Category: Sermons

When the foundation of the second temple was laid, “all the people shouted with a great shout, when they praised the Lord” (Ezra 3:11). Valley has had its own reasons…

In 1 Kings 18, Elijah stands on Mount Carmel in front of the king, the whole nation of Israel, and 450 prophets of Baal. He mocks them, calls on the…

There is no hope without something to hope through. That is an uncomfortable way to start, but it is honest: hope only means something because hard things are coming. And…

Opinions about alcohol vary widely, and they vary widely inside the church. That drunkenness is sin is not in dispute — the New Testament says so plainly and repeatedly. The…

Imagine, for a moment, that you just died. Not someday — a moment ago. It was sudden, and nobody saw it coming. You did not get to think about it.…

The lesson opened with a question that ought to be simple: can you tell me what a woman is? Evidently that has become a difficult question to answer, which is…

Acts 2 gets most of the attention — three thousand souls added in a single day is hard to follow. But Acts 3 is worth sitting with. Peter and John…

Jesus said that among those born of women there had not risen a greater prophet than John the Baptist (Luke 7:28). That is a striking thing to say about a…

Before there can be good news, there has to be bad news. Peter writes that “the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if…

Jesus said it again and again, in slightly different words each time: “He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.” He repeated it so often that it is fair…