Pastor Coty Pinckney in a sermon, “The King and His Kingdom” comments: Jesus enters the synagogue on a Sabbath, takes the Isaiah scroll, and unrolls it to what we call chapter 61. Note that this section of Isaiah is about the Kingdom of God. Consider the verses that immediately precede what Jesus read: Violence shall … More “already/not yet”
Coty Pinckney makes this very interesting observation regarding Luke 3 and 4: Most written accounts of a person’s life would put the genealogy right at the beginning – like the Gospel of Matthew. Again like Matthew, most often the genealogy will start with the ancestor and work forward to the subject of the account. But … More An intentional contrast
Coty Pinckney, in a sermon, “A Time for Grace, a Time for Judgment” In today’s text, [1 Kings 13-14] we see that God does not zap Jeroboam after he creates the golden calves. Instead, God reaches out to Jeroboam, in a way that has many parallels with His reaching out to David by Nathan the … More Rejecting Grace
In 1 Kings 12, we read that after Jeroboam joins the people, they ask King Rehoboam to “lighten the hard service of your father and his heavy yoke on us, and we will serve you.” (vs 4) Notice that they don’t ask that he end it altogether, just that he lessen the load. If he does, … More A turn of events from the LORD
Coty Pinckney asks us to consider Ephesians 4:15- but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into Him, who is the head, even Christ, Paul tells us we are to speak the truth in love, and this will lead to growth. If you look at the original language, … More “Truthing” in love…
Coty Pinckney on Psalm 119, “Knowing and Loving God Through His Word”- We could look at any of a number of verses here, but let’s focus on verses 33-37: 33 Teach me, O LORD, the way of your statutes; and I will keep it to the end. The psalmist’s first request is for God to … More What Does the Psalmist Ask Because He Loves the Word?
Coty Pinckney asks: What is the most difficult truth in all Scriptures for us to believe? Some might suggest the incarnation, an infinite, all-powerful God becoming a finite man. Some others might suggest the trinity: God is one, but there are three distinct persons in the Godhead. Both of these truths challenge our understanding; they … More The Most Difficult Truth in the Bible
Mark 16:6-76 And he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He has risen; he is not here. See the place where they laid him. 7 But go, tell his disciples and Peter that he is going before you to Galilee. There you will see him, just as he told … More He’s already kept the HARD promise….
Coty Pinckney comments: Pilate knows Jesus is innocent, and all things being equal would prefer not to execute an innocent man. So he tries to come up with an excuse for letting Him off, without having simply to decide for Himself that He should go free. Mark 15:6 Now at the feast he used to … More An innocent madman?
Coty Pickney, in a sermon on 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, “Boasting in Weakness” Here Paul says, “They are very foolish to have a boastful confidence, to be proud of themselves in a worldly way. But please, given that you have foolishly listened to them – even though they are enslaving you! – bear with me as … More So…you want to boast?
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