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"Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by His Son, whom He appointed heir of all things, through whom also He created the world." —Hebrews 1:1-2 Self-proclaimed apostle Chuck Pierce claimed that there would be a "shift" in the pandemic by the end of the Passover season. Self-proclaimed prophet Tracy Cooke also said that by April 16, "the blood of Jesus" would cause the "plague to pass over." Both of these men qualified their predictions by referencing Amos 3:7, which says, "For the Lord God does nothing without revealing His secret to His servants, the prophets." But that verse does not qualify their prediction as legitimate. On the contrary, it exposes them as frauds. If, as they understand Amos 3:7, the Lord God does nothing without revealing it through His prophets first, then why did none of the so-called "prophets" of today kno...

The following is a sermon delivered on the Lord's Day, April 26, 2020, at First Southern Baptist Church in Junction City, KS. The text was from Matthew 5:33-37 on the subject of making oaths. 33 "Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, 'You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform to the Lord what you have sworn.' 34 But I say to you, 'Do not take an oath at all, either by heaven, for it is the throne of God, 35 or by the earth, for it is His footstool, or by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. 36 And do not take an oath by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black. 37 Let what you say be simply 'Yes' or No.' Anything more than this comes from evil." There's a story of legend that goes like this: A wealthy man from London was driving his Rolls-Royce through the Swiss Alps. As he traveled the winding road at high altitude, he heard a startling twang in the front of the automobile. His front coil spr...

The following is a sermon delivered on The Lord's Day, April 19, 2020, at First Southern Baptist Church in Junction City, KS. You can listen to the audio portion of the sermon through the player below. The text was from Matthew 5:31-32. 31 "It was also said, 'Whoever divorces his wife, let him give her a certificate of divorce.' 32 But I say to you that everyone who divorces his wife, except on the ground of sexual immorality, makes her commit adultery, and whoever marries a divorced woman commits adultery." When I was preparing for this series in the book of Matthew, I can't remember where I was reading when I realized that I was going to be preaching on some of the hardest-hitting topics I've ever had to address as a pastor. If there's one thing Jesus was not in His earthly ministry, it's a soft preacher. We have examined the subject of divorce before, but no where as directly as we find it here in the book of Matthew. There are two pro...