Looking And Longing For The Day Of God (2 Peter 3:11-12)
The coming destruction of the present creation is not just a doctrine to believe—it's a call to live differently. In this expository sermon from 2 Peter 3:11–12, Pastor Jim Osman draws out the practical weight of Peter's eschatological teaching and presses it into the conscience ...Show more
The Patience of God (2 Peter 3:9)
Two thousand years feels like a long time to wait. Jim Osman says that's exactly the point.Continuing through 2 Peter 3, Osman tackles the mockers' challenge in verse 4: where is the promise of His coming? Peter's answer comes in two parts, and this sermon focuses on the second: ...Show more
When Trouble Comes (James 1:2-4) by Phil Johnson
Trouble has a strange way of feeling like a curse. Phil Johnson makes the case from James 1:2–4 that for the Christian, it's actually the opposite.Working through one of the earliest letters in the New Testament, Johnson identifies the James who wrote it: not the apostle, but the ...Show more
God's Perspective on Time (2 Peter 3:8)
The mockers had a question: Where is the promise of His coming? Time had passed. Apostles had died. Nothing had changed. Pastor Jim Osman addresses that question head-on as he works through 2 Peter 3:8 — and the answer is as pointed today as it was in the first century.God does n ...Show more
Comforted by Resurrection Hope (1 Thessalonians 4:13-14)
Grief is universal. But not all grief is the same.In this message from 1 Thessalonians 4:13–14, guest speaker Cornel Rasor opens with a pastoral truth that Paul made plain to the Thessalonians: Christians do not grieve as those who have no hope. The distinction isn't about grievi ...Show more