John (Part Nine)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 11/18/1986
Jesus teaches the difference between works that cause burdens (work that profanes the Sabbath) and works that relieve burdens. The Father and Son never stop working.
John (Part Eight)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 11/11/1986
The woman of Samaria is like each of us, initially hardened, self-willed and skeptical when called, but afterwards zealous when enlightened by the truth.
John (Part Five)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 9/16/1986
John and James were related, but still had to have the Messiah revealed to them. God is involved in the details of our lives as well as the great events in history.
John (Part Four)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 9/9/1986
The apostle John has provided at least eight separate forms of witness, establishing the veracity of Jesus Christ's identity as God in the flesh.
John (Part Three)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 9/2/1986
Even many extra-biblical sources such as Tacitus, Seconius, Justin Martyr, Pliny, and Josephus corroborate and validate the biblical accounts of Jesus.
John (Part Two)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 8/19/1986
John emphasizes the reality of Jesus as the Logos (a word revealing hidden thought), the manifestation of God in the flesh, emphasizing His preexistence and divinity.
John (Part One)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 8/5/1986
John presents Jesus, not as a phantom emanation, but as the reality, transcending the shadows represented by the temporal physical life.
Matthew (Part Thirty-One)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 1/2/1983
The emotions Jesus felt were real, experiencing every agony, fear, anguish, disappointment, terror and temptation we all experience, yet without sin.
Matthew (Part Thirty)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 10/20/1982
The events in Matthew 24 parallel the six seals of Revelation 6 and the seventh seal of Revelation 7, showing a definite chronological progression.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Nine)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 9/8/1982
The Pharisees were missing a sense of proportion, avoiding sin, but not lightening the burdens of their flocks by applying justice, mercy, and faith.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Eight)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 8/11/1982
When God gives a responsibility, He gives all the tools to carry it out and the freedom to decide how to do it. He wants to see how we do with what He gives.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Seven)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 7/28/1982
Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem fulfilled prophecies. The crowds welcoming Jesus were actually choosing the Paschal Lamb of God on Abib/Nisan 10.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Six)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 7/14/1982
True greatness does not come from dominance but from serving with the attitude of a slave. Willingness to sacrifice self is the secret to success.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Five)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 6/16/1982
Jesus contrasts the enormity of what we are forgiven to what we forgive others. Our forgiveness is directly connected with our forgiveness of our brother.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Four)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 5/19/1982
Those who are mature should be able to endure the slights of the immature, being circumspect not to lead anyone into sin through our careless example.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Three)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 5/12/1982
The apostles' inability to drive out the demon teaches that faith is not a constant factor; it will deteriorate if it not exercised through prayer and fasting.
Matthew (Part Twenty-Two)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 3/31/1982
The transfiguration prefigured the Kingdom of God, with the disciples only seeing Jesus in the end, showing salvation is through Him alone.
Matthew (Part Twenty-One)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 3/10/1982
The Pharisees and Sadducees, who normally opposed each other, joined forces against their common enemy, Jesus. They should have recognized Him as the Messiah.
Matthew (Part Twenty)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 2/24/1982
Jesus explains that what truly defiles a person—evil thoughts, murder, adultery—comes from their heart and mind, not from eating with unwashed hands.
Matthew (Part Nineteen)
Bible Study/Sermon; Given 2/10/1982
The parable of the Dragnet describes the culling process God uses to separate the truly committed from every walk of life from those mildly interested.