Sermons

Becoming convinced that God’s way is the right way is the beginning step in a Christian’s conversion. In order to attain the goal, conviction must be maintained. There are several ways one can become unconvinced, and several ways one can stay convinced of God’s truth. Understanding what kind of behavior to be on guard against and what to put into active practice is utterly important. This split sermon covers a handful of ideas to help in this endeavor.

God is in the process of creating His character in us. How can we describe righteous character? It is the ability to understand what is right and what is wrong; to choose to do the right and to reject the wrong; and to do the right and refuse to do the wrong. The Bible shows us in depth how this process works.

Learn about our Feast of Tabernacles site 2009 in San Diego; proposed functions and activities during the Feast; and assignments of those who should be contacted for further information. Please plan to attend and celebrate with us, and get involved.

As described in the Bible, a fool is the opposite of a wise
person. The decisive and foundational teachings found in the Word of God help us
avoid playing the fool, and these instructions hold great implications for those
who seek to follow Jesus Christ!

Why is God so unreal to most people? God tells us to prove or examine Him, to try Him out. You can become a friend of God.  You can experience answered prayers in your life, healing from sickness, Godly protection and financial blessing. Here is how.

Judgment, a pure heart, peacemakers, and being persecuted round out the second part to the beatitudes. They are important keys that show us how to better ourselves as Christians in our daily fight. The key is that we cannot give up!   

Does Nebuchadnezzar’s dream in Daniel 4 about a cut-down tree have a hidden prophetic meaning for us today? Does Daniel 4 tell us that the ancient Babylonian Empire was imprisoned or chained or paralyzed since its fall in 539 B.C., but came back to power in 1982–exactly 2,520 years later? Is there ANY biblical or historical evidence for such a claim?

What is God’s purpose for us? If we have been told–if the Bible reveals what our future is–then that places responsibility on us for what we are doing now

Solomon was an extraordinary king. He was a prince of peace, ruled over a magnificent empire, and lived in luxury and wealth. His wisdom was greater than that of all men living at the time. And still, Solomon had a dark side in his character which led to his downfall. What can we learn today from the “Wisdom of Solomon?”

This is Satan’s world. It is a world held captive. It is doomed to crash. Jesus did not come to make this a better world. He did not enter into this world’s politics. Christ called His disciples out of this world, to be ambassadors for a better word–the heavenly kingdom. As Christ was not of this world, neither must we be. Pentecost reminds us that God’s Holy Spirit in us gives us the power to conquer this world and Satan–the god and ruler of this world.

We all feel sorrow sometimes. Why do we experience sorrow and more importantly: how can we use it for our own spiritual growth?

Most don’t like to serve on a jury and look at it as an inconvenience. But jury duty is mandatory, unless you have valid reasons for an excuse. Courts have become more and more reluctant to grant excuses. They look especially with disfavor at requests to be excused for sincere religious convictions. Should Christians compromise and take the “easy way” out and just get it over with and serve? What do you need to know and to do in this conflict situation?

A conundrum has existed in the minds of people as long as there have been people. If God is a good God, why do bad things happen? God has made promises to His people, that they will be blessed in numerous ways, in this life, but also blessed with eternal life. However, He also provides us with the guarantee that His people will be persecuted. Is this a contradiction? Since God cannot lie, this is not a contradiction. The affliction, persecution and bad things that happen to people are for the greater cause of glorifying God, building character, and blessing His people with eternal life.

God is a family.  The reason mankind exists is to fulfill the purpose of God and become part of His Family.  We can achieve this goal with the help of the family structure.

Are you close to God? Really–or is that just what you claim to be? The Word of God teaches us how to draw close to God, and doing so is vital if we are to inherit eternal life and have a part in God’s Kingdom! 

God was compassionate and merciful in dealing with Job. Why and how? Wasn’t Job upright and blameless? Why did God permit his suffering in the first place? And why does God allow that righteous people suffer today?

The book of Job is one of the most misunderstood books of the Bible. Commentaries have struggled for centuries to come to grips with it, but for the most part, they have failed utterly to explain it correctly. What can we learn from this extraordinary segment of the Holy Scriptures?

Are you a leader, or are you among those who are led–a follower of what is good? In fact, each of us should be both, and the Bible reveals examples along with instructions for leaders and the led.

Many don’t understand today that sin is bad for us. They may look at sin as having fun and enjoying pleasure. And even though sin may provide short-term passing pleasure, it has long-term consequences which are not good. Sin produces bad results, and it does not pay. When we break God’s spiritual laws, they will break us. Our sins will find us out.

Whatever weakness that we may have, we have to make sure that we overcome it by putting it into God’s hands,  asking Him for help which should eliminate the weakness, thereby making us stronger.