THE HOLY SPIRIT SPEAKS (Acts 2:4-24) We certainly have seen a full list of Biblical doctrine in the messages over the last few weeks. For we have seen the disciples wait on the Holy Spirit, and then we have seen them regenerated by the Holy Spirit, baptized by the Holy Spirit, sealed by the Holy Spirit, gifted by the Holy Spirit, anointed by the Holy Spirit, and then filled with the Holy Spirit, when it arrived with a display of awesome sound and awesome sight. The disciples went up into that up...
Jul 07, 2025•41 min•Ep. 446
KEEPING YOUR SPIRITUAL FIRE BURNING, PART II (Acts 2:1-4) If we are to live the victorious Christian life, then we must have the spiritual fire of God’s Holy Spirit burning brightly in our lives. We are absolutely powerless to be in God’s will without the Holy Spirit. Fire is a symbol of the Holy Spirit: It spreads: Fire begins small, but it can devour a forest or destroy a city. The convicting power of the Holy Spirit begins as small spark in the heart of a lost person, and then it spreads, fro...
Jun 29, 2025•38 min•Ep. 445
KEEPING YOUR SPIRITUAL FIRE BURNING, PART I (Acts 2:1-4) We are going to be teaching today on this subject: “Keeping Your Spiritual Fire Burning.” And this is so important in this day, and in this age. It seems to me that the world is searching for an answer to the questions they have about the meaning of life, and the truths about right and wrong. Some are looking to the government for handouts to make them happy. Some are looking to the educational institutions to make them happy. Some are loo...
Jun 22, 2025•41 min•Ep. 444
THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD (Acts 1:9-11) Today’s message does not have the great theological Bible truths of the last several weeks, but it does have some good Bible history. Our message today is somewhat workman like in that it talks about what the disciples did while they waited on the comforter that Jesus had promised them. Today, we talk about the characteristics of the disciples, and then we discover that Peter is still just as impulsive as he has always been as he tries to lead the group in...
Jun 15, 2025•35 min•Ep. 443
THE ASCENSION OF OUR LORD (Acts 1:9-11) Our message today is about the ascension of our Lord into Heaven. Without a doubt, it is significant to our faith that Jesus is alive and working for us today. Jesus did not just go off into heaven and leave us never to be heard from again. He has provided us with a perfect, complete, salvation. He is our great High Priest in the Holy Tabernacle in Heaven, He is our paraclete, our advocate, before the Father. And He has promised to return for us. Jesus is ...
Jun 08, 2025•34 min•Ep. 442
THAT OLD-TIME RELIGION (Acts 1:1-9) The book of Acts is a wonderful, wonderful, book, and we are going to be looking at this book for quite a while. As a matter of fact, I got to thinking about a title for this particular study and I came up with “That Old-Time Religion.” Now, the reason that I want to call it “That Old-Time Religion” is that we need to take a look back, so that we might really face the future. And it is very important that we do this today, because it is the Old-Time Religion t...
Jun 01, 2025•41 min•Ep. 441
INTRODUCTION TO THE BOOK OF ACTS (Acts 1:1-8) Today, we begin our study of the book of Acts. The KJV lists the title of this book as “THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES.” Of course, the titles of the books in our Bibles are not inspired, they were inserted by the translators, so there will be differences based on the translation, although this, and the “THE ACTS OF THE HOLY SPIRIT,” are the two that you will generally see. But to me, a title that would more accurately describe the book is “The Lord Jesus ...
May 26, 2025•44 min•Ep. 440
CHRISTIAN SOLDIER (EPHESIANS 6:10-24) In almost every century since the creation of man, people have been concerned about war. In fact, if you were to go to Google, that bastion of “so-called” truth, and ask the question, has there ever been a time of total peace on the earth? You get different answers, but the bottom line is, since man was thrown out of the Garden of Eden, there has been little or no times of complete peace on earth. The Bible, the inerrant Word of God, tells us that in the end...
May 19, 2025•49 min•Ep. 439
LORD OF ALL OUR WORK (EPHESIANS 6:5-8) Let me ask you an important question about your relationship with Jesus Christ. Is Jesus Christ the Lord of all of your life? Is He the Lord of all of your wealth? Is He the Lord of all of your worship, is He the Lord of all your family, and is He the Lord of all your work? This is an important question for us today, because if Jesus is not Lord of all of your life, then He is not Lord at all. Jesus will not be Lord over a divided kingdom that is your life....
May 12, 2025•44 min•Ep. 438
TEACHING CHILDREN TO LOVE GOD (EPHESIANS 6:1-4) Today’s message is going to be about how to raise children in way that they learn to love God. Now, there are many who would say that the principles of child raising that we find in the Bible, will seem old fashioned, and are not to be used in our so-called “enlightened day.” But, in my humble opinion, what is wrong with our society today is that we have left the principles of raising children found in the Bible, and listened to the Dr. Spocks of t...
May 05, 2025•45 min•Ep. 437
HOW TO MAXIMIZE YOUR MARRIAGE (EPHESIANS 5:21-33) In today’s message, we will be looking at what the Bible tells us about marriage. About the kind of marriage that God wants us to have. The kind of marriage that He has planned for His Church, and the kind of marriage where both the husband and wife maximize their love for God, and then through God, their love for each other. I know that when I teach on the home, I am really getting down to where the action is, because if you live for Jesus at ho...
Apr 27, 2025•42 min•Ep. 436
THE IRONCLAD GUARANTEE OF THE GOSPEL (1 Corinthians 15:1-8) Today, on this Easter Sunday morning, I want to talk to you about The Ironclad Guarantee of The Gospel. Easter is not about bunnies, and baskets, and baked hams. Easter is about the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. I am not saying that we cannot celebrate Easter with candy and easter egg hunts. To this day, as old as we are, my wife loves to hide eggs for our grown kids and grandchildren. I feel the same way about celebrating...
Apr 20, 2025•37 min•Ep. 435
HOW TO BE THANKFUL IN TOUGH TIMES (EPHESIANS 5:20) In my opinion, today’s lesson is about the hardest commandment in all of the Bible to keep and to obey. Yet, we are going to read about a commandment that if we do obey it, it will bring perhaps the biggest blessing of all. And here it is: Eph 5:20 20 Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ; KJV It would be relatively simple if that scripture said, “Giving thanks always,” because there is ...
Apr 13, 2025•46 min•Ep. 434
HOW TO HAVE A SPIRIT FILLED LIFE (EPHESIANS 5:18) I want you to imagine a man who buys a car. Now, this man has never owned a car before, and he doesn’t understand anything about a car. But finally, he gets enough money to buy a brand-new car. And so, he is very happy with this car. He shows it off to his friends. He shows them the beautiful paint job. He shows them the soft upholstery. He has them sit in the car and listen to the stereo music. He shows them all of the amenities of this car. But...
Apr 06, 2025•50 min•Ep. 433
THE OPPORTUNITY OF TIME (EPHESIANS 5:13-18) The word “opportunity” implies there are things to lose or gain, and that is what our lesson is about today, “The Opportunity of Time.” Paul writes, “Redeeming the time,” which speaks of the days, the hours, and the minutes. But, more than that, it really speaks of the opportunities that we have. Because, you need to see time, not just as something that is passing, but you need to see time as an incredible opportunity. And when you are redeeming time, ...
Mar 30, 2025•45 min•Ep. 432
TAKE A WALK WITH GOD (EPHESIANS 5:1-17) Is that something that you want in your life, to walk with God, step-by-step every day? That is what Paul is writing about in these verses. Paul says that we are to “walk worthy.” Worthy of the work that the Lord has given us the spiritual gifts to accomplish. Paul tells us not to walk as an unbeliever does, “in the vanity of their mind.” The word “vanity” as it used here means the emptiness and futility, of human life without God. Paul says that we are to...
Mar 23, 2025•42 min•Ep. 431
FINDING FREEDOM IN FORGIVENESS (EPHESIANS 4:31-32) The overall theme of Paul’s message to the believers at Ephesus is about the power that is found when the church is unified in purpose and love. In the local church there is to be unity, but most of all in the body of Christ, the body of true believers, there is great power and comfort in unity. Both for the overall body, and the individual believer. There are two problems that do great psychological, emotional, and spiritual damage to anyone, a...
Mar 17, 2025•44 min•Ep. 430
HOW TO BREAK SATAN’S STRONGHOLDS IN YOUR LIFE (EPHESIANS 4:22-31) In last week’s message, we talked about what a difference God makes in the life of a true follower of Christ. We contrasted a life without God, to a life full of God’s grace and power. Yet, there are many believers who might say that they don’t feel all that different, that God is not working fully in their lives. The Bible tells us that the reason for this is that we allow Satan to have strongholds in our lives. If we want to exp...
Mar 09, 2025•39 min•Ep. 429
WHAT A DIFFERENCE GOD MAKES (EPHESIANS 4:17-27) The Bible teaches us that the behavior of a true Christ follower is to be radically different from that of the person who does not know Christ as their Lord and Savior. That difference is God. That difference is the light, the strength, the presence, the comfort, and the wisdom, among many other things, that God provides to His children, to those who call Jesus Christ, Lord of their lives. In our message today, Paul reminds us of the blindness of l...
Mar 03, 2025•39 min•Ep. 428
TO BE FAITHFUL IN MINISTRY (EPHESIANS 4:7-16) In today’s lesson we are going to talk about how you can be faithful in your work for God, in whatever ministry God has chosen for you to do. God has a purpose for you in this world, and the Bible promises that God will give you the power, the spiritual gifts, that you need to accomplish that purpose. Charles Spurgeon, one of the greatest, and most influential, Baptist preachers that has ever lived, told a story one time. He told of a woman who had b...
Feb 24, 2025•50 min•Ep. 427
