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Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Evangelism Moved by Love
Having begun praying and preparing for October 11th’s sermon on evangelism from John 3:16, here are two quotes to share with you.
As we ponder the depths of “the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God”, knowing that His judgments are unsearchable and his ways are inscrutable (Romans 11:33), here is a quote from evangelist D.L. Moody (it is found with various wordings) : “Written on the outside of the gate of heaven are the words, ‘Whosoever will may come.’ and on the other side of the gate, which you can read from the inside, is written: ‘Chosen before the foundation of the world.’”
And being deeply affected by the greatness of the love of God that moved Him to give and send His Son, I am challenged to love lost people as Christ did and does. “Love: ‘The steady directing of the human will toward the eternal well-being of another.’”
“For God so LOVED the world, that He GAVE His only Son, that whoever BELIEVES in Him should not PERISH but HAVE eternal life” John 3:16.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Why We Believe in Preaching
Last Sunday morning we focused on Mark #1 of healthy churches— Expositional Preaching. Here are several reminders of why we believe in preaching at Rocky:
“So faith comes from hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ.” Romans 10:17
“Of His [the Father’s] will He brought us forth by the word of truth, that we should be a kind of firstfruits of His creatures.” James 1:18
“Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.” John 17:17
Thanks for praying for the preaching during the 9 Marks series, and for participating in LIFE groups, too!
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Blog: Between Two Worlds
Post: Be Like David, Not Like Mike
Link: http://theologica.blogspot.com/2009/09/be-like-david-not-like-mike.html
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Christ Is Our Life
The introductory or foundational sermon I preached on August 30th, in preparation for the 9 Marks of a Healthy Church series (commencing on Sept. 13), is entitled “Christ Is Our Life”, from Colossians 3:1-17. The first point of that sermon is: The church’s identity is wrapped up in Christ!
The church is people—not a building or collection of programs—who have been radically transformed by the life-giving power of God and are being transformed into the likeness of His Son (cf. Romans 8:29; 2 Cor. 3:18).
The church is people:
- who “have been raised with Christ” (Col. 3:1; also 2:11-13)
- who are dead and alive… “for you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God” (verse 3). See also Romans 6:1-8.
- for whom Christ is life… “When Christ who is your life appears…” (verse 4)
- for whom “Christ is all, and in all” (verse 11). Barriers, biases, prejudices, and hatreds are all wiped in Christ because He is in all!
- Who are “God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved” (verse 12). We are God’s “called out ones”—ekklesia—because of God’s kindness and mercy toward us (Ephesians 1:3-7 and 22-23).
Here is our identity. We are Christ’s when we are in Him! And with these things being true of us—raised with Him, dead to sin and alive in Him, chosen in Him—and because He is our very life and our all, our response is HUMILITY before God.
Humility, with no room for pride. This came to me as I read a quote from John Piper’s sermon at Bethlehem Baptist Church last Sunday. You may read that quote in the link below.
Blog: Between Two Worlds
Post: Gospel Humility
Link: http://theologica.blogspot.com/2009/09/gospel-humility.html
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