by ray | Sep 17, 2012 | Matthew, NT, Sermons
Next, Jesus gives us a second area that we can put into practice, namely in our public witness. Matthew 5:13-16 talks about being salt and light. Why are we to be salt and light? v16– Matt 5 16 In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see...
by ray | Sep 2, 2012 | Lord's Supper, Sermons
Please turn with me to 1 Corinthians 11. At LBC, we observe the Lord’s Supper every other month. That’s in contrast to some churches that observe it every week and others that hardly observe it at all. The argument can be made not to observe it every week because if...
by ray | Sep 2, 2012 | Matthew, NT, Sermons
It’s not a coincidence that the verses that follow the “do not judge” section are about prayer. Verse 7 – ask, seek, knock. Before you confront someone, ask God for wisdom. Is my judgment even accurate? Is it a sin issue? Is it my sin issue? Is this the right...
by ray | Oct 3, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
v22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future. Death, the present, the future–I want to group those last three together because I think they are related. Let me read from Matt 6:31-33. Matt 6:31-33 – 31 So...
by ray | Oct 3, 2011 | 1 Cor, NT, Sermons
2) What is the wisdom of God? We have been talking about this for the past few months. It’s the cross. It’s Jesus and him crucified. The gospel. The Son of God became a man and lived at a particular point in human history during the first century as a Jewish Rabbi and...
