Sermons on Malachi 2
The Justice of God
God is very clear, throughout Scripture, as He reveals Himself to be just in all of His dealings with man, and yet the heart of natural man commonly argues against God’s justice. The unredeemed struggles with affirming God’s justice because God executes His justice so differently than we would. Think for a moment, how might you administer justice in this world? You probably would have stopped Sung Hu Cho’s massacre before thirty-two people were gunned down at Virginia Tech. You…
Divorce and Apostasy
God’s shepherds do not have the authority to decide which topics to preach about and which topics to avoid. As a pastor of Jesus’ church, it would be a sin for me to refuse to teach on certain issues because they are too “theological” or because they are too “sensitive” or because they are too “controversial” or because they are too “offensive”. A pastor is called to be God’s herald; that is to say, God’s messenger or God’s ambassador, a…
A Charge to Christian Leaders
The Greek story of Antaeus is a myth of warning. You may remember that Antaeus was a giant who was the offspring of Mother Earth in Greek mythology. He always slept on the ground in order to maintain and to increase his strength, for he drew his strength from the earth. One day, he and Hercules engaged in ferocious fight to the death. Hercules would life Antaeus up and slam him to the ground, but Hercules noticed that each time…