The following is the manuscript of the sermon preached last Sunday by Jase Hammock. You can read more from Jase at his blog here. In the introduction sermon, I made the point that Lamentations 1:1 and all of chapter 1 highlights the loss of Eden. A part of that loss was the loss of the image of …
Martin Luther once wrote of theological education, saying: And further, if I could bring it to pass among you I should like to ask that you do not neglect the languages but, since it would not be too difficult for you, that you have your preachers and some of your gifted boys learn Latin, Greek, …
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The following is the manuscript of the sermon preached last Sunday by Jase Hammock. You can read more from Jase at his blog here. “How lonely sits the city that was full of people!How like a widow has she become, she who was great among the nations! She who was a princess among the provinces has become a slave.” Lamentations 1:1 …
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The following is the manuscript of the sermon preached yesterday morning by Pastor John Richards. You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet. You are the …
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said: “Blessed are you who are poor,for yours is the kingdom of God.Blessed are you who are hungry now,for you shall be satisfied.Blessed are you who weep now,for you shall laugh.Blessed are you when people hate youand when they exclude you and revile you and …
Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake,for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.Blessed are you when others revile and persecute youand utter all kinds of evil against you falsely on my account.Rejoice and be glad,for your reward is great in heaven,for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. Matthew 5:10-12 ESV …
Blessed are the peacemakers,for they shall be called sons of God. Matthew 5:9 ESV People try to get away from it all--to the country, to the beach, to the mountains. You always wish that you could too. Which is idiotic: you can get away from it anytime you like. By going within. Nowhere you go …
Blessed are the pure in heart,for they shall see God. Matthew 5:8 ESV Leviticus is a difficult book to both read and understand. In fact, we can rightly give it the title of “Bible Reading Plan Killer.” But the key to properly viewing Leviticus comes from seeing it as the centerpiece of the whole Pentateuch. …
Blessed are the merciful,for they shall receive mercy. Matthew 5:7 ESV As we have noted in the previous weeks, the Beatitudes are a mindlessly thrown together list of virtues; rather, they are carefully structured descriptions of the Christian character. These are not gifts that the Spirit gives to some Christians and not others. These are …
Why do we call this Good Friday? We can ask the same question of why when we consider the opening sentence of Bruce Shelley’s book on church history: “Christianity is the only major religion to have as its central event the humiliation of its God.” Surely, the crucifixion of God's only begotten Son was darkest …
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