Oak Grove Baptist Church Audio Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The sermons from Oak Grove Baptist Church, Paducah Ky. Our aim is to know the One who rescued us from the depths of sin and enjoy all He offers through Christ.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 11.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 10-13.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 8-11.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 5-7.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 5-7.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 5-7.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 5-7.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 3-4.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Contending For the Faith. This message is on Jude 1-2.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Moving From Doubt to Faith. This message is on Habakkuk 3:16-20.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Moving From Doubt to Faith. This message is on Habakkuk 3:1-2.
The latest sermon by Brother Whitt Madden at Oak Grove Baptist Church from the series Moving From Doubt to Faith. This message is on Habakkuk 2:20.
The prophet Habakkuk received the answers to his prayers only to discover it was an answer he didn’t ask for or want. The people of Judah would be judged for their sins, but the righteous would live by faith.
In the book of Habakkuk we discover that God's ways are not our ways, nor His thoughts like our thoughts. The prophet Habakkuk cries out to the Lord seeking an answer to solve the problem of sin and rebellion among God's people. In this message we hear how the Lord responds to answer the prophet's complaint.
Why does God allow suffering and injustice to prevail? How long will He allow evil to dominate the world? Why doesn’t He do something about it? In the Book of Habakkuk we find the prophet Habakkuk wrestling over these very questions.
In this message, Brother Whitt Madden examines what it means to have a Gospel-Driven Worldview. The Apostle Paul tells us in Romans 12:1-2 that our minds must be transformed by the power of the Gospel. Our worldview matters because it sets us apart from unbelievers, helps us progress, spiritually, and it gives us everything we need to live our lives in light of the truth of the Gospel.
In this message honoring the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Brother Whitt Madden looks at the life of Stephen from the book of Acts and examines how his life was lived as a testimony to others through suffering of the power of the Gospel.
In part two of his message Gospel-Driven Unity, Brother Whitt Madden examines how a church is called to conduct their manner of life in ways that demonstrate the power of the Gospel.
What is the greatest need within the Church today? In part one of his message Gospel-Driven Unity, Brother Whitt Madden looks at three ways that the Apostle Paul exhorts the Church to be strengthened in their unity as a body of believers.
What is the greatest need the people in our community have in their lives today? In this message, Brother Whitt Madden looks at the importance for others to be able to see the power of the Gospel in you.
What does it mean to be devoted to the teaching of God’s Word? How should it affect our lives? How can we foster a love for His Word in our hearts? In this message Brother Whitt Madden shares the answers to these questions along with practical helps to foster our devotion to the Word of God.
The definition of devotion is simply this: a love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, activity, or cause. We are all marked by our devotion to someone or something. In this message, Brother Whitt Madden unpacks what it means for our devotion to the Lord to be driven by the power of the Gospel.
What do we mean when we say we are a Gospel-Driven church? We believe the Gospel declares the only way to know God in peace, love, and joy is through the reconciling death of Jesus Christ the risen Lord. To say that we are a Gospel-Driven Church is to say that we are a church driven by the transformational love of God through Christ in the everyday stuff of life.
The Early church in the book of Acts began as a people whose hearts were pierced by the Word of God. In this message, Brother Whitt Madden examines what must take place in the life of the church before they can be driven by the power of the Gospel.
What does it mean to be a Gospel-Driven Church? In the introduction message to the new series, Brother Whitt Madden looks at the early church in the book of Acts and defines the Gospel-Driven Church as the people of God under the power and authority of God, being conformed and transformed by the love of God in every area of life.
If God is for us, who then can be against us? In this message, Brother Whitt Madden looks at Romans 8:31-32 and shares what it means to be an advocate for others in the Gospel.
In this message, Brother Whitt Madden unpacks the truth of the Gospel from Romans 8:38, defining "good," and explaining that all things work together for good for those who love Christ.
Have you ever felt like you just didn’t belong or have you struggled fitting in? What’s the point and purpose of your life? In this message, Brother Whitt Madden takes us through Romans Chapter 8 and unpacks what it means to be a child of God.
Do you ever think about the conversations you have with others? What do they reveal about who we are and what we love? In this message, Whitt Madden look at the answers to these questions and examines what it means for us in light of being an image bearer of God.
Do you ever think about what you think about? Our thoughts matter--they are of eternal importance--and we cannot combat wrong thinking on our own.
Where is your mindset? What are you thinking on? What does that have to do with the law of sin and death vs. the law of the spirit of life? Find out in this message from the Gospel Life Series.
There's a difference between freedom and liberation. The Gospel has liberated us––but what does that mean? Find out in this message from the Gospel Life Series.
What do we know about freedom? How do we understand the context of Gospel freedom and how can we live in it? How do we obtain healing and counsel when we have not walked in that freedom? Whitt Madden shares the answers to these and more in this message from the Gospel Life series.
Just because the word grace is used often, we must not assume we know what it means. How do you define grace? How should grace impact our lives and the lives of others? In this message, Whitt Madden presents several probing questions to help us make the theological practical.
The fight of faith is the fight to believe God is great. How do you do that? In this message, Whitt Madden shares more.
What is the mission of the church? What do we believe about the Gospel? Do we possess what we profess? What is discipleship? How did Jesus do it?
What is the mission of the church? In this message, Brother Whitt Madden examines the Great Commission given to the church in Matthew 28 and the command to "go."
Changed lives begin with seeing God's glory. God is passionate about His glory because He knows He is the greatest good we could ever experience. How is your view of God's glory?
Why do so many people think of evangelism like it's bad news? What is biblical evangelism? How do we do it? What does it mean to engage someone with the Gospel?
How can one know if they are building their life on the solid foundation of Jesus Christ? Do we realize the gravity of what is at stake in this question?
Are you settling for a Christless Christianity? Would an unbeliever want what they see in you? Where does Gospel renewal start? Why should we care?
If you took church attendance out of the equation, would people know you are a follower of Christ? What is the foundation of a life on mission and how does life transformation occur?
What does it mean to be on mission? How does our approach to Scripture affect missional living? How do we take truth from the head to the heart to the hands?
In the twenty-fourth message in the series Theology for Life Brother Whitt Madden issues a challenge to the believer to examine themselves to see if they have grown dull of hearing, and if they are feeding on solid spiritual food.
In the twenty-third message in the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden discusses the lie that says obedience costs more than its worth when in reality obedience is indeed costly but the gains are far surpassing.
What does it mean that Jesus is our great High Priest? How does that help us? What does it look like to hold fast our confession? These questions and more are addressed in the twenty-second message of the series Theology for Life.
In the twenty-first message in the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden asks some hard-hitting questions about our intake of Scripture. How will you allow the Word of God to change you in 2018? How will you engage and respond to the Word? What are you going to allow to rule your heart? Will you allow what you see to determine your fate or will you trust God for His promise?
In the twentieth message in the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden asks us to consider some questions: what does the pace of your life say about the peace in your heart? What kind of rest are you striving after right now? What kind of rest do you need most right now?
In the nineteenth message in the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden uses the sins of the Israelites in Exodus to explain the temptation of the enemy and what we can do to keep our hearts unhardened toward God and others.
In the middle of strife, in the middle of a war, in the middle of suffering and hopelessness, God tells a story. A story of hope, peace, and redemption. What was the story? Why did He tell it? What does it mean for us?
What is a hardened heart? What causes a heart to harden? Is it God? Is it man? In the eighteenth message in the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden unpacks these questions as we take a look at the life of Pharaoh.
In the seventeenth message in the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden explains how the Exodus teaches the Gospel and foreshadows the True and Better Deliverer who would one day redeem His people not just from physical slavery but spiritual suffering.
In a message given on Orphan Sunday, Brother Whitt Madden shares how the role of adoption plays out in the life of every follower of Jesus Christ.
In a message given on the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Brother Whitt Madden shares three ways the persecuted church can help the American church fight the enemy of compromise.
In the sixteenth message from the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden examines what it looks like to be led by fear and faith. What are you being led by? How do you know?
In the fifteenth message from the Theology for Life series, Brother Whitt Madden discusses the process of unclenching our fists from our idols and unflinchingly submitting to God.
In the fourteenth message from the Theology for Life series, Brother Whitt Madden examines three things we should consider when considering Christ.
In the thirteenth message from the Theology for Life series, Brother Whitt Madden examines four lies we believe about Jesus Christ and six ways the truth helps us.
In the twelfth message from the Theology for Life series, Brother Whitt Madden looks at the weapons of eternal warfare. He explains how the battle between life and death is both physical and spiritual and how, through the death of Christ, we find that death itself will one day be destroyed.
In the eleventh message in the series Theology for Living, Brother Whitt Madden teaches on Jesus’ humility and humanity and how suffering equips for ministry.
What are you devoted to? What has your heart? What was the early church devoted to? In this message, Brother Whitt Madden unpacks four things the church is to devote itself to from Acts 2:42-47.
In the tenth message from his series Theology For Life, Brother Whitt Madden examines three themes from Hebrews 2:5-9. 1. Design and Dominion 2. Defeat and Death 3. Death Defeated. In this sermon, we see that Jesus became deathless by overcoming defeat through His life, death, and resurrection.
In the ninth message from the Series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden examines the dangers of spiritual drift by neglecting our salvation, and how to listen to the warnings given to us in the Scriptures that we may be saved.
In the eight message in his series 'Theology for Life' Brother Whitt Madden examines Hebrews 1:3-14 and shows us the importance and place of angels in the Scriptures, and how Jesus is greater than the angels. He is supreme above all things and is worthy to be praised and worshiped in our lives.
In the seventh message in the series Theology For Life, Brother Whitt Madden shows the work of Christ as Redeemer has not only saved us but cleanses us from our sin as well. He is our gracious Redeemer whose work is sustaining and finished.
In the sixth message from the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden continues to look at the life and character of Jesus Christ. He is the Creator and Heir of all things, the Substance of our faith, and the glory of God in the flesh. He hold all things together by the power of His Word.
In his fifth message from the series Theology for Life, Brother Whitt Madden examines Jesus as Heir and Creator of all things to understand God's plan and purpose through Jesus and what it means for us to live out the purpose of our lives to the glory of God.
In the fourth message in the Theology for Life series, Brother Whitt Madden defines an heir, how Jesus is an heir to all things, and what that means for the believer.
In the third message in the Theology of Life series, Brother Whitt Madden shows how God spoke through the Old Testament and how the entirety of the Old Testament is about Jesus Christ.
Scripture makes no excuses or explanations to try and prove the existence of God. In his message The God That Speaks, Brother Whitt Madden examines the opening words of Hebrews and unpacks the foundational truth that God is and God speaks.
In his introduction to a new series titled Theology for Living: An Exposition of Hebrews, Brother Whitt Madden takes us through an overview of the boosk by walking through three major themes found throughout this book. In this message titled "No Turning Back" we discover that Jesus Christ is supreme above all things and that through Christ we have a better covenant that is built on better promises.
In this message, Brother Whitt Madden exhorts the church to strive to enter the rest God offers in Jesus Christ by exhorting one another daily, trusting the promises of God, practicing a relationship with Him, and taking theological knowledge and applying it to our lives in a practical way.
It is estimated that nearly three billion people around the world are without any knowledge of the Gospel. In a special message in honor of the second annual International Day for the Unreached, Brother Whitt Madden looks at Isaiah 6 to show that the holiness of God and our obedience to His Word is the motivation for missions.
In his book The Mortification of Sin, John Owen famously said to “Be killing sin, or it will be killing you.” However, we as believers often minimize the seriousness of sin by sanitizing it and making excuses and/or blaming others for it. In part two of his series The Journey of Obedience, Brother Whitt Madden continues to examine the story of Saul's disobedience to God's command to wipe out the Amalekites. As Christians, we are called to kill sin with the same level of severity as Samuel, who put Agag to death.
In the first message in the series The Journey of Obedience, Brother Whitt Madden looks at the story of Saul and his battle against the Amalekites in 1 Samuel 15. He opens up the seriousness of sin as seen in the disobedience of Saul and in Samuel’s response when the Lord rejected Saul as king.
In his tenth and final message in the series The Victorious Plan, Brother Whitt Madden looks at what it means to be known by God. Every person—young or old, saved or unsaved—was created with two basic desires in their hearts: to be loved and accepted. Our problems begin, however, when we try to meet those desires apart from God. In Galatians 4:8-9, we look at the significance and implications of what it means to be loved and accepted in Christ.
In his ninth message in the series The Victorious Plan, Brother Whitt Madden explains how the Gospel is not a defense to keep us from pain and suffering in this world but a message of God's rescue through pain and suffering. Our suffering tells the story of a living Hope to a dying world. In suffering we gain Christ, purpose, identity, intimacy with God, and relationship with others. Through our suffering, we show others that Jesus is more valuable than anyone or anything else, including our comfort.
In this message, Brother Bobby Scott reminds us from Galatians 5:16-17 of our important responsibility of walking in the Spirit and not fulfilling the desires of the flesh.
In his eighth message in the series The Victorious Plan, Brother Whitt Madden examines the life of Paul from the moment of his conversion until some thirty years later writing to the church at Philippi, considering how his life answered the question, What do you think of Jesus Christ and what will you do with Him? Paul counted everything as a loss in comparison to knowing Jesus. What is your response?
What do you think of Jesus Christ and what will you do with Him? These are questions that every soul has to answer. In the seventh message in the series The Victorious Plan, Brother Whitt Madden explores the depths of the Gospel from 1 Corinthians 15:3-4. As we examine the problem of Jesus and His crucifixion, we find the hope of the Gospel in His resurrection.
In this sermon, Florin Vasiliu, director of Romania Missionary Fellowship and pastor of Adora Christi Baptist Church in Iasi, Romania, shares about the work of God in Eastern Europe before preaching that the holiness of God is our hope.
In this message entitled the Race of Victory, Brother Bobby Scott shares from Hebrews Chapter 12:1-3 a word of hope and encouragement for those who are weary. There is a race that is set before the believer, and we are called as Christians to finish this race with our eyes fixed on Jesus Christ.
The Word hope is often one of the most abused and misinterpreted words in the English language. In the sixth message in the series The Victorious Plan, Bro. Whitt Madden takes us to Psalm 42:11 to reveal that in the midst of hard times and difficult circumstances our hope is found in the faithfulness and character of God.
The problem with the people of Jerusalem in the book of Zephaniah is the same problem that we face today. The people had allowed sin to harden their hearts so that they no longer cared to follow God or His ways. From the text in Zephaniah 3:17, we seethe story of God in the people of God and discover He is the same in the Old Testament as He is in the New. He is a God of mercy; One who is mighty to save. This is the fifth sermon in the series The Victorious Plan.
In this message from John 2:13-22, Pastor Bobby Scott uses Jesus' life as our example and speaks on how God can take even the death of others and work it to our good and His glory. God does this by opening our eyes to the brevity of our lives on this earth and then refocusing us on what's important right now.
In his message Know Your God: A Relentless Pursuit, Brother Whitt Madden takes us from Genesis to Revelation to show that our God pursues His people with relentless love. From the beginning words of our text in Zephaniah 3:17, "The Lord God is in your midst," we discover two implications and as you read through Scriptures those implications unfold further: the presence of God among His people and God's pursuit of His people. This is the fourth message in his series The Victorious Plan.
Brother Whitt Madden continues his series The Victorious Plan, in a message titled Know Your God: A Call to Victory. In this message, we look at the Old Testament book of Zephaniah to gain greater understanding of the character of God. As Zephaniah called the nations to repent and turn to God, we hear the call for ourselves and then look to the cross where we see the Lord’s fury and wrath toward sin satisfied in the death of Jesus, revealing His unending love and uncompromising holiness.
In this sermon, Brother Whitt Madden shares from Jude 22-23 what it looks like to commit ourselves to the Word and those who are perishing in a messaged entitled: Know the Word: A Call to Commit. In this second message in the series The Victorious Plan we look at the call to pursue and the call to sacrifice so that others may be saved.
In this message Brother Whitt Madden examines the book of Jude and explains that we are called to know the Word of God to keep ourselves in the love of God. The Word reminds us we have personal responsibility to build ourselves up in the knowledge of His Word, understanding that we are ourselves kept by God. Because we are kept in Him, we can answer the call to reach others with the same Gospel that came to us through others. This is the first message in a new series called The Victorious Plan.
In this message, Pastor Bobby Scott delivers two major symbolic truths about believer’s baptism from Romans 6:1-11. Believer’s baptism symbolizes that as Christ died to sin and is alive to God, so we are by faith in Him. The evidence of that faith is that we will walk in newness of life, which is far greater than church membership, a decision for Christ, or even baptism itself.
In the final message of Pastor Durham’s ministry at Oak Grove Baptist Church, he reminds us that the Gospel was designed to work in a person by the supernatural power of God. The Christian life is the life of God in the soul, energizing with desire and power to do His will. Natural ability cannot perform what only God in can do in a person. The task of the Christian is by faith to cooperate with God’s activity in him or her. With this sermon Michael Durham closes his pastoral ministry and begins an itinerate evangelistic ministry.
After the Apostle Paul told believers in chapter 6 of his epistle to the Romans that they were dead to the reign of sin, he proceeded in the seventh chapter to explain that they were also dead to the law. What does this mean? It means that the Christian no longer has to go through the law to get to God. Before Christ the only way to have relationship with God was by obedience to the Law. But no one could perfectly keep the Law until Christ came. He fulfilled the Law of God and died to it. Once raised from the dead, His relationship to God was no longer governed by the Law. The same it true for us. Unfortunately, most Christians are still trying in the power of their own abilities to keep the Law in order to retain God’s blessings.
In this message based on the text in Romans 12:1-2, Brother Whitt Madden shares the practical implications of what it looks like for the church to be a living sacrifice on mission in our community. It's a call to go, know, and to serve.
Sanctification is mostly seen as a matter of the soul and not the body. However, the Apostle Paul says our bodies and how we use them play in important role in our sanctification. We cannot sanctify ourselves but we can cooperate with the grace of God in us. In this message we will learn what role our bodies have in God's process of sanctifying us.
In this message Pastor Bobby Scott shares God's vision for Oak Grove Baptist Church for 2017 based on the text in Romans 12:1 with a focus on being intentional in our relationships with the Lord and in our community. Bobby lays down the foundation for the future vision for our church and how we can reach the lost in our city.
Although an unusual text for a Christmas sermon, Michael Durham shows how the Christmas story is incomplete by itself. The ultimate purpose of the Christ child is to die and triumph over death and sin. This message gets deeper into the glorious implications of His death and resurrection.
God’s goal for all His children is that their faith grow, but faith does not grow without a struggle. It is often in the struggle that we fail to believe and we experience a faith failure. In this message we will learn how to fight the fight of faith and avoid faith failures and let cooperate with the Lord Jesus in the growth of our faith.
In this message on the subject of faith, Michael Durham explores the biblical source of faith and how it works in the lives of the believer. All Christians are to live a life of faith, but all to often many don’t because they don’t know how to listen to God or are too selective in what they hear. The key to a life of faith is a vital and vibrant relationship with Christ.
In today’s message, we explore how you increase your faith. Many try to increase their faith using unbiblical methods. RTM speaker, Michael Durham, outlines the only way you can grow in the faith of the Lord Jesus Christ.
In this second message on faith, we explore the components of faith. These components are the building blocks of faith. Without these four components, faith in God does not exist. But what many do not know is that if one does not have faith in God, he or she has faith in something. These four building blocks are working synergistically in all people as all men exercise faith daily even if it is not in God.
Peter believed he believed. He told the Lord Jesus that he would not deny Him but stand with Him. But in the hour of testing he did something differently and denied Christ. Faith sees and acts, but Peter was motivated by a faith that was not in Jesus but in himself. In this message, Michael Durham defines faith and shows how it works.
In this message, Michael Durham, pastor of Oak Grove Baptist Church for the last 23 years, shares that his ministry is changing in focus and direction. Pastor Durham will after January 2017 be stepping down as senior pastor of OGBC and entering full-time evangelism/revival work. RTM has chosen to let you hear exactly what he shared with the church.
Christians rejoice that there is one Savior who is more than sufficient to make us right with God. The story of the Gospel is real and its power is real. There is no other message sent from heaven. This is the true good news that must be proclaimed if men and women are to be saved and have eternal life.
How do we arrive at a better self? The Apostle Paul outlines his desire to press on to perfection through the knowing of Christ. How do we know Christ better so that we can be better? We pray as you listen, you will discover the way to a more intimate relationship with Christ.
When Jesus saw the blind man of John chapter 9, He was drawn to him. A series of events began that changed the blind man. Jesus was attracted to the need the man had. He’s attracted to us for many reasons, but one is our need of His love and mercy. When a person truly learns that God gravitates to needy people whose only trust is in Him, he or she will see God’s activity.
One of the most important questions is how does one become a Christian. What is a Christian and what makes someone a Christian must be answered biblically. Too much is at stake with this question. Please listen, and discover what happens when one becomes a follower of Christ.
All Christians are familiar with the word grace, but how many of us understand grace? What it is? How does it work? The biggest question is does the grace of God eliminate our effort or does it enable effort? American Christianity has put such an emphasis on justification by grace through faith that many do not know that the grace that justifies is also the grace that sanctifies. The grace that sanctifies enables good works, "which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them.”
The death of Ezekiel’s wife is a puzzlement to many. How could a good God not only take Ezekiel’s wife in death but commanded that Ezekiel could not publicly mourn the loss of his wife? This message explains how we need to approach the unexplainable moments of life.
When we are physically showing symptoms of illness we usually resort to the medicine cabinet. No one likes being sick. But when it comes to our spiritual condition, we often neglect our spiritual health. This message, if you let it, will work like a physician's examination. We need to take spiritual inventory on a regular basis to maintain spiritual health.
A second message with this theme discusses God’s hiddenness in His delays to answer prayer and fulfill promises. God may seem withdrawn because we have grieved the Holy Spirit.
It is a strange thing to hear that God hides Himself, but the Bible clearly presents this view of God. He is a God who initiates relationship with us but He is not intrusive. He desires to be desired and reveals Himself to those who want Him.
No more remarkable fact than that Jesus is in God’s presence for us. We know He is in heaven because He is God and heaven is that is where the throne of God dwells. But the text says that Jesus appears in the presence of God for us. Listen and value how our High Priest performs His priestly duties for us now in the presence of God.
Every Christian is enrolled in the school of faith, and it is our Instructor’s purpose to graduate us to a faith that rests. In the story of Jesus calming the storm, we learn how faith has to have an object. This elementary lesson must be learned if our faith is to strengthen to a faith that rests.
The story of the Gadarene demoniac is a remarkable picture of humanity without Christ. Mankind has been plunged into a captivity of darkness and all of man’s attempts to free himself fail. This is a story that finds relevancy today almost 2000 years later as nations, societies, and cultures self-destruct.
The story of the battle of Jericho and Rahab’s deliverance is a picture of the Gospel. In this message, Michael Durham unpacks the symbolism and takes a direct line to the great covenant of God with the Son and the His people.
We know God can do anything within the confines of His nature. However, when it comes to prayer and faith we struggle whether or not if God is willing to do what we ask of Him. The miracle of Jesus healing the leper tells us much about praying in faith. There is also a great illustration of God willingness to save in the leper’s cleansing.
God has commanded parents, and fathers in particularly, to instill into their children the revelation of God and His truth. Unfortunately, many Christian parents have failed to do this, and the children have abandoned the Christian faith altogether. In this message, we look at what the Psalmist said was parental responsibility in very practical way. We must hold the Gospel rope for the future generation.
Sooner or later every Christian experiences the feeling of abandonment by God. It is not true that God abandons His children; He never does nor ever will do so. But He does test us and part of that test is the sense of the absence of God. In this message, Michael Durham focuses on this very kind of trial in the life of Joseph who had undergone many trials, but none as bad as the test of feeling forgotten by God.
James and John wanted to call down fire on a Samaritan village because of their refusal to welcome Jesus into their town. But instead of Jesus being flattered by their defense of Him, He rebukes them and tells them their spirit is contrary to His. Anger is a problem we all deal with but often we feel justified for our anger. But anger, if even justifiable, must be dealt with quickly. Listen and discover how Jesus deals with those who offend Him. Rather than anger, He shows mercy.
In an amazing Gospel account of a Gentile woman seeking Jesus for her daughter’s healing, we discover some major principles on faith, prayer, and experiencing God’s fullness. Are we satisfied with crumbs when we could have a full meal?
Peter rashly stated to Jesus that he would not allow the Lord to wash his feet. Jesus’ answer is sobering. Listen and learn that we can miss God in the small things as wall as the large.
Many linger in indecision and do not give their lives to Christ, or having given their lives to Christ do not fully follow Him. Michael Durham explains the motivation behind indecision and the only remedy.
The story of Thomas’ doubt of the resurrection of Jesus teaches us much about the relationship of faith and empiricism. Empiricism is the belief that something can only be verifiable by means of experience and experimentation. Many today want to pit faith against empiricism, but it isn’t that faith is against empirical data. Faith goes beyond the empirical to see the unobservable.
The resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ surely sealed our redemption. However, the purpose of His death goes beyond the individual need to a global impact. The King and His Kingdom rests upon the event of the resurrection.
Jesus refused the popularity of the masses to do only what He could do—die for the sins of His people. Out of His death has come a life power that has regenerated millions. Learn how to enjoy the life of Christ by dying to the the strong desire of the flesh.
John the Baptist sat in a prison with questions about Jesus and His ministry. Often things don’t go as planned and God doesn’t perform as you want. Listen, and let your heart be encouraged to be blessed with whatever and wherever God’s business turns.
Life has more than its share of problems. But those problems are part of God’s plan to work out a beautiful conclusion. Also, each difficulty is God’s way of reminding us the value of the spiritual. Learn how to develop a life plan that will help turn each negative into a Gospel positive.
The Christian faith is more than a rote religion where people go through the motions. Such superficiality will not make the difference because it misses God’s objective. Listen to hear about a real faith that experiences a real God.
All of us stumble and fall; all of us fail at some point. But God has committed to cause us to stand. We are His workmanship. All of this seen in the lives of the Apostle Paul and Mark.
Life is not fair but no one said it would be. However, we find ourselves complaining and getting bitter about the injustices we face. No one face any greater inequity than Jesus. Listen and find out how to face life when it is unfair.
Jacob wanted the blessing of his father, Isaac. He wanted it so bad that he deceived his father to gain the blessing. He pretended to be someone he wasn’t. In this message, Michael Durham shows how we often think that we have to be someone else to get God’s blessings.
The believer in Jesus is to live life in the overflow of God’s love. This is the resource for the Christian life. In this sermon, Michael Durham explains how to live in the overflow.
Covetousness is a serious sin that we don’t like talking about, but it’s something that must be discussed. In this message, Michael Durham explains what covetousness is and how you can discern it in your own heart. He finishes by demonstrating the antidote to the spirit of covetousness.