Sermon Library

Summary: First message for the opening of second semester of the Foundations Schools, taken from the Book of Habakkuk. What we will need for this crucial year.

Summary: Would God take a very evil nation to judge a nation of less evil? Would this become true of America?

Summary: There are night seasons of the world's history and night seasons of the Christian. Twelve warnings are given concerning the night seasons Christians will face. Three night seasons Jacob faced.

Summary: Jacob was requested of his parents to leave home at 77, to go to Haran 500 miles away from Beer-Sheba. He faced many unknowns for the journey as well as the next 20 years. When he met God at Bethel, he made 7 observations needed for the future.

Summary: The precious story of Jesus' birth and all it entails is followed by the Rejection of the Infancy of God. Many were told of His birth; only a few came. We also witness Herod's rejection and assassination attempt; rejection of Judaism's rulers; flight into Egypt; living in the stump town Nazareth. Each stage deepens in rejection and becomes a prelude to history.

Summary: Luke 2:40-52 speaks of the early years of the young child and his submissive obedience to God and to His parents.

Summary: In Matthew 2:6, the prophecy of Micah 5:2 presents the Ruler as being a shepherd. In the Greek, it reads "Which shall "shepherdize" my people Israel. Thus, the "Rod" and "Staff" purpose is to rule our lives as a Shepherd.

Summary: Jesus is called "the Lamb of God" by John the Baptist: this message takes the history of the Lamb in shadow and type and the words of the New Testament concerning what John meant by this title. The message then enters into the Book of Revelation concerning "The Lamb" in the diminutive form and its meaning in the 27 contexts of its usage.

Summary: The background of the Wise Men and their coming to Bethlehem;the significance of their three gifts to the Christ-child.

Summary: This message takes the background of the prophecy of Micah concerning the town in which Christ was born and how it changed over the centuries leading up to the prophecy fulfilled in Luke 2.

Summary: This message presents the Scriptures' prophecies, Isaiah 40 and Malachi 3 and 4, dealing with John the Baptist and his coming in the "spirit and power of Elijah." The message makes the distinction between the person Elijah and his spirit and power. The birth of John and his coming to declare the Messiah to Israel is also presented.

Summary: God not only saves the soul of the individual but also his or her life. It is all part of the Divine plan for saving us.

Summary: The unfolding of the type and shadow of Isaac in the light of the coming infant Christ. Christ IS the seed of Abraham according to Galatians 3.

Summary: This message carefully unfolds the understanding of Jesus from the loins of David, the fruit of his flesh. It also deals with several enigmas concerning Mary and her genealogy of Luke as well as the curse upon Joseph's line.