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Heaven’s Righteous King at Earth’s Unrighteous Judgement-seat

“He Entrusted Himself to Him who Judges Justly” — Luke 22:63-23:12

The truth about the Ananias and Sapphria story.

How would Christ be like the Passover lamb? What did the bread and fruit of the vine Christ gave to the apostles symbolize? What made the conviction of Jesus an improper one?

Thrme: Joy through trials. Trials are temporary, but Christ’s Word and the faith are forever. But what is the goodness of trials? What is God’s great plan for suffering? He wants to have a true relationship with us, a walking relationship with Jesus Christ that carries out into eternity with Him. The result of God’s trials for a Christian is that we become full of praise for Christ and His return.

Jesus was tried without charges - passed to Pilate by the Jews. Flogged. Then crucified. Why? What happened to the truth in all of this?

A good writer knows how to keep a story moving. At key moments the writer will seemingly slow down and go into great detail. They describe the scenery, what people are wearing, where they stand, and conversations are recorded exhaustively. These are pivotal moments in the story so it is important that…

Sermon: Jesus Places Himself in Harm's Way: His Betrayal and Trial Sermon Text: Matthew 26:47-68 Series: Key Events Leading to the Resurrection of Christ

I contend that if the trial of Jesus had taken place in our day Jesus would never been found guilty. Moments after word comes out that Jesus has been arrested, all the news organizations would descend upon the High Priest's house. They would want to be briefed, they would request to film the trial "live".…

John and Johnny talk about the meaning of misery and the purpose of affliction as they talk about Sunday's sermon and dive a little deeper.

In this sermon Pastor Joe Basso describes the importance of worship in our suffering and trials through the example of the prophet Habakkuk. When we worship God leads us through our suffering to himself. It is only when we worship God for who he is and what he has done that we gain a proper perspective of suffering and evil. Through worship we focus on his kingdom in the midst of our trials and find comfort and joy even though the situation may remain the same.

By Pastor Glenn Pease The first impeachment trial of a President of the United States began on March 30, 1868. The 54 Senators were at their desks in the Senate Chamber, and at the front was Chief Justice Salmen P. Chase of the Supreme Court, who would preside over the trial. The President himself was…

Psalm 77:1-15 Introduction It was a lot of fun on Wednesday participating in the Mom’s program. I was giving hay rides to the kids and their moms. It was so cute when the ride was over a number of the moms came alongside the tractor and asked their children, “What do you say?” and most of the children…

Two Types of Temptations (James 1:2- 17) 1. Holy Trials (verses 2 -12) a. Possible sinful responses b. Rebellion/defiance (Hebrews 12:5) c. Fatalism/giving up (Hebrews 12:5) d. Self Pity (1 Corinthians 10:10) e. Positive response (we can be exercised by the difficulties and perplexities of life (Heb_12:11)…

John 19:1-30 Stephen Caswell © 2005 The Worst Sin What is the worst sin? Is it destroying the life and body by drinking? Is it prostitution? Is it adultery? Is it homosexuality? Could it be murder? Could it be drug abuse? God can forgive all these sins. However, there is one sin, the worst of all sins:…

Mark 14:27 – 15:15 Introduction What tremendous pressure there must be on athletes at the Olympics! I am thinking particularly of the pressure on skips in curling. Whatever has happened before, they throw the final rock and if they miss, then no matter how well the others on the team have done, they…

Sunday School Notes 2 Tim. 4:9-18 When Paul wrote to Timothy he was in prison. He was experiencing physical discomfort, personal attacks and desertion. One of the bitterest experiences in Christian service is to be forsaken by those who were formerly one’s fellow laborers. Demas had been a friend of…

DANIEL 3:28 THE DREAM 1. Nebuchadnezzar a. The Dream Nebuchadnezzar had a dream: “dreamed dreams wherewith his spirit was troubled…” [2:1]. § חָלַ֥ם - “dreamed” [2:1], qal perfect, ‘to see a series of thoughts and images in the sleep’; § There are revelatory dreams in which God conveys information to…

Hebrews 11:32-40 “And what more can I say? Time is too short for me to tell about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, of David and Samuel and the prophets, [33] who by faith conquered kingdoms, administered justice, obtained promises, shut the mouths of lions, [34] quenched the raging of fire, escaped the…

James 1:1-18 James opens his epistle by reaching through the pages of the sacred text and slapping his reader's faces. It is not a slap that you should take as an insult or interpret as an act of aggression. Instead it is one that you would more than likely say, "Thank you, I needed that" the moment…