24-0421: God is our great promise-keeper; who by His decree to fulfill His Word comforts us with hope and strengthens us to serve Him until He returns to usher in His eternal Kingdom of peace. Daniel’s prayer is motivated by the study of God’s Word, and while seeking the Lord, God’s answer startled him....
24-0324: God is sovereign and able to save all who trust in Him and to deliver those who live as a faithful witness for His glory. At the apex of the narrative portion of Daniel we find the account which most marked his life, the lion’s den. This well-known account is a powerful story...
Scholar Robert Mounce reflects, “Nowhere will you find a more accurate picture of sinful humanity pressed to the extreme. One would think that the terrors of God’s wrath would bring rebels to their knees. Not so. Past the point of no return, they respond to greater punishment with increased rebellion. Such is sinful nature...
I have seen plenty succeed through failure, and too many fail through success, but I know of none that planned either. Ministry will offer plenty of temptation for you to think how big and important you’ve become, or to crush you by how small or inconsiderable you feel, no matter the size of your...
Fear is a merciless slave-master, driving us to the end of self. But neither exhaustion from nor recognition of our own fear actually breaks its hold nor relieves us from its demand. Fear cannot be managed and will not allow faith; it must be crucified for faith to break through. ...
The truest test and evidence of our believing the gospel is displayed in how we live it out....
Salvation is a death-to-life transaction: Jesus died for us to give His life to us; we die to self to life for Him....
20-0202: God works through effective prayer to bring about His perfect will in the pray-er, through the prayer, and by the prayer. James 5:16 provides a power-punch promise that tells of the power of prayer. But it tells us something else too. Effective prayer is a process. In this message, Pastor Lane sets forth...
20-0105: Christ-followers live for one reward by one priority, more Jesus in our life and in glory on the earth. Christians often struggle with how to live out the righteousness Christ has placed upon them. When we allow pressure form others to be our defining motivation, we strip our good deeds of their real...
19-0505: God gives more grace in the Christian’s life when we press in to press on. As Pastor Lane completes the series in First Thessalonians he works through four areas where Paul exhorts Christians to press in to press on. This message covers Areas 3 and 4 and exhorts Christians to live for the...