GEM-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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]