Tag: jesus
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Sermon: Behold The Lamb! Easter 2014
I preached the following sermon at Stonebrook Church, Easter 2014. You can listen to the audio on the Stonebrook Web site. 1 Corinthians 15:1–4 (ESV) Now I would remind you, brothers, of the gospel I preached to you, which you received, in which you stand, 2 and by which you are being saved, if you hold…
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Children, Jesus, Superheroes, Depravity, and The Gospel
My reformissionary brother Steve set a small corner of the Internet on fire the other day with this tweet: Teach your children they are broken. Deeply broken. — Steve McCoy (@stevekmccoy) July 1, 2013 This set off a chain of tweets, Facebook messages, and blog posts, from alleged Christians who called him abusive or worse.…
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Sermon: Luke 15 – Prodigal
The following are my speakers’ notes from a message I gave at The Rock on November 17, 2010. It will make far more sense if you use these along with the audio of the message. Download the MP3 Listen to the streaming audio This man eats with sinners! 15:1 Now the tax collectors and sinners…
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Irresistible Grace, an imperfect parable, take 2
After my last mediation on the nature of irresistible grace, I decided to take a second shot at illustrating this magnificent doctrine of Grace. So, here goes: Eight year old David opened slowly opened his eyes, shutting them tight again from the ache of the harsh florescent light. Turning over in the creaky metal bed,…
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The Central Message of the Scriptures
I am currently taking a course on the unity of scripture and the biblical world view offered by BILD called “Covenants”. It is an exciting class in which we strive to discover how the two testaments of the Bible fit together. The third assignment for the class was to take a first crack at writing…