This week, we return to our series of messages as we look at the biblical record of the life of king David. David is important for believers to be well acquainted with because God does so many glorious things in his life that reveal what he [God] is like. But it’s also important for believers to understand David’s life because David is in many ways the Old Testament figure that most clearly … [Read more...] about THE LIFE OF DAVID: “Disaster at Ziklag” (1/10/21)
DANIEL: Lesson 17 (1/10/21)
This morning we’ll try to conclude our treatment of the tenth chapter of Daniel. Last time, we examined the unseen angelic and demonic world that, through prayer, God uses to significantly influence both world events and our own individual life circumstances. We saw in this story that this angelic activity in the heavenlies played out concurrently—at the same time of Daniel’s three weeks of … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 17 (1/10/21)
CHRISTMAS EVE: “A Study in Contrasts: Mary & Zechariah”(12/24/20)
Normally, we look into the Scripture to see God and his work rather than spend much time doing character studies. But Luke, by the way he writes the first chapter of his gospel, is clearly inviting us to look at two characters he presents side by side in his narrative about Jesus’ birth. So, we want to spend some time today looking at Zechariah and the virgin Mary because Luke intentionally … [Read more...] about CHRISTMAS EVE: “A Study in Contrasts: Mary & Zechariah”(12/24/20)
“The Reason the Son of God Appeared” (12/27/20)
During the Christmas season, it’s easy for us to focus on the biblical accounts of Christ’s birth to the point where we almost separate the historical event of Christ’s birth in Bethlehem recorded in Matthew and Luke from the larger story into which it fits. The story of Christ’s birth obviously doesn’t exist isolated from the rest of the bible. It fits within a larger context and that context … [Read more...] about “The Reason the Son of God Appeared” (12/27/20)
DANIEL: Lesson 16 (12/27/20)
This week, our text in Daniel chapter 10 once more leads us to the topic of prayer. The main truth from this week’s text in Daniel chapter ten is simply: God uses the prayers of his people to bring his sovereign rule to earth. Although this text speaks specifically to global and political rule, we have also seen in Daniel that God powerfully uses the prayers of his people to bring his rule to … [Read more...] about DANIEL: Lesson 16 (12/27/20)
ADVENT: “The Promised Messiah” (12/20/20)
Our text for this morning is from the Old Testament prophet Isaiah who lived and prophesied about 700 years before Jesus was born. Today, we’ll be looking into the 9th chapter and mainly focusing on verses six and seven. God says through Isaiah, “6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder, and his name shall be called Wonderful Counselor, … [Read more...] about ADVENT: “The Promised Messiah” (12/20/20)
