Category: Sermons

House Cleaning

Paul said that many of the Corinthians had wrongly discerned the Lord’s body and that their faulty discernment caused many among them to be weak and ill, and many to die (some translations use “sleep”). To die or to sleep?…

Are You Worthy?

“Do this in remembrance of me,” said Jesus. The purpose of the Lord’s Supper is to re-member, to reconnect with the body of Christ. This remembering is not simply a matter of memory, but a matter of membership. It is…

Accommodation

This psychological process of accommodation is the basis of the long strategy to make sin acceptable. The first time a Christian encounters sexual sin he is repulsed. It is dismissed without consideration because of the biblical prejudice against it. Make…

Freedom From Stupidity

Paul has been talking about our freedom in Christ, that in Christ people are free from superstition and godless cultural practices. He began this section in chapter eight talking about various food prohibitions and practices as an example of Christian…

God is Three In One

Just as God is identified as Trinitarian, so are His people, and so is His world. We have been created in God’s image, and God is Trinitarian. Christians are to understand the world through God’s eyes, and God’s eyes are…

Dead Men Walking

Paul had raised the ante of his accusations against the Corinthian leaders from sexual immorality to idolatry. Note that Paul did not recommend that the faithful Corinthian Christians make the effort to save those who had been captured by idolatry.…

New Book Coming

The publication of this book began early in the Twenty-First Century when Dr. Douglas Vickers suggested that Ross publish his work with Wipf & Stock, one of the early academic oriented publish on demand companies. The book on Colossians was…

Listen Up

“As the truth of Christ is in me, this boasting of mine will not be silenced in the regions of Achaia. And why? Because I do not love you? God knows I do! And what I do I will continue…

Forever Called

A 2006 Christmas Message Isaiah 42:1-13 Annunciation – The word refers to the announcement given by the angel Gabriel to Mary about the birth of Jesus. While Mary was called to play a special role in the birth of Jesus…

Pride

1 Corinthians 1:17-31 Paul wasn’t interested in baptism or fancy talk. He was not out to impress anyone with his knowledge or his communication skills. He didn’t give a hoot what the world thought of him or of his preaching.…