by ray | Jun 3, 2013 | Galatians, NT, Sermons
If there is fruit in your life, you can have assurance of salvation. This is not fruit in terms of ministry, although a born again Christian would likely be used by God to bring life to others. But the ultimate test is fruit of the Spirit. Love, joy, peace and so...
by ray | Apr 9, 2013 | 2 Cor, Holy Spirit, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
There was a happy ending, but there were 6-7 years of a rocky relationship between Paul and the Corinthian church. And much of time, Paul was not there. Either because of missions or because he wasn’t welcome. You can see how false apostles could easily turn the...
by ray | Apr 9, 2013 | 2 Cor, Holy Spirit, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
Main text: 2 Cor 11:1-15 About a year ago, we finished 1 Corinthians and took a break from our trek through the Bible to study the gospel of Matthew. Now, we are picking up where we left off and starting today, I will preach the next 7 weeks from 2 Corinthians. You...
by ray | Jan 17, 2012 | Sermons
On New Year’s Day, not many of you were here, but we talked about the vision for LBC in 2012. What are we going to be about? What are we going to focus on? I mentioned last time that when choosing a vision statement or a mission statement or whatever you want to call...
by ray | Dec 25, 2011 | Christmas, NT, Sermons, Topical Studies
Merry Christmas! I can’t believe it’s already the end of the year. Didn’t this year just fly by? It felt like just yesterday when I was kneeling right there and I was being prayed over during my ordination. That was in February. My parents were here, and other family...
