God at Work in Every Womb …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
What Does It Mean to Fulfill the Law in Romans 8:3-4 …
Twelve Theses
Treasuring Christ Together: The North Campus Extension, Part 2 …
Grace Abounding for Every Good Work
Each One Should Be Fully Convinced in His Own Mind …
There are a hundred things we can disagree on in which both convictions can be done to the glory of God.
The Wisdom We Speak …
The remedy for the darkness of man's mind is not mindlessness but light.
The Liberating Law of the Spirit of Life …
The death of Christ does not turn away the wrath of God from all people. In order to benefit from the work that God has done outside of us, we must now experience the work that he does within us by the Holy Spirit. What is this work and how is it related to the gift of justification?
The Virgin Birth of the Son of God …
Sunday Evening Message
You may have never heard of Nazareth, and this young girl may be poor and obscure, but don't judge by merely human outward appearances. Her son is going to be great.
Sex and the Single Person …
God's Word is every Christian's infallible guide to maximum sexual fulfillment.
The Power of Hope …
Easter Sunday
If we are going to love like Jesus loved, even in times of great stress and worry, then we must be filled with living hope.
Worship Is an End in Itself …
Only worship is an end in itself. Only worship should not be done as a means to achieving something other than itself.
I Will Raise Up for David a Righteous Branch …
The promise will be fulfilled in spite of all judgment.
Believe in Your Heart that God Raised Jesus from the Dead …
Easter Sunday
Faith never says, "The righteousness that leads to life is inaccessible." But faith recognizes its own helplessness and gladly accepts this righteousness as a gift from God.
You Shall Go Forth Leaping Like Calves …
Christ came at Christmas to build a bridge across the chasm of sin to eternal life, but the name of the bridge is purity. The only way to eternal life is along the path of sanctification.
Christ Redeemed Us from the Curse of the Law …
When Christ experienced the curse of the law on the cross it was not his own but ours.
Why God Wills Work …
There are at least four reasons for why God has given work to mankind.
The Bible: Kindling for Christian Hedonism …
When Satan huffs and puffs and tries to blow out the flame of your joy, you have an endless supply of kindling in the Word of God.
The Holy Spirit: Author of Scripture …
Bible confirms its divine origin again and again as it makes sense out of our experience in the real world and points the way to harmony.
A Precious Promise: The Outpouring of God's Spirit …
If you long for the touch of God's Spirit on your life, give yourself daily to the reading of his Word.
The Holy Spirit Will Help You Die …
In their hour of greatest trial God gives his children courage and faith.
The Lofty One Whose Name Is Holy …
The lofty One whose name is Holy dwells with crushed and humble saints.
The Lord Whose Name Is Jealous …
God responds with terrible wrath against those whose hearts should belong to him but go after other things.
Ambushing Satan with Song …
Singing to God is not a nice little emotional trip to spice up a worship service—it is a matter of life and death.
Eternal Life Has Appeared in Christ …
When God becomes a man, he strips away every pretense of man to be God.
Test the Spirits to See Whether They Are of God …
Hearing the gospel with openness and confessing Christ with loyalty is the work and the gift of the Holy Spirit.
Those Whom He Predestined He Also Called, Part 1 …
Our call, our conversion, our regeneration, and the gift of our faith are based on God's eternal election and predestination not on our self-determination.
Those Whom He Predestined He Also Called, Part 2 …
Sunday Evening Message
The doctrines of sovereign grace are not overthrown by problems in Scripture. They stand firm and are the precious foundation of our deepest hopes.
Blessed Are the Meek …
Meekness begins with God and ends with God.
Blessed Are Those Who Hunger and Thirst for Righteousness …
The hunger of your life that cannot be satisfied by anything in this world is the constant beckoning of God to remember that you were made for him.
Our Hope: Righteousness …
The presence of a struggle with sin in this life is not a sign that we are lost. Perfection is not the test of spiritual life in this age.
Revival and Fasting …
Bethlehem Day of Prayer
Twin Cities, MN
Preparing to Receive Christ: Hearing Moses and the Prophets …
The use of money can make or break your eternal destiny.
Preparing to Receive Christ: Looking for the Consolation of Israel …
God prepares a person to receive Christ by stirring up a longing for consolation and redemption that can come only from Christ.
The Pleasure of God in Bruising the Son …
God's pleasure in his name and his pleasure in doing good to sinners meet and marry in his pleasure in bruising his Son.
The Pleasure of God in Those Who Hope in His Love …
God delights in those responses which mirror his magnificence.
Barnabas: The Maker of a Great Leader …
Don't quench the Spirit of God this morning. He may be calling you to be a leader-maker.
Barnabas: The Weakness of a Great Leader …
Every strength is vulnerable to its corresponding weakness. Therefore we need each other's different strengths
You Will Be a Land of Delight …
Everything we spend on ourselves should be to build a platform for giving, that is, for loving.
I Will Spare Them as a Man Spares His Son …
God will spare sinful sons, precisely because he did not spare his only sinless Son.
How Much Do You Own? …
For those who live to spread my praise to all nations, says the Lord, nothing shall be lacking.
He Who Sows Bountifully Will Reap Bountifully …
God is the Giver, not Taker, on both sides of our giving.
The Great Invitation: God's Triumphant Word …
Not one jot or tittle will fall to the ground of all that God purposes through his omnipotent word.
The Great Invitation: Break Forth in Song! …
Your happiness is God's reputation. Your peace is God's memorial. And this is an everlasting sign of his love that shall not be cut off.
Jesus Came into the World to Bear Witness to the Truth …
Christmas Day
Realize how much is at stake in the Jesus' claim to bring the truth. It is a matter of eternal life an death. Your life is on the line.
Rescuing Unborn Children: Required and Right …
We have no right to put the unborn in a subhuman class that does not qualify for our rescue. We ought to rescue as many as we can.
Watch Out for the Wolves Within …
There is laid upon the elders of the church of Christ a responsibility unique in all the world.
I Entrust You to God and to the Word of His Grace …
If the elders care for the flock, who cares for the elders?
The Sacrifice of a Shared Life …
God is pleased with our doing good and our sharing because it demonstrates the success and power of the sufferings of his Son.
The Sacrifice of Suffering …
Let your light so shine before lost and needy people outside the camp, not just in the ease and comfort of your church and your home.
Kingdom Compassion and the Killing of Children …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Peaceful, non-violent, ready-to-suffer protest is one way that the truth and beauty of God's kingdom shines in this world.
The Importance of the Kingdom Today …
Since Jesus has come, God exerts his right to rule in new and powerful ways.
The Heart You Know and the Heart You Don't …
How do you deal with sin in your life if you love God?
Explosive Fellowship …
This age is too evil for us to treat fellowship as a kind of comfortable togetherness that has no transforming, empowering, explosive effect.
Prevailing Prayer for the Spirit's Power …
May the Lord forbid that we would lose heart and fail in the very thing needful: mighty prevailing prayer.
The Lord Is Great and Does Wondrous Things …
Immanuel Baptist
God is more powerful than all the gods and he is more powerful than all the nations. On God's side you cannot lose.
He Trusted to Him Who Judges Justly …
Our calling, our vocation is to be misunderstood, criticized, ignored, and hurt for doing what is right, and not to return hurt for hurt.
Angels and Prayer …
Daniel's Experience and Ours
Take the supernatural seriously and realize that we are in warfare.
The Echo and Insufficiency of Hell, Part 2 …
Behold the Kindness and Severity of God
Fear of hell is no proof of love for God.
Surely He Has Borne Our Griefs …
Instead of crushing us for our iniquities, God's Servant is crushed for them as our substitute.
What Happens When You Die? The Dead Will Be Raised Imperishable …
God will honor the work of his Son by raising your body from the dead, and you will use your body to glorify him forever and ever.
Long for the Pure Milk of the Word …
Long for the pure milk of the Word. Do not settle for spiritual fatalism. It is not God's will for you.
The Counsel of the Lord Stands Forever …
Reflections on Corporate Planning
A truth stripped of God is not a whole truth and will not guide the church well.
The Dominion Belongs to the God of All Grace …
If God called you to his glory, he's going to get you to his glory.
The Depth of Christ's Love: Its Undeserving Objects …
God loved us while we were enemies. God sacrificed his Son for us while we were enemies.
Toward the Tithe and Beyond …
How God Funds His Work
To give is not to buy. And that weekly crisis is utterly important to maintain.
Prayer Changes People's Wills …
Don't neglect the amazing influence you have in the world through prayer.
Jesus: Worthy of More Glory than Moses …
Jesus is both the word from God and the way to God.
Take Care How You Listen! Part 2 …
10 ways to prepare yourself to hear Sunday's sermon.
The Son of God Appeared to Destroy the Works of the Devil …
Jesus came to destroy sin, not because it's fun but because it's fatal.
The Demonstration of God's Righteousness, Part 1 …
Justification and Mother's Day
Suppose You Are a Liberal Critic of the Bible …
When you find two parts of Scripture that seem to contradict, don't assume the Bible is inconsistent.
Brothers, Pray for Us …
For 700 Pastors
What Is Humility? …
Is it arrogant to believe that treasuring Jesus is the only way to be saved?
We Took a Good Stand and Made a Bad Mistake …
Reflections on the Baptist General Conference Annual Meeting, St Paul
The Fierce Fruit of Self-Control …
When we really see and believe what God is for us by grace through Jesus Christ, the power of wrong desires is broken.
ANTHEM: Strategies for Fighting Lust …
One set of strategies in the war against wrong desires.
A Call for Christian Risk …
After removing eternal risk, Christ calls his people to temporal risk.
The Transforming Power of Feeling Mercy …
Let the horror you've been rescued from and the mercy you live in make you humble, thankful, patient, kind, and forgiving.
How To Fight the Sin of Pride, Especially When You Are Praised …
Ten Things I Do
What strategies can help me forget myself and enjoy more of Christ?
