Excerpts are short snippets taken from a full sermon. They tend to focus on a specific point that was impactful from the message.
Why Will You Reject My Jesus?
Why Will You Reject My Jesus?
If you reject my Jesus Christ, who have you got to look into? When you get married; when you get children and they're sick? When you've got bills to pay and you're getting older...
Being Responsive and Obedient to Your Conscience
Being Responsive and Obedient to Your Conscience
If Christians are to grow in grace, we must be sure to keep close tabs on our conscience. We must learn to make our conscience take precedent...
Keys to Victory Over Sexual Sin
Keys to Victory Over Sexual Sin
The Bible gives us certain principles that will help us gain victory over sexual sin.
Don’t Play With Sin
Don’t Play With Sin
Every Christian ought to be able to look at their conscience and find nothing between their souls and the Lord. If we find something that displeases the Lord, we need to put it to death immediately.
It’s Your Responsibility to Kill Sin
It’s Your Responsibility to Kill Sin
When it comes to killing sin, it's your personal responsibility. If you fail to kill sin in your life, it's not someone else's fault; it's your fault. You must be intentional and deliberate; not passive in this battle.
Forgiveness or Bitterness?
Forgiveness or Bitterness?
If you begrudgingly or mechanically say the words, "I forgive you", yet still hold on to that thing in your heart, you are not practicing Biblical forgiveness, but Biblical bitterness.
Put First Things First
Put First Things First
As believers we need to daily remind ourselves to put first things first and have God's kingdom as the supreme priority of our lives. There are a million plus distractions...
Evangelize Trusting in God’s Word, Not Your Arguments
Evangelize Trusting in God’s Word, Not Your Arguments
When we evangelize and share the gospel, all we need to do is proclaim what we know from the Word of God. We may feel very inefficient and incompetent, but the power is in God's Word...
When You Think of Grace, Do You Think of Power?
When You Think of Grace, Do You Think of Power?
If you're asked to define grace, do you put "power" in the definition? Many times the Bible connects grace with power when it's mentioned. Grace is vain unless...
What Would Jesus Do?
What Would Jesus Do?
Don't let the cheapening of the phrase, "What Would Jesus Do?" take your eyes away from the reality and truth of that statement.
A Connection Between Sexual Purity and Fasting?
A Connection Between Sexual Purity and Fasting?
When young people actually develop the habits of Biblical fasting, it makes it a whole lot easier to say "no" to lust. In the reverse...
Believer: It is Not All About What Not to Do
Believer: It is Not All About What Not to Do
What characterizes the Christian is not that they don't do bad, but it is that they are zealous for good works. We must get away from a Christianity...
The Sin of All Sins is Not Believing on Christ
The Sin of All Sins is Not Believing on Christ
Concerning sin, because they do not believe on Me." That is the radical... that if you chief sin. That is the sin of all sins. Is not to believe on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Christ Wants Our Reaffirmation to Him
Christ Wants Our Reaffirmation to Him
When many stopped following Jesus, He looked at those left and said, "Do you want to go away as well?" We see here that Christ wants our reaffirmation to Him.
The Holy Spirit Will Make You Holy
The Holy Spirit Will Make You Holy
There is nothing in your life that is evil, corrupt, wrong, dirty, that can withstand the Spirit. This is a mighty Spirit of God and He is let loose in the life of God's...
Do Not Just Listen but Meditate!
Do Not Just Listen but Meditate!
Some listen to thousands of sermons, but never meditate on the truth and live out what they have heard.
Church Membership is Not a Numbers Game
Church Membership is Not a Numbers Game
There are many seeker sensitive "churches" that are trying to manipulate people into their church. They treat church membership like a numbers game.
The Horrors of Hell Should Motivate us to Evangelize
The Horrors of Hell Should Motivate us to Evangelize
Since eternal hell is real, then what does it matter how some person thinks about me? When they're going to eternal hell! That alone should motivate us...
The Beauty of the Gospel
The Beauty of the Gospel
Do you realize this: On the greatest day you've ever had in the living out of your Christ-likeness you've fallen miserably short. You are under unfathomable grace on that day.
Look At Your Day Through a Gospel Lens
Look At Your Day Through a Gospel Lens
Believer, you must look at your day through a gospel lens. That is, focus in upon the precious atoning work of Christ. When you do this, everyday is...
Anxiety is a Waste of Time
Anxiety is a Waste of Time
If you give into anxiety you will reap fear, condemnation, and discouragement. Anxiety is a wasted choice that dishonors the Savior. Rather we must not yield to anxiety, but take everything to the Lord in prayer.
Satan’s Plan to Distract the Christian
Satan’s Plan to Distract the Christian
Satan will call all of his hordes together to keep Christians from maintaining an intimate abiding experience with Christ. One strategy the devil will...
Meditation is More Than Bible Reading
Meditation is More Than Bible Reading
Meditation is more than just reading your Bible, but it is to ask questions and ponder the verses with slowed down consideration. Why do people so often not meditate?
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Lord, Teach Us to Pray
Now Jesus was praying in a certain place, and when he finished, one of his disciples said to him, "Lord, teach us to pray, as John taught his disciples."
What is The Gospel?
What is The Gospel?
A genuine experience with God is faith, resting, in who Jesus Christ is and what Jesus Christ has done. It's not just a matter of believing something He did for me 2,000 years ago.
The False Cistern of A Choreographed Church Service
The False Cistern of A Choreographed Church Service
I see the preparation these people make for Sunday. I'm not talking about several hours of prayer. I'm talking about lights, music... everything is choreographed...
Useful to the Lord in Winning Souls
Useful to the Lord in Winning Souls
Jesus said to them, "Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men." That is something we can pray everyday. 'Lord, help me to follow You...
Surrendering to Christ is Not Drudgery
Surrendering to Christ is Not Drudgery
Surrendering to Christ is not drudgery. We are surrendering to His kindness and goodness. We should not fight against the Lord's will because...
Call to Me and I Will Answer You (Jeremiah 33:3)
Call to Me and I Will Answer You (Jeremiah 33:3)
God calls us to call upon Him in prayer. When we cry to Him, He promises to answer us and show us great and hidden things that we have not known. Jeremiah 33:3 says...
Believer, What Happens When You Sin?
Believer, What Happens When You Sin?
What makes you doubt your salvation? Many will say, "When I sin I doubt my salvation." "When I sin there is the worst grief that comes in my heart...."
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Three Exhortations to the Newly Married
Appreciate Your Spouse: You Got the Better End of the Deal | Necessity of Communication in Marriage | As for God His Way is Perfect
Rejoice in Hope
Rejoice in Hope
The Christian is the only person who has a hope that can truly be rejoiced in and will truly last.
What Mindset Promotes Unity in the Local Church?
What Mindset Promotes Unity in the Local Church?
A mindset of humility promotes unity in a local church. That is a mindset that is not always being opinionated, or thinking we always know what is right...
The Unhappy Holy Christian Does Not Exist
The Unhappy Holy Christian Does Not Exist
Some use the expression, "God doesn't want you to be happy, He wants you to be holy." Yet they forget that there is no such thing as the unhappy holy Christian.
Content? Or Everything Would Be Ok If?
Content? Or Everything Would Be Ok If?
Everything would be okay if _____ ? What comes to your mind, if anything? Have I put something plus Jesus in my equation for contentment?
Warning: Don’t Let Conferences Cause You to Despise Your Church
Warning: Don’t Let Conferences Cause You to Despise Your Church
God has sovereignly placed you in your local church and given you the pastors you have. He has given you the people in your fellowship and they have imperfections...
Glory in Christ’s Work on The Cross
Glory in Christ’s Work on The Cross
We are to glory in Christ's work on the Cross alone. What Jesus did on the Cross is all that matters, and that is the message that will batter...
Knowing God Both Intimately and Intellectually
Knowing God Both Intimately and Intellectually
Do you know God both intimately and intellectually? Jesus Christ didn't die just to give you doctrine and insights into the nature of God; He died to bring us to God Himself.
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents: Train Your Children at Home
Parents must consistently train their children at home in order for them to behave properly during a church service. Having family devotionals is an excellent time for that training to take place...
Let Go and Let God?
Let Go and Let God?
I don't think I hear this from any of you folks, but you know people say, "Let go and let God." And you know we can talk about abiding in Christ and we have to be careful that we don't see...