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Abounding Grace
Passage: Romans 5:18-21 This morning we turn to the final verses of Romans 5. After today I am going to push the pause button and take a break from Romans for a while. As has been my practice for all my years of preaching, I will do a series of sermons for Advent. Then as […]
The Tale of Two Adams
Passage: Romans 5:12-17 Paul has been speaking at great length about our being reconciled to God through faith in Christ whereby we receive His imputed righteousness and are saved by His life. All this talk of justification, reconciliation, and salvation leads Paul to bring up what makes all that necessary, namely our fall, our sin, […]
Thy Will Be Done
Scripture Texts: Matthew 6:9-10; John 4:34; 5:19, 30-31 Have you ever had to deal with a strong-willed child? How many of you were that strong-willed child? Any body here want to confess to still being a strong-will child? It’s worse than you think. We actually live on a strong-willed planet. All our trouble started with the […]
The Extravagance of God’s Love
Passage: Romans 5:6-11 Last week Paul spoke of the love of God that has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us (5:5). Now he shows us the extravagance of this love, how over the top lavish it is. There has never been a display of this kind […]
Joyful In Suffering
Passage: Romans 5:1-5 Rejoice in our sufferings. Could Paul have said anything more unamerican? Who wants to rejoice in our sufferings? What could be more counter-intuitive? Who would be so crazy as to put those two words together in the same sentence? Rejoice and suffering. Isn’t that an oxymoron? You know, like act naturally, deafening […]
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Scripture Texts: Matthew 6:9; Ezekiel 36:22-23 Today is Reformation Sunday, the Sunday before October 31, the day credited with marking the beginning of the Reformation in 1517. On this occasion we celebrate the providential goodness of God for the history and heritage that is ours because of His great grace. This evening I want to focus […]