Biblical, Expository, and Christ-Centered Sermons

We struggle to trust God. Sometimes, we grow bitter that God does not take away some kind of suffering in our lives. Other times, even when the circumstances of our lives go fairly well, we grow suspicious that God may be keeping us from something even better. Or, we...

Of all the challenges to our faith, perhaps nothing is more difficult than to believe that our suffering fits into God’s gracious purposes for our lives. When we cry out to the Lord in prayer during our suffering, we are lamenting the fact that this world is not as it...

So far, God has clearly communicated his election of Abram. In his very first words to Abram, Yahweh declared his intentions to make Abram into a great nation, to bless him, and to make his name great in order for Abram to be a blessing to the world, so that in Abram...

In the previous chapter, we studied two critical elements in the life of Abram. First, the Scriptures clarified the nature of Abram’s faith: Abram “believed the LORD, and he counted it to him as righteousness” (Gen. 15:6). Second, Yahweh confirmed the truthfulness of...

We apologize, but a ten-minute portion of the recording was lost. Near the 24:35 mark, the recording suddenly shifts to the very end of the sermon. Our lives are full of disappointments. Even if we try not to, we perpetually develop expectations for how relationships,...

Satan has many strategies for tempting us to believe God. Primarily, though, he begins by insinuating that God is not good. The very first question that the serpent posed to Eve in the garden of Eden followed this pattern: “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of...

The world has much to offer. To be clear, the world never really offers us things; instead, the world offers fulfillment for our many desires. Everywhere we look, the world promises us not just food, drink, entertainment, wealth, accolades, and sex, but satisfaction...

Abram’s journey to Egypt was a failure of faith. The patriarch doubted Yahweh’s promises, so he conspired to take matters into his own hands. In spite of Abram’s faithlessness, Yahweh nevertheless rescued both Abram and Sarai out of their captivity in Egypt. As Abram...

When Abram responds to Yahweh’s call in faith and obedience (Gen. 12:1–9), he sets an example for us. All the days of our lives, we should seek to follow in Abram’s footsteps of faith (Rom. 4:12), taking God at his word and obeying him even when there is no way...