We live in a time of declining morals. Political correctness has “gone to seed” in our present culture. Our enemy, the devil, provides many rationalizations for improper behavior.  We must so live as to “not be ignorant of his devices”  (2 Cor. 2:11).  The Apostle Paul told the Corinthians— “But I fear, lest somehow, as the more…

“I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and more…

It was 2007 and I was in a very rural part of the southernmost state of Mexico: Chiapas. My dad and I had been in the car all day (or, at least, what seemed like all day), had preached at two churches, and spent time with the Christians in each place. Finally, the sun had more…

The subtitle to David’s Psalm states, “Confidence in God’s protection.” Some may wonder why studies and sermons are presented from the Old Testament. “After all, we are under the New Covenant. The mystery of the ages has been revealed in Jesus Christ! Why look back?” Of course one reason is that Paul wrote in 2 more…

The judgment scene depicted by Jesus has Him separating sheep from goats and inviting the sheep into the eternal kingdom prepared for them from the foundation of the world (Matt. 25:31-34). Then He explains why the sheep in His flock were invited and the goats were not. From this we should not be surprised when there more…