Category: Sermons
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Hospitable
The definition of hospitality is love of strangers. An essential qualification for elders is the duty of being hospitable. But believers are also commanded to be hospitable and this message explores what hospitality is and what are its motives. 1 Timothy 3:2
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Integrity
As Paul begins to expound the qualifications of the office of elders, he prioritizes the essential components of personal integrity: temperate, prudent, and respectable. This message explores the spiritual quality of integrity. 1 Timothy 3:2 An overseer, then, must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, skillful in teaching.
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A Fine Work
Paul commends the desire for the office of elder by describing it as a work of excellence. This message explores the excellence of the work of the eldership. 1 Timothy 3:1 It is a trustworthy statement: if any man aspires to the office of overseer, it is a fine work he desires to do.
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To the Church in Laodicea
Revelation 3:14-22 Christ’s seventh and final letter to the churches forcefully and poignantly summarizes the exhortations of the previous letters. At the heart of Christ’s message to Laodicea is a diagnosis of persisting in sin on account of willful self-delusion (verse 17). The resolution to the spiritual problem is to stop hiding sin in the…
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To the Church in Philadelphia
Revelation 3:7-13 The city of Philadelphia was positioned at the crossroads of trade and commerce which brought it great wealth. This wealth made the city a poster child for the benefits of Greek culture for which it had a missionary zeal. Christ’s mission for His church in this city was to counteract the missionary zeal…