Sermons

The Burden of Calvary

Why is the account of Gethsemane in the Bible? The truth is, without Gethsemane, we…

The Family Meal

What exactly is the Lord’s Supper? Who should partake of it?

The Heart of a Betrayer

What is a false disciple? Judas is one of the best description of someone ‘almost…

Not One Stone

Christ’s disciples couldn’t imagine a situation worse than the destruction of the Jewish Temple. Christ…

Giving All

Does God care about the amount we give, or the proportion with which we give?

Smarter Than God

When some people tried to trap Jesus, it only resulted in revealing His magnificent wisdom.

The Complacent Church—Laodicea

What happens to churches when the air of comfort, freedom and materialism begins to infect…

The Conquering Church—Philadelphia

No other church is commended and praised by Christ the way the Philadelphian church is.…

Forsaken For Us

Leading up to His death, and on the Cross itself, Jesus experienced what it is…

The Corpselike Church—Sardis

What does a church look like when all spiritual life has left it? The church…

The Corrupt Church—Thyatira

When compromise is tolerated, sin corrodes the health of church.

The Compromising Church—Pergamos

Some churches do not deny the faith explicitly. Instead, they subtly allow what is hostile…

The Crowned Church—Smyrna

The suffering, persecuted church is often the purest church. We consider Smyrna, and find out…

The Cooling Church—Ephesus

A church can have so many things right, and yet be wrong. Sound doctrine, diligent…

Proverbs on Government

Though the book of Proverbs was written 3000 years ago, its wisdom regarding government and…

Proverbs on Marriage and Purity

Proverbs has much to say on the topic of sexual purity, sexual sin, and the…

Proverbs on Parenting

Modern parenting methods are often a far-cry from what Proverbs calls for. This is largely…

Proverbs on Fear

Nobody escape fear. Nevertheless, fear ought not to rule the life of a believer. Proverbs…

Proverbs on Depression

Proverbs defines depression as ‘hope deferred’. Proverbs makes it clear why this is the case,…

Proverbs on Conflict

Conflict may not be avoidable, but believers need to know how to avoid it and…

Proverbs on Anger

“The fire that burns” – anger is a demand for change. The demand can either…

Proverbs on Receiving Correction

Though no one enjoys it, receiving correction is fundamental to growth and development in the…

Proverbs on Communication—Part 2

The book of Proverbs provides us with a wealth of truth regarding communication that pleases…

Proverbs on Communication—Part 1

How are we to use our tongues? Proverbs has much to say on both speaking…

Proverbs on Laziness and Diligence

A biblical perspective on laziness and diligence.

Proverbs on God’s Will

A biblical perspective on God’s sovereign and preceptive will. Our part in doing God’s will…

Forward in Faith or Retreating in Rejection

I. God’s People Faced Possibilities and Problems II. Some Chose Unbelief and Rejection; Some Chose…

Nehemiah: Builders, Breakers and the Work of God

How do you build a church? How do you break down a church? The book…

Job

Lessons from the book of Job.

Knowing God Through Discipleship

True believers are disciples, radical, cross-carrying followers of the Master. A Christian disciple is really…

Knowing God Through Fellowship

John deliberately tells us that no one has seen God. The essence of God cannot…

Knowing God Through Worship

I. You Were Created to Worship God. II. You Were Saved to Worship God. III.…

Five Secrets of Knowing God

1) We know God as a person. 2) We know God because he reveals himself.…

The Faith of Forgiveness

Unforgiving Christians can become obstacles to Gospel for others. Forgiveness reflects on who our God…

Essential Christianity—Orthopathy—Part 10

Right thinking about God / Correct worship of God.

Essential Christianity—Orthopathy—Part 9

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

Essential Christianity—Orthopathy—Part 8

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

Essential Christianity—Orthopraxy—Part 7

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

Essential Christianity—Orthopraxy—Part 6

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

Essential Christianity—Orthopraxy—Part 5

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

Essential Christianity—Orthodoxy—Part 4

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

Essential Christianity—Orthodoxy—Part 3

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

Essential Christianity—Orthodoxy—Part 2

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

Essential Christianity—Part 1

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

When Means Become Ends—Nehushtan

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

How to Give Thanks

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Loving God in All of Life—Contemplation

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

Loving God in All of Life—Consecration

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

Living In His Presence

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

Whatever Happened to Worship?

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

The Lord’s Day

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

Walking With God

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

The Farmer-King

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

The Presentation of the King

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

Do Not Pass Me By

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

Usefulness or Prominence

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

Hell’s Monkey Trap

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

Pictures Worth Preserving

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

A Fate Worse Than Disability

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

Childlike Christianity

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

Believing is Seeing

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

Help My Unbelief

What is the real nature of unbelief?

A Vision of Christ

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

Crossless Christianity

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

Men as Trees

Spiritual blindness and clarity is affected by our responses.

Are We Getting It Yet?

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

He Does All Things Well

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

The Heart of Seeking Faith

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

Heart Religion

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

Courage, It is I

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

The Lesson of the Loaves

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

The Martyrdom of John

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

Real Ministry

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

The Marvel of Unbelief

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

The Shepherds

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

The Death of Death

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

The Touch of Faith

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

The Servant’s Sovereignty Over Satan

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

The Fear That Drives Out Fear

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

Sowing and Sleeping

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

Why Some Receive Christ

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

Why Most Reject Christ

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

The Ugliness of Unbelief

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

Four Responses To Jesus

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

The Sabbath for Man

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

Faith: Feast or Fast?

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

The Scandal and Sweetness of Free Grace

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

Your Greatest Need

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

Misery and Mercy

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

How to Be Sober Without Being Sombre

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Discernment, Part 2

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Discernment, Part 1

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Church, Stewardship

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Church, Making Disciples

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Church, Discipleship

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Church, Worship

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—The Local Church

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Fasting

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

The Practices of the Christian Life—Prayer

Practical Christianity must result in prayer.

The Practices of the Christian Life—Meditation

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