MORE THAN AN OPINION - Matthew 7

While stating “Jesus is Lord” might constitute a historic confession of faith, true discipleship is to be seen in those seeking to live under his exclusive authority.

BUILT TO LAST - Matthew 7

Day by day, choice by choice, decision by decision, each of us is building a certain kind “house” that provides the structure for the kind of life we desire to live. The quality of the materials being utilized will be proved out when the storms of life strike with a full frontal assault.

A DANGEROUS GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE - Matthew 7:15-23

Because people seem all too ready to ready to deceive themselves with subjective, self-satisfying ideas about the life of faith, the presence of God, and the working of the Spirit, Jesus offers an objective and corrective teaching.

THE WISDOM TO BE TEN TIMES BETTER - Daniel 1:1-20

Depending upon one's perspective on the life of faith, we can have either a persecution complex that always plays the victimized martyr, or we can have the wisdom to do everything better than those who do not know the living God.

WISDOM BETWEEN NOW AND THEN - Jeremiah 29

The prophets are the paragons of God’s wisdom. They not only speak God’s wisdom, they model it in the midst of life’s greatest adversities.

WISDOM THAT LASTS - Proverbs 22:6

With the ever-changing dynamics of family, the wisdom necessary to train up a child can be found only in the unchanging word of God.

WHEN THE BEST ARGUMENT IS NONE - Job 38

Apologetics seems to be such an alluring field for those desiring to defend the faith. Then life happens.