How to Get a Camel through a Needle's Eye …
With God all things are possible. That is the basis of our prayer and our giving and our evangelism.
The Importance of Knowing Our Sin …
You don't have to give in to temptation in order to know your sin.
Planting a Passion for God: A Dream for Bethlehem in 2002 …
A Call to Focused Prayer, Soul-Searching, and a Church-Wide Dream
All Things for Good, Part 1 …
Three things that love for God is not.
Discerning the Will of God Concerning Homosexuality and Marriage …
What is wrong with homosexual marriage? Is it possible to believe this and still love homosexual people?
The Lips of Knowledge Are a Precious Jewel …
God teaches us things for our good, and he intends for us to share them for the good of our neighbor.
The Savior's Supper and the Second Coming …
Lord's Supper is a memorial service looking back to Jesus' utterly unique death—a death that so satisfied the righteous demands of God that Jesus was granted to rise from the dead and come again as King of all. The sacrifice of Christ set the charge for the explosion of his second coming.
Christmas and the Cause of Truth …
You can read every fairy tale that was ever written, every mystery thriller, every ghost story, and you will never find anything so shocking, so strange, so weird and spellbinding as the story of the incarnation of the Son of God.
A Big God for Little People …
Seven Christmas Eve Meditations
All the mammoth political forces and all the giant industrial complexes, without their even knowing it, are being guided by God, not for their own sake but for the sake of God's little people—the little Mary and the little Joseph who have to be got from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
That Which Is Born of the Spirit Is Spirit …
The Role of the Holy Spirit in Conversion
Something has to happen if we are to be saved from the wrath of God. We must be profoundly changed.
The Baptism and the Genealogy of Jesus …
Sunday Evening Message
You can learn more from a book if you stop and ask it questions than if you just read it passively. That includes the Bible too.
The Ascent of Joy …
Why was Jesus' ascension into heaven good news for his disciples?
This Is What Was Spoken by the Prophet Joel …
When God almighty pours himself into an individual, the inner life is changed; it is filled with God.
I Chose You to Bear Fruit …
Ordination of Glen Bloomstrom
Everything that you try to do will come to nothing unless you do it through a conscious, abiding dependence on the enablement of Christ.
The Covenant of Abraham …
God's 4,000 year old relation to Abraham is of immense importance for your life as a believer today.
I Seek Not What Is Yours but You …
A Sermon on Tithing
The question that Jesus drives us to ask again and again is not, "How much should I give?" but rather, "How much dare I keep?"
Jesus Is Precious Because His Biblical Portrait Is True, Part 1 …
If the church has no compelling reasons for believing the biblical portrait of Jesus, then we are acting like well-trained animals who can be turned this way and that by arbitrary incentives.
Men Moved by the Holy Spirit Spoke from God …
The meaning of Scripture does not change with every new reader or every new reading. It cannot be twisted to mean whatever we like. It is what it is, unchanging and unending.
Destruction Is not Sleeping …
Even though the rebellious and the licentious today may think they are safe, they should learn that "from of old their condemnation has not been idle, and their destruction is not sleeping."
The Lord Will Rejoice over You …
Every staff on which we try to lean in our pride will snap and pierce us through. One refuge will be secure: God.
The Poor of the Land and the Pride of Jacob …
Conversion isn't just changing your mind but exchanging the love of comfort for the love of goodness and justice.
This Is Not Man's Gospel …
To try to explain the change from Paul's pre-conversion persecution to his post-conversion passion for the gospel merely by the work of men is to grasp at a straw.
That the Truth of the Gospel Be Preserved for You …
Very few people today stand up and praise the unity and coherence of truth.
O, That Christ Would Be Formed in You! …
We are freed from the burden of the law when we are given the power to fulfill it from within. And that happens when Christ is formed in us.
Hagar and Slavery Vs. Sarah and Freedom …
For Paul, the experience of freedom is not icing on the cake of Christianity. Freedom in Christ is Christianity.
God's Covenant with Noah …
The story of Noah and the flood is incomplete in itself. God still hates sin and no remedy was found. The story cries out for an epilogue.
God's Covenant with Abraham …
We need a solid insight into the meaning of Christ's coming that will keep us sober in a world intoxicated by the love of things.
The Spirit Is upon Him Gentle for Now …
Palm Sunday
Jesus did not come to snuff out your struggling flicker but to fan it carefully into a torch for his glory.
Into Thy Hands I Commit My Spirit …
Good Friday
A Good Friday Meditation
What can we learn from Jesus about how to die?
Ruth: the Best Is Yet to Come …
The life of the godly is not a straight line to glory, but they do get there. No matter where you are, if you love God, the best is yet to come.
Do Not Be Anxious About Your Life …
Jesus gives us eight reasons in Matthew 6 for why we shouldn't be anxious.
The Ministry of the Word …
Ordination of Steve Roy
There is no better way to spend a brief life on this little earth than to spend it in the ministry of the Word.
Satan Takes the Word Away …
Without the Word of God abiding and taking root in our heart we cannot bear fruit, be disciples, or inherit eternal life.
Do Not Love the World …
Anything that is not God can draw your heart away from God.
Let What You Heard from the Beginning Abide in You …
The Spirit agrees with the apostolic doctrine or it is not the Spirit of God.
I Will Not Be Enslaved by Anything …
Preserve your freedom in Christ! Can you say with Paul, "I will not be enslaved by anything!"?
Why We Need a Savior: Dead in Sins …
We need a Savior because we are spiritually dead and helpless without him, no matter how good we look on the outside.
What Is Hope? …
Biblical hope not only desires something good for the future; it expects it to happen.
The Fruit of Hope: Love …
Heavenly-mindedness is what frees our hands to do the works of love.
Don't Steal, Work and Give! …
You can live to HAVE, either legally or illegally. Or you can become a Christian and live to give.
The Pleasure of God in All That He Does …
God is never constrained to do a thing that he despises. He does whatever he wants.
Striving for the Faith of the Gospel …
Spreading the Vision
The mark of living worthily of the gospel is a unified, fearless striving for the faith of the gospel.
The Nature of the Unity We Seek …
Sunday Evening Message
We should aim at full doctrinal unity and full heart unity.
Ready to Move with the Gospel of Peace …
Giving the gospel away is one of the best ways of experiencing its power in your own life.
How Can We Be Clothed with Power? …
Missions Week
God gives special power, extraordinary power, for the extraordinary challenges of an expanding witness to Christ. How do we seek it?
His Dominion Shall Be from Sea to Sea …
Palm Sunday
Jesus has laid down his life so that he might make you a genuine offer of reconciliation.
Husbands Who Love Like Christ and the Wives Who Submit to Them …
Sin didn't create headship and submission; it ruined them, distorted them, and made them ugly and destructive.
Jesus Is the Ruler of Kings on Earth …
Jesus Christ is alive and reigning over all the kings of the earth, and all the events of the world.
When Will Prophecy Cease? …
The spiritual gift of prophecy has not passed away, but is meant for the good of the church until Jesus comes.
I Will Pour Out My Spirit …
We live between the beginning of the kingdom of God and the consummation of the kingdom. What is that like?
The Price and the Preciousness of Spiritual Power …
The preciousness of spiritual power is that it is finally in God's control, not ours.
Who Are the Elders? …
Then and Now
Congregational authority and strong leadership under that authority are not incompatible. They are biblical, and they are vital.
What God Has Cleansed Do Not Call Common …
Missions Week
Cornelius would not have been saved if no one had taken him the gospel. And no one will be saved today without the gospel.
God Vindicated His Righteousness in the Death of Christ …
God put sent Christ to die in order to demonstrate his righteousness.
His Body: The Fullness of Him Who Fills All in All …
God means to fill the universe with the glory of his Son by putting the church on display as the embodiment of his Son.
Ask Whatever You Wish …
God designed prayer to give his disciples the joy of bearing fruit while God himself gets the glory.
The Noble Army of the Martyrs Praise Thee …
There is a number of martyrs appointed by God which must be fulfilled before the consummation comes.
True Christianity: Inexpressible Joy in the Invisible Christ …
You love Jesus and trust him and rejoice with joy inexpressible and full of glory. This is true Christianity.
But Christ Has Been Raised, You Are Not Still In Your Sins …
Easter Sunday
If we are saved by Christ's death, what does his resurrection add?
Strengthened to Suffer: Christ, Noah, and Baptism …
The Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve and to give his life as a ransom for many. Let's follow him.
Fasting for the Safety of the Little Ones …
Sanctity of Life Sunday
Perhaps the Christian church has not used all the spiritual resources available to us in the effort to overcome darkness.
Love One Another with Tender Affection …
God intends for us not merely to do to others as we would have them do to us, but he wants us to feel toward other believers a certain way.
Vision for the Harvest: 2000 by 2000 …
Unpacking the Master Planning Team Document
When we give ourselves to the work of personal evangelism and world missions, God pours more life into our souls.
Getting Right with God and Each Other …
Human reconciliation is much harder than financial donation.
For Whom Did Jesus Taste Death? …
Christ tasted death for everyone who has faith. Because the faith of everyone who believes was purchased by the death of Christ.
Let Us Press On to Maturity …
The writer of Hebrews calls you to grow and press on to maturity. And you will—if God permits.
Purified to Serve the Living God …
How can people destroyed by their sin draw near to a perfect God?
Obey Your Joyful Leaders, Part 1 …
Spiritual leaders are to keep watch of the word, of Christ, of themselves, and of their people.
The Lofty Claim, the Last Command, the Loving Comfort …
Missions Week
The Effect of Hypocrisy, Part 2 …
Dishonoring God
Thanksgiving Toward the Past, Faith Toward the Future …
A Parable: The Anvil
When the "Want To" and the "Ought To" Don't Match …
What can you do if what you feel like doing isn't what you should do.
In Him Are Hid All the Treasures of Wisdom and Knowledge …
One reason to admire and trust Jesus above all other persons is that he knows more than anyone else.
Talitha, the Person Who Is Adopted …
Thoughts about Racial Harmony and Sanctity of Life
It Is Never Right to Be Angry with God …
It's never right to be angry with God. And it's never right to hide your anger from him, if you feel it.
Terrorism, Justice, and Loving Our Enemies …
Is it possible to pray for justice and yet love our enemy at the same time?
Is It Conceit or Compassion? …
Christ is the Messiah. So is it arrogant or loving to proclaim him to Jews?
The Greatest Event in History …
Two Paradoxes in the Death of Christ
Christ's death on the cross was emotionally and theologically complex, to the greater glory of God.
Use Means, but Don’t Trust in Means; Trust in God …
God wants us to use means to get his work done, but he wants us to trust in him, not in these means.
How the Archbishop Got It Wrong: Humane Confidence vs. Destructive Doubt …
We must respond to suffering with both compassion and confidence in God.
Thoughts on the Sufficiency of Scripture …
What It Does and Doesn't Mean
To affirm truth with extra-biblical language is more biblical than using biblical language to defend falsehood.
A Compelling Reason for Rigorous Training of the Mind …
Thoughts on the Significance of Reading
The Bible often requires us to read thoroughly, not skim lightly. How should this affect the way we train our minds?
Missions, Orality, and the Bible …
Thoughts on Pre-, Less-, and Post-literate Cultures
Foreknown & Destined In The Son …
A poetic reflection on the glories of God in the doctrine of predestination.
The Gadarene …
(This audio comes from December 18, 2005)
What does Piper mean when he says he's a seven-point Calvinist? …
Historically, there are only five points of Calvinism, so what are the extra two?
