As we build, we are fulfilling a true vocation under God. God’s people should always be builders. But as we build, we are not, Babel-like, to be building a name for ourselves (Gen. 11:4). When we build in the name of Christ, it should be a house for His name (2 Sam. … [Read more...]
The Return of Love
We come here as Christians, which means that we come as those who are followers of Jesus Christ. We do not follow Him because we happened to be a crowd that happens to be going that way. We follow Him because He has called each of us, individually. We have heard His voice, … [Read more...]
Surveying the Text/Ephesians
Introduction: If Galatians is the great charter of Christian liberty, and the ground of it, Ephesians is the great charter of Christian identity, and what flows from it. The Text: The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his … [Read more...]
The Covenant Home #5/The Federal Family
Introduction: We have already seen that marriages are covenant entities. This is no less true of the fruit of such covenant unions. The family is not established by custom, or by legislation. The family is established and defined by the Word of God alone. The Text: And … [Read more...]
That Builds Things
As the kingdom of Christ is established and rooted in any given place, the only way this can happen is by displacing what was there before. Sometimes that previous regime is old and decrepit, and is ready to relinquish its hold. These are tribes, nations and kingdoms ready for … [Read more...]
Spiritual Eyes, Hands, Mouth
Although your soul is not a body, it nevertheless has eyes, hands, and mouth. I am speaking here of more than the eyes, hands and mouth that it possesses through possessing your actual physical body. No, the Bible teaches that you can see without physical eyes, hold without … [Read more...]
Including What You Find on the Internet . . .
"This maxim forbids the use of skeletons and sermons of other sermonizers, in the process of composition . . . These collections of skeletons and plans, more or less filled up, which seem to be multiplying along with the general multiplication of books, ought to be entirely … [Read more...]
Surveying the Text/Galatians
Introduction: This Lord’s Day we are commemorating the beginning of the great Reformation of the 16th century. It is fitting, therefore, that we take this opportunity to begin our study of the book of Galatians, that great charter of Christian freedom. We need to stand fast in … [Read more...]
The Covenant Home #4/Sketch of a Godly Wife
Introduction: We should recall that a firm understanding of the husband’s federal responsibilities does not diminish in any way a woman’s personal responsibility to be a godly wife, but rather provides a firm foundation for her. The Text: “An excellent wife is the crown … [Read more...]
40 Years of Gratitude
This Lord's Day, we are celebrating our 40th birthday as a congregation. Forty years is a biblical generation, and since God promises His covenant mercy to a thousand generations, we still have 999 to go. But of course you must realize that the promise to a thousand generations … [Read more...]
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