27 June 2010, AM Higgins Lake Baptist Church Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont Download MP3 http://www.archive.org/download/kevinapierpont/06-27-2010am-john3_1-8-kap.mp3 Let’s look at John 3:1-8 and the conversation between Nicodemus and Jesus.
You Must Be Born Again, part 1 – John 3:1-4
20 June 2010, AM Higgins Lake Baptist Church Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont Download MP3 http://www.archive.org/download/kevinapierpont/06-20-2010am-john3_1-4-kap.mp3 We’re coming to chapter 3 of John’s Gospel today and the story of Nicodemus, and I’d like to read the first 15 verses to begin with to get an overview of this conversation Jesus has with him and then we’re […]
He Knew All People – John 2:23-25
Sermon audio: Download MP3 http://www.archive.org/download/kevinapierpont/06-13-2010am-John2_23-25-kap.mp3 John 2:23-25 23 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people 25 and needed no one to […]
The Bookends of the Christian Life
The Bookends of the Christian Life, by Jerry Bridges and Bob Bevington This book has been a great blessing to me. C. J. Mahaney says of it: “Forgiveness of sin and power to change — I can think of no more essential topics for a Christian to study than these twin blessings of the gospel. […]
They Believed – John 2:12-22
6 June 2010, AM Higgins Lake Baptist Church Pastor Kevin A. Pierpont Download MP3 http://www.archive.org/download/kevinapierpont/06-06-2010am-john2_12-22-kap.mp3 John 2:12-22 12 After this he went down to Capernaum, with his mother and his brothers and his disciples, and they stayed there for a few days. 13 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up […]
His Glory Manifested – John 2:1-11
Sermon audio: Download MP3 http://www.archive.org/download/kevinapierpont/05-30-2010am-john2_1-11-kap.mp3 John 2:1-11 2:1 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They have no wine.” […]
The deep ditch of legalism
Phil Johnson posts a challenging article on legalism noting that: When it comes to the question of spiritual duties, where Scripture stops speaking, we should, too. He concludes by saying: If we add rules that Scripture doesn’t make—especially if we try to impose our manmade rules on other people’s consciences as a standard of spirituality—we […]
I am weak, I need help
Ray Ortland has me (and you) pegged. He’s describing me when he says: Every Sunday I am a weak man preaching to weak people. Admonition has its place. But what weak people need, more than admonition, is help. He also reminds me what I need and and the people I preach to need saying that: […]