Tag Archives: Kingdom of Heaven

“Seeking Him First” (Matthew 6:33 sermon)

Posted on 2017/09/18 by

This week I finished reading a book I had always heard about, but had never read: Herman Melville’s The White Whale or Moby Dick. In it he tells the story of Captain Ahab, who was obsessed with killing the great … Continue reading →

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Are You A Stumbling Block?

Posted on 2016/09/21 by

“You shut off the Kingdom of Heaven from people.” (Matthew 23:12) The harshest words Jesus spoke here on earth were not directed to the immoral or to heretics, but were for the religious hypocrites He condemned in Matthew 23. He … Continue reading →

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Who Is “The Greatest”?

Posted on 2016/08/23 by

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus and said, ‘Who then is greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?’” (Matthew 18:1) We might do well to ask why the scripture tells us that it was “at THAT time” that the … Continue reading →

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The Model Prayer: Kingdom Praying (Matthew 6:10 message)

Posted on 2015/04/30 by

(Preached at Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church, Wed. 4-29-15) Yesterday, a well-known pastor wrote on his Twitter account something about all of the troubles our world is facing right now: the killings by ISIS, the earthquake in Nepal, the riots in … Continue reading →

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