Resources on Baptism
Paul's great concern, his burden, is to help strengthen the faith of the Colossians. The Colossians have been under some pressure from false teaching that has crept into their church. And so in verse 6, you'll see he urges them to, having received Christ, to "walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him, established in the faith, just as they had been taught." He wants them to...
The Lord's Day Morning
May 17, 2009
Baptism Sunday
Luke 5:12-26
“Healing and Forgiving”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
Dr. Duncan: As we prepare to worship, let me invite you to take your hymnals in hand and turn to No. 34. Our opening hymn is going to be The God of Abraham Praise, and it's a perfect hymn for Baptism Sunday because it reminds us of the...
The Lord's Day Morning
March 22, 2009
Luke 3:21-22
“Jesus’ Baptism”
Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III
Both Matthew and Mark record the baptism of Jesus Interestingly, Luke's account of the baptism is shorter than both Matthew and Mark. It is not surprising that it's shorter than Matthew. It's perhaps surprising that it's shorter than Mark. Mark typically is pretty quick and to the point as he recounts history,...
The Lord's Day Evening
February 8, 2009Nehemiah 12:27-47
“Dedication Service”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Now turn with me once again to the book of Nehemiah, as we come to the penultimate study in Ezra and Nehemiah. There's one more to go in chapter 13. Tonight our reading is in chapter 12, and it begins at verse 27. And then if you turn back to chapter 6...
The Lord's Day Evening
May 6, 2007
Acts 18:18-28
To the Ends of the Earth
Priscilla, Aquila, and Apollos”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. Now turn with me to The Acts of The Apostles, and we pick up the reading once again in the eighteenth chapter of Acts. We left Paul last week in the great and extremely important city of Corinth, and tonight we're...
The Lord's Day Evening April 17, 2005
Mark 10:13-16 “Children!”
Dr. Derek W. H. Thomas
Please be seated. Now, just in case you were wondering why we were singing a Christmas carol–I love it when we sing these Christmas carols out of season!–of course, it's a reminder that our blessed Lord and Savior became incarnate, and became an infant and a little child. And our theme this evening,...
Now turn with me once again to the Gospel of Mark, and we pick up the reading this evening in Mark 1:9, and we’ll be reading through to verse 13. Before we read the Scriptures together, let's come before God together in prayer. Let's pray.
Holy Spirit, we come and ask again that You would breathe an...
Living in Christ Romans 6:8-14
If you have your Bibles, Id invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 6. As you do so, I want to remind you of a fact that may catch you off guard. For six and a half chapters, the apostle Paul has been writing to us about various things. If you notice, that not one time has he told you do...
United to Christ Romans 6:1-7
If you have your Bibles, Id invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 6. Weve been working our way through this great book, and in Gods good providence we come to a wonderful passage, which stresses the resurrection of our Savior and its implications for us. We remind you that in Romans, chapter 5, verse 20, if you want to sneak...
We continue our study of the gospel of Matthew today. If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Matthew 19. In Matthew 19, the Lord Jesus is teaching us about the nature of the kingdom, the character of the kingdom that He is preaching in, bringing in, and He focuses especially on three subjects, marriage, children and possessions. Last week we considered Jesus'...