Latest Sermons
Eat Your Cow
The Bible, like a cow, provides us with two primary sources of nourishment – milk and meat. When it comes to our spiritual development, we need to be learning and growing by the milk and the meat of God’s word.
When God’s People Break Your Heart
When those who claim to follow God sin, it causes much godly grief and sorrow. There is a distinction between sorrow and bitterness. We should not let people’s failures shake our trust in God. Rather than becoming cynical, we should keep focus on our own calling and the coming Kingdom of God.
The True Path to Unity
A misguided emphasis on unity will lead to compromising personal and doctrinal integrity. Unity is described as a spiritual byproduct of being led by the God’s holy spirit. The true path to unity involves being of the same mind as Jesus Christ, to be in agreement, to be humble and submissive, and to seek to grow in spiritual maturity by developing the substance of unity - true, Godly love.
Will We Choose to Let God Use Us?
The concept of predestination is often misunderstood as fatalism, yet Scripture shows that God, while fully sovereign, has given humanity free will so that choices and actions genuinely matter. Biblical prophecy, illustrated by the account of Cyrus in Isaiah 44–45, reveals what God Himself will accomplish rather than a rigidly fixed personal destiny for every individual. The call is clear: choose obedience and allow God to use willing servants in carrying out His purposes.
The Importance of Integrity
This sermon examines how a lack of personal and doctrinal integrity has fueled divisions in the Church of God, drawing lessons from modern church history. Integrity is defined as undivided completeness and consistency between belief and action, with a single focus on God’s righteousness. Personal and doctrinal integrity are inseparably linked, and believers must grow in both through God’s spirit to remain spiritually healthy and unified.
The Importance of Doctrine
Doctrine is simply the formalized teaching of the Church that begins with what Jesus taught, was understood and passed on by the apostles, and continues to be preserved and taught by God’s people. Far from being secondary to behavior, sound doctrine is essential because it shapes understanding, protects against deception, and ultimately leads to salvation for both the teacher and the hearer. In a time of widespread confusion and division, believers must therefore take heed to doctrine, hold fast the pattern of sound words, and ensure that what they believe and teach remains firmly rooted in the entire biblical record.
Shepherd vs. Hireling
Jesus contrasts the true shepherd, who owns the sheep and willingly lays down his life for them, with the hireling who flees at the first sign of danger because he has no genuine concern for the flock. Every believer—whether parent, husband, teacher, or simply a Christian in daily life—is called to function as a shepherd rather than a hireling by taking personal responsibility, standing firmly for God’s truth, and protecting those under their care. The question each person must answer is how well Jesus knows them by the way they live and whether others can clearly see Christ reflected in their faithful, sacrificial example.
Going Forward to the Kingdom
Like General Grant, who refused to retreat even at great cost because retreat only prolonged the war and wasted previous gains, God’s people must never look back or retreat in the spiritual battle. Lot’s wife, the ten fearful spies, and those who longed for Egypt all illustrate the deadly danger of looking longingly at the world left behind rather than obeying God’s command to go forward. Believers are therefore urged to leave the past and its corruptions behind, trust God to fight their battles, and keep advancing toward the Kingdom no matter how difficult the path becomes.
Moving Forward
Just as a tennis player must develop mental toughness to put a lost point behind and focus on the next one, Christians must refuse to dwell on past failures, trials, or storms and instead press onward. Jesus demonstrated this calm focus when He slept through the storm on the Sea of Galilee, knowing the destination was the other side and that the storm could not prevent it. Believers are therefore called to fix their eyes on the promises of the Kingdom, persevere through every difficulty, and allow nothing—whether trial, false teaching, or fear—to take away what God has promised them.
What Is the Church of God?
The Church of God is not a building, denomination, or human organization, but the spiritual body of all who have been called by the Father, have repented, been baptized, and received the Holy Spirit. Jesus Christ alone is its Head and foundation—the Rock upon which it is built—while every member is a living stone joined together under His direct leadership. Its mission is therefore threefold: to allow Christ to lead in every matter, to preach the gospel of the Kingdom of God, and to help one another walk according to the Spirit and the Word.