1 Corinthians 2:1-16 In light of what we just heard, I invite you to return to the letter of 1 Corinthians to the second chapter in order that you can see how Paul executed on this cross-centered paradigm in his ministry. In this session, we’re going to observe how Paul’s cross-centered paradigm clarifies and simplifies our ministry, how it helps us stay…
1 Corinthians 1:18-25 I invite you to turn to the book of 1 Corinthians, Chapter 1, as we open our time together this evening, as we come to a text that shows us the centrality of the Theology of the Cross, in a ministry of a Christian pulpit. And this is a most instructive text, one that I’ve loved over the years…
Romans 3:21-31 I invite you to turn as we begin. I’d just like to begin by reading the text that we’re going to look at in the session in Romans chapter 3, Romans chapter 3, beginning in verse 21, it is a highly concentrated passage of rich doctrine of profound theology and of profound significance as we consider the theology of the…
Matthew 16:13-24 I just want to thank you all for coming. It’s wonderful to see so many smiling faces ready to receive the Word of God at our Pillar of Truth conference this year: “Christ, His Cross, and His Church.” So it’s how the, how the ministry of Christ in the cross sets the tone for the entire Christian life. It’s the…
Luke 20:16-19 Well, we are back in Luke 20 this morning, this week, to finish the parable of the wicked tenants or the Lord’s tenant problem, and what he was dealing with, and the tenants who had control of his vineyard. This week we’re looking at the final section of the parable. We’re gonna start by reading the parable. You’ll find that…
Luke 20:9-16 Well, you can turn to Luke 20 in your Bibles this morning, Luke 20, as we continue our exposition of Luke’s Gospel. Luke chapter 20 and verse 9. Over the past few weeks in our study, we have seen the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ on display as He came into his temple, the temple in Jerusalem, as he…
Luke 20:5-8 Well, we are back in Luke 20 and the authority controversy that erupted in Israel. And so you can turn to Luke 20 to see this authority controversy that erupted in Israel when Jesus came to the Temple, reclaimed the Temple for God. Last week I got through half my points, which was more than half of my sermon, and…
Luke 20:1-4 Luke chapter 20 as we get into this section, I think I mentioned it a little bit last week, but we’re getting into ah, the final section of Luke’s Gospel. The, the last 20 percent, if you’re keeping count of Luke’s Gospel. And the section that we’re into here, we’re gonna see this happening over the next couple of chapters…
Luke 19:45-48 Well, I’d like to invite you to turn to the Gospel of Luke this morning. Luke 19:45. It’s so good to be back with you. I can’t believe how long I’ve been gone, but it is, it is really a joy, a privilege for me to open the word of God with you to this morning. I count it such…
Jonah 4 If you would turn in your copy of the scriptures to Jonah and as we come to the end of the book of Jonah, we’re reminded of the beginning of the book. As we see Jonah at the end, he resembles much the same hard hearted, calloused man that he resembled at the beginning in chapter 1. When Yahweh initially…