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How does the wrath of God shape the way a Christian lives? This message explores how a right understanding of God's wrath—seen in Scripture and ultimately borne by Christ on the cross—transforms the believer's life. When Christians grasp the wrath they deserved and the grace they received, it humbles them, deepens gratitude for the gospel, and changes how they treat others. It reshapes marriage, softens the heart toward forgiveness, and removes the impulse to keep a record of wrongs. Seeing that Christ drank the cup of wrath for us produces patience, mercy, and humility in every relationship.

Originally published in 1836. This edition has been revised for readability. Greed rarely announces itself. It settles quietly into the habits of church life—into what we excuse, what we overlook, and what we learn to call "normal." It can hide behind respectability, careful budgeting, and even religious busyness, while love grows cold and generosity becomes optional. In Greed: The Church's Quiet Sin, John Harris exposes the subtle ways covetousness reshapes a congregation—how it dulls prayer, weakens compassion, distorts priorities, and slowly turns God's people inward. With sober clarity and pastoral urgency, he brings Scripture to bear on a sin that many believers fear to name, yet feel daily. This is not a book for pointing fingers at the world. It is a call to the household of faith: to repentance without despair, to stewardship without legalism, and to a renewed joy in laying up treasure in heaven.

A sermon from Deuteronomy 34 on the death of Moses—focusing not only on Moses' final moments, but on how he lived in light of a pending, certain death. The message traces the context of Moses' exclusion from the Promised Land (Numbers 20), the seriousness of sin as a denial of God's holiness, and the reality that forgiven sin can still carry temporal consequences. It then highlights Moses' steady faith after God's firm "no" (Deut. 3), showing how true reward is ultimately found not in earthly blessings but in "seeing Him who is invisible" (Heb. 11). The sermon closes by emphasizing God's sovereignty over life and death, the right place of grief, and the believer's hope of final resurrection and seeing Christ face to face.

A sermon on Mark 13:24–31 showing how Jesus speaks of near and far horizons (AD 70 and the final return), why cosmic "collapse" language signals divine judgment, and why believers must anchor their lives in Christ's words—because they alone will remain when heaven and earth pass away.

Jesus confronts a Pharisee-like mindset by showing that He did not break God's law—He broke man-made tradition. In Matthew 9:9–13, He calls sinners, eats with them, and declares, "I desire mercy, not sacrifice," exposing self-righteousness and calling His people to extend the same mercy they have freely received.

Jesus' warning in Mark 13 is both difficult and deeply practical: judgment is real, deception increases in desperate times, and God calls His people to be watchful, prayerful, and ready to flee to His appointed refuge. This sermon walks through the "abomination of desolation," connects Daniel's prophecy to Jerusalem's destruction, and presses home the urgent gospel call to flee from wrath and run to Christ.

A call to identify and avoid those who fracture the church, while guarding the unity the gospel creates.

Mark 13:9–13 is some of Jesus' most pastoral end-times teaching: not a timeline to obsess over, but a call to spiritual readiness. This sermon lays out four themes—vigilant watchfulness, the cost of faithful witness, the Spirit's help when you're put on the spot, and endurance as the evidence of true discipleship. It also warns against drifting into deception or fear as culture grows more hostile, and calls believers to cling to Christ, who keeps His people to the end.

In 2 Corinthians 10:1–6, Paul shows that gospel ministry—and everyday Christian discipleship—is real warfare, not against people but against lies that rise up against the knowledge of God. This sermon explains what "strongholds" are (protected, defended conclusions that control us), why they feel reasonable, and how Scripture—God's weapon with divine power—demolishes them. Using vivid battle and "malware" illustrations, it calls believers to identify lies in their own minds, take thoughts captive to obey Christ, and lovingly help others do the same through patient, repeated application of truth until the stronghold is truly down.

Finishing Mark 12, this sermon contrasts outward, attention-seeking religion with heart-level devotion: Jesus warns against the scribes' public hypocrisy and exploitation of widows, underscores the certainty and severity of divine judgment, then spotlights the poor widow's faith-filled offering—showing that God measures giving by proportion and trust, not noise or size—and calls believers to examine whether their lives reflect "all-in" love for God that mirrors the Lord's own self-giving in the gospel.

This message examines the subtle but serious danger of pragmatism—the belief that results justify disobedience. Walking through Scripture, it shows how good intentions, visible success, and apparent fruit can still stand in direct contradiction to God's revealed will. From Uzzah touching the ark, to Abraham "helping" God, to Peter fearing men, and even well-intended evangelism, the sermon exposes how pragmatism assumes God needs our help and shifts trust from God's Word to human wisdom. In contrast, it highlights faithful obedience in Daniel, Paul, and Christ Himself, calling believers to trust God with the results and pursue faithfulness rather than effectiveness. The aim is clear: not "what works," but what honors God.

In Mark 12:28–34, Jesus answers what every faithful Jew believed was the ultimate question: Which commandment matters most? By affirming the Shema and inseparably joining it with love for one's neighbor, Jesus exposes the heart of true obedience—and the emptiness of mere religious form. This message traces how love for God and love for others cannot be separated, how external religion can exist without saving grace, and why a man can think rightly, speak biblically, and still be "not far from the kingdom" yet outside of it. The sermon presses both believers and unbelievers to examine whether love for God truly animates their lives, calling hearers not to ritual, but to repentance, faith, and restored love through Christ.

Isaiah 42:1–4 is the Father's command to behold His Servant—Jesus Christ. This sermon traces how Matthew 12 explicitly applies Isaiah 42 to Jesus, highlighting both His quiet humility and His unstoppable mission: bringing "justice" (God's righteous rule, the obedience of faith, and the hope of the gospel) to the nations. It also explores Christ's tenderness toward the weak—"a bruised reed He will not break"—and why believers can take heart while joining His work through obedience, church life, and prayer for the coastlands still waiting for His law.

"How can I read the Bible in a way that I enjoy it?" Edward Leigh Pell takes up that question as plainly as a man takes up a lantern in a dark place—not to display the lamp, but to help you see the road. Many know how to read the Scriptures in some outward sense: from duty, to find support for a belief, to learn a fact, or to quiet the conscience. Yet real profit seldom comes where there is no pleasure in the search; no one draws treasure from a mine with a yawn. With homely illustrations and steady counsel, Pell clears away the common misunderstandings that make the Bible seem lifeless or impractical, and shows how the Book "gives back according to how it is approached." He urges a sane, wakeful, prayerful manner of reading—one that brings the mind and heart into harmony with the Word, until Scripture opens like a flower in its proper air. If you have handled the Bible as a treasure yet have seldom tasted its sweetness, this book will help you turn the stem—and watch the gears begin to move.