https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk9YQ3q2mjY At risk of discrediting myself from the very beginning of this study, I will offer a quick confession: The Hobbit is my least favorite of Tolkien’s Middle Earth writings. Don’t misunderstand me. I still enjoy that book a great deal; it just happens to be the one I like the least. Nevertheless, I mention …
Continue reading The God Who Speaks: Introducing the Attributes of God
https://youtu.be/WIJozgamWiQ In him we have obtained an inheritance, having been predestined according to the purpose of him who works all things according to the counsel of his will, so that we who were the first to hope in Christ might be to the praise of his glory. In him you also, when you heard …
Continue reading Our Inheritance in Christ | Ephesians 1:11-14
https://youtu.be/RKJzxFihFbQ With the self-quarantines and social distancing from COVID-19 happening, my church also decided to suspend our physical services for the next couple of weeks. So until we are meeting physically again, I'll will be recording my sermons to YouTube as I've done above. My regularly scheduled sermon notes are below. Grace to you and …
This sermon was originally preached in 2016. in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; To Titus, my true child in a common …
The parable of the kingdom of heaven that will be our focus is the Parable of the Weeds as told by Jesus in Matthew 13:24-30. Helpfully, Jesus provides an explanation of this parable in verses 36-43 of the same chapter, so we will also give much attention to those verses. This sermon consists of two …
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https://youtu.be/ux6aRKiLrtM In love he predestined us for adoption to himself as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. Ephesians 1:4-6 ESV Having begun our walk through the beautiful and lengthy doxology with which Paul begins …
This sermon was originally preached in 2016. Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness Titus 1:1 ESV Titus is a short letter written by the apostle Paul to his disciple Titus, who …
The two parables within our study communicate the same basic truth, yet they do so using different similes that present it from two angles. The big idea behind these deceptively simple parables is that the kingdom of heaven is exceedingly valuable. In fact, it is worth losing everything you have in order to obtain it. …
Continue reading The Parables of the Hidden Treasure & Pearl of Great Value | Matthew 13:44-46
https://youtu.be/C7SD6vmAxBk Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus, and are faithful in Christ Jesus: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Ephesians 1:1-2 ESV Having first observed Paul’s over two-year ministry in Ephesus and the spiritual conflict …
https://youtu.be/Vo3A4rDjw5U Saul the Pharisee was zealous for the LORD and taught “according to the strict manner of the law” (Acts 22:3). Thus, when a new sect appeared, worshiping a crucified Galilean as being the Son of God, Saul met the heretics head on. He gave approval and held the coats of his companions as they …
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