Okay, so I admit I may have brought you here under false pretenses. This is not a post to reminisce upon the iconic Southern rock song with the world’s longest guitar solo. However, the concept of “free bird” is found in the Gospel of Matthew. If you have read Matthew, no doubt you recognize hisContinueContinue reading ““Free Bird”: Lynyrd Skynyrd, Leviticus, and the Leper”
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The Canned Gospel
If you were to present the gospel in two or three minutes, what would you say? In many Reformed circles today, I believe our mental Bible dictionaries probably have this entry: gos·pel [gos-puhl] noun. Definition — justification by faith alone. Certainly this is a part of the good news, but is that the whole of it?ContinueContinue reading “The Canned Gospel”
Self-Actualization: Allow Me to Illustrate…
Illustrations are a great thing. They spice up the sermon; they further explain your point; they add rhetorical punch. However, they are just that—illustrations. The orator is the master, and the illustration is the slave, not vice versa. It is the speaker’s job to determine whether an illustration, analogy, or story fits the points theyContinueContinue reading “Self-Actualization: Allow Me to Illustrate…”
Salvation Is Not and Never Has Been Easy
“Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the LORD your God did for you in EgyptContinueContinue reading “Salvation Is Not and Never Has Been Easy”
Andrew Fuller on The Broad and Narrow Way
Here are some apt words from the “Elephant of Kettering”; concerning Matthew 7:13-14, he writes– Our Lord now proceeds to set before his hearers life and death, exhorting them to choose life. From the whole of what he had advanced, it must appear that the way of the world was broad, and that his ownContinueContinue reading “Andrew Fuller on The Broad and Narrow Way”
“Paraphrasers Be Lazy…I Mean, Crazy!”
As I sat at my desk this week struggling with a two letter particle in the text of Matthew 7, I thought to myself, “Gee whiz, if only I could just paraphrase!” Couldn’t I just make it a whole lot easier for myself to simply read the Greek text, glean the basic idea behind the words, and useContinueContinue reading ““Paraphrasers Be Lazy…I Mean, Crazy!””
Stripped of His “Metals” and Left for Dead
“And Moses stripped Aaron of his garments and put them on Eleazar his son. And Aaron died there on the top of the mountain” (Numbers 20:28). What a sad end to a tumultuous journey as the LORD’s anointed priest. Aaron, the man meant to intercede before God for the people, was deemed unworthy to crossContinueContinue reading “Stripped of His “Metals” and Left for Dead”
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