Affliction

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Peter 1:3-7, addressing the profound paradox of abounding joy and crushing grief in the Christian life. He defines the nature and source of both, arguing that…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 1:6, focusing on the Thessalonians' reception of the Word 'in much affliction with joy of the Holy Ghost.' He defines 'receiving the Word' as a welcoming…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 3:1-5, focusing on Paul's deep concern for the Thessalonian believers amidst their afflictions. He argues that affliction is a certainty for God's children…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 3:1-10, focusing on the nature and fruits of true faith in the midst of affliction. He argues that true faith is a living, growing principle, not a…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 1:3-11, addressing the common experience of affliction among God's people. He argues that affliction, often perceived as an enemy, is in fact a friend…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Hebrews 12:1-13 and John 15:1-3, urging believers to embrace God's fatherly discipline and pruning as essential means for spiritual health and growth in holiness. He…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Chronicles 20:1-30, detailing King Jehoshaphat's response to an overwhelming military crisis. He argues that God often brings His people into extreme crises, even…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 1:3-11, sharing his personal experience of God's comfort amidst a recent cancer diagnosis and impending surgery. He identifies four categories of divine…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Psalm 38, guiding listeners through David's experience of divine chastisement and desertion due to his sin. Martin distinguishes between a believer's…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Samuel 30:6, 'David strengthened himself in the Lord his God,' using the historical context of David's deepest distress at Ziklag to illustrate the Christian's duty and…

In 'The Stony Ground Hearer, Part 2,' Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of Mark 4:1-6, 13-17, focusing on the second type of soil in the Parable of the Sower. He argues that…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition of Mark 6:45-52, focusing on Christ's walking on water. He argues that this incident reveals two distressing concerns often present in affliction: the…

In 'The Syrophoenician Woman, Part 2,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 7:24-30 and Matthew 15:21-28, continuing his examination of the Syrophoenician woman's faith. He argues that God often…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Jonah 1:17-2:10, analyzing Jonah's prayer from the fish's belly as a model for the returning backslider. He examines the external and internal circumstances of the…

In 'Trials as a Means of Grace (1),' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Hebrews 12:1-11, James 1:2-4, Romans 5:3-5, and Psalm 119:67, 71 to demonstrate that trials, tribulations, afflictions, and…

In 'Trials as a Means of Grace (2),' Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his exposition on the Christian life, focusing on trials, tribulations, afflictions, and divine paternal chastisement as…

Pastor Martin continues his series on "Trials as a Means of Grace," focusing on the ninth affirmation of Trinity Baptist Church's manifesto: the necessity of divinely appointed means of grace…

In the fifth and final sermon of his series "Trials as a Means of Grace," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Corinthians 4:17-18, Romans 8:18, and Matthew 5:11-12, arguing that believers must discern…

In "Paul's Bonds Further the Gospel," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Philippians 1:12-18, demonstrating how Paul's imprisonment in Rome, far from hindering the gospel, actually advanced it among…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Philippians 1:27-30, focusing on the 'God-ordained results of undaunted courageousness' in the face of adversity. He argues that a Christian's…

In "Paul's Thank-you Note, Part 2," Pastor Martin expounds Philippians 4:14-17, continuing his study of Paul's gratitude to the Philippian church for their financial support. He highlights Paul's…

In "No Escaping Affliction Part 1," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on the fifth major principle of Christian living: there is no escaping the varied pressures of afflictive circumstances. Drawing…

Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his sermon series on living the Christian life, focusing on the principle that there is no escaping varied pressures of afflicted circumstances. He reviews…

In "No Escaping Affliction Part 3," Pastor Albert N. Martin continues his series on the purposes of God in affliction, building on six previously discussed points. Drawing from passages like Hebrews…

In 'Reject Not God's Discipline #1,' Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Proverbs 3:11-12, emphasizing that God's chastening and reproof are exclusively for His true children, not a sign of His wrath…

In "Reject Not God's Discipline #2," Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Proverbs 3:11-12, urging believers not to despise or faint under God's chastening. He defines chastening as God's afflictive…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Proverbs 3:11-12, amplified by Hebrews 12:7-11, to address the believer's response to God's discipline. He argues that God's chastisement, whether afflictive…

Pastor Martin expounds Psalm 46, titled 'God is Our Refuge,' as a song of holy confidence for troublous times, particularly relevant as 1973 ends and 1974 begins amidst national and global crises. He…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Psalm 46:1-7, focusing on the 'proof of history' in verse 6 and the 'pronouncement of faith' in verse 7. He argues that God's past deliverances of Israel…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Hebrews 12:5-13 and Proverbs 3:11-12, arguing that God's loving discipline is an inescapable privilege of adoption for every believer. He details the origin (God's…

Pastor Martin introduces a series of recommended books and tapes aimed at fostering a stable emotional life in believers. He highlights resources addressing dark providences, the doctrine of…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 2 Thessalonians 1:1-12, focusing on the consequences of Christ's second coming for the godly. He identifies the people of God as those in vital union with the Father…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Romans 8:28, asserting that for true believers, all things work together for good. He defines the true people of God as those who love God and are called according to…

Pastor Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 3, focusing on the biblical doctrine of the perseverance of the saints. He argues that Paul's rejoicing stems from the certainty that all truly united to Christ…

In the third and final sermon on the Syrophoenician woman, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds Mark 7:24-30 and Matthew 15:21-28, focusing on the principles of prevailing intercessory prayer. He…

In this open forum sermon, Pastor Martin addresses the tension between God's sovereignty and the reality of prayer, using Jacob's wrestling at the Jabbok (Genesis 32) as a primary example. He argues…

Pastor Martin expounds on the 'so what' of Christ's return, focusing on the gracious consolations it offers to believers. Drawing primarily from Romans 5, 1 Peter 1, and 1 Thessalonians 4, he argues…

Returning after a six-week absence, Pastor Martin advances the second affirmation about God: that He is the God of unrivaled sovereignty. He demonstrates from the Old and New Testaments that the…

In this sermon, Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds 1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:10, focusing on Paul's attitude and affections for the Thessalonian believers after being forcibly separated from them. Martin…

Pastor Martin concludes his sermon series on the healthy Christian's reading habits by expounding on the final three of seven biblical principles. Drawing heavily from 2 Timothy 3:16, he argues that…

Pastor Albert N. Martin expounds on 1 Thessalonians 3, focusing on the doctrine of the perseverance and preservation of the saints. He argues that true believers persevere not due to their own…