Every preacher labors under some authority and for some end; the gospel preacher goes out under the commission of Christ alone, responsible only to God, representing not a sect, party, or creed but the whole of Christianity, moved by love for Christ and for the souls…
When Jesus rolled up the scroll at Nazareth, He gave us a picture of His whole work: He closed the book on Old Testament prophecy by fulfilling it, completed God’s revelation as the final Word, and will one day close the book on human history and…
A sermon by Ed Rangel from Mark 8:22–26, exploring Scripture and its application to Christian life and faith.
From Mark 14:27–72, Ed Rangel encourages faithful Christian living, exploring Christian Conduct and Sin and the call to walk worthy of the Gospel.
A sermon by Ed Rangel from Mark 1:16–20, exploring Scripture and its application to Christian life and faith.
Jesus has been misunderstood by enemies, crowds, and even His own disciples; but His claims allow only two honest verdicts — base impostor or Son of God — and to understand Him rightly we must receive both Himself and His kingdom. On the Emmaus road two…
The Lord chose twelve very different men to lay the foundation of His church, and in their variety He teaches every congregation that He has a place and a work for every kind of faithful disciple. We are tempted to look at the apostles as giants…
All authority in religion belongs to Jesus Christ; therefore His word, and His word alone, settles every religious question, and to refuse to hear Him is to be cut off from the people of God. Every religious dispute, when traced to its root, is a dispute…
Holy Spirit baptism was a specific divine promise, administered by Christ, poured out on the apostles at Pentecost and on the household of Cornelius to open the door to Jew and Gentile — not a general experience to be sought, and not the baptism commanded of…
The New Testament speaks of five different baptisms, but only one is the commanded baptism in force for sinners today; rightly dividing the five guards us from both neglect and counterfeit. A single word can carry several meanings, and nowhere does that cause more mischief than…