In 2 Corinthians 4:7, the Apostle Paul said, "we have this treasure in jars of clay." The jar of clay is a metaphor for the weakness and ordinariness of our humanity. Don't miss this. Paul is saying that God has entrusted the gospel of the...
The Apostle Paul said, "We do not lose heart." Really? It seems like we are always losing heart and getting discouraged. I can think of a thousand reasons Christians lose heart. Two reasons are found in 2 Corinthians 4. We lose heart over the perceived weakness...
We started our church-wide discussion on love several weeks ago with 1 John 2:15, "Love not the world nor the things of the world." Now we read in John 3:16 that God loves the world. Shouldn't we love what God loves? Should we love,...
Whenever I hear people say they love their church, I wonder if they really mean that they love something about their church. I assume that they like something about the style of music, the preaching, the building, or the demographic makeup of their church. I...
"To know the love of God is indeed heaven on earth. The New Testament sets forth this knowledge, not as the privilege of a favored few, but as a normal part of ordinary Christian experience, something to which only the spiritually unhealthy and malformed will...
"Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him." - 1 John 2:15 "The love of the world cannot be expunged by a mere demonstration of the world's worthlessness. But may...
As we come to the end of the Hebrews preaching series, we remind ourselves that the main exhortation is to keep our eyes focused on Jesus to endure in faith and faithfulness to him. I want to remind us that endurance in faith and faithfulness to...
The one reason for leaders to lead in congregations and for congregations to follow leaders is endurance in faith and faithfulness to Jesus Christ. Jesus is supreme. All things are for his glory and the service of his purposes. God has designed congregations to have leaders...
Hebrews 13:8 says, "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever." The verses that follow in Hebrews 13 tell us that since Jesus remains the same, we are to remain with him. Here at the close of Hebrews, the message of...
"Let brotherly love continue." - Hebrews 13:1 The message this Sunday at Grace will be from Hebrews 13:1-6. Here we are told to let love endure. We are to let love continue to come from our lives in very practical ways. The expressions of love in...
