Introduction What if I told you that Baptism now saves you? How would you react? Would you call me a heretic? Would it make you nervous? This is the thought experiment I ran this week online. Of course as people act so often online, I was immediately accused of being everything from a Lutheran to […]
Salvation
Praise the LORD!
*This was a sermon preached at New Start Community Chapel in Springfield, MO, 2020. Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples! 2 For great is his steadfast love toward us, and the faithfulness of the Lord endures forever. Praise the Lord! (Psalm 117) Introduction I count it an honor to preach the Word of God wherever that may be, to […]
The Fall of Dagon
This is a sermon given on the narrative in 1 Samuel 4-6 Israel Judged If we are just dropping into the story it may seem confusing as to why God allowed Israel to be judged by being defeated by the Philistines, because in chapter 4 they bring the Ark of the Covenant into their camp […]
Hardened Hearts, Fulfilled Prophecy
37 Though he had done so many signs before them, they still did not believe in him, 38 so that the word spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled: “Lord, who has believed what he heard from us, and to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” 39 Therefore they could not believe. For again Isaiah said, […]
The New World Order
31 Now is the judgment of this world; now will the ruler of this world be cast out. 32 And I, when I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all people to myself.” 33 He said this to show by what kind of death he was going to die. – John 12:31-33 Introduction In our modern times we have heard of the vision […]