Sermons from June 2023
Permission & Blessing
Ezra 7:11-28 Ezra chapter seven, beginning at verse 11. And to remember where we are, this is a new era in the life of the returnees. This is fast forward about, what, 50, 60 years since they first came back. They came back under Zerubbabel, rebuilt their houses, rebuilt the temple. They had some trouble. And now fast forward, and this is Ezra coming in. We were before at about 538 to 515. Now we’re in the 460s, I think.…
Paul the Apologist
Acts 21:17-22:21 You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of God’s Word to Acts chapter 21. Acts chapter 21, we’ll read today from verse 17 all the way through chapter 22, verse 21. We are entering into a section of Acts, the narrative that Luke who also wrote the Gospel of Luke, writes to Theophilus, his benefactor, his person who paid for his time and effort to write this letter. He wanted to give an orderly account of…
The Spirit and Resurrection Life
Romans 8:1-3 Now, if you would be seated. Let’s pray once more. Father, as we approach your word this morning, we ask that your spirit would illuminate our hearts. We know that your word is a lamp to our feet and a light to our path, but we know that we dwell, Lord, in darkness. Everything is obscure to us if you do not clear our minds and our hearts to know and understand it. We need you, Lord. We…
Telling Jesus
Matthew 14:12 So, Matthew chapter 14. I want to begin at verse 1. We’ll read down through verse 12. And I’ll read from the King James Version. At that time, Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist. He is risen from the dead and therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. For Herod had laid hold on John and bound him and put him in prison…
Illness & Death to God’s Glory
John 11:1-27 and then go to the Lord in prayer. A couple of notes as we get started. First, the clock up here has no battery in it. I just noticed that. So fair warning. And secondly, thank you for getting the sound figured out. I felt like the Wizard of Oz there for a minute. So I appreciate you being diligent in that. Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain, right? Let’s take a look at John…
The Man of the Book
Ezra 7:1-10 Amen. Turn to chapter seven of the book of Ezra. Tonight we’ll be looking at verses one through 10, Ezra chapter seven, one through 10. Remember in the story of Ezra and Nehemiah, You’re looking at approximately 70 years after the final deportation of Judah and Jerusalem. So I think in 605, there was a deportation. And if you fact check me, I’ll admit right now, I don’t have my dates a hundred percent. Pretty sure 605, the…
Jerusalem Bound
Acts 21:1-16 Amen. You can be seated. Please turn in your copy of God’s word to Acts chapter 21. Today, we’ll be looking at verses one through 16. As you’re making your way there, you can find it in the pew Bible on page 930. But we are on the last leg of Paul’s third missionary journey. Some believe that Paul will get out of the Roman prison, go on a fourth missionary journey, but we don’t we don’t hold…