Luke 13:6-9 — “He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.” In these verses we have one of Jesus’ lesser-known parables, one that perhaps we’ve not thought about very much. It’s a simple story and it had…
Luke 13:1-5 — “Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Death is not a pleasant subject, but we do manage to talk about the deaths of other people without too much discomfort. There has…
Psalm 119:12 — “Blessed art thou, O LORD: teach me thy statutes.” When we think of what it means to be a disciple, we often think of following, obeying and trusting. While discipleship does involve these things, what we must not forgot, is that to be a disciple is to be one who learns. Indeed,…
Isaiah 1:21 — “How is the faithful city become an harlot! it was full of judgment; righteousness lodged in it; but now murderers.” The prophet Isaiah lamented the moral and spiritual condition of the city of Jerusalem. God’s people had been unfaithful to Him in a grievous way. Those at the top had used their…
Daniel 2:1-24, Acts 2:1-19 — In this sermon we consider the impossible situation that Daniel and his three companions found themselves in. Their lives were threatened through no fault of their own and there was, from a human perspective, no way out. How Daniel responded reminds us of how the first Christians in Jerusalem responded…
Romans 12:21 — “Be not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good.” Because we live in a fallen world we experience evil on an almost daily basis. People do wrong to us, sometimes unintentionally and sometimes deliberately. Sometimes the evil that’s out there in the world really drags us down. So how do we…
John 1:35-51 — “And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.” Instead of arguing with Nathanael about the identity of Jesus, Philip invited him to meet Jesus for himself. When Nathanael did meet Jesus, he discovered that Philip was right — Jesus was…
Luke 12:54-59 — “Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?” What time are we living in right now? What should we as Christians be concentrating on? How should we think about world events and Bible prophecy? There…
Romans 8:18 — “For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.” The way we look at things has a significant impact on the way we think about them and even on how we feel. Our problems can seem…
Psalm 24 — “This is the generation of them that seek him, that seek thy face…” For the last four decades the evangelical church has been greatly influenced by the “seeker-sensitive” approach to worship and ministry. In this Psalm, David sets forth something very different. The onus is squarely upon the seeker and not upon the…