Resources from 2004
March
Now, this morning, beginning in verse 12, we’re going to see him engage more directly with their mistake. And as we read verses 12 through 34 together, I want you to be on the lookout for three themes. Three themes to see here. First, in verses 12 through 19, the pitiable consequences of a dead Christ. If there’s no resurrection, well then, so what? What difference does it...
December
Now, if you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 98, and if you do not have this handout–everybody have this handout? If you’ll keep that handout in hand, it's got the words to Joy to The World on it, so you won't have to balance both your hymnal and your Bible.
This is the final of our “Songs of Christmas”...
Turn with me now to the Gospel of Luke, and the second chapter, and we’ll read once again the familiar words of the Nativity story as we find it in Luke's Gospel, beginning at verse eight. This is God's holy and inerrant word:
“And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the fields, keeping watch over their flocks by night. And lo,...
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to II Corinthians. We’ll look at one of the verses that lies behind this beautiful Christmas carol–unknown to many of you, from the sound of your singing! But a story behind this carol, I think I can confidently say, will endear its precious words to your heart. II Corinthians, chapter eight, verse nine. Before we read...
Now turn with me if you would to Luke chapter 2, and I'm going to read from verses 8 and 9. But before I do that, I want to draw attention to a verse in I Corinthians 14, and verse 15. And let me read this verse to you first of all: I Corinthians 14:15. And it's the second half of the verse that I want to allude...
If you’d take your hymnals in hand and turn with me to No. 203, we’ll look at the text of this hymn that the choir has so beautifully sung, and we’ll consider it before we read the passage upon which it is based. We’re going to be looking at Luke 2, verses 13 and 14, and this carol by Charles Wesley, one of the many hundreds of carols...
Now turn with me, if you would, to the Gospel of Luke, and in chapter two, and verse seven. The Gospel of Luke, in chapter two, and verse seven. And if you would, have open before you the carol that is the focus of our attention this evening, Away in a Manger, which you’ll find at 204 and 205; and we’ll be singing from the version and...
If you have your Bibles, we'll begin in Luke 2 at verse 8. And, if you'll open your hymnals to number 207, we will cross-reference from Luke 2 back to the hymnal again.
We've said in this series on the Songs of Christmas that it is our desire to do at least three things. One is that we want you to understand the words of these...
Turn with me now in the Scriptures to Matthew, chapter one, and we're going to read verses 18 through 25; and if you can be ambidextrous this morning, have open before you the hymn, the carol that the choir sang so beautifully (but in slightly different words to the words the choir was singing), so we need the words, not in the bulletin, but in the hymnbook, of...
As we continue this evening in a series that began last Wednesday and will be running through the month of December, we're looking at well-known Christmas carols and looking at some theological reflections on these Christmas carols and allowing them to be windows into Scriptures that are also extremely well-known to us.
Two passages of Scripture come to the surface this evening. The carol in view...
Let me invite you to take your hymnals in hand ...we’ll turn to the Scriptures in just a few moments, but take your hymnals in hand and turn with me to No. 196. After the sermon today as we close our service in praise, we're going to sing the first and the fourth stanzas of Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus, those two stanzas in this hymn written by...
Now have your hymnbooks at the ready as well as the Bible, of course. We’re going to look first of all at Luke, chapter two, and I'm going to read from verse eight through to verse twenty-one. Our text is going to be Luke 2:10, but of course as this series unfolds, the window through which we want to see these particular Scriptures, narratives, concerning the birth and...
November
The Lord's Day Morning
November 28, 2004
Titus 1:5-9
“What Elders Are For”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Titus, chapter one. We’re continuing to work through these three small letters called the Pastoral Epistles, First and Second Timothy and Titus; letters written from an apostle, evangelist, pastor and theologian–Paul–to two young men who were church...
The Lord's Day Evening
November 28, 2004
Leviticus 6:24-30
“Slain Before the Lord: The Sin Offering”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Leviticus, chapter six. Last week we were looking at Leviticus 6:19-23, and at the priestly grain offering. And we saw several things in that passage of note. First of all, the emphasis on consecration:...
The Lord's Day Morning
November 28, 2004Titus 1:5-9
“What Elders Are For”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Titus, chapter one. We’re continuing to work through these three small letters called the Pastoral Epistles, First and Second Timothy and Titus; letters written from an apostle, evangelist, pastor and theologian–Paul–to two young men who were church...
Tuesday Evening
November 23, 2004
Mark 8:22-26
“Lord, I Was Blind; I Could Not See”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please turn in your Bibles to Mark's Gospel once again. We have been working our way through Mark's Gospel. We’re about half way through the Gospel, in chapter eight, and we come this evening to a little story...it's very short, it's somewhat strange. It's been something on my...
The Lord's Day Evening
November 21, 2004
Leviticus 6:19-23
“Burnt Bread: The Grain Offering” (2)
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Leviticus, chapter six, again; this time beginning in verse 19. You’ll want to allow your eyes to look back four verses over the passage that we considered last week when we first began to look...
The Lord's Day Morning
November 21, 2004Titus 1:1-4
“What an Apostle Is For”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Titus 1. We’re continuing to work our way through the Pastoral Epistles, those three letters from an apostle, pastor, elder, veteran missionary evangelist, Paul, to two young ministers of the gospel who were responsible for ministering...
Wednesday Evening
November 17, 2004
Mark 8:1-21
“No Bread”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me, if you would, to the Gospel of Mark. We are in Mark, chapter eight, and we're going to read together in a moment from Mark 8:1-21. This is the story of the feeding of the four thousand.
Just a while ago, at least in the Gospel of Mark it was...
The Lord's Day Evening
November 14, 2004
Leviticus 6:14-18
“Priestly Pay: the Priest's Portion of the Grain Offering”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Leviticus, chapter six. Tonight we will be looking again at what has been called the grain offering or the meal offering. We spent some time looking at this offering from the...