Introduction: We are going to be studying the book of Esther, and most of the action in this book occurs in the ancient city of Susa. This was located about 300 miles southwest of modern Tehran, and ...
Queen of the Persians #1
Coming of Age and Life Between the Sexes #3
Introduction: We live in egalitarian times, and consequently I have selected a text which makes many moderate complementarians flinch, and which makes patriarchal types, of the eighth-grade-boy school ...
License, Legalism, and Liberty in Between
Introduction: By the grace of God, we have seen a genuine Christian community grow up in our midst over the years. We have wanted to be a Bible people, which means Christian liberty on issues like ...
Coming of Age and Life Between the Sexes #2
Introduction: Sermon Video It is certainly true that he who finds a wife finds a good thing (Prov. 18:22). This verse also tells us that such a fortunate man has obtained favor from the Lord. ...
Coming of Age/Life Between the Sexes #1
Introduction: We live in a community where the idea of courtship has taken root to such an extent that it is a widespread community assumption. It is not a church “rule,” or anything like that, ...
Joanna and the Resurrection
Introduction: In literature and in movies, an Easter egg is some little detail that is hidden away. It might be an inside joke, or secret point, or something else that is not immediately obvious on ...
The Culmination of the Triumphal Entry
Introduction: In order to understand the Triumphal Entry properly, we need to grasp the fact that the Cleansing of the Temple was the culmination of that Triumphal Entry. Everything that happened that ...
Real Ambition
Introduction: In order to address the subject of ambition rightly, we have to remember some other things first. There is a certain kind of desire that every human being has to deal with, and this is ...
Glorification by Grace III
Introduction: Sermon Video To this point we have looked at Salvation by Grace, after which we considered Sanctification by Grace. We have now come to the third message in this series, which is ...
Sanctification by Grace 2
Introduction: So this is the second of three messages, all of them emphasizing the grace of God. All three sermons are related to the same text. The messages are Salvation by Grace, Sanctification ...