Sermons & Devotionals by Richard E. Bieber

Beloved, I beseech you as aliens and exiles to abstain from the passions of the flesh that wage war against your soul. Read: 1 Peter 2:11 The instant a person is truly born again this world ceases to be their home. Now they have within them a vision of a place far more beautiful than this valley of ... Read More

"Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days." Jesus said to her, "Did I not tell you that if you would believe, you would see the glory of God?" So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, "Father, I thank thee that thou has heard me."……When he h... Read More

It’s surprising how many people who say they believe in Jesus believe in a Jesus who always seems to have them hanging on a cliff. They never know whether he’s going to come through or not. They’re never sure whether he’s going to say ‘yes’ or ‘no’. Sometimes it’s a Jesus who’s way up on top of a hi... Read More

The reason we never appeal for funds in this flock is not that we consider giving a minor thing. Our Lord made clear that what we do with the unrighteous mammon is proof to the Father of whether or not we're ready to handle the true riches of his kingdom. But whatever portion of our money we're goin... Read More

Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers, Barnabas, Simeon who was called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. While they were wor­shiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the wo... Read More

If we pay attention to what the prophets are telling us, if we open our minds to the living words of Jesus, we have to conclude that God, creator of our universe, continues to speak to our world. He speaks to every individual, group and community ... and speaks in a way that anyone can understand. "... Read More

A block away from the church I served in Detroit lived an old lady named Mrs. Sneed. Mrs. Sneed didn't talk much. Mrs. Sneed never smiled. But Mrs. Sneed was active in her church, and she knew the doctrines! One day I'm walking down 25th Street, and here she comes. "Hello, Mrs. Sneed, how are you?" ... Read More

"Therefore it is said, ‘Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead and Christ shall give you light." Ephesians 5: 14 Whenever we hit a dry season in our life with God we put the burden on Him. "Why did God let me drift this far from him? I know I can’t revive myself! God is going to have to revive me... Read More

Now when Jesus came into the district of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, "Who do men say that the Son of man is?" And they said, "Some say John the Baptist, others say Elijah, and others Jeremiah or one of the prophets." He said to them, "But who do you say that I am?" Simon Peter re­plie... Read More

One of the big afflictions in the Body of Christ near and far is stagnation. We usually think of stagnation as a state of mind. But when Jesus deals with our stagnation he addresses two things in us beyond the mind; - our will, - and our body. Jesus shakes us out of stagnation by calling for a respo... Read More

"To the angel of the church in Ephesus write: The words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand, who walks among the seven golden lamp stands. I know your works, your toil and your patient endurance; and how you cannot bear evil men but have tested those who call themselves apostles but a... Read More

As for the man who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not for disputes over opinions. One believes he may eat anything, while the weak man eats only vegetables. Let not him who eats despise him who abstains, and let not him who abstains pass judg­ment on him who eats; for God has welcomed him. Who a... Read More

You remember the time Jesus was speaking to a crowd of people in a house when someone squeezed through the crowd and said, "Your mother and your brothers are outside. They want to talk to you." One of those brothers outside was doubtless James. At the time of this incident, James was not a believer.... Read More

"Hey! I'm a Christian! I go to church. What's your problem? These people who come along and act like they've got something I don't have, like they know something I don't know. Like they've got God, and I don't. They make me sick! First of all, religion is a personal thing. Right? Maybe I don't talk ... Read More

Be still and know that I am God. I will be exalted among the heathen; I will be exalted in the Earth. Psalm 46:10 M any of us are frustrated by a feeling that we just aren't accomplishing anything significant with our lives. We sense that something important is waiting to be done by us, that God has... Read More

And Jesus went away from there and withdrew to the district of Tyre and Sidon. And behold, a Canaanite woman from that region came out and cried, "Have mercy on me, O Lord, Son of David; my daughter is severely possessed by a demon." But he did not answer her a word. And his disciples came and begge... Read More

Some time ago, after a meeting, there was a chap sitting at our table who kept talking about his wife's fellowship, his wife's teacher, how active his wife was in this and that. "How come you keep talking about your wife's fellowship? Don't you go too?" "Oh," he said, "I go sometimes. But it would b... Read More

Let's suppose that everybody reading these words has, at some point, made a commitment of their life to the Lord Jesus. A commitment, not to a set of Christian beliefs, not to some church dogma, but to Jesus, crucified, risen, alive…as alive and present with you right now. Even if you've lost your f... Read More

Read: Luke 18:31-43 There came a point in Jesus' ministry – and each of the four gospels refers to it in some way – when Jesus knew that it was time to go up to Jerusalem. Not as He went up to Jerusalem many times before to participate in some feast and teach and heal and then go back to Galilee. Th... Read More

Jesus said to him, "I am the Way and the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father but by me." Praise God that we never have to walk the Narrow Road alone. Our Lord goes before us to show us the way, to encourage us, to comfort us, to warn us of things we need to know. If our eyes are on Him, ... Read More