Sermons & Devotionals by Richard E. Bieber

The book of Ezekiel comes to a climax with the vision of a glorious new temple...a vision given to Ezekiel when he was a captive in Babylon and when the temple in Jerusalem was nothing but charred ruins. Why this vision? What's so important about the temple? - The temple was the sign of God's presen... Read More

After years of wars, revolutions and terror attacks, a strange peace has settled over the earth. A major treaty has just been signed. Over at the United Nations, they're intoxicated with joy, as the guns grow silent. Then, right in the middle of the global celebration, comes word of a nuclear explos... Read More

Read: 1 Kings 18:20-39 The prophets of Baal had influence with King Ahab, but no fire. Elijah had almost no human support, no influence with the king, but he had fire. The altar for Baal was surrounded by people, action, activity, noise. The altar for the Lord seemed pitiful, by comparison. Pitiful,... Read More

(Based on Luke 16: 19-31) Have you ever thought about what it's going to be like----those first five minutes after you die? Your body has been left behind. You no longer have eyes, but you can see. You no longer have ears, but you can hear. Your tongue is gone, yet you can speak. Your spirit is now ... Read More

Bear one another's burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ. Galatians 6:2 Jesus promises that if we follow him we don't have to wait until we die or until he comes back in glory to enter heaven. Heaven begins now. "I am the light of the world. He who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will ... Read More

Read: Jonah l:1-3:3 There are times when life gets rough for the believer and he lifts up his voice and cries to God, "Why are you letting all this happen to me?" And the cry is honest. He is really baffled. But there are times when the believer cries to God, "Why are you letting all these things ha... Read More

On the Mount of Transfiguration Peter, James, and John were given a vision that scared them out of their wits, yet a vision which they would need to keep them going through the dark days ahead. For a few minutes they saw the Kingdom of God as it really is. They got a glimpse of Jesus as he really is... Read More

Now after John was arrested, Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the gospel." Mark 1: 14-15 People came in droves to see it in action. Blind folks shouted for joy as their eyes beheld the f... Read More

One of the reasons people think there is no God is because they can get away with so much and nothing happens to them. You can sin awful sins and no lightning strikes you dead. You can lie, cheat, defy your conscience in a hundred ways and life goes merrily on. So God must be dead. It must be perfec... Read More

Read: John 6: 6-69 We're all aware of the fact that the minute a man or woman shows any serious resolve to follow Jesus Christ things begin to happen in and around that person's life that try to destroy that resolve. After the seed is sown, most of the time something goes wrong. - Birds come along a... Read More

Who of us hasn't at one time or another reached a point where it seems certain we're about to burn out. "One more day of this pressure will finish me for sure". "I simply can't go on another mile. My strength is gone." This "burn-out syndrome" makes its appearance in our walk with the Lord. And it i... Read More

A Word For Christmas Eve Once upon a time, long, long ago, there was an island in the middle of the ocean called Penal Island. All the people who lived on this island were prisoners. They had no idea how they got there, but they knew that there was no escape. The people who lived on this island, lik... Read More

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, had a dream. He demanded his wise men, not only to interpret the dream, but to tell him what he dreamed! The wise men protested, but King Nebuchadnezzar insisted, “Either you tell me what I dreamed, and the dream’s interpretation, or you will be killed, along with yo... Read More

You're asleep in your bed one night and you begin to dream. Gradually the dream becomes more than a dream. It's a vision. You see the Lord Jesus standing before you. He doesn't look like the pictures of Jesus you've seen all your life, but you know who it is. "You've been seeking me for some time," ... Read More

The test of whether anything real has happened to us while we are worshipping is the shape we're in when we go out the door. If our minds were dull when we came in, are they still dull when we walk out? Or do we walk out changed, touched by the power of God, blessed, strengthened, cleansed? Have we ... Read More

After these things the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision, "Fear not, Abram, I am your shield; and your very great reward." But Abram said, "0 Lord God, what wilt thou give me, for I continue childless, and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?" And Abram said, "Behold, thou halt give... Read More

"But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut the kingdom of heaven against men; for you neither enter yourselves, nor allow those who would enter to go in." Matt 23:13 It would be nice to be able to think that once we've jumped down from our high horse of pride, taken off our... Read More

t's true to say that revival in the Body of Christ never begins with us...it always begins with God. - We don't engineer revival. - We can't program it. - God has to send us his Spirit. - God has to speak a word that wakes us up...raises us from the dead. But it's also true to say that whenever God ... Read More

The longer we walk with Jesus the more we appreciate this Bible, which once seemed so dry and hard to understand. Numberless times we have been refreshed by reading in it the anointed words of men and women whose lives were invaded by the Spirit of God and who were used in a special way to point the... Read More

read: Revelation 3:1-6 When someone comes along and says, "Man, the people in your church really have life; I can feel the power!", it makes us feel good. And when some­one says, "Your church is dry as a bone; You're dead! Nothing's happening." we get a little angry. There are always people who will... Read More