INTRODUCTION: Over the last several weeks, during worship, Pastor Bob has been taking us through his “Church Essentials” sermon series. And in that series, he’s been preaching about those things which identify the local Church. The functionality of it, the importance of membership, and this past Sunday, we saw the role of discipleship within the … Continue reading Separate, Yet Present (A Survey of the Book of Leviticus)
Freedom
He, Who Is Able: The Sovereignty of God (A Study in the Attributes of God)
INTRODUCTION: Have you ever heard of the Republic of Fredonia? Well, the Republic of Fredonia was founded (if you want to call it that), by a man named Haden Edwards. Mr. Edwards was an Empresario near Nacogdoches in the territory of Texas in the mid 1820’s. For those who don’t know, an empresario was a … Continue reading He, Who Is Able: The Sovereignty of God (A Study in the Attributes of God)
He Has A Wonderful Plan for Everything: The Decree of God (A Study in the Attributes of God)
INTRODUCTION: One of my favorite movies is a film called Cast Away. In that film, Tom Hanks plays the lead role of a man named Chuck Noland. And this is a man that, in the beginning, sees the world through a certain lens and with a certain sense of order. He sees the world as … Continue reading He Has A Wonderful Plan for Everything: The Decree of God (A Study in the Attributes of God)
Paul’s Reformation (A Bible Study in Romans 4:1-25)
On October 31st 1517, Martin Luther took a hammer and a nail, and with a few swift strokes, attached a copy of his 95 thesis to the wooden doors of the Castle Church in Wittenberg. This is also regarded as the beginning of what would become the protestant reformation; one of the great awakenings, when … Continue reading Paul’s Reformation (A Bible Study in Romans 4:1-25)
Natural Born Killers (A Biblical Examination of the 6th Commandment)
INTRODUCTION: In 1885, a man named William Palmer accompanied his friend, John Cook, to bet on some horse races in Shrewsbury, England. Palmer had been a chemist earlier in his life and then later became a physician; yet at some point, slowly, his life became encumbered with a large number of gambling debts. The only … Continue reading Natural Born Killers (A Biblical Examination of the 6th Commandment)
Stray Dogs
There were two issues that it took me some time to come to terms with after I became a Christian. Having been a dispensationalist, the first was to get over my unbiblical understanding of eschatology (But that is an issue that I’ll save for a later post). The other was an issue that seemed small … Continue reading Stray Dogs
Before the Foundations of the Earth 