When Children Face Dilemma of Obedience

Should we obey people rather than God? Who is the higher authority of our lives? Ephesians 6:1 has often been misapplied by many parents to justify negative instructions to children, and I’ve witnessed this for some time now in Liberia. These parents impose and...

Loving Obedience

A sermon by Michael Cheuk, Pastor, University Baptist Church, Charlottesville, Va. May 25, 2014. John 14:15-21 “If you love me, you will keep my commandments.” This is what Jesus said to his disciples in our Gospel lesson today.  It seems to me that in our current...

Being Obedient to God Through Serving Others

Two comments have stayed with me over the past few years and for the same reason.  “Because of our Welfare State, it’s hard in the U.K. for the church to find social needs to respond to,” explained a young man to a group of European Christian...

Joy To The World

A sermon delivered by David Hughes, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Winston-Salem, Nc., on May 13, 2012. Psalm 98: John 15:9-11 In a couple of days I will mark my 21st anniversary of ministry at FBC.  That means I will have worked almost 1100 weeks in this place.  And I...

Birth, Faith, and Victory

A sermon delivered by Wendell Griffen, Pastor New Millennium Church, Little Rock, Ark., on May 13, 2012. 1 John 5:1-6 1 Everyone who believes that Jesus is the Christ has been born of God, and everyone who loves the parent loves the child. 2 By this we know that we...