Life Is Not Trivial …
Sunday Evening Message
The world is hungry for people filled with life because they see a reflection of eternity in everything.
How to Do Good So That God Gets the Glory …
God gets glory not from our heroic exertion but from our reliance upon his strength—when we serve as one who serves with the strength which God supplies.
Whatever Is Not from Faith Is Sin …
Anything, absolutely any act or attitude which is owing to a lack of trust in God is sin, no matter how moral it may appear to men. God looks on the heart.
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?
Let Us Walk by the Spirit …
The great problem in contemporary Christian living is not learning the right things to do but how to do the right things. The problem is not to discover what love looks like but how to love by the Spirit.
Be Filled with the Spirit …
The fundamental meaning of being filled with the Spirit is being filled with joy that comes from God and overflows in song.
Confirm Your Election …
If the knowledge of God's glorious promises does not spur us on to strive against the tide, then we will be barren and fruitless and drift to our destruction.
How to Buy Gold When You're Broke …
The essence of lukewarmness is the statement, "I need nothing." The lukewarm are spiritually self-satisfied.
For Freedom Christ Has Set Us Free …
Your enjoyment of freedom is much more important to God than many of the day-to-day decisions that fill us with so much concern.
Walk by the Spirit! …
People who bear the fruit of the Spirit know they are worthy only of condemnation. They know that the only pay they can earn is the wrath of God.
A New Year's Plea: Plan! …
Jesus planned for our joy; we ought to plan for his glory.
Let Us Walk in the Light of God …
If we are not walking in the light, we have no warrant for believing that our sins are covered.
His Commandments Are Not Burdensome …
Faith says to every temptation of the world: NO, BE GONE! I know where true satisfaction is to be found.
God Glorified in Good Resolves …
It is the duty of Christians to seek God's power to fulfill good resolves.
Blessed Are the Merciful …
Mercy comes from mercy. Our mercy to each other comes from God's mercy to us.
The Pleasure of God in Obedience …
Obedience to God makes our God-glorifying hope visible and proves that it is real in our lives.
He Is Like a Refiner's Fire …
If God were only an incinerating fire, heaven would be empty. And if he were no fire, heaven would be empty.
The Present Power of Christ Crucified …
The cross is not a mere event in history; it's a way of life!
The Dangers of Following Jesus …
Maundy Thursday Communion Meditation
Jesus had love to suffer for us that we might have faith to suffer with him.
Christ's Power Is Made Perfect in Weakness …
The market wants power to escape weakness in leisure, but Christianity offers power to endure weakness in love.
Slaves of God: Free from All to Honor All …
The aim of life—including our social and political life—is to live to God.
Free from Sin, Slaves of Righteousness, Part 1 …
What is the Meaning of "Under Law" and "Under Grace"?
The Free Gift of God is Eternal Life, Part 2 …
Christmas Eve Day
What Does It Mean to Fulfill the Law in Romans 8:3-4 …
Twelve Theses
Build Your Life on the Mercies of God …
Of all the things Paul could have chosen as the foundation of your life in Christ, he picks the mercies of God. Why?
Do Not Be Conformed to This World …
The Indigenous and Pilgrim Principle of Christian Living
What is the balance between being in the world and yet not of the world?
Boiling for Christ …
When it comes to serving Christ, half-heartedness, lukewarmness, laziness, sluggishness, and slothfulness are utterly inappropriate.
Christ Overcame Evil with Good—Do the Same …
Palm Sunday
Healed for the Sake of Holiness …
Miracles should motivate us to look past the miracle to Jesus and move away from sin.
Related Topics
Indwelling Sin The Power & Effects of Sin Spiritual Warfare Prayer The Bible Justification Loving Others Killing Sin Identity in Christ Pursuit of Holiness
Related Resources:
- Who Is This Divided Man? Part 1 (Sermons)
- Who Is This Divided Man? Part 2 (Sermons)
- The Importance of Knowing Our Sin (Sermons)
- The Deadly Team of Sin and Law (Sermons)
- Don't Go Back from Sonship to Slavery (Sermons)
- Why False Doctrine Can Make You Happy (Ask Pastor John)
- Devote Yourselves to Prayer (Sermons)
- Learning to Pray in the Spirit and the Word, Part 1 (Sermons)
- I Will Meditate on All Your Work and Muse on Your Deeds (Sermons)
- Building Our Lives on the Bible (Sermons)
- How Justified Sinners Love Each Other (Sermons)
- Justified to Break the Power of Sin (Sermons)
- Dead to the Law, Serving in the Spirit, Part 3 (Sermons)
- Doing Mercy to the Brothers of Jesus and the Broken Neighbor (Sermons)
- Do Not Let Sin Reign in Your Mortal Body, Part 1 (Sermons)
- Do Not Let Sin Reign in Your Mortal Body, Part 2 (Sermons)
- Are We to Continue in Sin That Grace Might Increase? (Sermons)
- United with Christ in Death and Life, Part 1 (Sermons)
- Grow in Grace and in the Knowledge of Our Lord (Sermons)
- Preaching Practical Holiness (Conference Messages)
