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01-03-22   The Privilege of Prayer
12-30-21   The Pre-tribulation Rapture of the Church
12-20-21   Promises Made, Promises Kept
12-13-21   The Evil Days
12-06-21   Reaching the Religious
11-29-21   The wages of Sin
11-22-21   Trust and Obey
11-15-21   Normalizing Sin
11-08-21   Comfort One Another
11-01-21   Cancel Culture
10-25-21   Not Reformed, Transformed
10-18-21   Another Rapture Theory
10-11-21   Weary of Worship
10-03-21   Liars and Lying
09-27-21   Beware of False Teachers
09-20-21   Worldliness
09-13-21   Glorification
08-31-21   The Wrath of God
08-23-21   Wars and Rumors of War
08-16-21   The Peace of God
08-09-21   Is the Bible God's infallible Word?
08-02-21   God Ordained Opportunities
07-26-21   Staying Spiritually Awake
07-19-21   The Virtue of Patience
07-12-21   Things That Matter
07-05-21   The Pre-Tribulation Rapture
06-28-21   Dead Man Walking
06-21-21   The Big Lie
06-14-21   God's Unlimited Power
06-07-21   Sound Doctrine
05-31-21   Iceberg Dead Ahead!
05-24-21   Home with the Lord
05-17-21   Be Strong in the Lord
05-10-21   The Pursuit of Happiness
05-03-21   Our Limited Knowledge
04-26-21   God Disciplines His Children
04-19-21   God's Word is Truth
04-12-21   And Miles to go Before I Sleep
04-05-21   The Priviledge of Prayer
03-27-21   Contentment
03-15-21   The Patience of God
03-08-21   How Long Naive Ones?
03-01-21   Our Faith is in God
02-22-21   Who is a Child of God?
02-08-21   The Last of the Last Days
02-01-21   Are You an Evangelist?
01-25-21   What Matters Now
01-18-21   Liars
01-11-21   Be Patient
01-04-21   It's A Wonderful Life
12-28-20   The Promise of Eternal Life
12-21-20   Debt Slavery
12-14-20   Real Knowledge
12-07-20   God's Finger Work
11-39-20   Plan and Trust
11-16-20   Do Not Love The World
11-09-20   Take a Good Look at Yourself
10-26-20   Promises Made. Promises Kept!
10-19-20   Don't Love the World
10-12-20   The Day of the Lord
10-05-20   Is Your Faith Showing?  
09-28-20   Sin Makes You Stupid
09-21-20   Does God Hear Your Prayers?
09-14-20   A Rapture Theory
09-07-20   Who Do You Trust?
08-31-20   The Most Frightening Verse
08-24-20   A Blameless Conscience
08-17-20   The Word of God
08-10-20   Judgment Day is Coming
08-03-20   Ambassadors for Christ
07-27-20   Babylon will be Destroyed
07-20-20   He is coming! 
07-13-20   Wise Up!
07-06-20   Impossible?
06-29-20   Calling Upon The Lord
06-22-20   Make Up Your Mind
06-15-20   Holy, Holy, Holy
06-08-20   The Mind of Christ
06-01-20   Dceitful and Desperately Sick
05-25-20   The Contenment Secret
05-18-29   The Joy of Giving
05-11-20   The Sword of the Spirit
05-04-20   Fear Not
04-27-20   Our Living Hope
04-20-20   The Days of Noah
04-06-20   Summer is Coming!
03-31-20   Our Sovereign God
06-25-19   An Open Letter to My Family and Friends 
08-14-18   What Do You Know For Sure?
08-02-18   Unequally Yoked
07-23-18   Good (Godly) Decisions
06-27-18   Fear God, Not Man
05-23-18   Do You Really Love the Lord
05-04-18   The Basicss
04-28-18   A Clear Conscience
03-26-18   Weary of Worship
03-10-18   Eternal Life
03-03-16   Words of Wisdom
02-24-18   Family First?
02-17-18   Fake Christians
01-27-18   Is Your Love Showing?
01-20-18   The Fall of Babylon
01-13-18   What is Truth?
01-06-18   The Last Enemy
12-30-17   Walking by Faith
12-23-17   A Shepherds Testimony
12-16-17   Battle of the Sexes
12-09-17   The Discipline of the Lord
12-02-17   Debt Slavery
11-11-17   Thoughts and Prayers
11-04-17   Today!
10-21-17   Turn on the Light!
10-15-17   Fear Not!
10-08-17   Examine Yourselves!
09-30-17   What God Says About Homosexuality
09-16-17   The Mark of the Beast
09-02-17   The Sin of Partiality
08-19-17   No More Night
08-12-17   Is Jesus Really Coming Back?
08-05-17   Entertainment Vs. Edification
07-29-17   The god of This World 
07-21-17   Learning How to be Content
07-15-17   Debt Slavery
07-04-17   Free in Christ
06-26-17   Press On!
06-12-17   Holy is His Name
06-04-17   666
04-24-17   Ashamed of Jesus?
04-18-17   Godly Decisions
04-11-17   Our Coming Resurrection
03-22-17   The Safest Road to Hell
03-06-17   Are You Malnourished?
02-19-17   True and False Religion
01-09-17   Summer is Coming
12-28-16   The Incarnation
12-03-16   Are You Ready?
10-11-16   Wonderful are Your Works!
09-18-16   Praying for Salvation
09-11-16   Happy Birthday Linda!
08-21-16   A Great Light
08-05-16   Our Words Matter
07-17-16   The Peace of God
07-04-16   The Evil Days
06-27-16   A Divinely Powerful Weapon
06-20-16   Judgment is Coming!
06-13-16   Why So Much Evil in the World?
06-06-16   The Truth
05-23-16   Proclaiming the Gospel
05-16-16   Press On!
05-09-16   Truth, Wisdom, Instruction and Understanding
05-02-16   I am Thankful for the Doctrine of Election
04-25-16   The Privilege and Power of Prayer 
04-18-16   Is the Lord Coming Soon?
04-11-16   Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
04-04-16   Little Things
03-29-16   The Goal of Our Instruction
03-21-16   The Importance of the Resurrection
03-14-16   Fishers of Men
03-07-16   Words of Blessing or Cursing
02-22-16   There is Only One Way
02-15-16   Are You Heavenly Minded?
02-01-16   Spiritual Warfare
01-26-16   The Sovereign Hand of the Lord
01-18-16   Spiritual Profit or Poverty
01-11-16   Living By Faith
01-04-16   When it's All Said and Done
12-28-15   Great is His Faithfulness
12-21-15   Praying for Your Church
12-14-15   Run With Endurance
12-07-15   Vanishing Clouds, But Eternal Life
11-30-15   Effective Prayer
11-23-15   Home With The Lord!
11-16-15   666 is Coming!
11-09-15   Throwing Pearls Before Swine
11-02-15   Be Holy Child of God
10-27-15   Eternal Life or Eternal Death?
10-19-15   Acceptable Worship
10-12-15   Tares Among the Wheat
10-04-15   There is Much Evil in This World
09-21-15   Fear Not!
09-14-15   Such a Magnificent Salvation
09-07-15   Nothing is Impossible for God
08-30-15   The Local Church Mission
08-24-15   The Power of Positive Thinking
08-09-15   Has Judgment Already Begun?
08-02-15   Ultimate Foolishness
07-27-15   Carpe Diem
07-13-15   The God of All Comfort
06-29-15   God's Judgment Vs. Man's
06-22-15   The Gathering Storm
06-15-15   Waiting for the Lord
06-08-15   The Cure for Spiritual Blindness
05-25-15   Forgetting What Lies Behind
05-18-15   Fearfully and Wonderfully Made
05-11-15   Are You Ashamed of Jesus?
05-04-15   Is America About to Implode?
04-27-15   The Consequences of Stagnation
04-20-15   It is The Lord!
04-14-15   A Most Clever Deception
04-06-15   Optimistic Pessimism
03-30-15   I'm Going to Live Forever!
03-23-15   God Protects Israel
03-16-15   Come Lord Jesus!
03-09-15   The Word of God
03-02-15   Be on the Alert
02-16-15   Why So Much Evil?
02-09-15   Sowing and Reaping
02-02-15   The Free Gift of God
01-26-15   Waiting for the Lord
01-19-15   Living Beyond the Sun
01-12-15   Comfort in Hope
01-02-15   Why Did Jesus Have to Die?
11-17-14   The Lake of Fire
11-10-14   Are You a Marvel?
11-03-14   Shalom?
10-27-14   Waiting Patiently for The Lord
10-21-14   What is Satan Doing Today?
10-14-14   Things That Make You Go Hmmm...
10-07-14   Light and Darkness
10-01-14   The Consequences of Sin
09-22-14   The Hall of Faith
09-15-14   There are No Promised Days.
09-10-14   Opportunities
09-02-14   Tickled Ears
08-25-14   The Sinful World
08-18-14   Conformed Vs. Transformed
08-11-14   I Love to Tell the Story
08-05-14   Incomprehensible Peace
07-21-14   Right and Wrong
06-30-14   I Love to Hear the Pages Turn
06-23-14   Life is Short
06-16-14   Blest be the Tie That Binds
06-09-14   Transformation Vs. Reformation
06-02-14   Walk on the Sea of Fear
05-12-14   The Ark of Salvation
05-05-14   Another Day of Rejoicing
04-28-14   The Secret of Contentment
04-21-14   True Faith in God
04-14-14   Decisions, Decisions
04-01-14   Precious in the Sight of the Lord
03-24-14   A Boiling Pot to the North
03-17-14   Its All Good!
03-04-14   The One True Gospel
02-17-14   End Time Mockers
02-10-14   Final Warning
01-27-14   Aliens and Strangers
01-21-14   Spiritual Words
01-13-14   How to be Successful
01-06-14   Sound Doctrine
12-30-13   My New Years Resolution
12-24-13   Who is Jesus
12-17-13   Acceptable Worship
12-09-13   Lovers of Self
12-02-13   The Broad and Narrow Way
11-25-13   Give Thanks to the Lord
11-18-13   Hearers and Doers
11-11-13   Turn Your Eyes Upon Jesus
11-04-13   What is Truth?
10-29-13   God's Sovereignty
10-22-13   Time and Eternity
10-07-13   People Like Us
08-28-13   How To Be Successful and Happy
08-20-13   What Happens When I Die?
08-12-13   Everybody is Talking
08-04-13   What Should I Do Now?
07-30-13   Who Will You Trust?
07-22-15   Carpe Diem
07-15-13   The Importance of Preachers and Preaching
06-25-13   The Ruler of this World
06-15-13   How is Your Church Doing?
06-06-13   The Time of Your Life
05-13-13   The Sign of Jonah
05 07-13   We are Rich!
05-01-13   Spiritual Blindness
04-17-13   Yep... Its the Train!
04-03-13   Difficult Times Will Come
03-25-13   Press On!
03-12-13   Sound Doctrine
03-08-13   An Open Letter to Family & Friends
02-28-13   Apathy in the Church
02-18-13   Storm Clouds are Gathering
02-11-13   The Destruction of Fortresses
02-07-13   Satan's Big Lie #4
01-19-13   Is Homosexuality a Sin?
12-15-12   Satan's Big Lie #3
11-26-12   Satan's Big Lie #2
10-30-12   Satan's Big Lie #1
10-01-12   Making Good Decisions
09-24-12   Why Are Christians Hated?
09-17-12   Christ is Our Example
09-10-12   What if the Bible is not True?
08-27-12   Regrets? ... More Than a Few
08-20-12   When Life Seems Overwhelming
08-13-12   Running to Win!
08-06-12   What is Faith in God?  
07-30-12   Are You Narrow Minded?
07-22-12   But God
06-18-12   The Gathering Storm
06-11-12   Now What?
06-05-12   The Patience of God
05-21-12   The Goodness of God
05-07-12   The Glory and Power of God
04-30-12   Let a Man Regard us in This Manner
04-23-12   Decisions... Decisions
04-16-12   What Will Be Your Legacy?
04-06-12   Why the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Matters
04-02-12   Fearfully and Wonderfully Made by God
03-26-12   Should Women Teach Bible Studies?
03-19-12   Being Patient
03-12-12   Yes... I'm Intolerant!
03-05-12   Are People Basically Good?
02-27-12   Being Thankful for God's Soverienty
02-20-12   Are Catholics Really Christians?
02-13-12   Pray Without Ceasing
02-06-12   Biblical Illiteracy
01-31-12   God is in Control  
01-23-12   Leaving Your First Love 
01-16-12   Are You Really a Christian?
01-09-12   Sharing the Sufferings of Christ
01-02-12   Behold, He is Coming!
12-28-11   New Beginnings
12-12-11   Eternal Judgment is Coming Soon
12-06-11   Can You See in the Dark?
11-28-11   Casual Irreverence in the Church
11-22-11   Thanksgiving
11-15-11   Bad Company Corrupts Good Morals
11-10-11   The Coming Christ and Antichrist
11-04-11   Rejoice in the Lord!
10-16-11   Doctrines of Demons
10-10-11   Expository Listening
10-03-11   Learning to be Content
09-26-11   Teaching Pigs to Sing
09-19-11   The Family of God
09-12-11   Be Anxious for Nothing
09-05-11   Forget About It!
08-29-11   Birth Pangs
08-22-11   It's Time to Fly!
08-14-11   Self-Deceived Professing Christians
08-08-11   Reality is Closing in on Perception
08-01-11   I'll Not Pass This Way Again
07-25-11   God has the Answers
07-18-11   Amazing Grace!
07-11-11   Truth or Consequences
07-04-11   Spiritual Blindness
06-27-11   I Am New
06-20-11   Childlike Faith  
06-06-11   Pray Without Ceasing
05-30-11   A Culture of Corruption
05-23-11   A Word to the Wise
05-16-11   Adversity
05-09-11   Pride Vs. Humility
04-25-11   Only God Knows The Future
04-18-11   He is Risen!
04-11-11   Temporal Affections
04-04-11   Is There Really An Eternal Hell?
03-28-11   Beware of the Leaven
03-21-11   Fellow Workers with the Truth
03-14-11   Merely the Beginning of Birth Pangs
03-07-11   Are You Walking in the Truth?
02-28-11   Guilty
02-21-11   What Do You Know For Sure?
02-14-11   SET4LF
02-07-11   More Signs of the Times
01-31-11   Home Sick
01-24-11   Why Are You Afraid?
01-17-11   The Battle For Truth
01-10-11   The Problem is Sin
01-03-11   Another Year is Dawning!
12-27-10   We are Blessed!
12-20-10   Are You Still Sleeping?
12-13-10   China... The Army From The East?
12-06-10   The True Treasure
11-29-10   Your Redemption is Drawing Near!
11-22-10   Remember God in Your Youth
11-15-10   The Lord is my Shepherd!
11-08-10   Fulfill Your Ministry!
11-01-10   How To Be Sure That You Are Saved
10-25-10   Are Food Shortages Coming?
10-18-10   Dead to the Gospel
10-11-11   The Family of God
10-01-10   Our Eternal Heavenly Home
09-27-10   To Tell The Truth
09-13-10   Money Talks
09-06-10   Patiently Waiting for the Lord
08-30-10   Saved and Perfected by Grace
08-22-10   Our Hope is in the Lord!
06-08-10   Biblical Thinking
05-31-10   Trust Him!
05-10-10   The Little Horn
05-03-10   I'm a Child of God!
04-26-10   A Sense of Awe
04-18-10   A Soldier's Life
03-29-10   My Reading Time
03-22-10   Beloved, Love One Another
03-15-10   The Vanity of Life and Works
03-08-10   The Heart of a Preacher 
03-01-10   Going for the Gold
02-22-10   Wheat or Tares?
02-15-10   Honor Authority
02-08-10   The Secret of Contentment
02-01-10   Finishing Well
01-25-10   Coming Soon... Economic Judgment
01-11-10   When The Going Gets Tough
01-04-10   A New Beginning
12-21-09   Consider It All Joy, My Brethren
12-14-09   Worshiping Him in Spirit and Truth
12-07-09   Why Me God?
11-30-09   The Manhattan Declaration
11-23-09   Thanksgiving Day
11-01-09   Walking in the Light
10-26-09   Marianne's Prayer
10-19-09   Devote Yourselves to Prayer
10-12-09   Rejoice in the Lord
10-05-09   Another "Down-Grade Controversy" 
09-28-09   The Time of Your Life
09-21-09   The Tongue Is Very Small... But Very Powerful
09-14-09   Taking Every Though Captive
09-07-09   Worship Him In Spirit And Truth
08-31-09   The Promise Of Heaven
08-17-09   Love One Another In Deed and Truth
08-11-09   The vital importance of Biblical Discernment
08-04-09   How Close Are We To The Rapture
07-28-09   Back To Basics
07-21-09   The Wisdom Of Prayer 
07-14-09   Feeding Sheep or Amusing Goats
07-08-09   The Dangers of Ecumenicalism
07-01-09   Peace On Earth?
06-20-09   The Way Is Narrow
06-15-09   Listening For What Is Not Said