Pastor James shared Horatius Bonar’s thoughts on the matter. Take a gander and see how scripture qualifies and expresses the need, place and purpose of living in obedience to Christ. While these conversations are always on the table, the two “sides” are both biblically rebuked. First, the person who suggests that he is right before…
Author: Pastor James
Series on Ephesians | 2011-2012
In the Beginning days of GTC Pastor James taught 64 weeks in Ephesians. Find this series here, it is worth listening to.
Video Series on 1 Thessalonians (Missing 4)
Due to technical errors we have only 26 of the 30 sermons of this series on video. The audio is available through the sermon/teaching link above. This series on 1 Thessalonians teaches us the power of God through His preached word to the Thessalonians and how they endured and grew in the midst of great…
Sermon: 1 Thessalonians Week 26 | Holding to what is Good
Dealing with Evil People
There is never a famine on wickedness. At every turn we are able to hear reports of bad things being perpetrated by bad people. Most of us have even been victimized, even if in a small way, by someone. We have been yelled at, gossiped about, or worse. The young Christians of Thessalonica were no…
Question & Answer about Christians and Politics June 14
With the current political climate it is very difficult to sift through all the dogma, emotions and concerns related to the national political scene. Scripture gives us a clear answer to most of our concerns and there is no possible way to teach exhaustively on this matter in a timely manner. What is a Christian’s…
1 Thessalonians 4:1 | Power of the Gospel for our Personal Purity
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. For you know what instructions we gave you through the Lord Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 4:1-2 ESV)…
How is God’s Power Seen in the Church? | 1 Thessalonians week 9
1 Thessalonians 3:6–10 (ESV) 6 But now that Timothy has come to us from you, and has brought us the good news of your faith and love and reported that you always remember us kindly and long to see us, as we long to see you— 7 for this reason, brothers, in all our distress…
What is Saving Faith? | Dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones
When considering saving faith it is often misunderstood that belief begins and remains with just accepting the truth as true. Scripture shows that believing in reality and believing in the flesh are two different things. Believing by definition is “trust” in the truth of Christ, not just agreement with the truth of Christ. Romans 10:3…
Fear, Fellowship and Faith Bring Peace | 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5
In our message today, we find the Apostle Paul giving some great encouragement revealing the narrative of his fear and desire to see the joy of the Thessalonians. He readily admits that he fears they would fall away due to the difficult time of persecution proving that their preaching of the gospel was in vain…