Where Do We Worship God?

2 Corinthians 6:14-18 ESV Do not be unequally yoked with unbelievers. For what partnership has righteousness with lawlessness? Or what fellowship has light with darkness? What accord has Christ with Belial? Or what portion does a believer share with an unbeliever? What agreement has the temple of God with idols? For we are the temple … Continue reading Where Do We Worship God?

Let’s Talk About Church

I believe today that the Lord Jesus would have me talk about the church, and what the church looked like at the beginning, and what it should still look like today. So I will begin with Acts 2:42, for this is what happened right after what took place on the day of Pentecost when the … Continue reading Let’s Talk About Church

No More Vain Offerings

Video Talk Ah, Sinful Nation!Isaiah 1:4-5 ESV “Ah, sinful nation,a people laden with iniquity,offspring of evildoers,children who deal corruptly!They have forsaken the Lord,they have despised the Holy One of Israel,they are utterly estranged.Why will you still be struck down?Why will you continue to rebel?The whole head is sick,and the whole heart faint.” Back at the … Continue reading No More Vain Offerings

Christ’s Free Servants

Video Talk Psalms 44:1-3 ESV “O God, we have heard with our ears,our fathers have told us,what deeds you performed in their days,in the days of old:you with your own hand drove out the nations,but them you planted;you afflicted the peoples,but them you set free;for not by their own sword did they win the land,nor … Continue reading Christ’s Free Servants

They Defile God’s Holy Temple

Psalms 79:1-4 ESV “O God, the nations have come into your inheritance;they have defiled your holy temple;they have laid Jerusalem in ruins.They have given the bodies of your servantsto the birds of the heavens for food,the flesh of your faithful to the beasts of the earth.They have poured out their blood like waterall around Jerusalem,and … Continue reading They Defile God’s Holy Temple

But Now Take Courage

Haggai 2:1-5 NASB “On the twenty-first of the seventh month, the word of the Lord came by Haggai the prophet saying, ‘Speak now to Zerubbabel the son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, and to Joshua the son of Jehozadak, the high priest, and to the remnant of the people saying, “Who is left among you … Continue reading But Now Take Courage

A Spiritual House

Video Talk 1 Peter 2:4-5 ESV “As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in the sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house, to be a holy priesthood, to offer spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ.” See … Continue reading A Spiritual House

To Love and Good Works

Video Talk Hebrews 10:24-25 ESV “And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works, not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near.” “But exhort one another every day, as long as … Continue reading To Love and Good Works

Appearance of Life, but Really Dead

Revelation 3:1-6 ESV “And to the angel of the church in Sardis write: ‘The words of him who has the seven spirits of God and the seven stars. “‘I know your works. You have the reputation of being alive, but you are dead. Wake up, and strengthen what remains and is about to die, for … Continue reading Appearance of Life, but Really Dead

In the House of the Lord

Psalms 27:4-5 ESV “One thing have I asked of the Lord,that will I seek after:that I may dwell in the house of the Lordall the days of my life,to gaze upon the beauty of the Lordand to inquire in his temple.For he will hide me in his shelterin the day of trouble;he will conceal me … Continue reading In the House of the Lord