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Currently sick with Covid, haven’t been able to broadcast. Hopefully soon. Jonah 3:1-5, 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20

1 SAMUEL 3:3-10, 19 PSALMS 40:2, 4, 7-10 1 CORINTHIANS 6:13-15, 17-20 JOHN 1:35-42

1 Samuel 9:1-4, 17-19, 10:1 Mark 2:13-17

1 Samuel 3:1-10, 19-20 Mark 1:29-39

Baptism of the Lord Feast Isaiah 55:1-11 1 John 5:1-9 Mark 1:7-11

The Epiphany of the Lord ISAIAH 60:1-6 PSALMS 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-13 EPHESIANS 3:2-3, 5-6 MATTHEW 2:1-12

Sorry for the delay: 1 JOHN 5:5-13 PSALMS 147:12-15, 19-20 LUKE 3:23-38

1 JOHN 3:11-21 PSALMS 100:1-5 JOHN 1:43-51

1 JOHN 3:7-10 PSALMS 98:1, 7-9 JOHN 1:35-42

PHILIPPIANS 2:5-11 PSALMS 113:1-8 MATTHEW 1:18-23

1 JOHN 2:22-28 JOHN 1:19-28

Numbers 6:22-27 Galatians 4:4-7 Luke 2:16-21

GENESIS 15:1-6; 21: PSALMS 105:1-6, 8-9 HEBREWS 11:8, 11-12, 17-19 LUKE 2:22-40

The Lectionary readings for today: 1 JOHN 2:12-17 PSALMS 96:7-10 LUKE 2:36-40

Testing the possibility of sending out the daily lectionary readings. Today’s readings are 1 JOHN 2:3-11 PSALMS 96:1-3, 5-6 LUKE 2:22-35

“The church should be a serious Bible Institute, and the pastors are the headmasters, training the church in everything that is necessary to build it up and protect it. To accomplish this requires that he be a serious student.”

Knowing the Law is good, if a man use it lawfully. - 1 Timothy 1:8-9 In these words, you have heard two points: First, the affirmation, "The Law is good." Second, the condition, "If a man use it lawfully." Anthony Burgess

Our modern age is a pushover for the shallow and the shortcut. We want to change everything except the human heart. –J. WALLACE HAMILTON

Theology 101: No, Church History is NOT "the study of how everybody misinterpreted the Bible until you came along."

“” You are more sinful than you could ever dare imagine and you are more loved and accepted than you could ever dare hope-at the same time. Timothy Keller (1950-2023)

“Live near to God, and so all things will appear to you little in comparison with eternal realities.”

It is very usual for God's people, when they have enjoyed a great deliverance, to find a little trouble too much for them.

According to research by Barna, Nearly two-thirds of U.S. 18–29-year-olds who grew up in church withdraw from church involvement as an adult after having been active as a child or teen.

The Sermon on the Mount may be one of the best known sermons of all time. Sadly it's also on of the most misinterpreted sermons in history. It has been mishandled and twisted in so many ways. Look for our series, Sermon on the Mount! In the series we strive to find the right interpretation and deal with all the complications found in the sermon.

Whatever it be that makes us trust in ourselves that we are comparatively wise or good, so as to treat those with contempt who do not subscribe to our doctrines, or follow our party, is a proof and fruit of a self-righteous spirit.”

Currently I am on a ship in the Caribbean Sea. I will be back in Texas Saturday morning. Sunday I will begin a very important series on the distinction between Law and Gospel. Live streaming will begin Sunday Morning at 10am Central Time. This is a very important series and I hope it proves to be very beneficial.

"When He had by Himself purged our sins" (verse 3). Here is something still more wondrous. Striking is it to behold the point at which this statement is introduced. The cross was the great stumbling-block unto the Jews; but so far was the apostle from apologizing for the death of the "Son," he here includes it as among His highest glories. And such indeed it was. The putting away of the sins of His people was an even greater and grander work than was the making of the worlds or the upholding of all things b

Contentedness is a satisfaction of the mind concerning the sufficiency and fitness of one's present condition. This general matter of contentedness, a satisfaction of mind, doth not only put a distinguishing difference betwixt contentedness and covetousness, but also sheweth that they are diametrically contrary one to another: for a covetous mind is never satisfied with any estate: and a contented mind is never unsatisfied with any. By William Gouge

GOD'S MERCY. This was . . . freely fixed upon us, is very great towards us, and will always distinguish us. He remembered us — and sent His Son to redeem us! He remembered us — and sent His Spirit to quicken us! He remembered us — and sent His Word to instruct us! He remembered us — and sent His ordinances to comfort us! He remembered us — and sent His grace to sanctify us! He remembered us — and sent His rod to correct us!

“To Put on the Armor of God, We Have to Take Off the ‘Armor of Me’

Forgiveness means sharing the same gift Jesus extended to us—regardless of the offense.

Tonight we start reviewing sermons on Matthew 24. We should begin around 8pm Central time.

Aim at perfect holiness, long after it, pray for it; though you do not attain it fully here on earth. Yes, you will feel that you are on your way to the mansions of holiness! And the thought that when you arrive there, you shall be without fault--will strengthen and nerve you for the battle. The hope of final triumph and success will encourage you. The certainty of victory will cheer your heart. The assurance of your being forever without fault before the throne of God, will be to you a foretaste of eternal

If any man thinks ill of you, do not be angry with him; for you are worse than he thinks you to be

The victory of Christ was won by crucifixion, not societal conquest.

Just added to the Eye on Christianity Series: Are You Deceived About Salvation Pt 1-4. In the series We listen to a christian radio program and consider how they interpreted 1 John 3:4-10. The episodes were done in April 2021, so you have to scroll down to find them

“Predestination destroys legalism. If the whole of salvation, in all its parts, is understood to be by Christ alone, it leaves no room for boasting or trusting in ourselves, even partly. It strips us bare and forces us to abandon all hope in self-effort or rules to attain a right standing before God ... It shatters our self-complacency and causes us to renounce our self-righteousness. It makes us cover our lips and utter God is God and I am not (Rom 9:15, 16). “

God reigns is a logical conclusion from God is. To deny God's providence is as atheistic as to deny His existence! A god, who neither sees, nor hears, nor knows, nor cares, nor helps, nor saves--is a vanity, and can never claim homage from intelligent men. Such a god should be derided, not worshiped! He might suit the mythology of Paganism, or meet the demands of an infidel heart--but could never command the allegiance, or win the confidence of an enlightened and pious man!

What is your only comfort in life and death? A. That I am not my own,1 but belong with body and soul, both in life and in death,2 to my faithful Saviour Jesus Christ.3 He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood,4

Judas heard all of Christ’s sermons.

Ah! what needs to be stressed today, is that God is a God to be feared! Happy is the person who has been awed by a view of God's majesty, who has had a vision of . . . God's unutterable greatness, His ineffable holiness, His perfect righteousness, His irresistible power, His sovereign grace!

Grace has been defined as the unmerited favor of God. If unmerited, then none can claim it as their inalienable right. If grace is unearned and undeserved, then none are entitled to it. If grace is a gift, then none can demand it. Therefore, as salvation is by grace, the free gift of God--then He bestows it on whom He pleases. Because salvation is by grace, the very chief of sinners is not beyond the reach of Divine mercy.

The deceitfulness of sin!" Sin assumes many garbs. When it appears in its nakedness, it is seen as a black and misshapen monster! How God Himself views it, may be learned from the various similitudes used by the Holy Spirit to set forth its ugliness and loathsomeness. Sin is likened to the scum of a seething pot in which is a detestable carcass, and to a dead and rotting body! Arthur Pink

The objects which are revealed in Scripture are not bare abstractions which are to be accepted as true, nor even sublime and lofty concepts to be admired--they are to have a powerful effect upon our daily walk. There is no doctrine revealed in Scripture for a merely speculative knowledge, but all is to exert a powerful influence upon conduct. God's design in all that He has revealed to us, is to the purifying of our affections and the transforming of our characters. Arthur Pink

The abasement of the Son of God was necessary, in order for the advancement of vile worms of the earth. He who was rich had to seek out the lowest level of poverty, before we could be made rich. The Beloved of the Father had to be made an object of shame, before we could be raised. The Lord of glory must die, in order for Hell-deserving sinners to be made alive! "God demonstrates His own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us!" Romans 5:8 -Arthur Pink

I just added a message to the Devotional series. It is from May 2021. It is a discussion our spiritual diet.The title is: Do You Have the Diet of a Teenage Girl? Hopefully it will be beneficial.

Thus it is in the case of one who has been renewed by the Spirit: his eyes have been opened to see the awful filth which lurks in every corner of his heart. Abraham acknowledged, "I am dust and ashes!" Genesis 18:27 Job said of himself, "I am vile!" Job 40:4 David admitted, "I am a worm!" Psalm 22:6 Isaiah confessed, "Woe is me! I am ruined!" Isaiah 6:5 Peter affirmed, "I am a sinful man, O Lord!" Luke 5:8 Paul considered himself, "The chief of sinners!" 1 Timothy 1:15

Matthew Henry: "If our hope is in God for a happiness in the eternal world--then we can well afford to reconcile ourselves to all the dispensations of Divine providence concerning this world."

Keep fighting. God is glorified in the struggle

When the pew is sick, the pulpit must prescribe the remedy.

All of men's wickedness and misery comes through forgetting God, hence the warning, "Beware that you forget not the LORD your God!" (Deuteronomy 8:11).

“Pleasure is the meter in your heart that measures how valuable, how precious someone or something is to you. Pleasure is the measure of your treasure.”

“So skilled is error at imitating truth, that the two are constantly being mistaken for each other. It takes a sharp eye these days to know which brother is Cain and which is Abel.”

Without "the Word of His grace" we would be mariners upon the sea of life--without chart or compass!

Going live shorty on the ChurchOne app only, to test the connection

I just added a message called, Interpreting Popular Verses in Romans Chapter 8. This has been added to the Romans series.

The apostle does not say that [Jesus] was sent to help us attain righteousness but himself to be our righteousness. —John Calvin

But the love of Christ to saints is no less wonderful, in its way, than His love to sinners, though far less considered. That He should bear with all their countless infirmities from grace to glory--that He should never be tired of their endless inconsistencies and petty provocations--that He should go on forgiving and forgetting incessantly, and never be provoked to cast them off and give them up--all this is marvelous indeed!

The love of Christ to sinners is the very essence and marrow of the Gospel. That He should love us at all, and care for our souls--that He should love us before we love Him, or even know anything about Him, that He should love us so much as to come into the world to save us, take our nature on Him, bear our sins, and die for us on the cross--all this is wonderful indeed! It is a kind of love to which there is nothing like it, among men. The narrow selfishness of human nature cannot fully comprehend it.

It's almost time to spring forward! Daylight saving time 2022 begins at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, March 13, in most of the United States. If your clocks don't automatically change, then don't forget to set your clocks an hour ahead before bed Saturday night to avoid being late for church!

I have added a study of the Chapter Summary Method of Bible study to the Hermeneutics series. You can listen to it now.

This week we will be memorizing John 13:13-15. Download the Bible Memory app and look for the Theology Central group. The app is very helpful in memorizing scripture.

Tonight’s study of John 13:1-17 will begin at 6:00PM Central time. I promise to do a better job of teaching the passage than I did at telling time.

Tonight at 7:00PM central time, we will studying John 13:1-17. Tune in for the live stream to listen to the study.

As we see with our eyes the turmoil in the world tonight, remember to stop looking with your physical eyes and look with the eyes of faith. Hebrews 11 1 Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.

Challenge: Using only the following things, Apostles Creed, Lord's Prayer, Ten Commandments. Make a list of the key elements of a Christian Worldview.

We look to a minor prophet to find the source of stability. Listen live in just few minutes on the Spreaker app and the ChurchOne app.

A wintry mix of sleet and freezing rain. Total ice accumulations will range from a light glaze to one or two tenths of an inch. Late tonight through Thursday. Plan for deteriorating road conditions beginning late tonight, and lasting through Thursday morning. This could lead to cancellation of Wednesday night service. To make up for this, I will be doing hours of live broadcasts, starting this afternoon. Listen via Spreaker app and ChurchOne app.

I have done a big update on the Most Influential Churches series. This is the series where we visit some of the most influential churches in America and review sermons preached. So feel free to check it out and all the other series as well.

Due to a winter storm warning, we will not be having services tonight. I also will be unable to make to the church for a live streaming only broadcast. However, there are over a 1,000 sermons to choose from. So find something you haven't heard or have forgotten. God bless

We just complete our first successful live webcast. We will look to how we may use this platform in the future

In the Church of Jesus Christ there can and should be no non-theologians. KARL BARTH