Of the Law of God: The Moral Law & the Gospel____
Letter from the Pastor 2/18/2025, Part 7 of 7
INTRODUCTION
There is no contradiction between the law of God and the gospel of grace. There is no contradiction between Christians being justified freely and obeying the law of God. In fact, evangelical obedience is the natural product of being justified by grace through faith.
As we conclude our seven-part series on the …
What is an ecumenical council? What is a creed? Many of you grew up in churches that recited the Apostles’ or Nicene Creed every Sunday, others did not. Yesterday at Lake Wylie Baptist Church, we began an 8-week Equipping series that will introduce us to the ecumenical councils of the church.
Because several of our members were teaching in Sunday School I wanted to record a short video and post my introductory notes here. I …
Of the Law of God: The Moral Law & Our Salvation____
Letter from the Pastor 2/4/2025, Part 6 of 7
INTRODUCTION
What is legalism? What makes someone a legalist? Is it legalistic to pay attention to and obey the law of God? These are questions we’ll answer today as we consider the relationship between the moral law of God and our salvation.
Without getting too deep in the weeds, let’s define legalism as an improper …
…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
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 …
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 …
…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
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 …
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…
Letter from the Pastor 12/31/2024, Part 2 of 7
INTRODUCTION
To summarize last week’s letter: Obedience to God is hard-wired into humanity because, as creations, we owe God perfect and universal obedience. The Law, therefore, is fundamental not only to a just society but to our very nature as creatures. Adam was given a Covenant of Works: obey God regarding the tree of the knowledge of evil and live. Adam had both the power and …
