July 28, 2013 INTRODUCTION – One of the things the Jews around the Jerusalem area in the first century were very proud about was the...

July 21, 2013 INTRODUCTION – Last week we saw how desperately the world needs the church to produce men like Stephen, who not only are...

July 14, 2013 INTRODUCTION – One of the patterns starting to develop in our journey together through the book of Acts is occasional...

INTRODUCTION – Not surprisingly, media outlets like the Atlantic Monthly in their June issue – – perhaps hoping to influence the Supreme...

INTRODUCTION – Progress reports or assessments of the early church = 2:42-27; 4:32-37; 5:12-16. 7 things from this passage,...

June 2, 2013 INTRODUCTION – Review of Last week – the early church in Jerusalem walked in a very full measure of purity, signs, wonders,...

This was an address I gave at a regional retreat of our association of churches a few years back. INTRODUCTION: My journey: – Born and...

April 7th, 2013 INTRODUCTION – Thursday morning at 1:30 fumbling to find my cell phone…. finally had to turn my little bedside lamp on...

March 24, 2013 INTRODUCTION – What the book of Acts is about, and why we are going through it. The reality and expectation that as we...

March 17, 2013 INTRODUCTION – We have been recently exposed to the raised standard of financial health and prosperity via the Dave Ramsey...

March 2013 This morning – for the first time in my 20 Easters here at LOCF – we are going to have an easter egg hunt – right here in our...

February 24, 2013 INTRODUCTION – In Acts ch. 2 vs. 1 and following – we find that the united fervent persistent prayers of God’s people...

2/17/13 INTRODUCTION – Importance of faith and expectation – – Heb. 11:6 “And without faith it is impossible to please Him, for he who...

January 27, 2013 INTRODUCTION – The kingdom of God invading the kingdom of darkness as chronicled in the gospels On becoming a visible...

January 13, 2013 INTRODUCTION – – Last time we looked at this passage – we looked at it from Jesus – the Head’s perspective – – that is...

INTRO – Lots of tragedy this last week – whether we’re talking about the death of young Jerry Brown – a Dallas Cowboy football player...

I. The Author – Who is “I” in (vs. 1)? “The first account I composed, Theophilus, about all that Jesus began to do and teach,” A. Six...

INTRODUCTION – We began last week a series on the topic of justice for a variety of reasons. 1. Because I’ve never had a course on...

INTRODUCTION – Why a series (2 or 3 Sundays) on justice? 1. Because – like marriage – the concept of justice has been corrupted and...

September 16, 2012 INTRODUCTION – Dr. Albert Mohler – the president of one of the largest graduate level theological schools in our...