Foundational Messages
Sermons that shape and define the mission and mindset of our ministry.
Why You Need Salvation
If we were to go down to Fountain Square today and stop people on the street and ask them, “Do you need a Savior?” you’d probably get a lot of interesting answers. There’s a great emphasis put on independence and self-reliance in this country. People like to feel that they can chart their own course, […]
read more >>Six Things to Remember in the Time of Crisis
In many areas of our lives, we are regularly reminded of the possibility of a crisis. From early childhood, we are trained to know what we should do in an emergency. Even small children today know they can call 911 for help. In the public schools, one of the first areas of training is […]
read more >>Total Depravity
Today I want to begin a series of messages on the doctrines of grace. Really, every time I preach, whatever subject we consider has a connection to grace, because the basic, fundamental, underlying principles of the grace of God are a foundation upon which everything does, indeed, rest.
TULIP
There’s an acronym that enables us to easily […]
Unconditional Election
We continue with the series of messages today on the Doctrines of Grace. We’re using the acronym “tulip.” The first of these messages was from the “T,” total depravity, dealing with the fact that man is a sinner, guilty before a holy God. We come to the second one now, the “U,” unconditional election, which […]
read more >>Limited Atonement
We continue with our series of messages on the Doctrines of Grace, using the word “tulip,” to assist us in remembering the topics. We’re ready for the “L,” which is limited atonement. The text is John 10:15:“As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the […]
read more >>Irresistible Grace
Our text is 2 Timothy 1:9. It speaks of God,
“Who hath saved us, and called us with an holy calling, not according to our works, but according to his own purpose and grace, which was given us in Christ Jesus before the world began…”
Who is it that saved us? It is God that saved […]
Perseverance of the Saints
We come now to the final message in our series on the Doctrines of Grace. We’ve used the acronym “TULIP” as a way to easily remember each of these fundamental doctrines. So today we’re talking about the perseverance of the saints.
Our text is Job 17:9, “The righteous also shall hold on his way, and he […]
