Foundations Sermon Library

Title: The Ascension of Christ Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Annual Bible Conference Date: April 20, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Acts 1:8–14 Length:

Title: The Resurrection Day Appearance Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Annual Bible Conference Date: April 20, 2025 Summary: Scripture: John 20:1–10 Length:

Title: The Resurrection of Christ Speaker: Mr. Reid McGowan Event: Annual Bible Conference Date: April 20, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Romans 8:31–39 Length:

Title: The Death of Jesus Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Annual Bible Conference Date: April 18, 2025 Summary: Scripture: John 19:16 Length:

Title: The Son Coming to Earth Speaker: Dr. Dennis Lowry Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: April 06, 2025 Summary: Scripture: John 1:1–18; John 17:1–5 Length:

Title: The Urgency of a Biblical Love Speaker: Dr. Dennis Lowry Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: April 09, 2025 Summary: Scripture: 1 Corinthians 13 Length:

Title: The Son's Ministry on Earth Speaker: Dr. Douglas Wilson Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: April 06, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Matthew 20:20–28; Mark 10:45 Length:

Title: Sanctification: Coming to Love God with All Our Heart Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: March 30, 2025 Summary: Why did the Church fall away in Church history? It was because they left their first love, their superlative love for Christ. Love for Christ is the highest motive for our living for Him. Scripture: Exodus 21:5–6; Revelation 2:1–7 Length:

Title: Living the Life of the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: March 26, 2025 Summary: There must come the time early in the Christian life when we decide how we are going to live the Christian life: our way or God's way. Will we serve Him out of bondage or serve Him out of deep love as a love servant? Scripture: Exodus 21:1–6; Romans 6:1, 15; Romans 7:7; Jude 17–19 Length:

Title: The Rest to Be Found in the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: March 23, 2025 Summary: There are two rests that are mentioned in the New Testament that God desires for all His people to come to. They truly will be needed in living this life on earth. Scripture: Hebrews 4:9–13; Romans 6:17; John 17:17 Length:

Title: That Form of Doctrine Delivered: Sanctification, God's Rest Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: March 23, 2025 Summary: Oh, the need of entering into God's Rest. Let us labor to enter into it. Scripture: Romans 6:17–18; Hebrews 4:1–3 Length:

Title: The Mantle Falling to Elisha Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: March 19, 2025 Summary: This message draws us to the calling given to Elisha as commanded by God to Elijah. What were the steps of this calling? And how was this to be seen at the translation of Elijah? Scripture: 1 Kings 19:14–21 Length:

Title: Walking With God in the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: March 16, 2025 Summary: One of the precious insightful truths that was learned early buy God's men is how to walk with God. This began back in the Garden and can continue even today. Scripture: Genesis 5:21–24; Ephesians 2:1–2; John 10:1–10 Length:

Title: Standing and Growing on in Grace Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: March 12, 2025 Summary: Once the believer has entered the grace of God in conversion, he must see the availability of his access to so much more of grace. Yet, as we grow, tribulations come, working patience, and experience, and hope. These all must come into our spiritual lives found on the path of grace. Scripture: Romans 5:1–5 Length:

Title: The Trilogy of a Walk With God in the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: March 16, 2025 Summary: There were found early in the history of walking with God three aspects: walking before God; walking with God; and walking behind God or following God. Scripture: Genesis 5:22–24; Genesis 17:1; Deuteronomy 13:4 Length:

Title: The New Birth Versus Sanctification Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: March 09, 2025 Summary: There must be seen the distinction between our new birth and the work of sanctification. And, there is a difference. Scripture: 1 John 3:5; 1 Thessalonians 5:23; 2 Corinthians 7:1 Length:

Title: The Promises Left Us for Perfecting Holiness Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: March 09, 2025 Summary: The great need in the Christian life is drawing from the promises as well as the provisions for growing deeper and having victory within our Christian life of the New Creation. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 7:1 Length:

Title: The Double Need for Sin in the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: March 05, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Psalm 51:1–10 Length:

Title: Christ's Temptations to Help Us Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: March 02, 2025 Summary: Christ came to earth and was tempted in all points like as we are, yet He overcame, becoming our example. Scripture: Hebrews 2:16–18 Length:

Title: How Shall We Live After Becoming a Christian? Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: March 02, 2025 Summary: Once the believer enters into the Christian life, how is he to live? He dares not let sin reign and abound. Christ came to be the end of the Law, and yet the law of sin must be broken. Scripture: Hebrews 2:11–18; Romans 6:1–2; Romans 10:4 Length:

Title: The Trials Found Near the End of Life  Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: February 23, 2025 Summary: How is our Christian Life at the end?  This message brings us into the valleys in life which lead to the final season before God calls us home. Scripture: Song of Solomon 6:11–13 Length:

Title: The Soul's Hesitancy for Trials Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: February 23, 2025 Summary: When are we too old for trials; when does the heart become tired for Christ to call us into more service for Him?  Christ can call us to His service right up to the end of our days; “I am His and He is mine.” Scripture: Song of Solomon 4:16; Song of Solomon 5:1–10 Length:

Title: Prayer in the Afflictions of Life  Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: February 19, 2025 Summary: This message on prayer was preached on the eve of the Annual Prayer Day at Foundations.  The apostle Paul prayed for healing that never came, yet he entered into a rest about this continued affliction he bore. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 12:1–10 Length:

Title: Christ: The Scapegoat for Us Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: February 16, 2025 Summary: To confess sin is one thing but for God to take away the guilt and accountability of the sin becomes part of the purpose of Christ's death.  He is both the goat that dies and the goat to take away all of our sins.  The various biblical views of confession. Scripture: Leviticus 16:15–22; Leviticus 26:40–42; Romans 10:9–11 Length:

Title: The Master Key for Christ's Cross in Our Life Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: February 16, 2025 Summary: The Christian must come to know that “humility” and a broken heart are the key to living the Cross life as our appointed cross. Scripture: 1 Corinthians 1:17–18; Colossians 1:20; Psalm 51:17 Length:

Title: The Power of the Blood for the Home Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: February 12, 2025 Summary: The message speaks of the desperate need of the Blood of Christ for every aspect of life and of the various ongoing workings of the Blood of Christ for the Christian. Scripture: Exodus 12:12–13 Length:

Title: The Waters of My Life in the New Creation: Part One Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: February 09, 2025 Summary: The waters are mentioned three different days in Genesis 1. What are these waters in the New Creation for the Christian and how are we to deal with our fish and fowl? Scripture: Philippians 4:7–9; James 5:17–18 Length:

Title: The Waters of My Life in the New Creation: Part Two Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: February 09, 2025 Summary: One of the most difficult parts of our Christian Life to control art the thoughts, feelings, moods, and sensitivities daily. We must learn to come to a control of them for God to bless them. Scripture: 1 Kings 19:1–8 Length:

Title: God's Provision of Food for the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: February 05, 2025 Summary: What is God's appointed diet for those of the New Creation? This message explores the precious appointment of spiritual food for His people. Scripture: Genesis 1:9–13; Hebrews 5:12–14; 1 Corinthians 2:9–10; 1 Corinthians 3:1–2 Length:

Title: The Crucial Enemy of the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: February 02, 2025 Summary: One of the great enemies of the New Creation is Indifference. The Epistle to the Hebrews gives the Christian seven warnings that could destroy what God has done in and through the new creation. Scripture: Hebrews 5:11–14 Length:

Title: The Biblical Remedy for Indifference Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: February 02, 2025 Summary: A careful unfolding of the recovery from indifference. The New Creation demands the child of God to continue on in the workings of this Heavenly creation and maintain the pursuit to the end of Christ's work for us and in us. Scripture: Hebrews 6:1–9 Length:

Title: The New Creation: Putting Off and Putting On Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: January 29, 2025 Summary: It will be important for the child of God to come to God's working of putting off the Old Man, which is inherited from the old creation; only then can we put on the new man, which is of the new creation. Scripture: Genesis 1:1–5; Ephesians 4:20–24 Length:

Title: The Three Feasts for the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: January 26, 2025 Summary: When Moses spoke to the second generation, he only presented three of the seven feasts mentioned in Leviticus 23. We need to see these three feasts and their purpose in our new creation in Christ. Scripture: Deuteronomy 16:16–17 Length:

Title: The Rest of the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: January 26, 2025 Summary: What the child of God must come to in this new creation is a rest in God's spiritual work in his/her life. According to Hebrews 4, this is the work of sanctification, “God's rest.” Scripture: Genesis 2:1–3; Hebrews 4:1–4 Length:

Title: Faith and the New Creation Speaker: Dr. Dennis Lowry Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: January 19, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Romans 4:13–25; 1 John 5:1–5 Length:

Title: The Days of Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: January 22, 2025 Summary: Taking the six days of creation in Genesis 1 and viewing them from the new creation of Christ. It must lay hold of every aspect of our lives. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16–18 Length:

Title: Hope and the New Creation Speaker: Dr. Douglas Wilson Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: January 19, 2025 Summary: The promises and provisions of God's Word provide spiritual hope for the Christian as a new creation in Christ. Scripture: Romans 4:18–25 Length:

Title: Christ: The Last Adam for the New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: January 12, 2025 Summary: Christ becomes the Firstborn of the New Creation; we are His offspring in this New Creation. We must be conformed to Him and must follow Him to know how to live in this New Creation. Scripture: 1 John 2:6; 1 Peter 2:21; Philippians 2:5–8 Length:

Title: Overcoming the Fall of the First Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: January 12, 2025 Summary: We cannot live the new creation by the power of the flesh of the old, fallen creation. We must learn how to overcome the first creation fall and become a new creation in Christ. Scripture: Romans 3:20–31; Romans 5:12–14 Length:

Title: Casting Out the Old Man and Putting on the New Man Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: January 15, 2025 Summary: The need of living the new creation and overcoming the controlling powers of the new creation. Scripture: Ephesians 4:20–24 Length:

Title: The New Creation in Light of the Days of Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Special Service Date: January 10, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Genesis 2:1–3 Length:

Title: The Conformity to Christ Speaker: Dr. Dennis Lowry Event: Special Service Date: January 09, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Romans 13:14; Ephesians 4:17–32; Matthew 5:1–12 Length:

Title: The New Creation Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Wednesday Evening Sermon Date: January 08, 2025 Summary: A continuation of the message given this morning to the schools, but entering deeper into what the new creation is that Christ brought to a new humanity through Him. Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:16–18 Length:

Title: The Setting of the Sun in Life Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Evening Sermon Date: January 05, 2025 Summary: A continuation of the morning message, in the life of Jacob when he moved into Egypt the last 15 years of his life. He ended his life well. Scripture: Genesis 47:27–31; Hebrews 11:21 Length:

Title: The Chastenings of the Lord in Preparing Us to End Life Well Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Sunday Morning Sermon Date: January 05, 2025 Summary: This unfolds the life of Jacob after the crisis at Peniel when his life entered into great crises of troubles that brought deep grief into his life and living. But it was all in God's plan to bring about a good end before he died. Scripture: Genesis 37:28–36 Length:

Title: The Three Creations Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Opening Sermon to the Schools Date: January 08, 2025 Summary: The Bible reveals three creations: Genesis 1 of the earth; Philippians 2 of Christ's body; and II Corinthians 5:17 of the new creation in Christ. This is introduced in this message. Scripture: Genesis 1:1–3; Jeremiah 31:22; 2 Corinthians 5:17; Galatians 6:15 Length:

Title: The Raising of Lazarus Speaker: Dr. Dennis Lowry Event: Sunday Bible Class Radio Broadcast Date: March 14, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Length:

Title: Circumcision Speaker: Dr. Dennis Lowry Event: Sunday Bible Class Radio Broadcast Date: March 06, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Length:

Title: The Two Crossings Speaker: Dr. Dennis Lowry Event: Sunday Bible Class Radio Broadcast Date: February 28, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Length:

Title: Five Voices of Significance Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Forwarding the Faith Date: March 14, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Length:

Title: I Have Set the Lord Always Before Me Speaker: Dr. H. T. Spence Event: Forwarding the Faith Date: March 06, 2025 Summary: Scripture: Length: