…Remember that your work is not to prepare three quarters of an hour’s tolerable instruction, to be submitted to the consideration of your hearers. Your work is to seek their souls, longing after them in the bowels of Jesus Christ. – Charles J Brown, The Christian Ministry
Month: January 2025
Of the Law of God: The Perpetuity of the Moral Law Part 5 of 7
INTRODUCTION
When I began this series last month, I opened it with a question: What does it mean that Christians are not under the law? Are we no longer obligated to obey the Ten Commandments? The first four parts of this series primarily dealt with the nature of moral, ceremonial, and judicial laws of God given in the Mosaic Covenant.
The final three parts of this series will begin explaining how the moral law of …
Of the Law of God: The Mosaic Judicial Laws
Letter from the Pastor 1/14/2025, Part 4 of 7
INTRODUCTION
“When you build a new house, you shall make a parapet for your roof, that you may not bring the guilt of blood upon your house, if anyone should fall from it.” (Deut. 22:8 ESV)
“You shall not muzzle an ox when it is treading out the grain.” (Deut. 25:4)
“You shall not have in your bag two kinds of weights, a large and a …
What He is Not
…Though we cannot comprehend him as he is, we must be careful not to fancy him to be what he is not. – Stephen Charnock, Existence & Attributes, 293
Of the Law of God: The Mosaic Ceremonial Laws
Letter from the Pastor 1/8/2025; Part 3 of 7
INTRODUCTION
Are Christians obligated to keep all of the Old Testament laws? What about the dietary or cleanness laws? If we are not obligated, how do we know which of God’s laws we can set aside? Christians have been asking these questions since the days immediately following Christ’s resurrection, and we’ll do our best to answer them in this week’s letter. Today, we discuss what has …
Wisdom for Anger – Proverbs 10:12
DISCLAIMER: As with all my sermons in this Proverbs series, I have benefited much from the preaching ministry of Tim Keller.
WISDOM FOR ANGER
Proverbs: Wisdom for Living
Proverbs
THE TEXT:
Proverbs 6:16
There are six things that the Lord hates,
seven that are an abomination to him:
Proverbs 8:13
The fear of the Lord is hatred of evil.
Pride and arrogance and the way of evil
and perverted speech I hate.
Proverbs 10:12…