I. Introduction “What shall we do?” Imagine that you are standing among a group of people who have just been told that unless they change their ways, change the way they think, change the way they act, change the way they talk, change the way they live – in short, change their minds about everything, […]

I. Introduction Have ever noticed how politicians love to parse words, and how often they do it? They seldom just plainly lie. That is, they don’t usually say black is white or white is black. Well, some of them actually do. But most of them are quite accomplished at saying black is dark gray or […]

I. Introduction I thought about calling this sermon, “Have you lost Jesus?” But of course, if you are truly saved, if you have turned to Him for forgiveness of your sin, if you have put your faith and trust in Him and in Him alone, then you can’t “lose” Him any more than He can […]

I. Introduction In the fall of 2003 the founders of our church went over a long list of potential names for this local assembly of believers. After a time the list was shortened to four final possi-bilities. I think one of the four was “Soul’s Harbor,” but I’m not sure. In any case, nine of […]

I. Introduction It’s Sunday morning, January 2, 2011. It’s also the eighth day after Christmas. Could there be a more appropriate day to open our Bibles to Luke 2:21 and read, “And when eight days were completed before His circumcision, His name was then called Jesus…”? Two thousand years ago a new life began in […]

I. Introduction Virtually everyone knows the correct answer, the right response, to the question, “What is the sum of two plus two?” There is only one correct answer, isn’t there? But ask yourself this. How many incorrect answers are there? Well, here are a few of them. Three. Five. Forty-eight thousand, three hundred eleven and […]

I. Introduction Welcome to our final Sunday morning worship service before Christmas. In a few minutes we will turn to The Gospel of Luke and spend some time in seven of the most well-known verses in the entire Bible. In them we will see that God is always in control of both men and events. […]

I. Introduction Have you ever made a promise that you didn’t keep? Have you ever made a promise that you later found you couldn’t keep? If you’re anything like me, you have learned that promise-making is far easier than promise-keeping, haven’t you? Why? It’s because broken promises are indicative of a fallen and sinful people. […]

I. Introduction When I was a new Christian someone said that one of the best ways to study the Bible was to look for God in every passage you read. The point was that if the Bible is God’s book (and it is), and if the men who wrote it were empowered and enlightened by […]

I. Introduction The Westminster Shorter Catechism is arguably the finest document to emerge from the Protestant Reformation in England. Completed in 1647 and approved the following year, its primary purpose was to educate believers in Bible doctrine and the core beliefs of the Christian faith. Few documents outside of the Scriptures themselves are so rich […]