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Showing posts with label Living Like Jesus. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Living Like Jesus. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 27, 2025

Sermon Video: Walk in the Way of Love - Ephesians 5:1-2

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  Imitate God. That's a directive that prompts many questions in response. The Apostle Paul has one particular aspect of God's nat...
Monday, August 18, 2025

Sermon Video: Be Kind and Compassionate - Ephesians 4:31-32

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  As the culmination of his examples of the new attitude that is needed now that we are in Christ, the Apostle Paul proclaims that "all...
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Sermon Video: The same attitude toward each other as Jesus had -Romans 15:1-6

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Why should Christians of "strong" faith bear with those whose faith is "weak"?  The answer certainly isn't to bolste...
Wednesday, December 20, 2023

The Apostle Paul: A Jewish Christian free to live like a Gentile for the sake of the Gospel - 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 and Galatians 2:11-14

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The antidote to lies is the truth, the antidote to heresy is orthodoxy.  In that vein, let me offer up an illustration from the life of the ...
Friday, November 17, 2023

Jesus, Jim Harbaugh, and the fallacy that, "Only the guilty take a plea."

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  Before I begin, I'm aware that terms like Innocent, Guilty, and Victim ring fairly hollow when thrown around between the NCAA who make...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Sermon Video: How the impending return of Jesus affects our lives now - Romans 13:11-14

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The Apostle Paul's confident assertion in the previous passage that Love is the fulfillment of the Law, is to be integrated into our liv...
Monday, September 11, 2023

Sermon Video: Living like Jesus in the everyday things - Romans 12:13-16

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As disciples of Jesus, imitating him is a key aspect of our faith.  Here in Romans 12, the Apostle Paul offers 4 examples of behavior that h...
Wednesday, November 2, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #23: Luke 6:27-36

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  Donald Trump Jr. tells young conservatives that following Jesus’ command to ‘turn the other cheek’ has ‘gotten us nothing’ Luke 6:27-36   ...
Tuesday, September 20, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #14: Matthew 18:3-4

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  Matthew 18:3-4      New International Version 3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you wil...
Wednesday, August 31, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #9: Matthew 5:43-44

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  Matthew 5:43-44     New International Version 43 “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ 44 But I tell...
Sunday, March 21, 2021

Sermon Video: Ashamed of Jesus? - Mark 8:38

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 Can you demonstrate that you're not ashamed of Jesus by sharing a meme on social media or putting a bumper sticker on your car?  No, th...
Sunday, May 10, 2020

Sermon Video: Heaven: Only Jesus look-alikes allowed - 1 Corinthians 15:44b-50

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Having established our upcoming transformation at the resurrection, the Apostle Paul now focuses on the differences between our earthly begi...
Wednesday, July 17, 2019

How a Christian must respond to adversaries

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It has become readily apparent that a significant number of Christians have decided that those who oppose them, in a variety of settings tha...
Tuesday, July 3, 2018

Uncontrolled Capitalism is as Anti-Christian as Communism

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What is the philosophical basis of  the economic system of Capitalism?  In simple terms: People do what is in their own self-interest, allow...
Thursday, June 2, 2016

The agreement of Paul and James

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The book of James has at times been viewed, most famously by Martin Luther, as being in opposition to the message of salvation by grace alon...
Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Why Christians cannot claim all Muslims are the same

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On a recent podcast, James White, author and debater on a variety of Christian topics, explained why it is not only dangerous, but ultimatel...
Friday, November 20, 2015

Why we can never allow "them" to be singled out.

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After World War II, Pastor Martin Niemoller, who was imprisoned by the Nazis in 1937 and eventually confined at Dachau concentration camp, ...
Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Sermon Video: "No servant can serve two masters" - Luke 16:1-13

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In a parable given to his disciples, Jesus tells a story where a corrupt business manager is unexpectedly commended after having defrauded h...
Tuesday, September 22, 2015

Sermon Video: Humble yourself - Luke 14:7-11

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In many instances, the teachings of Jesus are counter-cultural, running against the grain of what the religious leadership of his day was te...
Friday, July 10, 2015

Pope Francis is attacking Capitalism and defending Environmentalism; why aren't you cheering?

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In his recent trip to South America, Pope Francis has given several speeches that have been have been critical of Capitalism, and supportive...