Sermons & Devotionals by Richard E. Bieber

One day before long, unless the Lord comes back in the meantime, each one of us will arrive at the moment of our death. Perhaps we'll sigh with relief, "At last, this thing that I've been dreading all my life, has finally come. Let's get on with it" Or maybe we'll be overwhelmed with dread. Or we wi... Read More

Then the Lord sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. And the people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you; pray to the Lord, that he take away the serpents from us." So Moses prayed for... Read More

"Seeing the crowds, he went up into the mountain and sat down with his disciples and they came to Him. He opened his mouth and taught them saying: Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven; blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted; blessed are the meek, for ... Read More

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth fourth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126:5-6 KJV Oswald Chambers says that in proclaiming the word to people we get pretty much the response we aim for. If yo... Read More

Now the tax collectors and sinners were all drawing near to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." So he told them this parable: "What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in ... Read More

Now there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him, "Rabbi, we know that you are a teacher come from God; for no one can do these signs that you do, un­less God is with him." John 3:1-2 The "happy pagan" who hasn't really taste... Read More

He also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous and despised others: "Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, 'God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, extortio... Read More

Sow for yourselves righteousness, reap the fruit of steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, For it is time to seek the Lord that he may come and rain salvation upon you. Hosea 10:12 "...break up your fallow ground..." those idle fields that haven't produced anything in years, where the soil is ... Read More

They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him. Psalm 126: 5-6 The scene is Samaria, that half-breed country between Galilee in the north and Judea in the south, where no self-... Read More

The call to the life of faith is a call to something much higher, much more far-reaching and powerful than we have been inclined to think. Now the Lord said to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. And I will make of you a great natio... Read More

Peter answered, "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God." And Jesus answered, "You are Peter the rock and on this Rock I will build my church and the gates of death will not prevail against it." "I will build my church"…..the kind of church Jesus is talking about is very different from the im... Read More

The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: A broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: Build thou the walls of Jerusalem. Psalm 51 Most believers are in agreement that the redemptive work which is to be accomplished on the earth at this hour i... Read More

Read Matthew 20: 1 -16 "For the kingdom of heaven is like a householder who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. After agreeing with the laborers for a denarius a day, he sent them out into his vineyard. And going out about the third hour he saw others standing idle in th... Read More

Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Hebrews 11 Nobody could ever look at Jesus' disciples and say, "What a bunch of religious freaks!" Nobody looking at those disciples could ever get the idea that to follow Jesus your mind has to have a spiritual twist, be... Read More

Read: Luke 6:37 There is no question that the call at this hour is for radical faith in Jesus Christ. Radical commitment. Lukewarm Christianity just won't make it. But don't think when we've answered this call to radical faith, when we start catching on to what it means to for­sake all and follow Hi... Read More

There is no fear in love, perfect love casts out fear. ...And this perfect love which casts out fear, while it is something God gives, is also something you do. God puts the love into you. But you love, you do something. Many of us stumble when we get to that doing part. Take the rich man – the rich... Read More

Half the problems we experience as believers would disappear in an instant, if we were to catch fire with divine zeal. We spend so much of our time nursing wounds that wouldn't even be there if we were on fire. So, I'd like to begin with a passage which is always fun to apply to the hypocrites aroun... Read More

Ten thousand troops had landed on the beach without a casualty. Not one enemy gun had been fired. It was reported that the enemy was holding positions in the mountains to the north. The king mounted a platform and addressed his troops, "We go north through enemy territory. My kingdom is beyond. My p... Read More

Read Luke 15:11-32 It was a pity that this younger brother took the share of the inheritance that was coming to him and wasted it. But it's more pitiful to see what the older brother does with his inheritance: nothing. He has it but he doesn't do anything with it. The younger brother went out and bl... Read More

Most of us have had the experience of the man who has his friend arrive at midnight and had no food to set before him. We’ve had to go to the Father and bang on his door and beg and plead for bread to give to these hungry people who come to us in their needs. And every time, after we’ve demonstrated... Read More