Themes: God’s promises are conditional; the Lord is revered for the gift of His presence and righteous laws; teach the commands to your children; idolatry forbidden at any time; repentance from idolatry is always received; the Lord demonstrates He is God; obedience leads to living in the land; Verses 1-5: God says to keep His … More Deuteronomy 4

Themes: God gives the victory and defeats our enemies; we must fight the battle in our humanity; God is specific, gives rest after the battle and keeps His promises and judgements. Verses 1-11: God sent Israel to battle and defeat Og King of Bishon. Israel took possession of all of Og’s cities in accordance with … More Deuteronomy 3

Themes: Back to the beginning; God keeps His promise; Possession of the Land. Verse 1: After Israel’s defeat the Lord led Israel back towards the Red Sea symbolizing a return to where they began. They would be reminded of where the came from as they saw the Red Sea. They would remember passing through the … More Deuteronomy 2

Israel is now at the gates of the Promised Land.  Moses begins by recapping Israel’s journey to the point. Themes: God keeps His promises; God always takes the lead in providing whether it be protection, care, sustenance, etc. His people are always recipient’s of His grace. His people never lead. He is specific in His … More Deuteronomy 1

Wesley’s sermon identifies two type of people: #1 people who are almost a Christian #2 people who are altogether a Christian The ‘Almost’ Christian is identified as Wesley says, “Heathen Honesty”. The man is honest, upright, above reproach in his life and dealings with people; second he has a form of Godliness expresses by his … More Almost a Christian – John Wesley

In reading through chapters John 14-17 you see the overriding message of the Lord Jesus to the disciples is, “Where I am there you will be also” (John 14:3) Here’s some verses: 1: “Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me…” 2: In My Father’s house are many dwelling places; … More Jesus’ life is our life

In the Rev. George Whitefield’s sermon entitled: “Abraham’s Offering Up His Son Isaac” he says this towards the end of his message: “This, this is the gospel; this is the only way of finding acceptance with God: good works have nothing to do with our justification in His sight. We are justified by faith alone, … More Faith Justified by Works

Life has a speed to it and you can define that speed as the ‘pace of a plant’ as a friend of mine said once.  In other words look at nature and you will see how fast God intends for life to move. This is important to the Gospel because it sets the reality and … More Pace of a Plant

Is the Bible written so that heaven or hell are presented to mankind as their eternal destiny? Does Jesus spend three years preaching to the Jews that they are going to heaven or hell it’s their choice? Is the goal of the Bible and it’s teachings designed to bring men to a place where the … More Heaven or hell?

George Whitefield Sermon 17 The Temptation of Christ Matthew 4:1-11, Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the … More The Temptation of Christ: Rev. George Whitefield