The word of God is more than an old book full of history and rules. It is truth. It is powerful. It is life changing. The word of God ALONE is able to do what professional musicians, scheduled revivals, the most dynamic and trendy preachers, and even the most carefully choreographed “worship experiences” & well…
Sermons on Sufficiency of Scripture
Israel becoming a nation in 1948 set off a flurry of prophetic speculation. Books, movies and prophecy “experts” fueled the idea that the return of Christ was upon us – but those predictions haven’t aged well. It all began with the parable of the fig tree & what it represents, coupled with an interpretation of…
Popular end times teaching about 7 years of tribulation, antichrist making and breaking a peace treaty with Israel and more are (according to prophecy experts) found in Daniels prophecy of 70 weeks – or are they? In His Olivet discourse, Jesus tells the disciples that the temple is going to be destroyed & that they’d…
When is the end and what are the signs? The disciples asked, and it seems as if many in the modern church have not only misunderstood Jesus’s answer – we’ve misunderstood the original question. Before we can learn about the signs, we need to learn more about the question itself. The disciples were asking about…
The rebuilt temple during Jesus’s day was beyond impressive, covering over twice as much real estate as the first and some of the stones used in construction were 5 tons – in some cases up to 100 tons. This building at the center of religious life seemed to be built to last. But it didn’t.…
We often think of Jesus as a good teacher, but how often do we stand back and appreciate the strategy He employed with different types of people? In our text today, we find Jesus once again being grilled by the religious leaders. This time the Sadducees bring what they believe is an unanswerable question and…