in Romans
Romans 14:5: The Sabbath
Introduction: Listen to George Swinnock, a Puritan as he speaks about the beauty of the Christian Sabbath Day, ‘‘Hail thou art highly favoured of God, thou golden spot of the week, thou market –day of...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:13-46 – Choosing a Kingdom
Introduction: Having any other king but the God-given King Christ is the heart of sin. In our day and age we don’t have real kings any more so this notion might fall on deaf ears. ...
in Romans
Romans 14:4 – Forgetting Grace
Introduction: At the heart of all false religion is a false view of grace. On the one hand we have legalistic type religions that put the emphasis on their own efforts and making ourselves worthy and...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 2:1-11: David’s Final Advice To Solomon
Introduction: Archibald Alexander in his classic, Thoughts on Religious Experience, gives this advice to the elderly who are approaching their deaths: ‘Let not the infirm and the aged say that they can now do nothing...
in Romans
Romans 14:1-3: Gospel Based Community
Introduction: Welcoming people of differing convictions is a hot topic today. Inclusivism is the politically correct thing to. Divisions among Christians are a perennial problem and the new sub-section we are beginning in Romans speaks...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 1:11-53: The Crowning of Solomon
Introduction: Resistance to the true king, this is the tale of human history and the central struggle in the text before us. As usual we see sinful men used of the devil to promote themselves...
Partaking in an Unworthy Manner: 1 Corinthians 11:17-34
Introduction: Paragraph 8 of the Lord’s Supper in the 1689 Baptist confession of faith reads’ “All ignorant and ungodly persons, as they are unfit to enjoy communion with Christ, so are they unworthy of the...
in 1 Kings
1 Kings 1:1-10 : The Self-Exaltation of Adonijah
Introduction: Kingmaking, self-enthronement, pride, self-exaltation, these are the sins that meet us as we begin the book of 1 Kings moving from the reign of David to the reign of Solomon. We are at a...
in Romans
Romans 13:12-14: Walking In The light
Introduction: Augustine, one of the church fathers of the 4thcentury is one of the most influential men in Christian history, was converted by this text. He grew up in a home with a Christian mother...
Mark 12:28-31: Loving Man Without Loving God
INTRODUCTION: Today we are faced with many causes being promoted as social justice issues and human rights cases. Many thing today are being done in the name of loving mankind. Gender equality, with its attempt...
in Romans
Romans 13:11-12: What Time Is It?
INTRODUCTION: What time is it? Where are we in the unfolding of time? There are different answers to this question depending on your worldview. If you are materialist that has science as your religion, then the...
in 1 & 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 24: David’s Census
INTRODUCTION: Different sins afflict different people at different times. In our youth we are tempted by everything that is new, by the lusts of the flesh and the world of experience on offer. When we...
in Romans
Romans 13:9-10 – Love Fulfils The Law
INTRODUCTION: To say that the Christian ethic is a law based ethic can give a false impression. Here is a typical example: ‘There is a tale told of a missionary in a dark corner of...
in 1 & 2 Samuel
2 Samuel 23:8-39: David’s Mighty Men
INTRODUCTION: David is the great king that God appointed to establish Israel in the land and subdue the enemies of God’s people. But the scriptures are written in such a way that we could never...
in Romans
Romans 13:8: Paying our debts
INTRODUCTION: Debt is a familiar concept to us and today in Romans 13:8 Paul is going to speak to us about paying our debts. Stott points out that the idea of debt is mentioned several...
in Easter
Easter Sunday: John 18:1-11: The Arrest of Christ
INTRODUCTION: I had a completely different sermon planned for this one, but in my meditations this week I was drawn to the passage where Jesus is arrested in John 18:1-11. John’s gospel is unique among...