7; Psalm 44:9-24; Psalm 35:11-25
Having to Live With Things Beyond Our Control
Job 9:25-35; Matthew 14:22-33; Romans 7:14-25
The Justice of God and Those Nagging Exceptions to the Rule
Job 8:20-9:24; Psalm 73:1-17; Ecclesiastes 8:7-17
Learning To Speak the Truth (In Love)
Job 8:1-19; Proverbs 12:18; Matthew 7:24-29
Being Forgiven, Feeling Forgiven, Wanting Evidence of Forgiveness
Job 7:17-21; Psalm 32:1-5; Luke 7:36-50
The Absolute Indispensability of Hope
Job 7:1-21; Romans 15:1-13; Hebrews 6:13-20
Being True Friends in Very Tough Times
Job 6:14-30; Proverbs 17:17; II Timothy 1:15-18
When People Expect Vessels of Clay to Hold Up Like Stone and Bronze
Job 6:11-13; II Cor. 1:8-11; II Cor. 4:1-12
Lord, Don’t Allow My Pain to Drive Me Away from You
Job 6:1-10; Proverbs 30:7-9; Romans 8:28-39
The Problem with Neat and Tidy Theories (or Theologies)
Job 4:7-11; 5:8-27; II Peter 3:3-9
Prayer and the Need to Pretend
Job 5:1-7; Lamentations 2:10-20; John 9:1-7
Job Blameless Sufferer, Honest Struggler, Earnest, Missionary to His Gentile Friends
Job 4:1-21; Acts 17:16-31; Matthew 28:16-20
When Good Friends Give Bad Advice
Job 4:1-6; John 9:1-7; II Thessalonians 1:3-10
The Sum of All Human Fears Intense, Prolonged Suffering
Job 3:1-26; Psalm 88:1-18
The Beauty and Wisdom of Knowing When to Say Nothing
Job 2:11-13; Psalm 41:1-9; I Timothy 2:1-2
Accepting Evil from God The Ultimate Struggle of Faith (#2)
Job 2:1-10; Genesis 50:15-21; Isaiah 19:22; 30:19-20; 25-26
Accepting Evil from God The Ultimate Struggle of Faith
Job 2:1-10; Isaiah 45:1-7; Amos 3:1-6
Praising the One Who Could Have Prevented Our Pain
Job 1:13-22; Psalm 43:1-5; Psalm 89:46-52
Job, Satan, and the Sovereign God
Job 1:1-12; Luke 22:31-34; I Peter 5:8-10
A Lengthy Trek Through The Landscape of Divine Sovereignty and Human Suffering
Job 1:1-22; Matthew 2:16-23; Hebrews 11:32-40