Discover The Book MinistriesGEM-31 080720AM Jesus said that if our eye is single (Mat. 6:22), all of our lives will be filled with His light. Jesus went on to say that we can’t have two masters, we must focus upon one (Mat. 6:24). James warns us of the dangers of being double minded (James 1:8), because it destabilizes […]
Grace Energized Men-Maintain a Pure Life
GEM-30 080713AM Un-enslaved to Corruption in a Corrupted World Our God is a Consuming Fire (Deut. 4:24; Heb. 12:29); and He forever dwells in Unapproachable Light (I Tim. 6:16), surrounded by His exquisite creations that chant Holy, Holy, Holy—and fall down in obeisance before Him (Isaiah 6:3; Rev. 4:8); and since the Lord God Almighty is […]
Learning to Follow Jesus
GEM-29 080629PM Following Jesus is the call of every believer. As the Apostle John was inspired to say, it is also the test of true salvation. Listen to him in his first letter: “Whoever claims to live in him must walk as Jesus did.” (1 John 2:6) Discipleship: Learning to Follow Jesus Although the word […]
Following Christ is Living in Him
GEM-28 080629AM Christ’s first words, to His first disciples, should be our first priority as His disciples today. “Follow Me” is still the essence of Biblical Christianity. Those two words were what He spoke to Peter, Andrew, James and John as they fished (Matthew 4:19) and to Matthew as he sat at the tax […]
Followers of Christ in a Christless World
GEM-27 080622AM Jesus said that eternal life is all about following Him; and He summarized His entire plan for the disciples in just two words: “Follow Me” (Matthew 4:19). Those two words were what He spoke to Peter, Andrew, James and John as they fished and to Matthew as he sat at the tax office […]
Restrained Living in an Unrestrained World
GEM-26 080615AM If we gathered every young man in the church to give them the most important Biblical lesson they would ever get—what would that lesson be? If we had only one shot at preparing a class to teach young Christian men, that would prepare them for a life of blessing, a life of spiritual […]
Walking Each Day With the God You Can Trust
GEM-25 080608PM Grace-energized, persevering hope is especially relevant to days in which we live. God wants hope-filled men and women walking through life side-by-side with hope-less worldlings, so that we can point those without hope to our hope in Christ. In one of Christ’s final messages, He tells us that the time period ahead of […]
Finishing Hopefully in A Despairing World
GEM-24 080608AM Paul set out God’s plan of discipleship for Christ’s church nearly 2,000 years ago. We began to study that curriculum in Titus 2 about one year ago, and we are entering the final stretch. Before us lay the final elements or characteristics of what a useful, godly, servant of the Lord not only […]
Grace Energized Men are Sound in Love
GEM-23 080504AM As we open to Matthew 24, Jesus sat down near the end of His earthly ministry and painted a vivid picture of what the world would look like as it neared its final days. We have studied that message called the Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24 many times. But this morning I […]
Grace Energized Men Guarding Sound Faith Against Ancient Heresies
GEM-22 080420AM Before the celestial “shock and awe” judgments of the Tribulation are unleashed, God’s Word describes a time characterized by false teaching and teachers SO strong, that it would even sweep away even true believers (Mark 13:22) if they were not sealed by the Spirit of God. In Matthew 24 Jesus describes the world […]
How has Christ’s Church Gotten so far from “Sound Faith”
GEM-21 080413AM I love the simplicity of the Gospel. Jesus gave us three powerful truths to hold onto through life, and that will get us safely into our place He has prepared for us in Heaven. Just before Jesus left His disciples to return to Heaven, He spoke these words in John 14:6. This passage […]
Guarding Sound Faith By Unmasking Old Lies
GEM-20 080330AM As we open to Acts 20:17, may I remind you of an old truth? “There is nothing new under the Sun”, that’s what God’s Word said three thousand years ago by Solomon (Ecclesiastes 1:9). When it comes to the state of Christ’s Church, that truth is very helpful. Satan has just one […]