GALATIANS Sunday February 2, 2014 Contend For The Gospel Of Grace III. A Call to Freedom from the Law and Freedom in the Spirit (4:12 – 6:10) A. Live in Freedom from the Law: Argument from Friendship (4:12 – 20) B. Stand in Freedom: Argument from Allegory (4:21 – 5:1) […]
GALATIANS Sunday January 19, 2014 Hope’s Only Foundation Galatians 5:1 – 6 III. A Call to Freedom from the Law and Freedom in the Spirit (4:12 – 6:10) A. Live in Freedom from the Law: Argument from Friendship (4:12 – 20) B. Stand in Freedom: Argument from Allegory (4:21 – 5:1) […]
The following article is taken from the NIV Essentials Study Bible by Zondervan Publishers; Grand Rapids, Michigan, 2013. The title of the article is: How Do Christians Practice Evangelism in a Culture That Frowns on “Proselytizing”? (1 Co 9:19 – 23) “Ever since Jesus charged his disciples to ‘go and make disciples of […]
God Is Our Dwelling Place Scripture reveals God as the dwelling place for His children. Psalm 91 in particular speaks of the believer’s privilege of dwelling in the “secret place of the Most High.” God is also referred to as a Rock, Fortress, Shield, Mountain Refuge, and High Tower. God has chosen to reveal […]
Recently I spoke at a funeral. I was told that I had five minutes to speak – max. After talking for about two minutes about the deceased, I related the reason for the hope that we can all have in the face of death. The following is a gist of what I shared: I spoke about Jesus being […]
GALATIANS Sunday December 1, 2013 Free Children of the Heavenly Jerusalem Galatians 4:21 – 5:1 II. Paul’s Gospel Defended from Experience and Scripture (3:1 – 4:11) 4. The Folly of Reverting to the Law (4:8 – 11) III. A Call to Freedom from the Law and Freedom in the Spirit (4:12 […]
“Reflections” From John Brown of Haddington Based on Philippians 3:1 – 21 “With great earnestness should professors (believers) guard against the seduction of false teachers, especially such as set up men’s own righteousness in the room of the justifying righteousness of Jesus Christ. And ministers have need to repeat their warnings on this […]
GOD’S SURE AND ETERNAL WORD Sunday, August 18, 2013 I. Psalm 1 The introduction to Psalm 1, (from the NIV Study Bible, Zondervan Publishers). “…Godly wisdom here declares the final outcome of the two ‘ways’: ‘the way that sinners take’ (v.1) and ‘the way of the righteous’ (v. 6)…As part of […]
Some thoughts on the Blood of Christ. “Blood” of course refers to the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ on the cross. 1. Revelation 7:13 – 15a: “Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, ‘who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?’ I (John) said to him, ‘Sir, you know.’ […]
GALATIANS Sunday, August 11, 2013 Preserving The Truth Of The Gospel Galatians 2:1 – 10 I. Introduction: Desertion from Paul’s Gospel Is Desertion from the Gospel (1:1 – 2:21) A. Greeting: Paul’s Apostolic Authority (1:1 – 5) B. Problem Explained: Desertion from the Gospel (1:6 – 10) C. Paul’s […]