Sermons

When our affective responses are responses to biblical or well-chosen images, analogies, metaphors, symbols, and…

1) The affections are primary because the heart of our religion is based on affection:…

Defining the Church – Biblically Qualified and Called leadership – Biblically Ordered Worship – Healthy…

To live as fully Christian is to desire to understand the meaning of this creation…

1) The importance of worship 2) The importance of corporate worship 3) Teach on the…

A conservative Christian church should engage in the systematic discipleship of believers. In good Christian…

The second mark of a conservative Christian church: it will understand, defend, and teach biblical,…

Beyond clarifying the meaning of the gospel, churches must be committed to the gospel. That…

Christians ought to be conservatives. Christians ought to be concerned with conserving all that it…

Israel used something that was meant to be an instrument of faith, into an object…

The provided content for “How to Give Thanks” is empty, but I will include it…

Loving God in all of life means cultivating the examined life. Contemplating the meaning of…

All of life’s activities can be consecrated to God, by considering our motive, method, and…

God has always desired that His people live in His presence. This study takes us…

The worship wars in our day are a symptom of a wider apostasy. As men…

Is Sunday or Saturday the Sabbath? Are Christians to be Sabbath-keepers? What is meant by…

Enoch lived in a day as wicked as ours. Somehow, he managed to walk so…

Christ is a King who seeks fruit. Finding Israel’s worship in the Temple, they were…

We who live in democracies are not used to the idea of kings. But there…

Man believes he has the luxury of time when it comes to the Gospel call.…

What is true leadership, and true greatness? The Lord had to teach some very ambitious…

Satan has various tools to keep people from coming to Christ. For one man, it…

God meant for the human family to be a picture of His grace, salvation and…

We shy away from the topic of Hell these days. What did Jesus Himself teach…

When Jesus wanted to illustrate faith, He used a child. How do children illustrate the…

Many people are just like Thomas: thinking that if they see, they will believe. But…

What is the real nature of unbelief?

We continually hear calls for theology to be ‘relevant’ and ‘practical’. The Transfiguration shows us…

A kind of Christianity is abroad today that requires no commitment and dispenses with the…

Spiritual blindness and clarity is affected by our responses.

Oftentimes, God has to repeat Himself when dealing with us. We need to consider why…

The ways and works of God are often strange or inscrutable to us. However, a…

What kind of attitude should characterise faith? The attitude of one coming to Christ demonstrates…

False religion is distinguished from the true by whether it works from the inside out…

The heart of much fear is actually unbelief. The account of Christ calming the winds…

The disciples needed to learn a lesson: what God’s orders, he pays for.

Why does God allow some of His choice saints to suffer or even be killed…

With so much error and false practice, what is true ministry?

Unbelief is a kind of moral madness. Our Lord’s response to it showed why.

When a royal birth is announced, who is typically the first to hear? Why did…

Can our greatest foe – death – truly be conquered? Christ has one requirement.

A woman seeking exemplfies what kind of faith God seeks and rewards.

What kind of power does Satan have? Is Christ struggling to overcome forces of darkness,…

There is one fear that will drive out other fears. Some terrified disciples in the…

How does God’s kingdom grow? What methods should we use? A simple parable helps us…

Why do some people receive Christ, while others reject? Jesus explained that the answer is…

We are tempted to think that the difference between someone trusting Christ and rejecting Him…

Unbelief postures as wise and intelligent, but underneath its facade is a vicious rejection.

What shall we do with Jesus Christ? People have typically responded in four ways. Only…

The observance of the Sabbath had become a symbol of a man working to please…

Is faith in Christ a gloomy despairing fast, or is best represented by a wedding…

Free grace is sweet to certain ears, and a scandal to others. Find out which…

What do we really need? The answer of psychology is very different to the answer…

What does the mercy of God look like? Is it willing to identify with us…

Is a serious faith the same as a gloomy faith? All the difference in the…

How does a Christian apply judgement and discernment to all of life? This is a…

One of the practices of the Christian life is the use of discernment.

Part of the practices of the Christian life within the church is the practice of…

The Christian life is to have the practice of making disciples of the Lord Jesus…

The Christian life is one of following Christ and becoming like Hi,

Worship is at the very core of the practices of a healthy local church.

What is a healthy local church? At the heart of practised Christianity is the local…

Is fasting to be the regular part of every Christian’s life?

Practical Christianity must result in prayer.

The very first and primary practice of the Christian life must be meditation on God’s…

The posture of faith is also to be one of diligently seeking God.

At the heart of the faith that knows and loves God is the attitude of…

Repentance is not something we do once on our day of conversion, and never again.…

Humility lies at the very root of a life of faith.

The beginning of wisdom, we are told, is the fear of the Lord. We examine…

The Christian life is one of assurance that is granted as we endure in the…

The position of the Christian life is one of possessing the Holy Spirit. We examine…

The truth that we are ‘in Christ’ is one of the most important New Testament…

Why does it matter if we know our position in Christ or not? We must…

The Christian life is to manifest in love: love for God, for brethren, for neighbours,…

The process of the Christian life includes, communing with God so as to come to…

God’s presence is fundamental to the process of knowing and loving God.

Loving God only happens as we come to know Him as a person. Knowing God…

The grand priority of the Christian finds its explanation in one thing: the beauty of…

Jesus was unambiguous as to the grand priority of the Christian life: we are to…

If you have ever felt that Christianity was a mix of competing ideas, you will…

The book of Acts gives is glimpses of very healthy churches. The church at Jerusalem…

If an alien visited the world on the day that celebrates Christ’s birthday, what would…

What would we expect if God became a man? We continue to consider this idea.

What would we expect if God became a man?

Though Christ was God in flesh, His prayer life reveals how He acted as fully…

What did a day in the life of Messiah look like? Twenty-four hours with Jesus…

The Gospel is irreducibly a Trinitarian Gospel. Ephesians 1:3-14 shows us why.

The mystery of Christmas is that God added a true human nature to Himself, and…

The topic of worship music is contentious, and yet three simple, logical principles from Scripture…

As Jesus began His ministry, his opening message summarised the heart of what the true…

Two events authenticated the ministry of Messiah: His baptism and His temptation.

John the Baptist’s work as the forerunner of Christ prepared the hearts of men for…

There is no greater story than the true story of the Incarnation of the Son…

Who was Mark? Why is his story a picture of grace?

What disciplines need to be in place for spiritual leadership in the church?

Why is discipline crucial in the life of a pastor or spiritual leader?

How does a pastor judge success? What is the criterion for knowing if his work…

What part does the church play in evangelism? We sometimes miss that it is by…

Evangelism is an expression of love to our neighbours. But as one man once asked,…