Sermons & Devotionals by Richard E. Bieber

To another he said, "Follow me." But he said, "Lord, let me first go and bury my father." But he said to him, "Leave the dead to bury their own dead; but as for you, go and proclaim the kingdom of God." Luke 9:59-60 What's Jesus saying here? Is he saying that we shouldn't even bury our dead? Is he s... Read More

One thing we know about these bodies of ours: they're mortal. They're going to die. Unless the Lord comes back in the meantime and transfigures them, these bodies of ours are going to die. We know this. What we may not realize, however, is that it is possible for these mortal bodies to be quickened,... Read More

Get you up to a high mountain, 0 Zion, herald of good tidings; lift up your voice with strength, 0 Jerusalem, herald of good tidings, lift it up, fear not; say to the cities of Judah, "Behold your God!" Isaiah 40:9 A few weeks ago at Pine Hills Camp at the Men's Retreat, Haman Cross of the Afro-Amer... Read More

The oracle of God which Habakkuk the prophet saw. 0 Lord, how long shall I cry for help, and thou wilt not hear? Or cry to thee "Violence!" and thou wilt not save? Why dost thou make me see wrongs and look upon trouble? Habakkuk l : l - 3 Bob Fell is with the Lord now and is doubtless praying for us... Read More

Read: Revelation 5 "Weep not; lo, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, the Root of David has conquered, so that He can open the scroll and its seven seals." Current worldwide upheavals have not hit us very hard in a material way -- yet. - We're still able to buy gas for our cars. - We still have some hea... Read More

There are really two kinds of churches in the world today. The distinction between these two kinds of churches has nothing to do with size or denomination. They can be small or large, liturgical or non-liturgical, urban, suburban. The only significant difference between churches of whatever shape or... Read More

Besides this you know what hour it is, how it is full time now for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we first believed; the night is far gone, the day is at hand. Let us then cast off the works of darkness and put on the armor of light; let us conduct ourselves beco... Read More

It's going to be a strange gathering outside the door of the Kingdom when that door closes. There are going to be people standing there who just can't believe it. "Lord! Open up! Lord! You made a horrible mistake! Lord, don't you remember us? We cast out demons in your name and did many mighty works... Read More

Read: LUKE 15 When we keep saying that the Spirit of God is doing a new thing in this city these days, when we talk about our city being visited by God, it's important that we understand what it means for God to visit a city. We're not talking about lightning, thunder, and earthquake. God can come w... Read More

The sixth chapter of John opens with thousands and thousands of people coming to Jesus “because of the signs he did on those who were diseased”. The sixth chapter of John ends with these same people—even disciples—leaving Jesus in droves. Turning their backs and walking away until there’s only a han... Read More

In a dream anything can happen. Animals turn into people. A familiar door in your childhood house leads to a city you never saw before. A lifelong friend suddenly changes into a frightening stranger. It all seems perfectly natural in a dream. Time can stand still, or a thousand years can rush by in ... Read More

You are walking down the street one day, when suddenly you hear your name called. You look around---nobody there. So you walk on a little further and you hear your name called again so you look up in the tree where someone seems to be speaking. Nobody there. A third time your name is called, and bef... Read More

Teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path, because of mine enemies. Deliver me not over unto the will of mine enemies; for false witnesses are risen up against me, and such as breathe out cruelty. I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the liv... Read More

READ Jeremiah 8-9 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has the house of the daughter of my people not been restored. Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tears that I might weep day and night for the slaying of the daughter of my people. “….That I might... Read More

"No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore 1 tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you shall eat or what you shall put on. " Matthew 6:21-25a ..... "... Read More

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of Mercies and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted with by God. For as we share abund... Read More

The pulpit. The platform of prophets, where the eternal Word finds a human voice. Where Ezra explained the Torah to the returned captives by the Watergate. Where Jeremiah, standing before the Temple, warned of its imminent destruction. From earliest times, the pulpit has been a fountainhead of redem... Read More

Jesus died on the cross and rose again so that we might have, burning within us, a flame from heaven so strong that, no matter what storms come sweeping over us, we’re able to rise above them. He poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit so that we should have such strength that we can never say, "I’m ... Read More

Lets take a few moments to think about faith. Faith in God. Faith that connects you to God in a living way. Faith that causes your prayers to come alive. Faith that gives you the power to do God’s will. Faith that can discern the difference between a false prophet and a true. As far as Jesus is conc... Read More

"and I heard a great voice from the throne saying, 'Behold, the dwelling of God is with men. He will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God Himself will be with them'" On the surface things have never looked more hopeless for really reaching people with the gospel of Jesus than they ... Read More