How to Listen to a Sermon (Luke 8:4-14;18)

Since God has given us ears to hear, we should pay careful attention to how we hear him through his word being preached.   1. Expect God to speak to us. “The preacher stands in the great tradition of prophets and apostles who spoke the word of God. Unlike them,...

Amazed That We are Saved (Ephesians 2:1-6)

I. “AND YOU WERE DEAD…” – our hopeless predicament apart from Christ (2:1-3). In the sphere which matters most, “they have no life… They are blind to the glory of Jesus Christ, and deaf to the voice of the Holy Spirit. They have no love for God, no sensitive awareness...

Jesus Came to Save Us

1. Jesus appeared repulsive. “The Servant’s sufferings brought such a disfigurement that those who saw said not, ‘Is this he?’ but ‘Is this human?’ —J. Alec Motyer 2. Jesus was despised. 3. Jesus was crushed for our iniquities. 4. Jesus...

Consider God

Since God is at work in all things, it is good for us to fear God in all things. 1. God is at work in both the good days and the bad days (13-14). “There is a certain train or course of events, by the providence of God, falling to every one of us during our life in...