Excerpts are short snippets taken from a full sermon. They tend to focus on a specific point that was impactful from the message.
Don’t Be a Young, Proud, Know-It-All
Don’t Be a Young, Proud, Know-It-All
Sadly, one of the vices that plagues young people is pride. It's often overlooked if a young person has a quiet and humble disposition.
Don’t Look for Perfection in a Spouse
Don’t Look for Perfection in a Spouse
Single Christians who want to be married should not be expecting perfection in a potential spouse and setting unreasonable standards.
Be Honest About Your Failures and Determined to Change
Be Honest About Your Failures and Determined to Change
Are we honest before God in our areas of needed growth in our lives? In addition, are we determined and resolved by the grace of God...
Ugly Pride: Wanting to Be Recognized by People
Ugly Pride: Wanting to Be Recognized by People
The non-Christian world is full of pride, but pride can sadly creep into the church as well. We can inwardly desire the glory...
We Need to Go to the Mountaintop and Then Come Down
We Need to Go to the Mountaintop and Then Come Down
Our Christian life must consist of both going up to the mountaintop to behold the glory of Jesus Christ, and we also need to come...
How is Your Fellowship with God?
How is Your Fellowship with God?
Your doctrine may be sound and right, but how is your fellowship with God? Can you boldly say that your life is one of true fellowship with the Father and the Son?
Christ’s Kingdom is Not About Position and Power
Christ’s Kingdom is Not About Position and Power
The kingdom of God is not about position and power. Yet to our amazement the disciples asked Jesus, the King, “Who is the greatest?”
Don’t Blame the Faults of Your Parents for Your Rejection of Christ
Don’t Blame the Faults of Your Parents for Your Rejection of Christ
Many children find it convenient to use the failures of their Christian parents as an excuse to not come to Christ. Their failures (not referring to a life of hypocrisy) just means...
Love For Christ Overcomes Sexual Immorality
Love For Christ Overcomes Sexual Immorality
There are practical things to consider when seeking to overcome sexual sin. But if love for Christ is lacking, all other means and methods won't last.
Dwell on Christ to Dissolve Division From Non-Essential Differences
Dwell on Christ to Dissolve Division From Non-Essential Differences
May God help us to not give off an impression of superiority to other Christians who may not agree with us on secondary matters.
Nothing Damages the Church Like Proud People
Nothing Damages the Church Like Proud People
The spirit of our age is telling us that we need to trust and believe in ourselves. But this mindset will severely divide and damage a church...
The Church Needs to Be Protected From the Inside
The Church Needs to Be Protected From the Inside
Pastors can have a tendency to expect attacks to come on the church from the outside. But Paul warns the Ephesian elders that wolves are going to attack the church from within.
You Are Not Most Important
You Are Not Most Important
One of the biggest battles Christians face in their church is with selfishness. Christians should not be consumed with themselves and their own interests.
Thin-Skinned Christians Ruin Churches
Thin-Skinned Christians Ruin Churches
One of the worst things a church can have is people who are thin-skinned and easily offended. May God keep us from ever manifesting such un-Christ-like characteristics.
Be a Servant in the Church, Not a Consumer
Be a Servant in the Church, Not a Consumer
Our world is full of consumers and people who only care about what they can get and not how they can serve. Our attitude when...
Don’t Let Lack of Results Discourage Your Evangelism
Don’t Let Lack of Results Discourage Your Evangelism
Many Christians give up on evangelism because they don't see any fruit or results from their labor. We should not let a lack of results discourage...
Following Christ Day by Day (2019 Fellowship Conference Trailer)
Following Christ Day by Day (2019 Fellowship Conference Trailer)
Join us at our annual conference for fellowship, preaching, and singing that center on the glory of God.
Don’t Go to Hell Over Your Cellphone
Don’t Go to Hell Over Your Cellphone
There's nothing worth losing your soul over. Smartphones have become such a vital part of our culture that people consider them as a necessity.
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.
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.
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...
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.
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 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.
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.
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?
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...
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.
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.
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.
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 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?
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...
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...
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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?