O Lord, we have just sung these words, “Though I may speak with bravest fire and have the gift to all inspire, and have not love, my words are vain, as sounding brass and hopeless gain.” Surely that is true. It’s true for the preacher, it’s true for the listener. We want to love as […]
Matthew
A Different Kind of Love
A Prayer of Submission
A Primer on Prayer
A Vision Worth Pursuing
It’s coming up on a year since I came and preached a candidating sermon here in March. Preached on Leviticus, as some of you may remember, as I had a couple say to me “maybe you don’t want the job, [laughter] preaching on Leviticus.” And in that candidating process and since now being here, I’ve […]
An Affair of the Heart
Antidote for Anxiety
Father in heaven, thank You for Your Word, every bit of scripture is breathed out and is profitable, and some very immediately so, and this is one of those passages. So help us to listen and speak to us just what we need to hear. In Jesus’ name. Amen. I know something that is true […]
Are You a Pretender or Repenter?
Well, let me begin by saying that it is a great joy and pleasure to be back with you this morning. As Kevin mentioned, and as many of you know, the people here of Christ Covenant Church have a special place in my heart, and have had that special place for many years. But it’s […]
Ask and You Shall Receive
Astonishing Authority
Be & Do
Be Ever Watchful
Good morning. It is good to be looking into the Word of Christ with you. Matthew chapter 13. We’ve come to verse 47 through 50 as we continue our study in Christ’s parables. Before we read that, just a couple comments. It seems to me that we are wired to sort things, and in this […]
Children and the Kingdom of God
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Choose Wisely
O Lord, whenever we sing this song, one of my favorite hymns, I am struck by that third verse already read for us, “Why was I made to hear Your voice and enter while there’s room; when thousands, millions, make a wretched choice and rather starve than come?” Lord, may we never lose sight or […]
Christ, the Christian, and the Word of God
Conflict and the Kingdom
Congratulations Are In Order
Father in heaven, whether we have studied these words many times or are hearing them for the first time, would You do a new work in our hearts to convict us of sin, to lead us to Christ, to give us Your grace that we might live according to the kingdom as members in the […]