“This persuasion did not come from Him who calls you. A little leaven leavens the whole lump of dough.” — Galatians 5:8-9 (NASB 1995)Sermon Reflection Persuasion, by itself, isn’t evil; it’s neutral. ...  Read More

Scripture Focus: “You were running well; who hindered you from obeying the truth?” — Galatians 5:7 (NASB 1995)Sermon Reflection Paul’s words to the Galatians cut through time and speak directly to us....  Read More

Scripture Focus Galatians 5:4 (NASB 1995)“You have been severed from Christ, you who are seeking to be justified by law; you have fallen from grace.”   Sermon Reflection: Proximity Without Possession ...  Read More

Scripture Focus Galatians 5:2 (NASB1995) “Behold I, Paul, say to you that if you receive circumcision, Christ will be of no benefit to you.”   Sermon Reflection Have we gotten so used to Jesus that we...  Read More

Scripture Focus “It was for freedom that Christ set us free; therefore, keep standing firm and do not be subject again to a yoke of slavery.”Galatians 5:1, NASB1995   Sermon Reflection Freedom is not ...  Read More

Scripture Focus “Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.’ … Afterward Jesus found him in the temple, and said to him, ‘Behold, you have become well; do not sin anymore, so that nothi...  Read More

Scripture Focus John 5:8b (NASB 1995) – “Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.’”2 Corinthians 1:3–4 – “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies...  Read More

Scripture Focus: John 5:8 (NASB 1995)  “Jesus said to him, ‘Get up, pick up your pallet and walk.’” Sermon Reflection:In John 5, we meet a man who had been lying paralyzed for thirty-eight years. When...  Read More

Scripture Focus John 5:6 – “When Jesus saw him lying there and knew that he had already been a long time in that condition, He said to him, ‘Do you wish to get well?’” (NASB 1995)   Sermon Reflection ...  Read More

“Search me, O God, and know my heart;Try me and know my anxious thoughts;And see if there be any hurtful way in me,And lead me in the everlasting way.” — Psalm 139:23–24 NASB 1995Reflection:In the ver...  Read More

Scripture Focus: Acts 2:42e — “They were continually devoting themselves… to prayer.” Sermon Reflection In this final message of The Devoted Life series, we were reminded that the early church was sha...  Read More

Scripture Focus: “They were continually devoting themselves to the apostles’ teaching and to fellowship, to the breaking of bread and to prayer.”—Acts 2:42 (NASB)   Sermon Reflection: Devoted to the B...  Read More