24-0414: God reveals His glory by His sovereignty, and while Christ-followers will suffer, we glorify Jesus’ Name by trusting Him as worthy for all people to worship Him. Daniel’s dream leaves him overwhelmed. He has seen the work of evil, wicked rulers, and the suffering of his people, and it has appalled him. Daniel...
23-1105: The message of the gospel is our means and our mission; the grace of God through Jesus Christ from first to last. Paul is writing to Timothy his last words, and exhorting him to endure in gospel mission. His words are serious and weighty because he wants Timothy to carry on and multiply...
23-1001: God entrusts the treasure of the gospel to all who believe in Jesus to serve in our generation and pass it on to the next. Paul, now advanced in years, writes to a younger Timothy while awaiting sentencing from his second imprisonment. There is a seriousness in what he writes to clarify what...
23-0305: Jesus stands sovereign over all creation to judge, but God guards His people for a faithful witness to all nations. Revelation 10-11 serve as an interlude before the seventh trumpet judgment to provide valuable information for what is coming. But most important, God prepares His people for what is coming but reminds us...
22-1023: Jesus is the Sovereign King who has conquered and calls His people to Be Faithful and receive the crown of life. Jesus has nothing against this church. But what He has for this church is not easy to hear. Suffering is not merely a possibility for a Christian, but a reality for which...
The gospel defines everything about the way a Christian lives because Jesus is worthy, all the way and in every way, of one's whole life....
Every person’s life perspective is shaped in one of two ways; either everything in life is shaped by your understanding of God, or everything in life will shape your view of God. What you allow to shape your perspective of all things will determine the source from which you draw joy and strength for...
Pastor Lane continues the “real Christ-follower” series in which he considers the Christian identity of Worshiper, Servant, Disciple, and Missioner through prayers in the Psalms. This second sermon is the prayer of a Servant which begins with three key concepts for understanding what it means to to be a servant of God and then...