Teaching from May 2026

Teaching from May 2026

The Fullness of Christ’s Salvation

Colossians 2:12-15 We return to Colossians 2 this morning, which has been such a rich study in the ground of Christian assurance and the ground of Christian assurance is outside of ourself. It’s in Christ and Christ alone, and that’s what Paul is rejoicing in, in Colossians chapter 2. The occasion for Paul writing to the Colossians, as we have repeated throughout our study, is the threat of false teaching. False teachers were troubling the church. They intended to draw…

Christ Serves His People

Hebrews 2:16-18 I want to welcome you back this evening and invite you to open your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 2. We’re looking at Hebrews 2:14 to 18, on the fullness of Christ’s work to save and serve and sanctify. And let me read these verses to you as we begin this evening. Hebrews 2:14 through 18. “Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise also partook of the same, that through death He might render…

A Brand-New Heart in Christ

Colossians 2:11 Please turn in your Bibles to Colossians chapter 2. Colossians chapter 2 and we are coming to some rich doctrines of salvation formerly studied under the heading of Soteriology, soteria referring to salvation and ology, the study of; so it’s the study of the doctrines of salvation, the teaching of the Bible on salvation. Paul has, as we saw last time, he has warned against Christless philosophy, Colossians 2:8, and that leads to a profound and rather dense…

Christ Saves His People

Hebrews 2:14-15 Well, good evening. Tonight will be part one of, it’s a single sermon needs to go together, but I don’t have that kind of time tonight. So you get the first part today, second part next week. Turn to Hebrews chapter 2, end of the chapter, Hebrews 2:14 through 18. I have in my past had people come up to me, students come up to me, younger Christians come up to me and ask why it is that…

Christless Philosophy

Colossians 2:8-10 Turn in your Bibles to Colossians 2:8. Colossians 2:8, here in this text, Paul is really kind of turning a corner as he issues a warning and he expresses a serious concern, but even after he issues this warning, expresses a serious concern, he goes right back to Christ, his glory, his greatest treasure and that is what we want to see in the text before us today. Paul has reminded the Colossians of their confession, Christ Jesus…

Our Pioneer Through Suffering to Glory

Hebrews 2:10-13 Well, good evening, turn in your Bibles to Hebrews chapter 2 as we are continuing our study of a pastor’s exhortation to his church. And as we have seen, obviously this is not just any pastor, not just any exhortation. It’s not a typical sermon for a Sunday morning. This pastor is making use of a prophetic gift to write this word of exhortation, and this one is superintended by the Holy Spirit to guarantee its inerrancy, its…

A Deepening Walk in Christ

Colossians 2:6-7 Grab your Bibles, please, and turn to Paul’s letter to the Colossians. We’ve come to the heart of the letter in Colossians 2:6 and 7. Colossians 2:6 and 7, that’ll be our text for today. And in our study of Colossians so far, we’ve worked our way through Paul’s rather long introduction. It started in chapter 1, verse 1, and has gone all the way to chapter 2, verse 5. He’s addressing this church, in his introduction with…

Yahweh’s Law of Love

Deuteronomy 6:4-6 As we come to our text this morning, you can turn in your Bibles to Deuteronomy chapter 6. And as we come to this very familiar passage, it actually is very helpful to interpret the our own days that we are living in. As you know, these are some very interesting days that we live in. The entire world seems to be losing its mind. The world that I grew up with, much less those of you who…