Emmanuel Bible Church: Weekly Sermons

Draw Near to God Through Jesus

Doug Payne — Sun, 5 Feb 2012 11:00:00 -0600

Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. —James 4:8

The Lord's Prayer: Eight Affirmations

Brad Baugham — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 11:15:00 -0600

I believe that spiritual as well as natural greatness depends in high degree on the faithful use of means within everybody’s reach. . . . When a man is once converted to God, his progress in holiness will be much in accordance with his own diligence in the use of God’s appointed means. And I assert confidently that the principal means by which most believers have become great in the church of Christ is the habit of diligent private prayer. —J. C. Ryle

Magnify the Father. Mobilize the Church.

Dave Cruver — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:54:39 -0600

There are no ordinary people. You have never talked to a mere mortal. Nations, cultures, arts, civilizations: these are mortal, and their life is to ours as the life of a gnat. But it is immortals with whom we joke, work, marry, snub, and exploit: immortal horrors or everlasting splendors. —C. S. Lewis

Longing for the Living & Abiding Word

Brad Baugham — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0600

The new life in Christ, just like all natural life, must be nourished and strengthened. This is possible only in communion with Christ in the Holy Spirit and through the word of Scripture. Enlightened by the Spirit, believers gain a new knowledge of faith. The gospel is the food of faith and must be known to be nourishment. Salvation that is not known and enjoyed is no salvation. God saves by causing himself to be known and enjoyed in Christ. —Herman Bavinck

No Longer Children

Michael Gray — Sun, 8 Jan 2012 11:00:00 -0600

We are to resemble children in their humility and innocence, but not in their ignorance or instability. Unstable children are like little boats in a stormy sea, entirely at the mercy of wind and waves. . . . Such are immature Christians. They never seem to know their own mind or come to settled convictions. Instead, their opinions tend to be those of the last preacher they heard or the last book they read, and they fall an easy prey to each new theological fad. They cannot resist the cunning of men . . . or their craftiness in deceitful wiles. —John Stott

The Centrality of the Church

Michael Gray — Sun, 1 Jan 2012 11:30:00 -0600

Christmas Day Confrontation & Comfort

Brad Baugham — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 09:43:08 -0600

Fouth Sunday of Advent: Love

Brad Baugham — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 18:20:25 -0600

What glorious times will those be when all nations shall submit themselves to him, when this glorious light shall shine into every dark corner of the earth, and shall shine much more brightly and gloriously than ever before. It will be like the rising of the sun after a long night of darkness, after the thick darkness had been ruling and reigning over all nations and poor mankind had been groping about in gross darkness for many ages. When this glorious morning comes, then those that never saw light before shall see it and be astonished at its glory. —Jonathan Edwards

Second Sunday of Advent: Risk and Reward

Guest Speaker — Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:10:02 -0600

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose. —Jim Elliot

First Sunday of Advent: The Praise and Hope of the Nations

Brad Baugham — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0600

Almighty God, give us grace to cast away the works of darkness, and put on the armor of light, now in the time of this mortal life in which your Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when he shall come again in his glorious majesty to judge both the living and the dead, we may rise to the life immortal; through him who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. —Collect for the First Sunday of Advent, Book of Common Prayer

I Have Called You Friends

Brad Baugham — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 10:15:24 -0600

How great is Christ’s mercy! We were unworthy servants, and he calls us friends. —Gregory the Great

By Faith a Living Hope: A Gospel Doxology for Mondays

David Schwingle — Sun, 6 Nov 2011 11:00:00 -0600

Our task in the present . . . is to live as resurrection people in between Easter and the final day, with our Christian life, corporate and individual, in both worship and mission, as a sign of the first and a foretaste of the second. —N. T. Wright

The Power of Preaching Christ

Chris Barney — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 09:00:06 -0500

Christ, having been made ours, makes us sharers with him in the gifts with which he has been endowed. We do not, therefore, contemplate him outside ourselves from afar in order that his righteousness may be imputed to us but because we put on Christ and are engrafted into his body—in short, because he deigns to make us one with him. For this reason, we glory that we have fellowship of righteousness with him. —John Calvin

God-Glorifying Gender Roles in Worship

Brad Baugham — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 11:15:00 -0500

From him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. —Romans 11:36

God-Glorifying Roles & Restrictions in Worship

Brad Baugham — Sun, 9 Oct 2011 16:18:20 -0500

We, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them: if prophecy, in proportion to our faith; if service, in our serving; the one who teaches, in his teaching; the one who exhorts, in his exhortation; the one who contributes, in generosity; the one who leads, with zeal; the one who does acts of mercy, with cheerfulness. —Romans 12:5-8

Submission: A Glorious Display of the Gospel

Brad Baugham — Sun, 2 Oct 2011 13:55:19 -0500

An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good, and not harm, all the days of her life. —Proverbs 31:10-12

Male Headship: Glorious Display of the Gospel

Brad Baugham — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0500

The Sacrament, it was ordained not for angels, but for men; and not for perfect men, but for weak men; and not for Christ, who is truth itself, to bind him, but because we are ready, by reason of our guilty and unbelieving hearts, to call truth itself into question. Therefore it was not enough for his goodness to leave us many precious promises, but he gives us confirming tokens to strengthen us. —Richard Sibbes

Singleness: Witness, Weapon, Window & Mirror

Brad Baugham — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 11:00:00 -0500

Christian singleness is a testimony to the supreme sufficiency of Christ for all things, testifying that through Christ life is truly blessed without marriage and children. It prophetically points to a reality greater than the satisfaction of this present age by consciously anticipating the Christian’s eternal inheritance in the kingdom of God. Christian singleness lived as a testimony of this gospel truth is a redeeming singleness. —Barry Danylak

The Origin & Purpose of Gender

Michael Gray — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:45:00 -0500

Jesus' Solidarity and Ours

Brad Baugham — Sun, 4 Sep 2011 16:42:33 -0500

It is easily forgotten that the fellowship of Christian brethren is a gift of grace, a gift of the Kingdom of God that any day may be taken from us, that the time that still separates us from utter loneliness may be brief indeed. Therefore, let him who until now has had the privilege of living in common Christian life with other Christians praise God’s grace from the bottom of his heart. Let him thank God on his knees and declare: It is grace, nothing but grace, that we are allowed to live in community with Christian brethren. —Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The God-Glorifying Design of Singleness

Brad Baugham — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 19:36:05 -0500

Faithfulness to Christ defines the value of life; all other relationships get their final significance from this. No family relationship is ultimate; relationship to Christ is. —John Piper

The Triunity of God (Part 2)

Andrew Franseen — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 11:50:00 -0500

How the Trinity Relates to the Roles of Husbands and Wives

Andy Naselli — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 10:45:00 -0500

The Triunity of God (Part 1)

Andrew Franseen — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:30:00 -0500

The God-Glorifying Design of Gender

Brad Baugham — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 15:18:12 -0500

Being married is like having somebody permanently in your corner; it feels limitless, not limited. —Gloria Steinem

Further Failure, Reform and a Future Redeemer

Brad Baugham — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:00:00 -0500

I have yet to come across a student who struggled with, or even abandoned, the faith, who did not, at some early point in their struggle, abandon the mundane routines of the Christian life: regular attendance at the preaching of the word, prayer, etc. etc. Boring they may be, but they are God’s means of preventing amnesia; and we forget them at our peril. —Carl Trueman

Joy, Joy, Joy

Brad Baugham — Sun, 7 Aug 2011 09:15:41 -0500

When we gather together as the people of God, remember that we are the redeemed of the Lord. Our characteristic note should therefore be one of exuberance and joy. Accept no substitutes, particularly the substitute of carnally generated joy. —Douglas Wilson

Guardian of the Good News

Doug Payne — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 08:42:27 -0500

The church's task is to teach and preach the Word of God. Whatever else it may properly do is subordinate and subsidiary to that task. —R. B. Kuiper

Walking Worthy of Mercy

Brad Baugham — Sun, 24 Jul 2011 10:34:39 -0500

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Missions Commissioning Service

Brad Baugham — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 07:48:56 -0500

Love bade me welcome: yet my soul drew back,
Guilty of dust and sin.
But quick-ey’d Love, observing me grow slack
From my first entrance in,
Drew nearer to me, sweetly questioning,
If I lack’d any thing.

A guest, I answer’d, worthy to be here:
Love said, you shall be he.
I the unkind, ungrateful? Ah my dear,
I cannot look on thee.
Love took my hand, and smiling did reply,
Who made the eyes but I?

Truth Lord, but I have marr’d them: let my shame
Go where it doth deserve.
And know you not, says Love, who bore the blame?
My dear, then I will serve.
You must sit down, says Love, and taste my meat:
So I did sit and eat.
—George Herbert

Mercy

Brad Baugham — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:16:39 -0500

God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance. —Romans 2:4

Christ, The Lord of The Feast!

Brad Baugham — Sun, 3 Jul 2011 11:00:00 -0500

Everyone who survives of all the nations that have come against Jerusalem shall go up year after year to worship the King, the Lord of hosts, and to keep the Feast of Booths. ... And on that day there shall be inscribed on the bells of the horses, “Holy to the Lord.” And the pots in the house of the Lord shall be as the bowls before the altar. And every pot in Jerusalem and Judah shall be holy to the Lord of hosts. —Zechariah 14:16, 20, 21a

God’s People Regathered and Reformed

Brad Baugham — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 06:42:54 -0500

Three Frightful Plots ... Reversed

Brad Baugham — Sun, 19 Jun 2011 13:54:29 -0500

The Lord will rescue me from every evil attack and will bring me safely to his heavenly kingdom. To him be glory for ever and ever. Amen. —2 Timothy 4:18

Let Justice Roll Down Like Waters

Brad Baugham — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 10:17:13 -0500

You were called to freedom, brothers. Only do not use your freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another. . . . If we live by the Spirit, let us also walk by the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.
—Galatians 5:13-15, 25-26

Persecution, Prayer & Perseverance

Brad Baugham — Sun, 5 Jun 2011 07:54:37 -0500

In order to trust God, we must always view our adverse circumstances through the eyes of faith, not of sense. And just as the faith of salvation comes through hearing the message of the gospel (see Romans 10:17), so the faith to trust God in adversity comes through the Word of God alone. It is only in the Scriptures that we find an adequate view of God’s relationship to and involvement in our painful circumstances. It is only from the Scriptures, applied to our hearts by the Holy Spirit, that we receive the grace to trust God in adversity. —Jerry Bridges

Freedom!

Brad Baugham — Sun, 29 May 2011 20:10:22 -0500

Never mind that bread and wine, unless you can use them as folks often use their spectacles. What do they use them for? To look at? No, to look through them. So, use the bread and wine as a pair of spectacles. Look through them, and do not be satisfied until you can say, “Yes, yes, I can see the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world.”
—C. H. Spurgeon

Christ in You, the Hope of Glory

John Lawrence — Sun, 22 May 2011 07:16:25 -0500

All Christians will suffer for their faith in one way or another: if not outwardly, then inwardly, through the long, slow battle with temptation or sickness, the agonizing anxieties of Christian responsibilities for a family or a church, the constant doubts and uncertainties which accompany the obedience of faith, and the ‘thousand natural shocks that flesh is heir to’, taken up as they are within the call to follow Christ. All of these, properly understood, are things to rejoice in—not casually, flippantly or superficially, but because they are signs that the present age is passing away, that the people of Jesus, the Messiah, are the children of the new age, and that the birthpangs of this new age are being worked out in them. —N. T. Wright

A Plan to Rebuild

Brad Baugham — Sun, 15 May 2011 22:08:49 -0500

The Lord is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. They will be greatly shamed, for they will not succeed. Their eternal dishonor will never be forgotten. —Jeremiah 20:11

A Plea to Remember

Brad Baugham — Sun, 8 May 2011 16:19:15 -0500

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. —Psalm 103:8

The Centrality of the Gospel

Brad Baugham — Sun, 1 May 2011 21:56:56 -0500

So many Christians today identify themselves with some ‘single issue’ (a concept drawn from politics) other than the cross, other than the gospel. It is not that they deny the gospel. If pressed, they will emphatically endorse it. But their point of self identification, the focus of their minds and hearts, what occupies their interest and energy, is something else: a style of worship, the abortion issue, home schooling, the gift of prophecy, pop sociology, a certain brand of counseling, or whatever. Of course, all of these issues have their own importance. Doubtless we need some Christians working on them full time. But even those who are so engaged must do so as an extension of the gospel, as an extension of the message of the cross. They must take special pains to avoid giving any impression that being really spiritual or really insightful or really wise turns on an appropriate response to their issue. —D. A. Carson

The Disturbing News of the Resurrection

Brad Baugham — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 21:08:18 -0500

The most important thing in the world is the resurrection of Jesus Christ. If Jesus is alive, then there is hope for the world. If He is still in the grave, then there isn’t the slightest glimmer of hope on the horizon. Outside of the resurrection of Jesus, I do not know of any other hope for this world.
—German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer

Hail to the King?

Brad Baugham — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:00:12 -0500

Here might I stay and sing,
No story so divine;
Never was love, dear King,
Never was grief like thine,
This is my Friend, in whose sweet praise
I all my days could gladly spend.
—Samuel Crossman

Gods Plan in Pain

Chuck Bonadies — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 13:13:55 -0500

‘What is the meaning of it, Watson?’ said Holmes solemnly as he laid down the paper. ‘What object is served by this circle of misery and violence and fear? It must tend to some end, or else our universe is ruled by chance, which is unthinkable. But what end? There is the great standing perennial problem to which human reason is far from an answer as ever.’ —Sherlock Holmes

Our Surprising Pardon

Brad Baugham — Sun, 3 Apr 2011 07:13:34 -0500

We're commanded to dramatize neither his birth nor his life, but only his death. It's by his death he wishes to be remembered above all else. —John Stott

True Belief and True Repentance

Brad Baugham — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 07:31:46 -0500

Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet. —Thomas Watson

Double Trouble

Brad Baugham — Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:20:13 -0500

People do not drift toward Holiness. Apart from grace-driven effort, people do not gravitate toward godliness, prayer, obedience to Scripture, faith, and delight in the Lord. We drift toward compromise and call it tolerance; we drift toward disobedience and call it freedom; we drift toward superstition and call it faith. We cherish the indiscipline of lost self-control and call it relaxation; we slouch toward prayerlessness and delude ourselves into thinking we have escaped legalism; we slide toward godlessness and convince ourselves we have been liberated. —D.A. Carson

Appalling Faithlessness

Brad Baugham — Sun, 13 Mar 2011 21:34:33 -0500

Of course God will forgive me; that’s his job. —Heinriche Heine

God Shows His Hand ... Again

Brad Baugham — Sun, 6 Mar 2011 07:40:15 -0600

Many Christians have what we might call a “cultural holiness”. They adapt to the character and behavior pattern of Christians around them. As the Christian culture around them is more or less holy, so these Christians are more or less holy. But God has not called us to be like those around us. He has called us to be like himself. Holiness is nothing less than conformity to the character of God. —Jerry Bridges

God Shows His Hand

Brad Baugham — Sun, 27 Feb 2011 13:29:40 -0600

There is sometimes a tendency for Christians to fall into the trap of thinking that God is only at work in miracles and special events and to write off as ‘unspiritual’ such mundane procedures as, for example, committees. However, since for our salvation God chose to become man in the person of Christ, we may expect to find him at work just as much in the consecrated use of human means as in the bypassing of them. —H. G. M. Williamson

Grace to Be Courageous

Brad Baugham — Sun, 20 Feb 2011 20:51:58 -0600

There is a common, worldly kind of Christianity in this day, which many have, and think they have enough—a cheap Christianity which offends nobody, and requires no sacrifice—which costs nothing, and is worth nothing. —J. C. Ryle

Mission Accomplished

Brad Baugham — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 09:54:57 -0600

And they kept the Feast of Unleavened Bread seven days with joy, for the LORD had made them joyful and had turned the heart of the king of Assyria to them, so that he aided them in the work of the house of God, the God of Israel. —Ezra 6:22

Roadblocks to Restoration

Brad Baugham — Sun, 6 Feb 2011 10:45:00 -0600

The LORD is with me as a dread warrior; therefore my persecutors will stumble; they will not overcome me. —Jeremiah 20:11a

Worship Reloaded

Brad Baugham — Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:25:53 -0600

All that the temple means . . . is fulfilled in Jesus Christ: the dwelling of God’s glory in the sanctuary; the provision of atoning sacrifice at the gate; the meeting of fellowship where the praises and prayers of Israel ascend from the holy feast; the flowing water of life that comes forth from the threshold of the house — all are realities in Christ. —Edmond Clowney

God Restores His People

Brad Baugham — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 17:38:54 -0600

If you . . . come to Christ, he will appear as a Lion, in his glorious power and dominion, to defend you. All those excellencies of his, in which he appears as a lion, shall be yours, and shall be employed for you in your defense, for your safety, and to promote your glory; he will be as a lion to fight against your enemies. He that touches you, or offends you, will provoke his wrath, as he that stirs up a lion. Unless your enemies can conquer this Lion, they shall not be able to destroy or hurt you. Unless they are stronger than he, they shall not be able to hinder your happiness. —Jonathan Edwards

Rich Giving

Brad Baugham — Sun, 16 Jan 2011 08:24:19 -0600

Now dear Christians, some of you pray night and day to be branches of the true Vine; you pray to be made all over in the image of Christ. If so, you must be like him in giving. . . . An old divine says well: “What would have become of us if Christ had been as saving of his blood as some men are of their money?” —Robert Murray McCheyne

An Enticement to Rich Praying

Brad Baugham — Sun, 9 Jan 2011 17:07:22 -0600

When a man is once converted to God, his progress in holiness will be much in accordance with his own diligence in the use of God’s appointed means. And I assert confidently that the principal means by which most believers have become great in the church of Christ is the habit of diligent private prayer. —J.C. Ryle

Rich Reading

Michael Gray — Sun, 2 Jan 2011 23:15:13 -0600

God with Us

Brad Baugham — Wed, 29 Dec 2010 08:20:35 -0600

"Yes," said Queen Lucy. "In our world too, a stable once had something inside it that was bigger than our whole world!" —C.S. Lewis, The Last Battle

What Child Is This?

Brad Baugham — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 15:54:06 -0600

We’re commanded to dramatize neither his birth nor his life, but only his death. It’s by his death he wishes to be remembered above all else. —John Stott

Jesus Became Our Curse

Nathan Young — Sun, 5 Dec 2010 10:30:00 -0600

Joy to the World!

Brad Baugham — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:02:00 -0600

Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future, and faith is the ability to dance to it today. —William Frey

An Explosion of Praise & An Exhortation to Hear

Brad Baugham — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:30:00 -0600

The Lord is good; his steadfast love endures forever; his faithfulness continues through all generations. – Psalm 100:5

Rejoice, the Lord is King!

Brad Baugham — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 10:45:00 -0600

Sam lay back, and stared with open mouth, and for a moment, between bewilderment and great joy, he could not answer. At last he gasped: “Gandalf! I thought you were dead! But then I thought I was dead myself. Is everything sad going to come untrue? What’s happened to the world?”
– J. R. R. Tolkien, Return of the King

An Appropriate Response to Grace

Brad Baugham — Sun, 7 Nov 2010 08:42:57 -0600

I had never noticed that all enjoyment spontaneously overflows into praise. The world rings with praise — lovers praising their mistresses, readers praising their favorite poet, walkers praising the countryside, players praising their favorite game — praise of weather, wines, dishes, actors, motors, horses, colleges, countries, historical personages, children, flowers, mountains, rare stamps, rare beetles, even sometimes politicians or scholars. I had not noticed how the humblest, and at the same time most balanced and capacious minds, praised most, while the cranks, misfits, and malcontents praised least. – C. S. Lewis

What Is Justification?

Michael Barrett — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Martin Luther: The Progress of a Reformer

Mark Sidwell — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 06:00:00 -0500

God's Priority: The Progress of the Gospel

Doug Payne — Sun, 24 Oct 2010 14:56:17 -0500

The gospel is boldly advancing under the contested reign and inevitable victory of Jesus the king. This side of Jesus' death and resurrection, all of God's sovereignty is mediated exclusively through King Jesus. . . . Christ "must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet” (1Co 15:25). That presupposes the reign is still contested, and still advances. This is of a piece with Jesus’ claim, "I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Mt 16:18). But one day, the final enemy, death itself, will die, and Jesus' mediatorial kingship will end. God will be all in all. – D. A. Carson

Sharing the Gospel with Children

Brad Baugham — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 10:45:00 -0500

Justification by faith must never be obscured, and yet all are not clear upon it. I once heard a sermon upon they that sow in tears shall reap in joy, of which the English was, “Be good, very good, and though you will have to suffer in consequence, God will reward you in the end.” Many do this when addressing children, and I notice that they generally speak to the little ones about loving Jesus, and not upon believing in Him. This must leave a mischievous impression upon youthful minds and take them off from the true way of peace. – Spurgeon

Declaring God's Glorious Deeds As a New Family

Brad Baugham — Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:35:24 -0500

Lone rangers are dead rangers. . . . They might look impressive riding off into the sunset by themselves, but when an ambush comes they’re without help. – Joshua Harris

Loving God Wholly & Teaching Children Diligently

Brad Baugham — Sun, 26 Sep 2010 13:39:34 -0500

How could a person truly love God with heart, and soul, and strength, and not want to make him known, especially to one’s own children? Neglect in this domain is therefore not only disobedience but lack of love for God.
– D. A. Carson

Declaring the Glorious Deeds of God

Brad Baugham — Sun, 19 Sep 2010 10:45:00 -0500

Around the fireside fathers should repeat not only the Bible records, but the deeds of the martyrs and reformers, and moreover the dealings of the Lord with themselves both in providence and grace. … What happy hours and pleasant evenings have children had at their parents knees as they have listened to some "sweet story of old." Reader, if you have children, mind you do not fail in this duty. – Spurgeon

Remembering Our Guilt and Our Pardon

Brad Baugham — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 10:45:00 -0500

The Lord’s Supper seals God’s people by giving them a reliable attestation of their participation in Christ. It is Christ who thus identifies his own, stretching forth his hand to give them the bread and the cup of his covenant meal. – Richard Phillips

Christ: The Obedient Son

Micah McCormick — Sun, 5 Sep 2010 10:30:00 -0500

The greatest sorrow and burden you can lay on the Father, the greatest unkindness you can do to him is not to believe that he loves you. – John Owen

The God Who Moves in Mysterious Ways

Brad Baugham — Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:03:50 -0500

Great people aren’t so great. Their own greatness is not the salient fact about them. It’s the kind of fortunate mix of opportunities they’ve been given. – Malcolm Galdwell

The God Who Makes Us Sing

Brad Baugham — Sun, 22 Aug 2010 11:04:51 -0500

The Psalms are an “anatomy of all parts of the soul. For not an affection will anyone find in himself whose image is not reflected in this mirror. All the griefs, sorrows, fears, misgivings, hopes, cares, anxieties, in short all the disquieting emotions with which the minds of men are wont to be agitated, the Holy Spirit hath here pictured exactly." – Calvin

The God Who Celebrates Sex and Marriage

Brad Baugham — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:30:00 -0500

Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no! it is an ever-fixed mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

– Sonnet 116

The God Who Makes Us Wise

Brad Baugham — Sun, 8 Aug 2010 07:58:53 -0500

True fear comes from faith; false fear come from doubt. True fear is joined to hope because it is born of faith and because men hope in the God in whom they believe. False fear is born of despair because men fear the God in whom they have no belief. – Blaise Pascal, Pensees

The God Who Frustrates and Fulfills

Brad Baugham — Sun, 1 Aug 2010 11:13:17 -0500

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, That struts and frets his hour upon the stage, And then is heard no more. It is a tale Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, Signifying nothing. – Macbeth

The God Who Reigns and Reveals

Brad Baugham — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:30:00 -0500

"Safe?" said Mr. Beaver. "Don't you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? 'Course he isn't safe. But he's good. He's the King, I tell you." – C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe

The God Who Rebuilds and Renews His People

Brad Baugham — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 10:30:00 -0500

The cooperation of God's people on the walls is one of the Old Testament's finest pictures of its ideal brotherhood. – J. Gordon McConville

Jesus, Cursed and Exiled for Our Freedom

Brad Baugham — Sun, 4 Jul 2010 10:30:00 -0500

My own sight of the precious blood is for my comfort; but it is the Lord's sight of it which secures my safety. – C.H. Spurgeon

The Faithful God Who Restores His People

Brad Baugham — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:30:00 -0500

The notice of God's good hand at work on behalf of His people calls attention to His goodness and His willingness to grant the desires of His people. Yet as their history shows, Yahweh is righteous; therefore, He will not tolerate sin. –Philip Brown

The God Who Acts in History

Brad Baugham — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 12:00:00 -0500

Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. —I Peter 5:6-7