Christ The True Vine (Part 1)
Christ The True Vine (Part 1)
We come to Jesus Christ alone, and look to His finished work alone, to be received by faith alone, regarding our right standing. But we don't move on from Jesus to begin to live the Christian life and bear much fruit....
Authentic Christianity
Authentic Christianity
Authentic Christianity is a thorn in the side of this popular culture of the world in which we live in. The light of Jesus Christ in you, will have an effect...
Be Careful Before You Call Someone Antinomian
Be Careful Before You Call Someone Antinomian
When you start talking this way people want to label you as antinomian, you know saying, "You guys just allow everything." No, that's not it...
What Does It Mean to Believe?
What Does It Mean to Believe?
What does it mean to believe? It does not mean a mental assent only, but it means to trust. What does it mean to trust? It means...
Highly Favored in the Beloved
Highly Favored in the Beloved
If you want to know how to properly estimate God's love for us, then just behold the Beloved - Jesus Christ. He whom was held tightly and eternally in the bosom of the Father...
True Biblical Unity
True Biblical Unity
I want to speak, in my one session, on the blessedness of Christians dwelling together in unity. True biblical unity of believers....
What Does It Mean to Be a Saint?
What Does It Mean to Be a Saint?
What does it mean to be a saint? The Catholics want to pronounce Mother Teresa to be a saint, but is that the reality of what the term saint means? No, rather every true Christian...
Children: Jesus is the Anchor of the Soul
Children: Jesus is the Anchor of the Soul
This is one of the lessons from our Children's vacation bible school. Christ alone is the Anchor of the soul that will save you from the storm...
Grieving and Sending with a Gospel Heart
Grieving and Sending with a Gospel Heart
In view of the brevity of our life, and the great need for more Biblical churches, we should be those who go out with a heart for the lost and seek to proclaim the Gospel.
How To Do It
How To Do It
The fact of the matter is, the Bible is not a How-To book; it is a What-To book. God tells us what to do, what must be done, what is our responsibility according to His laws and principles.
The Good News of Jesus Christ to Temple, Texas
The Good News of Jesus Christ to Temple, Texas
How can a condemned sinner be brought into a right relationship with God? There is only one way, and it is through the life and death of Jesus Christ. This is the good news that sinful...
Gentile Dogs Have Hope Too
Gentile Dogs Have Hope Too
We should be amazed that even us, the Gentiles, have been included and have salvation and hope too. We are not going to perish forever and forever because of God's incredible mercy...
Us and Them? Black and White? Or One in Christ?
Us and Them? Black and White? Or One in Christ?
When we speak as Christians about "us and them", isn't the very nature of those pronouns divisive talk? The Bible doesn't teach us, "black and white"...
God the Just and the Justifier of the Wicked
God the Just and the Justifier of the Wicked
In His death on the Cross, He has paid in full the penalty due to us for our sin by bearing the wrath and anger of God that we deserve. Therefore God is just...
Why Did Jesus Die?
Why Did Jesus Die?
Why did Jesus die? It's a question that causes many to say, "Why ask that? We all know the answer already." Most are quick to say "He died to forgive us", which He did.
Conspiracy Theories and the Illuminati?
Conspiracy Theories and the Illuminati?
Are there conspiracy theories out there? Of course, because the Bible speaks about a kingdom of darkness; and all humanity is either under the control...
Ignorance Keeps People From Becoming Christians
Ignorance Keeps People From Becoming Christians
Ignorance is the very explanation as to why all men in this world who are not Christians, are not Christians. Why do the lost feel that the things of Christ are boring?
Hearing of Christ Makes a Man Want to Repent
Hearing of Christ Makes a Man Want to Repent
If Jesus Christ is not the center of our message to the lost, then we have nothing that can change lost men's minds. Yet upon hearing of Christ...
Wait For My Boyfriend to Get Saved Again?
Wait For My Boyfriend to Get Saved Again?
This Ask Pastor Tim deals with the question, "If I broke up with my boyfriend because he stopped being a Christian, is it OK to wait for him...
Lord! Save Our Children!
Lord! Save Our Children!
A subject of grave concern to all of us today is how we are to go about saving our children. How shall we deliver them from the corrupting influence...
Why Do You Call Me “Lord, Lord,” and Not Do What I Tell You?
Why Do You Call Me “Lord, Lord,” and Not Do What I Tell You?
Jesus taught that the real proof of being genuinely saved is not by saying, "Lord, Lord," but by our walk. Do your actions reflect what your lips proclaim to believe?
An Eye for the Eternal
An Eye for the Eternal
As believers we need an eye for the eternal and we ought to mark that which is temporal or eternal.
“Happiness” Christianity
“Happiness” Christianity
It has been my experience that when persons come with a “happiness” problem, they get no help from the gospel. If their main concern is a better marriage...
Redemption Through His Blood
Redemption Through His Blood
Take a look at Christ's blood being spilled and God's wrath that was unleashed upon Him; and suddenly you recognize there is a price, and it is an infinite price...
The Love Behind Church Discipline
The Love Behind Church Discipline
Should we let love cover a multitude of sins? Yes, and at the heart of loving our brethren, we want a person's greatest good. Yet there are times when...
Whom Shall I Fear? The Lord is My Light
Whom Shall I Fear? The Lord is My Light
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
Self-Righteously Trying to Save Myself: David Brainerd’s Testimony
Self-Righteously Trying to Save Myself: David Brainerd’s Testimony
When reading the Life and Diary of David Brainerd I was struck by how self-righteous Brainerd was as a lost person prior to being saved. Many of the...
Jonathan’s Robe: A Humble Response to Being Surpassed and Overshadowed
Jonathan’s Robe: A Humble Response to Being Surpassed and Overshadowed
This was the crisis of Jonathan's life. What was to be his attitude towards the one who had suddenly surpassed and overshadowed him? There could be...
The Mystery of the Mystery
The Mystery of the Mystery
When God saves someone there is a revelation of the mystery of God's will that is in Christ. This mystery we would not understand if God did not...
Christ’s Star
Christ’s Star
The magi told Herod, "We saw His star when it rose and have come to worship Him." And indeed they did; upon entering the house, "they fell down...
The Lord Will Guide Those Who Fear Him
The Lord Will Guide Those Who Fear Him
The person who fears God need fear nothing else. He who does not fear God must fear every other threat, for he has no substantial defense.
Think Upon the Cross | 2017 Fellowship Conference
Think Upon the Cross | 2017 Fellowship Conference
Join us on April 13 – 16 in Denton, Texas for fellowship, preaching, and singing that center on the glory of God.
God’s Ultimate Purpose Revealed
God’s Ultimate Purpose Revealed
God's ultimate purpose is pointing to the unification of all things by way of reconciliation to God by peace, which is made by the blood on Christ's Cross.
Behind a Frowning Providence
Behind a Frowning Providence
“Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.” There’s a truth there, that the song writer says, that you and I need to know.
Conrad Murrell: Grace and Truth (Book Trailer)
Conrad Murrell: Grace and Truth (Book Trailer)
Conrad Murrell had an unusual spiritual authority, his insight into the "heart" of Scripture, his ability to analyze men and movements, his great wisdom in dealing...
How to Pray like an Apostle
How to Pray like an Apostle
I’ve often considered it to be a significant measure of a person’s spiritual maturity to simply ask somebody, “How much do you pray for others?”
Don’t Stop Going to the Prayer Meeting
Don’t Stop Going to the Prayer Meeting
Brethren, don't be deceived, Satan does not like praying churches; he loves it when the prayer meetings begin to diminish.
The Christian in College
The Christian in College
Written in 1978 and still applicable for today. As a Christian in College: Don't state things as absolutes unless they clearly are Biblical absolutes.
Will God Give Me Life?
Will God Give Me Life?
True life is to know the Lord intimately, but sin interrupts this. One of the greatest griefs behind sin is how it affects the Christian's fellowship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
Condemned: Awaiting Execution
Condemned: Awaiting Execution
The Prince, desiring to make the wisest use of this privilege, spoke to many of them in succession, inquiring why they were condemned to death.