Discipleship to Jesus should have a personal cost, an economic cost, and a social cost. What are these costs, and have Christians been willing to pay them?

This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 4, 2026.

Of all the challenges the Gospel of Jesus posed to first century Jewish beliefs about God, what was the challenge that ultimately led to Paul's arrest in Jerusalem?

This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 24, 2026.

How might Paul's final exhortations to the church help to protect us from false teachers and from false teaching?

This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 11, 2026.

When God sends a prophetic forewarning to His people, is it an opportunity to avoid something or a way of preparing them for something that is unavoidable?

This sermon was preached on Saturday, July 18, 2026.

Is a belief in the active involvement of God, angels, and demons in human affairs essential to the Gospel of Jesus?

This sermon was preached on Saturday, August 1, 2026.

For additional information regarding the spiritual worldview of the Bible and the present involvement of spiritual beings in human experience, see the following:

"Luke Series - Discussion 12: The Spiritual Forces" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ery8h-14a837d

"Luke Series - Discussion 25: The Invasion" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-85cqh-1528122

"Luke Series - Discussion 63: Testing the Spirits" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-2rdbd-16c6649

"Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 2: Fearing the Nephilim" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-vxjxm-173f450

"Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 3: Displacing the Demonic" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-emdjd-174adcd

"Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 7: The Intervention of God" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-aeb8c-177c8fa

"Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 9: No Other Gods" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-8wzgy-1796811

"Deuteronomy Series - Discussion 13: Banished Nations" - https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-dpxxt-17dde05

"gods of the West" series

Podcast - Season 9

Books - https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0H6GRP37C

"Babel Revisited Second Edition: The Day of the Lord is at Hand"

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0G2GQYQYM

Dr. Michael Heiser's "The Unseen Realm: Recovering the Supernatural Worldview of the Bible"

https://www.amazon.com/Unseen-Realm-Recovering-Supernatural-Worldview/dp/1683592719/

How can miracles be used both to establish faith and to deceive us?

This sermon was preached on Saturday, June 27, 2026.

In today's Old Testament lectionary reading, the prophet Jeremiah cries out to God for rescue. Why did he need rescuing, and what does His prayer mean for us today?

This sermon was preached on Sunday, June 21, 2026.

What is the distinction the Apostles have made between the baptism of John the Baptist and the baptism of Jesus?

This sermon was preached on Saturday, June 20, 2026.