Absolutes are unpopular today. To claim that one’s own path is narrow & leads to life, and another is broad and leads to destruction is labeled closed minded. To call a person a ‘false prophet’ or, worse still, a ‘bad tree’ while claiming that you preach the truth or that your faith produces ‘good fruit’ […]
Matthew 3:7-12 Who Has Warned You to Flee From the Wrath to Come
Who were the Pharisees and Sadducees? Why did John rebuke them so harshly, and warn them so sternly? Did they have any hope? Why yes they did! And so do you and me if we will but look to whom John pointed them. Our hope is not in our heritage, our ideas, or our righteousness. […]
Philippians 3:2-3 A Threat From Within
Satan has more than one trick up his sleeve. If he cannot cause believers to deny the Gospel by persecution he tries to get them to distort it. It matters little if you persevere in faith if you are trusting in a demonic misunderstanding of the Gospel. Listen as Pastor Matt explores the subtle differences […]
Philippians 3:1 Rejoice in the Lord
Philippians 3:1 is kinda weird when you think about it. It says, ‘Finally, my brethren, rejoice in the Lord. To write the same things again is no trouble to me, and it is a safe guard for you.’ Three questions come to mind; 1) When did Paul tell the Philippians to rejoice in the Lord […]
