Sermon Of The Week

Christ enters the very same circumstances as Israel and triumphs in the place of Israel's prior failure.

John the Baptist's testimony of Christ and Christ's first interactions with his disciples confirm that in One man, Jesus is both God come in the flesh and the Messiah to redeem His people.

Christ encounters baptism as the Head of the Church, for He is the first to rise from the dead, that He might preeminent in everything.

The Feast of the Innocents reminds us of the reality and depth of evil during the time of Moses, the time of Christ, and today. Into this darkness, God sends Christ, the true light.

Why does the Word, the Light, come into the world? He came to call men to become children of God.

The fulfillment of God's promises to Israel is how Jesus becomes our source of joy.

These who enter into Zion, join the assembly of Christ, the Church. They are transformed from sorrow and sighing to joyful singing. They are anointed with the Spirit and are lifted up in countenance.

The end goal of the reign of Jesus is the conversion of His enemies and the restoration of all things on the earth.

The "mountain of the house of the Lord" is the Kingdom of God as mediated by the Church of God.

Though Israel and Judah had generations of wayward kings and leaders, God will establish a new type of shepherd over them. These shepherds will preside over a time of peace and blessing for God's people.

The Spirit's teaching leads us to consider our actions in the light of our mortality and the eternal consequences of our actions. Through Christ, time now becomes our ally in the cause of the Gospel, as we sow seeds of faithfulness for the future.

God's design in the creation of man and woman.

From the beginning, God's people have been identified by the things of the flock.

Just as Aaron interceded for Miriam, Christ ever lives to make intercession for us.

Tom Kelby's guest presentation at Friday Night Fellowship.

Christ can save to the utmost, even from the party of the Pharisees, of which you have often been a part.

Paul concludes that the hope for the transformation of the world is the same hope as the one announced in the Gospel in which we were saved.

Having demonstrated the Kingdom which God is bringing about, the writer of Hebrews shows how we are to live in that Kingdom.

We have come to something more real than what can be touched. We have come, by the mercies of God, to the True, Heavenly Gathering. Therefore, we should conduct ourselves in a manner worthy of the calling.

Cultivate a mindset in which you see everything at your disposal - your time, intellect, talents, resources, money - as tools for loving God and loving neighbor, extending the Kingdom of God.