Recent Messages from OBC

True Christian joy is not found in getting our desires, but in submitting our desires.

In heaven, the ordinary and mundane are no more.

We will fully recognize God as the sole source of our joy and the sole object of our delight.

Heaven was made for us and we were made for heaven.

What is hell, and why is hell?

Does the final judgment put a dampener on the joy of heaven?

Does your life now proclaim the resurrection to come?

Physical death brings a temporary resting from our labors, but not from our worship.

Physical death is the single greatest opportunity to exercise faith that the believer will ever encounter.

Invest your life in the gospel, for it cannot fail.

There is one encourager that will never fail us.

Do the storms of your life have purpose?

Does the world think you are crazy?

Religion without God is dangerous.

Does your life match your profession?

Spiritual procrastination invites destruction and produces hardness.

The faith that cannot be tested cannot be trusted.

"God change my circumstances," or "God change me." Which describes your heart?

You can either look at the sun or look at your shadow--but you cannot do both.

What if God loved the people I hate just as much as he loves me?

You are either God's follower, or you are his enemy.

Success or failure is no measurement of godliness.

How many are in your audience?

You are your own worst spiritual enemy.

Spiritual leadership is mostly a function of who you are, rather than what you do.

Rarely does a church rise above its leadership in godliness.

Wake up!

The new growth of spiritual revival pushes off the old deadness of sin.

Love of sin and the kingdom of God are contradictory conditions.

Are you missing the key ingredient?

The greatest encouragement and assurance is the promised presence of God.

All people deeply desire to know and worship the true God.

What is your response to the proclamation of God's Word?

All people of all backgrounds need the same Jesus.

Satan does not need to convince you to believe a list of lies---just one will do.

How does the Christian discern the will of God?

Do you love sinners more than you hate their sin?

If you met God today, would he be pleased or displeased with you?

The darkness cannot overcome the light.

Jesus will not fit into a worldview, but he must become a worldview.

God is the pursuer of his enemies.

How important is world evangelism to you?

The peace of God does not equal the absence of conflict.

There is a difference between speaking encouraging words and being an encourager.

Sometimes the Holy Spirit interrupts the work of the church to do the work of the kingdom.

The gospel is like mayonnaise.

If God is not worthy of our fear, then neither is he worthy of our worship.

Are you passing the spiritual buck?

God is far more interested in your character than in your comfort.

Pour yourself into what God has called you to do.