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Why did God face the problem of needing to give a public vindication of his righteousness?

March 4, 2012

Dr. John Piper preached through a sermon series on the book of Romans that spanned eight and a half years, and has preached 15 messages just from Chapter 3 of Romans! Here is a portion of one, “God Vindicated His Righteousness in the Death of Christ” that relates directly to Psalm 51 which we read today … More Why did God face the problem of needing to give a public vindication of his righteousness?

Civil Obedience and Spiritual Obedience

March 4, 2012

And Jesus said to them, “Whose likeness and inscription is this?” They said, “Caesar’s.” Then he said to them, “Therefore render to Caesar the things that are Caesar’s, and to God the things that are God’s.” When they heard it, they marveled. And they left him and went away. (Matthew 22:20-22 ESV) J.C.Ryle: The principle … More Civil Obedience and Spiritual Obedience

Don’t Waste Your Retirement

March 4, 2012

In our read-through-the-Bible passage for today, we read in Numbers 8 And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, “This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting. And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw … More Don’t Waste Your Retirement

YES to His Dress

March 3, 2012

In Matthew 22:1-14, our Bible reading passage for today, we read a parable about a wedding feast. There are many things we can glean from this parable, but I was struck with the last few verses. So the wedding hall was filled with guests. “But when the king came in to look at the guests, he saw … More YES to His Dress

God, hungry??

March 3, 2012

“If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world and its fullness are mine. —Psalm 50:12 ESV C.H.Spurgeon comments, in the Treasury of David: Strange conception, a hungry God! Yet if such an absurd ideal could be truth, and if the Lord hungered for meat, he would not ask it of … More God, hungry??

What About People Who Haven’t Been Reached With the Gospel?

March 2, 2012

For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth. For what can be known about God is plain to them, because God has shown it to them. For his invisible attributes, namely, his eternal power and divine nature, have been … More What About People Who Haven’t Been Reached With the Gospel?

The Cornerstone: it was the Lord’s doing

March 2, 2012

Pastor John Piper, in a message on Matthew 21, “The Marvelous Rising of a Rejected Stone” Jesus’ Word in Matthew 21:42 The word of the Lord is found in Matthew 21:42 at the end of the parable of the wicked tenants. The owner of the vineyard had sent servants to get fruit from the tenants. They … More The Cornerstone: it was the Lord’s doing

Dangerous holiness

March 2, 2012

The ESV Study Bible says this about our passage in Numbers today (Chapters 3-4) This chapter again shows preparations being made for the march into Canaan. It underlines once again the dangerous holiness of God: he cannot be approached casually. It also emphasizes the importance of the ministry of the Levites, who make possible the … More Dangerous holiness

Everything Paul touches in this letter he relates to God.

March 1, 2012

John Piper comments in the introductory message in his series on Romans: So, verse one may look like it is about the author of the letter; but behind every phrase is Someone far greater. God bought him by the death of his Son, God called him to be an apostle (Galatians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 1:1), … More Everything Paul touches in this letter he relates to God.

Immense encouragement for repentance

March 1, 2012

J. C. Ryle states- Let us observe in these verses, what immense encouragement our Lord holds out to those who repent.We see this strikingly brought out in the parable of the two sons. Both were told to go and work in their father’s vineyard. One son, like the profligate publicans, for some time flatly refused obedience, … More Immense encouragement for repentance

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Why did God face the problem of needing to give a public vindication of his righteousness?

Civil Obedience and Spiritual Obedience

Don’t Waste Your Retirement

YES to His Dress

God, hungry??

What About People Who Haven’t Been Reached With the Gospel?

The Cornerstone: it was the Lord’s doing

Dangerous holiness

Everything Paul touches in this letter he relates to God.

Immense encouragement for repentance