Matthew 16:1-4 |Transcription: Matthew chapter 16 verses one through four. And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and detest him, Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. Jesus answered them, when it is evening, you say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. In the morning, it'll be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous ge

Matthew 15:32-29 |Transcription: Matthew chapter 16 verses one through four. And the Pharisees and Sadducees came and detest him, Jesus, they asked him to show them a sign from heaven. Jesus answered them, when it is evening, you say, it will be fair weather, for the sky is red. In the morning, it'll be stormy today, for the sky is red and threatening. You know how to interpret the appearance of the sky, but you cannot interpret the signs of the times. An evil and adulterous

2 Kings 2:12 |Transcription: The New York Times obituary is headlines John MacArthur, fiery preacher and culture warrior dies at age 86. The article is better than the headline, though, although MacArthur certainly would have taken a fiery preacher as a compliment. In order to understand the impact that John MacArthur had on the church and the Christian world, you almost really need the contrast in your minds between what Christianity and evangelicalism was like in the ninete

John 10:1-21 |Transcription: I'd like you to open your Bibles to John chapter 10. I'd like to look at four verses together from seven to 10. John 10 verse seven. It says this. So Jesus again said to them sorry. So Jesus again said to them, truly, truly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. All who come before me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them. I am the door. If anyone enters by me, he will be saved. And we'll go in and out and find pasture.

1 Peter 3:21 |Transcription: 1 Peter 3, verse 18. For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit, in which he went and proclaimed to the spirits in prison, because they formerly did not obey when God's patience waited in the days of Noah, while the ark was being prepared, in which a few, that is, eight persons, were brought safely through water. Baptism, wh

1 Corinthians 10:16-17 |Transcription: There are two ordinances that God gave the church, baptism and communion. There are lots of things that God commanded the church to do. We sing, we study the word together, there's a sermon, we pray, we give, we have fellowship with one another, those are all things God commanded the church to do. And yet, those are all things we do directly. When there's preaching, you're listening to it and applying it to your heart directly. When they

Genesis 22:1-14 |Transcription: Well, greetings, Emmanuel Bible Church. Very grateful, to be here and, to minister, with my friend, Jesse Johnson. Just grateful for him, for his ministry, and for his friendship, over the years. Excited to get to know, more of you a little bit more. Just grateful for the the ways that, we're connected as churches. Baltimore Bible Church and Emmanuel Bible Church are connected, at least through, the support of one of our missionaries together,

Matthew 15:21-31 |Transcription: Matthew 15 verse 21. And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came and was crying, have mercy on me, oh lord, son of David, My daughter is severely oppressed by a demon. But Jesus did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begged him, saying, send her away, for she's crying out after us. He answered, I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of

Matthew 15:10-20 |Transcription: Matthew 15 verse 10. Jesus called the disciples, or called the people to him, and said to them, hear and understand. It is not what goes into the mouth that defiles a person, but what comes out of a mouth. That's what defiles someone. The disciples came and said to him, do you know that the Pharisees were offended when they heard you say that? Jesus answered, every plants that my heavenly Father has not planted will be rooted up. Let them alon

Proverbs 29:27 |Transcription: Proverbs 29 verse 27. An unjust man is an abomination to the righteous, but one whose way is straight is an abomination to the wicked. Proverbs, if you recall, 10 through 29 are the random proverbs, people call them. And the proverbs that don't seem to have much of a flow to them between ten and twenty nine. And over the course of the last several months, we've taught through almost all of them. We'll finish the rest of them tonight. And you wil

Matthew 14:34-15:9 |Transcription: Matthew 14 verse 34. After they had crossed over, they being the 12 disciples and Jesus, they came to land at Gisenaret. And when the men of that place recognized him, they sent around to all that region and brought to him all who were sick, and implored him that he might only touch the fringe of his garment, and as many who touched it were made well. Then Pharisees and scribes came to Jesus from Jerusalem and said, why do your disciples bre

Psalm 8:1-9 |Transcription: In the final year of World War two, an 18 year old princess Elizabeth Windsor joined the British army. For several years during the war, Britain had begun conscripting women to join the war effort, so that unmarried women under 30 had to join the armed forces. And so the princess was registered as troop number two three zero eight seven three and went to basic training like everyone else to learn about the basics of motor mechanics and how to drive

Ephesians 6:1-4 |Transcription: The apostle John says that there's no greater joy than that you hear that your children are walking in the truth. So certainly, then, there could be no greater sorrow than to hear that the children of God are not walking in the truth. As I thought about what I would say tonight, stepping here, sort of in my new role as the pastor of NextGen, as I look at the families and the children in this church, and the students, I would say that my desire

Ecclesiastes 5:8-6:12 |Transcription: If you have gone through education in the American school system or are currently being educated in the American the American school system, you either have or can look forward to the experience of a baptism in Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. And if you experience that baptism, the tale I am now going to tell you might sound a little bit familiar to you. It's called the Pardoner's Tale. It tells a story of three young, reveling men sitting in

Proverbs 31:10-31 |Transcription: Proverbs chapter 31 beginning in verse 10. An excellent wife, who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her. She does him good, and he will have no lack of gain. She does him good and not harm all the days of her life. She seeks wool and flax and works with willing hands. She is like the ships of the merchant. She brings her food from afar. She rises well to get night and provides food for her hous

Proverbs 31:1-9 |Transcription: Proverbs 31, the words of King Lemuel, an oracle that his mother taught him. What are you doing, my son? What are you doing, son of my womb? What are you doing, son of my vows? Do not give your strength to women or your ways to those who destroy kings. It's not for kings, O Lemuel, it's not for kings to drink wine or for rulers to take strong drink, lest they drink and forget what's been decreed and pervert the rights of all the afflicted. Give

1 Corinthians 11:32 |Transcription: So first Corinthians eleven thirty two. Just one verse for our consideration this morning in our time in God's word. The apostle Paul writes, but when we are judged by the Lord, we are disciplined so that we may not be condemned along with the world. So reads the word of the living God. You may be asking yourself, why a sermon on discipline on Mother's Day? Well, I happen to think about from time to time. Subject of discipline. Maybe it's j

Matthew 14:22-33 |Transcription: This morning, Matthew 14 verses 22 through 33 is our scripture. Let me read it for us, and then we'll go into the word of God together. Immediately He, meaning Jesus, made the disciples get into the boat and go before Him to the other side, while He dismissed the crowds. And after He had dismissed the crowds, He went up on the mountain by Himself to pray. When evening came, he was there alone. But the boat by this time was a long way from the

Proverbs 30:1-33 |Transcription: It has been a few weeks since we've been in Proverbs. And so it is worth understanding as we're wrapping up our series in Proverbs how the book of Proverbs all fits together. Like, what's going on in the book of Proverbs? And so here's a high level overview of the book of Proverbs to make you appreciate Proverbs 30 because Proverbs 30 is a wonderful chapter that gets overlooked if you don't understand how it connects to Proverbs one through 29

Matthew 14:13-21 |Transcription: This morning though, Proverbs 14, I'm gonna read the word of God verses or sorry, Matthew 14. I'm gonna gonna read the word of God for us, verses 13 through 21. Matthew chapter 14 verses 13 through 21. Now when Jesus heard this, speaking of John the Baptist and death, he withdrew from there in a boat to a desolate place by himself. But when the crowds heard it, they followed him on foot from the towns. When he went ashore, he saw a great crowd