The Christmas story is the amazing fulfillment of all the promises of God to send a deliverer, a redeemer, who would save his people from the wrath of God and bring peace. Sermon Text: Luke 2:1-20 Old Testament Supporting Text: Isaiah 11:1-10
Monthly Archives: December 2006
Atheism, Richard Dawkins, and “The God Delusion†(part 1 of 8): Blood on Our Hands
December 26, 2006 – 6:55 am
Here we begin an eight-part series discussing this best-selling book by acknowledging that professing Christians are much to blame for the kinds of critiques Dawkins levies against theism. If we forsake orthodoxy, or if we keep it but trivialize it; if we say we believe something that we don’t think is true, or if we […]
The Tattoo Redo
December 19, 2006 – 5:49 am
Have you been pierced or inked? Are you artistic or are you simply defacing your body? Does God have anything to say about it? Lots of questions with some at least mildly interesting debate about the answers on this recut of a show on body piercing and tattoos.
Pentecost
December 19, 2006 – 5:49 am
Christ now pours out His Spirit, reversing the Babel disaster and empowering His church to be His instrument to recreate the fallen human race. Acts 2:1-21
Hope of the Gentiles
December 18, 2006 – 1:44 pm
God makes it very clear that the Law is powerless to help us obey and be right with him. Foolishly, most people still try to be good so that they may impress God and earn reward. Jesus declares that as Lord of the Sabbath, he has the power to bring the true rest which the […]
Jesus in the Hands of Angry Sinners
December 17, 2006 – 7:58 pm
The Jews and Romans conspire against Jesus and in the process demonstrate His innocence. Old Testament Lesson: Isaiah 52:13-53:12 Sermon Text: Luke 22:66-23:25
On to Glory
December 11, 2006 – 4:13 pm
Paul tells us that not only are we objects of God’s mercy, but we are a dwelling place of the Holy Spirit. The promises made to the prophets of restoration and renewal of all creation are being executed in us today. But there is even more. All things are made to work together for our […]
Jesus Betrayed, Denied and Mocked
December 10, 2006 – 6:16 pm
In the context of extreme humiliation, Jesus prays to the Father as a man in absolute agony. Jesus’ suffering is redemptive. Old Testament Text: Isaiah 42:1-9 Sermon Text: Luke 22:39-65
The Christian Mind – Part 2
December 10, 2006 – 6:16 pm
Psalm 119 argues that the Christian must store God’s Word in his heart. Part and parcel of this argument is the necessity to meditate on God’s Word. To meditate on God’s Word or to think theologically is very countercultural in our present age. Nevertheless, it must be done in order to combat the influences of […]
Why So Unpleasant?
December 10, 2006 – 6:16 pm
Doesn’t Luke know better than to start the triumphant tale of the early church’s expansion with the disheartening story of a suicidal reprobate? Apparently he knows this unpleasant story is exactly what we need to hear right at the beginning of Acts. Acts 1:12-26
God Reveals Himself
December 10, 2006 – 6:16 pm
The true God reveals Himself in two ways: indirectly through the world He has made, and directly through His Word. Knowledge of God is not arbitrary but bound by His own revelation, and therefore treating His Word properly is of the utmost importance. Belgic Confession Article 2 Psalm 19
But What about the Children?
December 10, 2006 – 6:16 pm
61% of kids active in youth groups–that’s right, SIXTY-ONE PERCENT–are not found in church as adults. Questions like, “What is a better model for youth ministry, how can we improve it and make it more substantial?” or “What is a Reformed youth ministry model?” are trumped by the right question, “Where in the world did […]
Sons and Heirs
December 5, 2006 – 1:33 pm
The high calling of the Christian is not to go and impose legalistic constraints on everyone he meets, but to love his God and heavenly Father, who has adopted him in Jesus Christ to be a his sons and daughters, and heirs. This new position and life is our great joy, but will also be […]
The Christian Mind
December 5, 2006 – 4:24 am
The Scriptures explicitly and implicitly say that Christians must use their minds. Many Christians today, however, are loathe to do the hard work of thinking. But without using the mind, Christians cannot engage the world in which they live and cannot grow in their faith. Scripture Lesson: Colossians 3:1-17
Satanic Attack
December 5, 2006 – 4:23 am
Under satanic attack, Jesus remains faithful to the Father even though His closest companions fail Him. New Testament Lesson: Luke 22:1-38 Old Testament Lesson: Exodus 12:1-20
The Haggard Debacle – Part Two
December 4, 2006 – 2:44 pm
How should we react to the fall of Ted Haggard? In this second show of two, we ask if a true Christian can struggle with sin, especially the sin of homosexuality. We also think about how the church should face the “homosexual issue” in our culture.
God
December 4, 2006 – 11:58 am
We do not believe in any given god, but only in the true God as He has revealed Himself in His Word. His glory is in one sense beyond description, so we are left with Him coming down to our level to tell us the truth about Himself; and even at that, we can only […]
The Time In-Between
December 4, 2006 – 11:58 am
Jesus exercises His power and authority as He extends the multinational New Covenant church in Luke’s second volume, Acts. Christ’s instructions to the disciples prepare them and us for doing church and living life between the first coming of our Lord and the second. Acts 1:1-11
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