Browsing All posts tagged under »apologetics«

1 Thessalonians 3:13 and a pre-tribulation Rapture?

July 21, 2018

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1 Thessalonians 3:13 (NKJV) so that He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with all His saints. After preaching a sermon recently, I was approached by a member of the congregation. He politetly told me that he believed in a post […]

1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 / Up Up and Away!

March 15, 2015

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This message was delivered at Hillcrest Baptist Church on the morning of March 15, 2015. This is given as part of a series on Revelation, and serves as a transition from Revelation chapter 3 to chapter four, where we see preparation being made to begin the judgments of the tribulation. This message gives the Scriptural basis […]

ACTS 17:16-34 / Creation Evangelism

February 28, 2015

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This messge was delivered at Hillcrest Baptist Church on the evening of March 1, 2015. This message deals with the importance of establishing God as the Creator, when evangelizing in our current culture. This post contains a audio recording of the sermon, along with my sermon notes. (The notes are not a full transcript.) SERMON […]

1 Peter 3:15 / Apologetics? Why? (Sermon notes and Audio)

July 17, 2014

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This sermon was delivered at Hillcrest Baptist Church on Sunday morning, July 13, 2014. This message deals with the necessity of apologetics based Bible teaching in our churches and homes. This post contains an audio recording of my message, along with my sermon notes. Please note that the sermon notes are not a full transcript. AUDIO – […]

Is There a Christian Connection to December 25th?

December 24, 2013

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As we enter the Christmas season, the controversies surrounding the holiday have become all too prevalent once again. We hear many things about Christmas this time of year, as people try to erase any mention of Christ from our society. Much of the controversy revolves around the date itself, December 25th. We are told that […]

Romans 4:1-3 / What Does Scripture Say? (Sermon – Notes and Audio)

July 27, 2013

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This is the eighteenth in a series of verse-by-verse expositions of the book of Romans. This message was delivered at Hillcrest Baptist Church on the morning of July 21, 2013. This message deals with the importance of using Scripture as the basis for our wisdom and knowledge. This contains an audio recording of my message, […]

Are Aliens Biblical?

January 11, 2013

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We have a culture that is fascinated with the thought of intelligent life in outer space. We love science fiction, and we love the thought that we may someday travel the stars. We find it comforting to think that we are not alone in this universe. The subject of aliens and UFO’s are huge money […]

No Kings, Please!

July 7, 2012

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1 Samuel 8:11-18 “11 And he said, “This will be the behavior of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them for his own chariots and to be his horsemen, and some will run before his chariots. 12 He will appoint captains over his thousands and captains over […]

Galatians 2:11-14 (Sermon) / Confronting the backslider

September 22, 2011

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This is an exposition of Galatians 2:11-14, delivered by Pastor David Palmer at East Side Baptist Church on September 18, 2011 (P.M.)  This message deals with the difficulty and necessity of confronting our backslidden brothers and sisters in Christ. LISTEN NOW: DOWNLOAD: Gal 2_11-14

Galatians 2:6-10 (Sermon) / God is not partial

September 20, 2011

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This is an exposition of Galatians 2:6-10, delivered by Pastor David Palmer at East Side Baptist Church on September 18, 2011 (A.M.)  This message deals with partiality in the church. Specifically that everyone’s God-given task is of equal importance, and that we are all equally accepted by God on the basis of our faith in […]