Sermon Video Introduction: During the course of Advent, we are celebrating the Incarnation of the Lord Jesus Christ. I say celebrating, not mourning. In contrast to a number of Christian traditions, ...
Earthy and Holy
Get To, Not Got To
Authentic Ministry 18/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: We are continuing our series in 2 Corinthians, but we are doing so mindful of this “giving season” that we are in. We ...
Two Corrections
I need to make a couple of corrections on things that I know I have said or written over the years, but am not exactly sure where and when. The first has to do with The Webster Bible, one put together by the great American lexicographer, Noah Webster. Many years ago, I had read somewhere …
An Aquifer of Generosity
Authentic Ministry 17/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: Our normal pattern during the season of Advent is to bring a series of messages that are geared to the season, thus taking ...
Thanksgiving 2022
The central consolation that Christians have should be found in the fact that God is God. Because we have been accepted in Christ, and our sins have been forgiven, and the righteousness of Jesus Christ ...
The Substance of Things Hoped For
These are my notes for my talk at the Bahnsen 2022 conference. Many thanks to the organizers for inviting me. Introduction: Postmillennial eschatology is not just that branch of theology that ...
Benjamin and Gwen
The Christian community is made up of all kinds of people. God gathers His people from every tribe and nation, and He does so by means of the gospel. Each regenerated person is born again through the work of the Holy Spirit of God, and it is His marvelous work of re-creation that brings us …
Actual Good Grief
Authentic Ministry 16/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: There are three kinds of grief in this passage. The first is Paul’s godly response to the pastoral meltdown at Corinth. ...
Envy Is As Envy Does
Introduction: One of the more obvious things about our kirker community here in Moscow is that it is growing, and that in remarkable ways. And as we grow, many people are gathering, assembling, arriving, connecting, and hopefully finding houses to live in. But one of the things that always happens in circumstances like this is …
Abandoning the Sons of Belial
Authentic Ministry 15/Second Corinthians: Sermon Video Introduction: Remember that the point of this epistle is for Paul to defend the authenticity of his ministry. There are three groups involved ...