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Dr. Crawford Loritts shares the second part of his message, “An Uncommon Love.”  There’s nothing easy about loving our enemies.  Crawford reminds us it is only done through the power of the Holy Spirit within us.  It’s another great lesson Jesus taught his disciples in the Sermon on the Mount and it’s...

Matthew 6:1-18 I The message of these 18 verses is simply this: Don't show off. Don't use spiritual disciplines to promote yourself. Are you blowing your trumpet a little bit too much? Do you really want everybody to know how spiritually mature you are?  Jesus is not necessarily talking about running from recognition. It’s wrong...

Dr. Crawford Loritts provides another one of Jesus Christ’s illustrations to His followers indicating how the Scribes and Pharisees portray a false righteousness through their use of oaths and how they wrongly use God’s name. In Part 1 of “Is Your Word Enough?”, Crawford reminds us that our word should be true and...

In Part 2 of “Is Your Word Enough?” Dr. Crawford Loritts warns that when it comes to God’s agenda, some things are not ours to promise.  Don’t use the authority of God’s name to rubber stamp things you want to see accomplished.  Let the integrity of your life validate the decisions you make.  Let...

Dr. Crawford Loritts looks at Jesus teaching about retaliating against those who do wrong to us. As Americans we’re quick to threaten legal action, to demean, to retaliate with angry speech on social media. The question for followers of Christ though is do we want to be right or do we want to be Kingdom people and relinquish our rights...

Crawford is leading us through a series of messages called, “For His Kingdom”… it’s a study in the NT book of Matthew. In a few moments, we’ll hear the rest of the message Crawford began last week about retaliation. The scribes and  Pharisees  of Jesus day were known to pull this on occasion in order...

Dr. Crawford Loritts takes a look at Jesus teaching about divorce.  In part one of his message, Crawford outlines God’s vision and purpose for marriage.

In Part 2 of “The Great Invitation,” Dr. Crawford Loritts describes Jesus’ rebuke of the Scribes and Pharisees who failed  to accept His message and the message of John the Baptist.  Jesus invites all who are weary of performance-based religiosity to come to Him for rest...

Crawford Loritts explains that we will be rewarded in Heaven for the quality of our work, our faithfulness to God and how we overcame evil.  God’s power enables all of us to obtain these rewards.

In Part 2 of “God’s Approval,” Dr. Crawford Loritts continues to look at the message Jesus had for the religious rulers who harassed John the Baptist. Jesus affirmed John’s ministry and challenged the religious elites. This passage marks a pivotal change in the book of Matthew and in the earthly ministry of Jesus.