salvation
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Everyone has quirks. One of mine (although I don’t think it is a quirk) is that I don’t let my gas tank drop below half full. My Dad never did and taught me to do the same. It leaves more available miles and normally makes filling up more affordable. That’s a tough one with today’s…
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If you could ask God for anything, what would it be? Each of us would probably have a list about a mile long that we would have to narrow down. In Kings 3, we see that young Solomon, son of David, who was becoming the king of Israel was asked by God this very thing.…
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When you think about the gospel, what do you think of? When you think of God’s grace, what do you think of? I believe that when we think of one we should think of the other. The two are a package deal. It is God’s grace that saves us through the gospel of the Lord…
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Growth. This issue is still at the frontlines of the battles of the theological world and debates about how to grow as Christians and, on a bigger scale, local churches. What is growth? Can it really be measured? I would argue that it can, but the issue I see is that we have been taught…
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For the twelfth and final time we turn to Isa. 53. These twelve weeks have challenged me as a believer, a pastor, and an expositor. This passage could be compared to the Marianas Trench in that it plums the depths of the truth of the gospel of Jesus Christ as it dives into the depths…
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Today, we begin the final stanza of the fourth and final Servant Song of Isaiah. Isa. 52:13-53:12 acts as a Bible in miniature. The eternal story of redemption is recorded in these five stanzas. It is the eternal exclamation and explanation of the person and work of the Lord Jesus Christ. Eternity is contained within…
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We have a hard time with fairness. It is in the heart of man to desire to be treated fairly, yet we aren’t so concerned about how we mistreat others when we think that we have a self-justification. Everyone, myself included, wants to be treated fairly by others. In our study of the fourth Servant…
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Last week we introduced the idea of cross examination in the courtroom setting. In our study of Isa. 53:4-6, we previously examined the cross to see the centrality and lethality of the cross. Today, we will see the legality of the cross. Many of us, myself included, are not overly knowledgeable of legal proceedings. If…
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During court proceedings, both parties are able to do what is called cross-examination. This is the opportunity for each defendant and plaintiff to cross-examine the arguments that have been presented against them with questions that are aimed to disprove the opponent’s testimony or to establish facts in one’s own favor. In the cosmic courtroom, we…
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There are five stanzas in this fourth and final “Servant Song” of Isaiah. We have been studying Isaiah 52:13-53:12 which is perhaps the greatest chapter in the Old Testament. It has been said that if all God gave to us in our Bible was Isaiah that we would still have a whole Bible. We have…
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