Teaching

Teaching

Gifts from a Reconciling God

2 Corinthians 5:18-21 Well, we now come to the preaching of the Word, and it’s our time in our worship service where his Word is opened, explained, and exhorted. So we’re going to do that from 2 Corinthians chapter 5, 2 Corinthians chapter 5, and we’ll be looking at verses 18 to 21. There’s nothing like the delight and glow on someone’s face when giving them even a small or simple gift, when you’ve thought about that gift for a…

Fuel for a Faithful Life

2 Corinthians 5:11-17 We now come to the preaching of the Word of God, and so take your copy of God’s Word and turn to 2 Corinthians 5. 2 Corinthians 5, and last week we were encouraged as we gazed toward glory and all the marvelous future realities with present implications. And this week we’re going to be equipped and motivated to please our great God. And so we’re going to be in verses 11 through 17 today. 2 Corinthians…

Gazing toward Glory

2 Corinthians 5:1-10 We’ve come to the preaching of God’s Word. And so take your copy of the Word of God and turn to 2 Corinthians and we’re going to be in chapter 5, 2 Corinthians, and chapter 5. And while you’re turning there, you could think of chapter 5 as a giant Sequoia tree. And our privilege over the next three weeks is to see if we can digest this chapter in manageable portions so that by the end…

Helping through Prayer

2 Corinthians 1:8-11 It is a joy to have this holy privilege and opportunity to bring the word to you this morning. And the text that we’re going to be in today is in the 2 Corinthians. If you want to turn there, we’re going to be in 2 Corinthians chapter 1. And I’m just going to begin reading where we covered the last time I preached, starting in verse 3, and we’re going to go all the way through…

The Gracious Governance of Christ’s Peace

Colossians 3:15 Well, we are returning to the study of Paul’s letter to the Colossians, so you can turn to Colossians chapter 3, as today we consider a single verse, Colossians 3:15, “And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body, and be thankful.” Consideration of that single verse is going to occupy us for the next hour, and it’s also going to take us into our time of communion…