Drinking and Christian Liberties
Drinking and Christian Liberties
If all you are about is your Christian liberty and you don't care what this does to somebody else, you are not loving.
What Does it Mean to Be a Christian?
What Does it Mean to Be a Christian?
What does it mean to be a Christian? It means you are someone who sees you are not fit to meet God in your sin.
I’m Not Going Back to the World
I’m Not Going Back to the World
There is nothing in the world that is worth going after, other than being entirely sold out for Christ to the end.
Do You Not Yet Perceive?
Do You Not Yet Perceive?
Jesus calls people to do things that they don't have the resources to do in order to cause us to look to Christ. This is exactly what the Lord called the disciples to do in the the feeding of the five thousand.
At Home With the Lord
At Home With the Lord
At last years conference Tim exhorted the brethren that some of us may not be there next year. During the very next year Bob Jennings at 63, and Ayla Petteruti at 23, went to be at home with the Lord.
What Hebrews 10:26 Does Mean (Part 2)
What Hebrews 10:26 Does Mean (Part 2)
The Scriptures teach that where there is forgiveness through Christ there is no longer any offering(Heb 10.18) that a person needs to make for the atonement of their sins. The Scriptures also teach that if you reject the truth of Christ, which is the only place of forgiveness, there remains no longer any other place to find a sacrifice for your sins(Heb. 10.26).
What Hebrews 10:26 Does Not Mean (Part 1)
What Hebrews 10:26 Does Not Mean (Part 1)
Christians fear and tremble by design, Jeremiah 32:40 says so. This is not the type of fear that draws people away, it is the type of fear that draws them nearer.
Rise Up and Run Straight Back to Christ
Rise Up and Run Straight Back to Christ
"I gotta do something to clean up my life before I can go back to Christ and be received by Him." You should rather rise up and run straight back to the Father.
Make Sure You Enjoy the Lord
Make Sure You Enjoy the Lord
And all of that is very true, very imminent, very urgent, very real, but here is a side note, and that is make sure you enjoy the Lord.
Look Away From Your Feelings and Trust the Savior
Look Away From Your Feelings and Trust the Savior
Do I love my chains and the bondage that they bring, that I would rather have that in hell for eternity, than have Christ for eternity?
What is Christmas About?
What is Christmas About?
Many people do not realize why we have Christmas, or even what Christmas is about. In this sermon, Paul Washer explains the real reason for Christmas and brings to light some encouraging truths regarding Jesus Christ.
What God Says About Work – Part 2
What God Says About Work – Part 2
As a door turns on its hinges, so does a sluggard on his bed. - Proverbs 26:14
What God Says About Work – Part 1
What God Says About Work – Part 1
Go to the ant, lazy man; consider her ways and be wise; who, having no guide, overseer or ruler, provides her bread in the summer, and gathers her food in the harvest. - Proverbs 6:6-8
I Believed Facts About God, But Was Still Dead in My Sins
I Believed Facts About God, But Was Still Dead in My Sins
Mack Tomlinson had intellectual knowledge about God, but was still dead in his sins until the Lord opened his eyes when he was 19 years of age.
The Lukewarm Church
The Lukewarm Church
For you say, I am rich, I have prospered, and I need nothing, not realizing that you are wretched, pitiable, poor, blind, and naked. - Rev 3:17
Who Do You Really Care For?
Who Do You Really Care For?
Care says "Not my needs but yours." Do you know someone who will lay down their life for you? Who will weep for you if you drift from the Lord? How many of us have a tear to shed when someone walks away from the faith? Do we really care?
Bob Jennings’ Funeral
Bob Jennings’ Funeral
This is the entire funeral service of Bob Jennings (January 2, 1949 - November 6, 2012) apart from the songs that were song and the graveside burial.
The Church That Had But Little Power
The Church That Had But Little Power
I know your works. Behold, I have set before you an open door, which no one is able to shut. I know that you have but little power, and yet you have kept my word and have not denied my name. - Revelation 3:8
I Don’t Feel Like God is Saying Anything to Me
I Don’t Feel Like God is Saying Anything to Me
Question Asked: What counsel do you have for young people who've been raised knowing the Gospel but don't feel that God is saying anything to them?
How to Abide in Christ
How to Abide in Christ
The Lord continues to empty us in order to teach us to lay aside all self-reliance that we might cling to Christ alone.
Do You Bear Fruit?
Do You Bear Fruit?
The reason for every trial, every hardship, every rough wind in your life, is to show you your inability, your weakness, and to chase you back to God.
I Press On, That I May Know Him!
I Press On, That I May Know Him!
Not that I have already obtained this or am already perfect, but I press on to make it my own, because Christ Jesus has made me his own. - Philippians 3:12
Man’s Problem is That God is Good
Man’s Problem is That God is Good
What is man's greatest problem? It is that God is a just and good God and must punish evil. Yet in His mercy He has made a way in which sinners can stand just before Him through the righteousness of His Son, Jesus Christ.
The Impossibility of the Christian Life – Part 2
The Impossibility of the Christian Life – Part 2
Church discipline is rarely practiced in modern Christianity. Yet this is something that Jesus Christ has told us to do, and Christ is more loving than any of us, so if we refuse to practice excommunication, than we are far less loving than Christ. May our view of love be that which is found in the life of Christ and not a view that is made up from our own understanding.
The Impossibility of the Christian Life
The Impossibility of the Christian Life
Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit by itself, unless it abides in the vine, neither can you, unless you abide in me. - John 15:4
A Liar and a Coward
A Liar and a Coward
If there was one thing that set me apart in my life before Christ is, I was a liar. I would lie more than any human being I’ve ever known.
Is Your Mind Set on the Flesh or the Spirit?
Is Your Mind Set on the Flesh or the Spirit?
So then, brothers, we are debtors, not to the flesh, to live according to the flesh. For if you live according to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death the deeds of the body, you will live. For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. - Romans 8:12-14
The Miracle of God’s Faithful Discipline
The Miracle of God’s Faithful Discipline
This clip, from an Interview in 2009, was never put up on the Internet. Paul talks about the greatest miracle in his life, it not being some supernatural thing, but it rather being the love of the Father to discipline him.
Christians Are Not Debtors to the Flesh
Christians Are Not Debtors to the Flesh
What does it mean to be a debtor to the flesh? To be a debtor to somebody means you owe them something.
Felix Trembled at the Reasoning of Paul
Felix Trembled at the Reasoning of Paul
Felix heard about faith in Christ, righteousness, self-control, and the judgment, yet sadly he procrastinated and waited for a more opportune time. In this excerpt, from the year 1999, Bob talks about the way Paul reasoned with Felix in Acts 24.
Are You Too Proud to Receive Help?
Are You Too Proud to Receive Help?
If someone offers to help you out, do you say 'no' to the help offered in order to not make yourself appear weak? May God humble us of our pride.
The Church That Was Dead
The Church That Was Dead
I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for I have not found your works complete in the sight of my God. Remember, then, what you received and heard. Keep it, and repent. If you will not wake up, I will come like a thief, and you will not know at what hour I will come against you. - Revelation 3:1-3
5 Options For Those Looking For a Biblical Church
5 Options For Those Looking For a Biblical Church
"I cannot find a solid church where I am at, what are my options?" - You could do nothing or seek harder at finding a good church right where you are. Or plant a church where you are. Maybe even seek to reform a not so good church. At last resort you can pack up and move to where a good church is.
Blessed Are Those Who Die In the Lord
Blessed Are Those Who Die In the Lord
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit...
All These Died In Faith, Confessing
All These Died In Faith, Confessing
This is a sobering message that Bob gave to his church this past Sunday. Please keep praying for Bob, the cancer, which he has known about for two years, is getting worst.
Winning Requires Discipline
Winning Requires Discipline
Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it. Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified. - 1 Corinthians 9:24-27
I Called Upon The Lord, Ozzy’s Testimony
I Called Upon The Lord, Ozzy’s Testimony
The first time Ozzy heard the true Gospel he thought "Wow man, there must be a catch behind this. How could all we must do is believe in Christ?" This is good news, and it is also good news that God regenerates the heart and causes us to walk and obey His statues (Ezekiel 36:27).
Never Give Up Praying for Your Loved One’s Salvation
Never Give Up Praying for Your Loved One’s Salvation
Don Johnson testifies to how the Lord saved James, his oldest son. He was very obedient as a child but at the age of 17 he dove into sin and rebellion.
Where Is Help For the Discouraged and Depressed?
Where Is Help For the Discouraged and Depressed?
The strong encouragement, and hope, for the depressed sinner, is that there is a God who will save all who come to Him through Jesus Christ.
The Church that Tolerated Sin
The Church that Tolerated Sin
I gave her time to repent, but she refuses to repent of her sexual immorality. - Revelation 2:21 | The Churches in Revelation 4 of 7