Introduction: The theme of this book is the battle between division and unity. But we must follow the wisdom of God. Not only are false division and true unity at odds, so also are true division and false unity at odds. Unity with idols is division. Division from evil is righteousness and real unity. The …
Running From Honest Confession
A man who confesses his sins is doing something like this. In prayer to God, he names the sin he has committed, and he takes care to use the same name that the Bible uses. He does this because he is repentant and has turned away from that sin, rejecting it entirely. He thanks God …
All Things Under His Feet
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #184 “For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith, all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall …
Herein Is Love
Foreigner famously sang “I want to know what love is.” There are different ways to address such a foundational question from Scripture, and I just noticed another one of them this morning. “In this was manifested the love of God toward us, because that God sent his only begotten Son into the world, that we …
Surveying the Text: Romans
Introduction: The book of Romans is the Magna Carta of the human soul. The book of Romans contains as thorough a statement of genuine liberty as can be found anywhere in all of human literature. The book of Romans is a book of life, a tree of life. The book of Romans is a three-foot-thick …
The Last Enemy
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #183 “The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death” (1 Cor. 15:26). In the verse just prior to this one we are told that Christ must reign as He progressively puts down all opposition to His rule. All …
Surveying the Text: Song of Songs
Introduction: As we consider the Song of Solomon, or Song of Songs, there is much of spiritual value that we can gather from it, even though we might not grasp the overall narrative thread. This intensely emotional and very erotic love poem is very much like the way of a man with a maid—everybody knows …
The Politics of Sodomy 3: Has It Come to That?
NB: This is the outline for the first service at Christ Church Introduction Often we confront problems in our individual lives, or in our families, and after we have exhausted all the possibilities in our hunt for a solution, we ask others to pray for us. “Oh,” some might be tempted to think. “Has it …
Enemies Subdued
“At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore” (Ps. 16: 11) The Basket Case Chronicles #182 “But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall …
Ordered Glory
“Order is the strength and glory of all things” (Foxcroft, The Gospel Ministry, p. 36).