The criminal and the King were crucified side by side. Amid their punishment, the criminal was the first to fully see past the cross to the King coming into His kingdom.
From His very own mother to the religious Pharisees, and from John the disciple to the soldiers who crucified Him, many watched Christ die. Weep with those who wept; discover Jesus with those who discovered Jesus—Jesus, Who died as few men die.
This is a very real problem, and not just "out there"- it is native to us all. Life brings disappointments and pain and circumstances that we can do nothing to change, but God wants us to be overcomers, to get up off the bottom of life and choose to look at life His way.
Broken covenants require atonement. But in our broken relationship with the Creator, Jesus shed His blood to redeem that covenant relationship—the blood of the Lamb of God, "which taketh away the sin of the world."
Do you feel convicted, condemned, and guilty? Is there any hope? What is the way to peace? Listen to this message to discover God's provision for freedom from sin.
What is sin? When do thoughts or actions become sin? When does not doing something become sin?
No matter which role you find yourself filling in the family - the prodigal failure or the faultless older brother - you will be challenged as you listen to this discourse on a familiar Bible story.
Christ has dreamed a dream: His dream is a perfectly glorious Bride. Do you share that dream with Him? Do you see it? Feel it? Live in it? Seven rock-solid glories from Hebrews 12 to admire and strive for.
The Gospel of Jesus is the foundation of Christianity and our hope. What will happen to the person who accepts that Gospel as the truth on which to build his life? How will the world recognize the disciples of Jesus? Do you know how to help someone accept that Gospel for his own life?
"We are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men." This message is intended to remind us of those "off-stage," other-world spiritual realities, God's hidden work in the past, and to inspire us to faithfulness in our turn "on-stage."
Who can know the mind of Christ? What can we learn from God's creation? What are some of the mysteries of God? Listen to this sermon to find out more about the great God we serve.
This book reveals the mind of God, the state of man, the way of salvation, the doom of sinners, and the happiness of believers. Its doctrines are holy, its precepts are binding, its histories are true, and its decisions are immutable.
Have you been wronged by your friends or enemies? Are you miserable because of the wrongs that have not been made right? How much has God forgiven you?
In an era of politically active churches and religious organizations, Christians need to ask the question: “Are church and state truly compatible?” There are intrinsic, irreconcilable differences, including its purpose, structure, and method of control.
Clothing is a type of language. It announces social status/rank, a person's heroes, his convictions (or lack thereof). The Bible speaks to the issue of clothing, and to it we look for direction in our choices of appearance. What does your clothing tell observers about you?