Excerpts are short snippets taken from a full sermon. They tend to focus on a specific point that was impactful from the message.
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
Entering Heaven Based On Someone Else’s Test Score
In order to go to heaven, you must be as holy as God and have a perfect record in keeping all of God's commandments. Every human being has failed miserably...
What Should Make Us Angry?
What Should Make Us Angry?
We typically think of anger as a work of the flesh that we need to put to death and flee from. And in most cases it certainly is, but there actually is a time and place to be angry.
Why Do People Lie? They Love Themselves
Why Do People Lie? They Love Themselves
And why do people lie? You don't have to think too hard about it. It's not rocket science here. If you want to boil it down, it comes down to this - it comes down to this desire: Man loves himself. It's selfish what's...
Don’t Just Have External Conformity
Don’t Just Have External Conformity
Being a Christian isn't just learning how to say the right things. It is very easy to join a biblical church and try to externally mimic the behavior and speech of everyone there.
Do You Use Facebook to Platform Yourself as an Authority?
Do You Use Facebook to Platform Yourself as an Authority?
Social media has become such a convenient platform for people to display themselves as an authority on certain matters.
Sanctification is Not Passive
Sanctification is Not Passive
One of the greatest hindrances to sanctification is when we view it as though it is passive. We are not told to be passive in dealing with sin, but rather we are called to actively put it off.
The Truth is Never Arrogant
The Truth is Never Arrogant
The truth is never arrogant but the truth is a matter of fact. Now in the delivery of the truth, the messenger can be proud, unloving and arrogant. It is true that our actions...
Don’t Let Anyone Take Your Crown
Don’t Let Anyone Take Your Crown
Revelation 3:11 I am coming soon. Hold fast what you have, so that no one may seize your crown.
Do Not Scoff at God’s Warnings
Do Not Scoff at God’s Warnings
God is mercifully giving warnings of His coming judgment so that we can find refuge. Do not scoff at God's warnings.
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church?
Why Are Millennials Leaving the Church?
Why are so many millennials leaving the church? It seems fewer people are attending a church in this generation than in previous generations.
Why is This World the Way That It Is?
Why is This World the Way That It Is?
There are two very important questions we all should be asking: 1. Why are things the way they are in this world? 2. How do we fix it?
Don’t Pray Like a Modalist
Don’t Pray Like a Modalist
The Bible teaches that Jesus Christ is God, but do not mistake that to mean that Jesus Christ is the Father. We should not attribute things to the Father that are exclusively attributed to the Son, and vice versa.
Sin Did Not Kill Jesus Christ
Sin Did Not Kill Jesus Christ
Christian, sin didn't kill Jesus Christ for you. God (your Father) killed Jesus Christ for you.
God Is Not On Trial, You Are
God Is Not On Trial, You Are
One thing that becomes a reality is that man suddenly realizes that God is not the one that is on trial, he is.
Nothing Between My Soul and the Savior
Nothing Between My Soul and the Savior
Confessing our sin can be humiliating to us, but it is not anywhere near as hurtful as letting our fellowship with God be hindered through our refusal to confess sin.
God is Gracious But Sin Has Terrible Consequences
God is Gracious But Sin Has Terrible Consequences
Praise be to God that He forgives our sins and that we won't have to go to hell for them. But this doesn't mean that there will not be fierce and severe consequences for our sin.
Young Person: Do You Believe That God Is Against You?
Young Person: Do You Believe That God Is Against You?
The Devil deceived Eve by making God look like a cruel taskmaster in her eyes. And even in our day, this is still one of his top devices in ruining souls.
God Justly Punishes People We Know and Love
God Justly Punishes People We Know and Love
Believer, do you realize that hell is for a bunch of people you know and love who are outside of Christ? After a funeral of an unbeliever...
Are You Defensive?
Are You Defensive?
When you get approached or corrected about something in your life, how do you receive it? Are you defensive?
No One Will Be Missing on Judgment Day
No One Will Be Missing on Judgment Day
A day that few people think about is Judgment Day. But that day is a day when every single person that's ever lived in the history of humanity will be present.
There Are No Bench Warmers in the Kingdom of God
There Are No Bench Warmers in the Kingdom of God
Sports teams have those who are starters and those who sit on the bench. In the kingdom of God, in the church, there is no one who sits on the bench.
You Can Learn to Be Content
You Can Learn to Be Content
We must learn, as Paul did, to be content. Being discontent is a sin and is believing the lie that God made a mistake in our life.
Jesus Christ Has Authority Over Death
Jesus Christ Has Authority Over Death
The great hope of every Christian is that the grave will not be the end for them when they die. Jesus Christ will one day raise them up to everlasting life.
What to Do When Your Thought Life is Attacked
What to Do When Your Thought Life is Attacked
It may be easy to not allow our body to go to sinful places. But what are we to do when we find our mind being bombarded by wicked things?
God Does Not Bring Our Sins Back
God Does Not Bring Our Sins Back
Every person needs a covering for their sin. The only covering available for sinners is the obedience of Jesus Christ. And once God has put away our sins...
Do You Show Respect of Persons in the Church?
Do You Show Respect of Persons in the Church?
One of the subtle ways we sin is by showing respect of persons in the church. Do you treat the well known and gifted people in the church...
Is Jesus Christ the Source of Your Joy?
Is Jesus Christ the Source of Your Joy?
Christian, do you believe you can have true joy from Jesus Christ even in the worst of circumstances?
Everything is Futile Without Christ
Everything is Futile Without Christ
There is a multitude of different things that people in this world love, live for, and build their life upon, but it is all empty and vanity without Christ.
Is It Acceptable and God’s Will?
Is It Acceptable and God’s Will?
If a decision you make is truly acceptable and God's will, then it will not contradict what is in the Bible.
Don’t Let Your Doctrine Lead You Away From Christ
Don’t Let Your Doctrine Lead You Away From Christ
There are many people who strongly argue for things they find in the Bible, and their passion for their doctrine ends up leading them away from Christ.
Christian, God is a Father to You
Christian, God is a Father to You
Christian don't ever forget, despite what other blessings you may see your fellow brethren receive, God is your Father just as much as theirs.
Using Negative Commands is Not Legalism
Using Negative Commands is Not Legalism
Legalism is something we must certainly be on guard against. But we must also be sure that we know just what legalism actually is... or more specifically...
Do You Know What You Really Believe?
Do You Know What You Really Believe?
It is when the fierce winds of trials and suffering come that people often ask themselves what they really believe. What do you believe about Jesus Christ?
Fan Into Flame Your Gifts
Fan Into Flame Your Gifts
Fire can not only be quenched from dousing water on it, but it can also die just by letting it sit there. The same principle applies to our spiritual gifts.
Don’t Let the World Define Christianity
Don’t Let the World Define Christianity
The world has its definition of what it thinks Christianity should be. Not surprisingly, it doesn't resemble what the Bible and what God defines Christianity is.
Sin is Accessible, So is God’s Word
Sin is Accessible, So is God’s Word
With all the modern technology we have, it could be said that our generation has more access to sexual sin than any other generation in history.
Don’t Think God Can’t Expose Your Sin
Don’t Think God Can’t Expose Your Sin
So many have deluded themselves into thinking that they can hide their sin. But they forget that God has innumerable ways of exposing their sin.
Christian You Have a Ministry in the Church
Christian You Have a Ministry in the Church
We must not think that ministry responsibilities in the church belong only to the pastors. The elders have a ministry, but a major part of their ministry is to equip...
Attempt to Heal Every Broken Relationship
Attempt to Heal Every Broken Relationship
We can think of many excuses to avoid confrontation with other Christians who have sinned against us, but we must attempt to heal every broken relationship that has been damaged.
There is No Limit to Where Sin Will Take You
There is No Limit to Where Sin Will Take You
Don't be deceived into thinking you can control sin. Sin has a terrible hardening effect that will take you farther than you would have imagined; there is no limit to where sin will take you.