"Blessed are the meek," declares God the Son, "for they will inherit the Earth." Meek? Rhymes with "weak." Is that really an attribute we want to have? God in his…
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus exhorts his disciples and the crowds that were listening that "Blessed"--happy--"are those who mourn..." Why? "...for they will be comforted." Implication? Mourning is…
Jesus begins the Sermon on the Mount by telling his disciples that those who are poor in spirit are blessed. What does it mean to be poor in spirit? What…
This morning, Keith Pond introduces a sermon series that will be scattered throughout the year as he has opportunity to preach. Francis Schaeffer asked a question that became the title…
Paul exhorts the saints to set their minds on things above, next things. What's the big deal? How extraordinary will eternal life be? God gives his people tantalizing snippets of…
So much competes for our attention between Thanksgiving and Christmas. That fact is seen in that most folks see the Christmas season beginning on “Black Friday.” In times past, Advent,…
Where are you going? God desires us to be on a straight vector to eternal life with him. One of the ways God exhorts us occurs when we come face…
Vaulting off of his message from last week on the dual-citizenship of every believer, Keith Pond looks at the great responsibility offered to us as citizens of the United States:…
It's not uncommon for an American couple working in a foreign country to have a child, and through no effort on the part of the child, he or she has…
From the second chapter in the Bible where God warns of suffering for disobedience to the second to the last chapter of the Bible where suffering is no more, the…