The Fullness of God in Him
Colossians 1:15-20 The Bible clearly represents the birth of Jesus Christ as a momentous event, one of unparalleled importance of cosmic even significance as we see the angels break through the heavens. So important was the birth of this baby that on the night that he was born an angelic host opened up the sky in the night. They violated the barrier that separates the immaterial world from the material world. They shone glory down upon a group of lowly…
Benefits of Abiding in Christ
1 John 2:28-3:3 I’m not alone, I think when I acknowledge how challenging looking back on the Sermon on the Mount, how challenging that teaching proved to be. It’s very convicting, I think, to concentrate so intently on Jesus’ preaching, his sermon, and for months on end, I look back, I think we started that series on the Sermon on the Mount in May. I found his words, I personally found his words to be searching, provoking, calling all of…
After God’s Own Heart
Psalm 51:1-19
How to Be a Fraudulent Disciple
1 Samuel 15:1-35
How to Be an Excellent Disciple: Fidelity
Luke 6:46-49 J.C. Ryle wrote, “It has been said with much truth that no sermon should conclude without some personal application to the consciences of the listeners.” That’s what we’ve been getting from Jesus week by week. What Ryle continues by saying, he calls it a “solemn and heart-searching conclusion to a most solemn discourse.” I have certainly found that in my life and I believe that all of you have as well. We also find here some great comfort,…
The Devotional Implications of Christian Cosmology
What, what, we’re going to do this morning is going to be, a little bit of, what I’d like to keep on doing, as we get into the New year; to have a quite a bit more discussion. It was pretty intentional on my part to lay a foundation of biblical authority and some of the prologue on the first things of theology and then theology proper. And so the lecture format was pretty, pretty, intentional, on my part. And…
How to Be an Excellent Disciple: Fecundity
Luke 6:43-45 We are coming to the end of the Sermon on the Mount and just this week, actually, and next to finish it and don’t want to waste any time this morning, but get right into the text. So Luke, chapter 6. We’ll start reading in verse 39. Here is the conclusion of Jesus’ sermon and here in the conclusion, we’re finding some principles for discipleship. This is vital instruction for our discernment, for our protection, for edification as…