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One Ransom for All: The Beautiful Scandal of God’s Universal Particularity (1...

One Ransom for All: The Beautiful Scandal of God’s Universal Particularity (1 Timothy 2:5–7) On Sunday we focused on the death and resurrection of Christ. While Psalm Sunday directs us to Christ’s...

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Two Ways to Crave: Quarreling for More vs. Contentment in Christ (1 Timothy...

Two Ways to Crave: Quarreling for More vs. Contentment in Christ (1 Timothy 6:2b–10) A. W. Tozer once said that what you think about when you think about God is the most important thing about you. In...

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The Need for Expositional Preaching (part 1)

It has been said, “There is no genuinely good preaching except exposition.” Such serious words require us to consider what expositional preaching is and why it is so important that preachers commit...

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The Need for Expositional Preaching (pt. 2): A Biblical and Theological Defense

Why is biblical exposition necessary? The simple answer is that the health of the church depends on the regular reading and preaching of God’s Word. This claim can be supported by church history, but...

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The Need for Expositional Preaching (pt. 3): Jesus was an Expositor

The Old Testament is the not the only place where we find expositional preaching. Jesus himself preached expositionally. In fact, he was more than an expositional preacher, according to John John 1:18...

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The Need for Expositional Preaching (pt. 4): Apostolic Preaching is Expositional

From the pattern of Moses and the Old Testament priests to the teaching ministry of Jesus, biblical exposition has a long track record in redemptive history. In the New Testament, the citation and...

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How Long O Lord?!? Teaching the Laodicean Church to Lament (Psalm 13)

How Long O Lord?!? Teaching the Laodicean Church to Lament The Psalms are filled with all sorts of praise and worship, yet one of the most prominent are psalms of individual and corporate laments....

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Finding the Macro-Structure of Joshua, with a Note for Expositional Preachers...

In recent years, few practices have been more fruitful for my Bible reading and preaching than (attempting to find and) discovering the structure of a biblical passage. Dave Helm and the good folks at...

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Seeing Joshua with New Eyes: Joshua, Jesus, and the Christian Life (Joshua 1)

Seeing Joshua with New Eyes: Joshua, Jesus, and the Christian Life (Joshua 1) This week we kicked off a new sermon series at our church called “Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament: A Study of the Book of...

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A Harlot’s Hope: The Gospel in One Chapter (Joshua 2)

A Harlot’s Hope: The Gospel in One Chapter (Joshua 2) Tamar and Judah. Rahab and Salmon. Ruth and Boaz. Bathsheba and David. The Church and Jesus. What do these couples have in common? They are all in...

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His Mercy is More: 10 Things about Joshua 9

After a week away from outlining the details of Joshua, we return to see in Joshua 9 ten things about God’s mercy. 1. The theme of Joshua 9 is mercy. While geographical and personal details, not to...

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His Mercy is More: God’s Surprising Kindness to Liars and Self Reliars...

His Mercy is More: God’s Surprising Kindness to Liars and Self Reliars Lies and liars. Our world is filled with them, and we often struggle to know what to do with them. This is true when are deceived,...

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The Last Battle: 10 Things About Joshua 11–12

In Joshua 11–12 we come to the close of the first section of Joshua. Here are ten things about those two chapters. 1. Joshua 11 repeats the same pattern as Joshua 10 . . . but faster. Joshua 11:1...

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Beloved, Keep the Faith: What Jesus’s Final Words Say That Joshua’s Can’t...

Beloved, Keep the Faith: What Jesus’s Final Words Say That Joshua’s Can’t (Joshua 23) (Sermon Audio) In Joshua’s penultimate chapter in Joshua, we hear a word from Joshua calling for an ultimate...

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Seeing Jesus in the Old Testament: More Than 120 Notes on the Book of Joshua

This week we finished up our series on the book of Joshua. Here is a run down of all the notes, sermon, and related resources that we put together for that marvelous book. 120 Notes on (Almost) Every...

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That You May Believe That Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God: 10 Things...

This Sunday we begin a new sermon series on the Gospel of John. As we prepare for that series here are ten things to keep in mind as we enter this incredible book. 1. John has a simple four-part...

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The First Word about the Eternal Word (John 1:1–18)

The First Word about the Eternal Word This Sunday we began a new series in the Gospel of John with a look at the first 18 verses. These verses are known as John’s Prologue, and they serve as an...

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The Light is Dawning on Those Whom God is Saving: 10 Things about John 3:1–21

For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son,  that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life. — John 3:16 — John 3:16 is a glorious diamond, but it only one...

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Eternal Perspective in a Time of Isolation: A Meditation on Psalm 90 (with...

[This is the first message in a series, Steadfast Psalms for a Scattered People] This week our church was “cancelled.” Praise around the throne of God went on unceasing, but our church didn’t gather...

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Churches Are Gathering Again: Here’s Why It Matters So Much

. . . so that through the church the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places. This was according to the eternal purpose that he has realized...

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