Jun 30, 2023 | Devotional, Sunday Sermons, Theology
This is one of the fruits of preaching through Scripture verse-by-verse: being confronted with doctrines in their context. In the exposition of Romans 8:14, I mentioned that there are only two places in Scripture where the leading of the Holy Spirit is prescriptively...
Jun 8, 2023 | Devotional, Sunday Sermons, Theology
The most controversial interpretive issue in the Book of Romans concerns the identity of the “wretched man” in chapter 7. Normally I don’t trouble you over interpretive controversies. Usually they are divided along relatively neat lines. Typically they are quite...
Apr 7, 2023 | Devotional, History, Theology
“Now is my soul troubled. And what shall I say? ‘Father, save me from this hour’? But for this purpose I have come to this hour.” — John 12:27 Good Friday is a day set aside by Christians for special observance in commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It...
Sep 14, 2022 | Devotional, Sunday Sermons
This Sunday we begin a new series in our study through the book of Romans, “Right with God” (Romans 3:21-4:25). In the first chapter of Romans, Paul announced that he is unashamed of the gospel for two fundamental and inseparable reasons. First, “it is the...
Jun 23, 2022 | Devotional, Sunday Sermons
This Sunday we begin a new series in our study through the book of Romans, “Corrupt and Culpable.” The body of this magisterial letter officially commences at 1:18. Here, we encounter some of the most devasting words in all Scripture. But they are intended...
Jun 2, 2022 | Devotional, Sunday Sermons
If you are in Christ, you are beloved of God—a defining, life-changing, and all-encompassing reality that surpasses finite comprehension and calculation. The apostle Paul addresses the Christians in Rome as “beloved of God,” referring to them as people distinguished...