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Showing posts with label Repentance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Repentance. Show all posts
Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Sermon Video: When the sins of God's people harm others - Genesis 20

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In this chapter, Abraham returns to an old ruse, one he used disastrously back in chapter 12 of Genesis.  Like then, Abraham's plan invo...
Friday, August 19, 2022

Listen to the Word of God: 62 Scripture passages that refute 'Christian' Nationalism - #6: Isaiah 1:11-18

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  Isaiah 1:11-18      New International Version 11 “The multitude of your sacrifices—     what are they to me?” says the Lord. “I have more ...
Friday, January 15, 2021

The Problem with claiming to be a Prophet: What happens when you're wrong?

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I'll confess up front, I'm not comfortable with charismatic expressions of Christianity, never have been.  They don't fit well w...
Tuesday, July 7, 2020

Sermon Video: Jesus' Opening Act: John the Baptist, Mark 1:2-8

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It is not often that the Opening Act gains tremendous popularity, but John the Baptist, the one sent by God to prepare the people of Israel ...
Tuesday, August 6, 2019

Sermon Video: Self-Examination - 1 Corinthians 11:27-34

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At the end of his instructions for the church at Corinth regarding the Lord's Supper, Paul warns them of the danger of participating in ...
Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Sermon Video: Trying to persuade people about Jesus - Acts 28:17-31

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In the finale to the book of Acts, Luke shares the story of Paul's attempt upon his arrival in Rome to share the Gospel with the leaders...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018

Clearing up misconceptions between Catholics and Protestants

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One of the things which makes ecumenical conversations and cooperative efforts more difficult is the abundance of misinformation that Catho...
Tuesday, March 20, 2018

Sermon Video - Judas: The Hopeless Sinner, Matthew 27:1-10

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Peter disowned Jesus, repented of his failure with bitter tears, saw the empty tomb and believed, and was finally restored by Jesus and made...
Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Sermon Video: They will be my people - Malachi 3:16-18

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Following the warnings from the prophet Malachi to the people of Israel, those who "feared the LORD" gathered together to discuss ...
Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Sermon Video: Don't call yourself a Christian if... 1 Corinthians 5:9-13

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Bringing the discussion regarding sexual immorality to a close, the Apostle Paul reminds the church at Corinth that his previous instruction...
Tuesday, March 21, 2017

Sermon Video: King Manasseh - Wickedness and Repentance - 2 Chronicles 33

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King Manasseh was a wicked man, he lived the majority of his life steeped in idolatry, blasphemy, and he even committed child sacrifice, off...
Tuesday, November 1, 2016

Sermon Video: Hezekiah's Revival, Part 2 (of 4) - 2 Chronicles 30

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Having cleaned and re-dedicated the temple, and reconsecrated the priests and Levites, Hezekiah and the leadership of the people of Judah ne...
Tuesday, October 11, 2016

True Repentance comes at a cost - Psalm 6

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There has been much discussion of late about the "apology" of various politicians for the immoral things which they had done which...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016

Sermon Video: What If? James 5:19-20

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The counter-factual is a staple of sci-fi writing, used to show how our world would be different if one event in the past were changed.  Whi...
Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Sermon Video: The Power of Prayer - Part 2: James 5:16-18

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Continuing his thoughts on prayer, James makes a connection in vs. 15b-16 between those illnesses which are caused, at least in part, by sin...
Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Sermon Video: "Repent and be baptized, every one of you" - Acts 2:38-39

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To commemorate the baptism of seven new members of First Baptist Church, the text for this week's message was Peter's instructions t...
Wednesday, May 20, 2015

"Sin is a brat that nobody cares to have laid at his doors" - Matthew Henry

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I came across this quote from Matthew Henry in his commentary on the failure of Saul to fully obey God in I Samuel 15 as Saul attempts to de...
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Sermon Video: The Consequences of Forsaking the LORD - 2 Chronicles 24:17-25

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The second half of the life of King Joash of Judah raises difficult to answer questions.  In the first half of chapter 24 of 2 Chronicles, ...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

When warnings go unheeded

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“No marvel that hardened sinners are not frightened from sin and to repentance by the threatening of misery in another world, which is futu...
Monday, February 18, 2013

Sermon Video: Ebenezer - 1 Samuel 7

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As the story of the life of Samuel continues, Israel faces a dark and difficult period.  The priestly leadership of the past under Eli is no...