Happy Resurrection Day one and all! If you'd like to further meditate upon Jesus being risen, here are four sermons for you. The first is a sermon on Mark's account of the resurrection. From The Apostles' Creed, this sermon over the Resurrection of Christ describes why it is our trustworthy, living, and eternal hope. From …
Author The author of Hebrews is anonymous, and unlike the Gospels (which are also anonymously written), there is no longstanding tradition that supports any particular figure. This has left theologians throughout church history to make their guesses. The most popular suggestion is Paul, which is why Hebrews is placed alongside Paul’s epistles, and despite what …
https://open.spotify.com/episode/3KymkrzWqfXG6mRkDWQsVn?si=w9xZJzdZQ3Sm3de08Gn62g G. Campbell Morgan's sermons on the Gospel of Mark quickly became one of my favorite resources. Though he often taught through much larger chunks of text than I did (this sermon covers Mark 11:27 through the end of chapter 12!), he very often pointed out connections that would have likely never noticed on my …
Continue reading The Poor Widow Cast in More Than All | A Sermon by G. Campbell Morgan
This past Sunday I introduced the passage of study with a quotation from N. D. Wilson about how life gets progressively more and more difficult, regardless of how much you have actually matured. It seemed to capture the essence of Israel's sudden battle with the Amalekites. Ready or not, battle was thrust upon them. And …
https://youtu.be/rPHDjKzsCIE I must confess that I am sort of ready to be done with all these passages about Israel's grumbling in the wilderness. I do not find the repetition to be boring by any means. Instead, I am reminded all over again that God's Word really is alive and active, slicing like a sword through …
https://youtu.be/i4i2AV9mVhE Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox. Proverbs 14:4 ESV DEFINING THE PRINCIPLE ON CLEANLINESS AND ORDERLINESS EMBRACING THE MANGER The wisdom literature of the Bible (that is, Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon) holds a special place in my heart. …
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1DyDesV2XL4 The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac the father of Jacob, and Jacob the father of Judah and his brothers, and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar, and Perez the father of Hezron, and …
Continue reading The Story of the World in the Family of Jesus | Matthew 1:1-17
When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to one another, “Who will roll away …
Glory to God in the highest,and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased. Luke 2:14 ESV The story continues in chapter two of Luke's Gospel with the birth of Mary's son, Jesus. She journeyed with Joseph to Bethlehem for Caesar's census, and upon their arrival, they could find no place to stay …
Continue reading Glory to God in the Highest: The Song of Heaven | Luke 2:14
You may have noticed that Sunday's sermon had significantly less quotations than normal. That is because I ended up going in a different direction with the sermon than I typically do. Rather than focusing upon the centurion, the women, and Joseph in detail, I decided to largely focus on the three together as example of …
B. C. Newton 