Let me tell you a story, true story. It is one of the greatest things that ever happened in my life, and I'm being serious, and you'll know why. From the time I started school, my first day before I went to school, my dad told me, he said, [...]

2000 years ago, there was a church in a city in Turkey called Philadelphia. And this song could have been their theme song, because in the midst of all that church was going through and all that church was under, that church stood like a rock. If [...]

Well, I wanna say good morning to those of you who are watching online, those of you are in the room. And if you're glad to be here, if you really are, just turn to your neighbor right now and just say, "I am glad to be here". Would you [...]

Well, I got a question, November the 16th, big day, how many of you know why it's a big day? Anybody here know the significance of November the 16th, anybody? Because if you do, you're smarter than I am and you're certainly smarter than a fifth [...]

Well, how many of you either have heard the story or saw the Brad Pitt movie, Troy? How many of you even read the book or, all right, how many of you don't know anything about that at all? All right, I'm talking to you. When I was a boy the first [...]

Well, I wanna say good morning to those of you who may be watching online, or watching on TV, around the world For those of you who are in the building, and I just wanna begin by asking a question. Everybody kind of laugh when I ask it at the 9:15 [...]

Whenever you fly on a commercial airline was on a plane last week, you could always count on hearing five words over the intercom every single time I heard it last week. This is your captain speaking. Have you ever wondered why they do that? Have [...]

Few years ago, there was something, there was a big craze. It was known as extreme sports. What is it? Well, it was a sport that was taken to an extreme. That's extreme sports. But then they get to the bottom line. Always get to the bottom line. [...]

In today's letter of Jesus, the glorified, magnified Jesus in heaven, to the believers in the church of Philadelphia, it's about the open door. It's all about the open doors. So, we're looking at the glorified Jesus in heaven sending letters, seven [...]

In the 20th century, I was taught from childhood that one's reputation is one of the most prized possessions. One's reputation is really more important than money or power or prestige, that one's reputation is more valuable than even life itself. [...]

If you forget everything I say today, if you forget everything, there's one word I beg you and I pray to God you will never forget, not just this week, not next week, not just, for the rest of your life, and that word is discernment. If you do not [...]

I want you to imagine with me this fictitious scenario. He's a 25-year-old young man who is very healthy; and, therefore, he would say, "You know, all this healthy eating and exercise, it's just so overrated. I don't do any of that stuff, and I [...]

Every day, it seems to me, I am hearing some news of somebody being fired because of their faithfulness to Christ and his Word, every day. Now, I would be standing here literally for hours and just telling you one example after another. By the same [...]

The first letter that our glorified Jesus, our glorified Lord sends, he sends to the church in the city of Ephesus. Remember, John the apostle, the revelator, was given the revelation, was privileged to be lifted up and to see not only the glorified [...]

Think about this with me, please, just think with me. The Bible makes it very clear that the church is the bride of Christ. We're the bride of Christ. And as sometimes the case, a wife, after being married for a few years or many years, it doesn't [...]