Description: Jonah gives the pagan sailors a false impression of God and continues in his flight from God — even seeking his own death before repenting and obeying God’s command to go to his enemies. But God pursues Jonah with a storm. We find out in this passage that God is also pursuing the pagan sailors, and Jonah’s rebellion is what God uses to display His grace and mercy to them.
Description: Jonah is on the run and running hard away from God. God calls him to Nineveh, and he heads in the opposite direction towards Tarshish. God pursues Jonah with a violent storm to wake Jonah from His sinful slumber. The storm shows us two things about God’s pursuit of man. The first is that it is great and the second is that it is gracious.
Jonah is on a ship with pagans representing many nations all serving the idols of their land. Jonah represents one type of person who flees in the path of the Pharisee while the pagan sailors represent another type of person who flees in the path of the Prodigal. In this story we see God pursuing both Pharisees and Prodigals, which is good news for us.
Description: God, the Master Builder, is a perfectionist. He entrusted man with the care of a garden of abundance. God’s one request gave man a chance to submit himself to his loving Creator, but, in fact, the future of all humanity took a terrible turn.
Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 2000 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.” In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen embarks upon a series in Soteriology which is the study of why salvation is necessary and how it is accomplished. In this introduction sermon to the series he talks about the importance of doctrine.
Description: Jonah is on the run and running hard away from God. God calls him to Nineveh, and he heads in the opposite direction knowing that his rebellion may lead to his death and even the death of others. Consumed in his hatred for the Assyrians, he rises up against God and then starts on a steady downward flight with an end that will cost him more than he was willing to spend.
Description: Jonah is a storied presentation of the gospel and juxtaposes the way and heart of man and the way and heart of God. Man flees and God pursues. Man flees in one of two ways: by obedience (as the Pharisee) or in disobedience (as the Prodigal). God pursues both Pharisees and Prodigals with His message of salvation in the good news of Christ.
Description: Ten years, one ambitious vision: 100 million people touched with the gospel around the world. Those are the marching orders of Reach Global, the international arm of the Evangelical Free Church of America, which exists to multiply healthy churches among all people for the glory of God.
Today we are joined by Scandia Bible Church supported Reach Global Missionary, Tony Freitas — a man, together with his family, called by God to faithfully serve the people of Tanzania, Africa. They are living, as Tony says,
“…a life of serving the poorest of the poor. It’s a tough life but there is nothing that I could possibly imagine to be more fulfilling than serving the Lord! I am not a formal pastor and have not been to seminary, yet God has clearly called our family to serve Him in Africa to use the gifts that he has given each of us. As 1 Peter 4:10 states, ‘Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of Gods grace in its various forms.’”
Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1998 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.” In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen wraps up his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches. In this final sermon of the series (part 8 of 8) he examines the letter to Laodicea.
Description: Psalm 1 is the “preface” psalm to the entire book of Psalms. We see here the blessings of God pronounced upon His people and the curses of God upon the wicked. It draws its theme from the blessings and curses of the covenant of Sinai outlined in Deuteronomy 28-31 and we see its echo in the New Testament in what is commonly called the Beatitudes in the Sermon on the Mount.
Description: Thousands of very nice people consider themselves Christians. When we examine Scripture carefully we find that there is much more to being a Christian than just praying and going to church.
Description: The Prophet Isaiah sets forth both the foundation and the high water mark of Christianity in this beautifully written Prophecy penned some 700 years before the birth of Jesus Christ.
Description: Christmas is preeminently about God’s promise of a coming Savior who would rescue man from the curse of the fall. God’s mercy and grace is always seen in His works and in His interactions with man. In the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve shook their fists to Heaven as they rebelled against God and God cursed them according to the covenant agreement. No sooner had the curse been said God also proclaimed the Gospel of a coming Savior.
Description: This book began proclaiming that God has given the believer every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places and now Paul has taken us from the heavenlies and brought us to our knees. Now as we conclude this book, we are reminded that it is all of God and we require His strength to sustain us …prayer helps us remember that.
Description: Some day in glory we may just look back and marvel that we were not more thankful for all of God’s wonderful blessings. King David spoke in this Psalm of the redeemer “who satisfies your years with good things.”
Description: The Prophet Nahum is given a spectacular vision, an overwhelming vision of the future judgement and destruction of one of the oldest cites of the world: Nineveh. This is a unique and exciting little book.
Description: Join us as we turn the back the clock to 1998 to listen to a Scandia Bible Church “Classic.” In this Classic Sermon Pastor James Allen continues with his series in the book of Revelation in which he unpacks the “Letters to the Seven Churches” — letters that show us some very important things about the relationship that exists between Jesus and His churches. In this sermon (part 7 of 8) he examines the letter to Philadelphia.
Description: We look at the sixth and final piece of the Armor of God and the only piece that is both defensive and offensive in nature. We also look at Isaiah 59 and see how this armor, which belongs to Christ, has passed the test and not found wanting.
Description: We look at the fifth piece of the Armor of God and the last of the defensive pieces (the last is offensive). This piece truly represents the last piece of our defense, where we must look beyond the temporal battle and fix our eyes upon Jesus and the most sure hope of glory, knowing that this battle will have an end and the end is known and victorious.
Description: The elderly prophet Daniel has the opportunity to return to Judah after 70 years in captivity. The problem is that not many want to return with him. He is met and encouraged by a spectacular vision, an overwhelming vision of the future. This is a unique and exciting portion of Scripture.
Description: Our Lord had such respect for the Old Testament writings. They contain wonderful stories that show us the Heart of God in His dealing with mankind. This section in Genesis that we will focus on today gives us a precious look at the tenderness of the Lord in leading us, His children.
Sermon Archives
Given New Life
in SBC Classic Edition
We’re in the process of digging through the colossal SBC Sermon Archive Library to bring forth the rich and timeless Biblical Truths found within the hundreds and hundreds of sermon cassettes from yesteryear, in our Tape to Podcast Project.
Currently on the workbench:
The Jim Allen Gospel of John Study (1997-1998) is now complete and in our SBC Classic Edition collection!
Watch our Steeple Study grow! … Great for a listen-study through a book or series.
Our Find-A-Sermon resource page helps you find what you’re looking for.
With the increased release of sermons from our archives, SBC Classic Edition is now podcasting on its own dedicated feed, separate from our current Sunday sermons.