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Bible, faith, obedience, works
One could rightly summarize the Epistle of James in two words: “Faith works.” James argues for a kind of Christianity that acts on what it knows in terms of right speech and behavior. An important transition occurs in vv. 19-27 of the first chapter. It revolves around the word of God. Just as God uses [...]
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deity of Christ, faith, indwelling, obedience, Trinity
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here is how I tied together the entire passage in our last look at this section of the farewell discourse: Genuine faith that knows the Father and the Son who is in the Father demonstrates itself through obedience [...]
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care, commandments, equipping, help, Holy Spirit, love, obedience, saving faith
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I attempted to capture the gist of the section: Now in campaigning for their correct understanding of saving faith as issuing in devoted obedience and no easy-believism, I mentioned in part three that Jesus further shows [...]
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abolition, belief, faith, Freedom, gospel, human trafficking, love for Jesus, obedience, perseverance, slavery, William Wilberforce
Today’s message from John 14:15-24 is now on the web. You can listen to the audio here. Here’s how I brought the message home: If you believe you do possess this priceless gift, then understand that the acid test of ownership comes with “owning” His commandments and keeping/obeying His words. Jesus put it this way [...]
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death, family, grief, marriage, obedience, providence, sovereignty
By tale I don’t mean fiction. Each family referenced in this post once existed or does now actually exist. These tales relate fact, some of it hard-to-swallow, down right mind blowing truth. Household #1 – Ezekiel the prophet’s. Every year as I read through the entirety of the Bible I always come up short when [...]
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giving thanks, obedience, spiritual life, thanksgiving
Our confession of faith makes it clear. The giving of thanks comprises an essential component of true worship. Under the heading of Religious Worship, and the Lord’s Day paragraph 3 begins, God requires all men to pray to Him, and to give thanks, this being one part of natural worship. Psalm 65:2 states Praise is [...]
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death of Christ, faith, false teachers, love of Christ, obedience, submission, the good shepherd
The last in the series of messages from the Good Shepherd discourse in John 10:11-18 is now on the web. You can listen to the message here. I summarized the sermon this way: How then should we respond to such sovereign goodness that lays down its life for the sheep in a loving, substitutionary, particular, [...]
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