How’s Your Conscience? Acts 23:1

How’s Your Conscience? Acts 23:1 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Could you make the same statement? How’s your conscience? What is a “conscience”? What does it do? What things affect it? Let’s look at the Bible and see if we can answer these questions. What is a Conscience? Internal or self-knowledge,...

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Controlling Anger Prov 14:29

Controlling Anger Prov. 14: 29 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Dealing with anger takes understanding and control.  When a man has his anger under control: He understands his anger – Prov 14:29, a man that is slow to wrath is of great understanding.  He understands that the wrath of man worketh not...

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Getting High Mk 8:36-37

Getting High Mk 8: 36-37 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO The sermon is about the vain pursuit of earthly ambition and sensual pleasure contrasted with the fulfillment, contentment and satisfaction of spiritual pursuits. The vain pursuit of earthly ambition and sensual pleasure.  Take the devil for a perfect example.  In Is 14:12-14...

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Why Don’t We Have Peace? Jn 14:27

Why Don’t We Have Peace? Jn 14: 27 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO As Christians, we should be able to walk in the peace that Jesus Christ gave us [Jn 14:27].  His peace is far better than any peace that the world gives.  His peace keeps your heart from being troubled.  So,...

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Peter’s Three Denials, Matt 26:34

Peter’s Denial Matt. 26:34 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO of Peter’s Three Denials Do Matt 26:34, Mk 14:68 and Mk 14:72 contradict concerning Peter’s three denials?  Absolutely not.  Let’s study the accounts of Peter’s Three Denials. Jesus said that “before the cock crow” [Matt 26:34] Peter would deny him thrice.  Well, according to...

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Infant Baptism, Jn 3:5

Infant Baptism Jn 3:5 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO A preacher friend of mine has said many times, “You can prove anything by the Bible.” But just because you can “prove” a thing doesn’t mean that it is sound doctrine.  Most false doctrines are “proved” by the Bible.  The Roman Catholic Church...

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Amalek Typifies Sin Num 14:41-45

Amalek Typifies Sin Num. 14: 41-45 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO As we saw in this morning’s sermon, Amalek is a picture of sin.  Thus, when we study Amalek we learn more about our dealings with sin.  Sin, like Amalek, will eventually perish [Num 24:20].  But in the meantime it is alive...

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Defeating Amalek Ex 17:6-16

Defeating Amalek Ex 17: 6-16 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Amalek is a type of sin.  In Joshua’s battle with Amalek in Ex 17:8-16, Joshua discomfited Amalek with the edge of the sword.  Israel defeated Amalek.  The picture in this text is the picture of our fight against sin and our need...

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Flee From Idolatry 1 Cor 10:14-33

Flee From Idolatry 1 Cor 10: 14-33 CLICK TITLE FOR AUDIO Paul’s exhortation in 1 Cor 10:14-33 is very simply to flee from idolatry.  The reasons are fairly straightforward.  We must flee from idolatry because: We are partakers of the Lord’s table [v.21] – 1 Cor 10:14-18 – in 1 Cor...

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