Murder in the Heart
Upon Jesus' discourse in the sermon on the mount He begins to deal with further issues of the heart. Jesus does not hold back in the slightest when dealing with unrighteous anger and hatred. Four times...
View ArticleAdultery In The Heart
How serious is the sin of lusting-- Jesus tells us that it's so serious that it will cost us our soul if we fail to put it to death. He compares this war on lust with someone cutting off their own limb...
View ArticleDivorce & Remarriage
The Pharisee's had a skewed view of marriage and divorce. They taught that you can divorce your wife for any reason as long as you give her a certificate of divorce. Jesus exposes their skewed teaching...
View ArticleSwearing, Vows, & Oaths
Jesus Christ forbids us from swearing and taking oaths in the well-known Sermon on the Mount. But the Bible also seems to permit and allow swearing in other places- both in the Old and New Testament....
View ArticleTurn The Cheek!
We live in a world where people are quick to avenge themselves. If someone takes our money we'll demand it back. If someone hits us we'll hit them back. Jesus tells christians that one way our...
View ArticleWhat's Special About You?
Is there anything special about you-- If you are a true disciple of Christ as Lord then you are going to bring forth a type of righteousness that exceeds the Pharisees and a type of love that exceeds...
View ArticleThe Christian's Secret Life: Giving
We have now arrived at Chapter 6 in The Gospel of Matthew. The Lord Jesus continues His discourse by addressing the christian's secret life. A christian is no more than what he is in secret. He first...
View ArticleThe Christian's Secret Life: Prayer
After Jesus deals with giving in secret he then goes onto another aspect of the Christian life that should be done in secret and that is prayer. He gives three categories, first is the hypocrite who...
View ArticleThe Christian's Secret Life: How to Pray
Throughout the age what is commonly known as 'The Lord's Prayer' has been used as a mindless liturgy. Did Jesus mean when we pray we must use these exact words-- Why then do we never see that prayer...
View ArticleThe Christian's Secret Life: Forgiving Others
Out of all the prayer guidance Jesus gives in His sermon on the mount there is only one thing that He goes back to and that is forgiveness. Jesus plainly says that if someone says they've been forgiven...
View ArticleThe Christian's Secret Life: Fasting
Fasting has become somewhat a forgotten subject in today's church and yet it's a practice which God's people have done countless times in scripture and throughout history christian's have carried out...
View ArticleLay Up Treasures In Heaven
In the gospels Jesus spoke more about money than heaven and hell combined. He taught that the relationship someone has with money reveals the type of relationship they have with God for 'where your...
View ArticleThe Evil Eye
Jesus Christ tells us that the 'eye' is the lamp of the body, and if the eye is good it allows the whole body to be full of light. But Jesus also speaks of an 'evil eye'. What is a bad or evil eye--...
View ArticleSeek First The Kingdom of God
Jesus taught His disciples that we are not to be like the gentiles. The world is constantly seeking their own stuff, comfort, houses, food and drink, clothing, but one thing they aren't seeking is...
View ArticleChurch Membership
Is church membership a biblical concept-- Should a church carry it out or not-- In this sermon we see exactly what the bible has to say on the matter.
View ArticleJudge not, that you be not judged
The hypocrisy of the Pharisees manifested itself in the way they judged others. They would often heap heavy judgements and criticisms on others when they themselves were practicing the same things....
View ArticleThe Nature of Christ
What is the nature of Christ-- -Did God plan the death of His own Son--
View ArticleDo Not Give To Dogs What is Holy
Often In the bible God describes different types of evil people as animals, such as pigs, dogs, snakes, worms, lions, wolves, goats, bulls. In this particular portion of scripture we are warned about...
View ArticleAsk, Seek, Knock!
What greater incentive to pray then to know that whatever we ask it will given to us- In this sermon Pastor Tim exhorts christians to truly seek the Lord in prayer and keep asking, keep seeking, keep...
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