The Serious Nature of Sinful Partiality
James 2:8-13 Turn in your Bibles to James, chapter 2, James, chapter 2. And this morning we’re going to be finishing up this fairly long section of James’ instruction when it comes to the sin of partiality. This will be the third sermon that I’ve done, the third sermon from this section; and if you remember, in the first one we just kind of introduced the issue. We just looked at verse 1. We defined what sinful partiality is a…
God’s Grace to Miserable Mankind
Romans 3:21-26 It is wonderful to be back again this morning with you all. Last week we would begin two-part miniseries looking at the sinfulness of man and the righteousness of God. This morning is what we’ll get to out of Romans chapter 3. So, if you’re not there, go ahead and turn with me to Romans chapter 3. And last week, we looked at verses 9 to 20, which was Paul’s picture of miserable mankind. And Paul painted a…
Paul’s Portrait of Miserable Mankind
Romans 3:9-20 Today and next week we’re gonna be in Romans chapter 3. So if you’re not there already, please turn there in, in, your Bibles. And my prayer, as we look at these verses the next couple weeks, my prayer is that we would have just a reinvigorated, a renewed appreciation for the salvation provided for us in Jesus Christ. Just to like in that song we just sang, highlighting our sinfulness in contrast to what our Savior has…
Correcting our Perspective on Partiality
James 2:2-7 Today we come to a section that would maybe be a little odd normally for a one-off sermon, but it is in the kind providence of God, it actually fits quite nicely with where Travis was last week at the end of Luke 20 and the beginning of Luke 21, in that excellent sermon that you should go listen to if you have not heard it yet. But if you remember, last week Travis talked about in his…
A Litmus Test of True Religion
Luke 20:45-21:4 Turn in your Bibles to Luke 20 and verse 45, and we are at the end of this amazing chapter, a chapter that has really been marked by controversy and conflict, and yet has been so instructive and useful and beneficial for us. But we are turning the page from chapter 20 into chapter 21 today. And in the text before us, it’s a text that gives us a litmus test of sorts, kind of an unlikely litmus…
The Fullness of God’s Grace
John 1:14-18 Well, Merry Christmas everyone. It’s really good to see all your smiling faces, all dressed up in your Christmas best this morning. It’s such a joy to be together on this day as we anticipate Christmas celebrations tomorrow, enjoying that time with family and friends or neighbors and whoever the Lord brings to your table, and hope that what we talk about today will be filled with depth of meaning and understanding about what Christmas really means. Certainly,…
The Riddle of the Christ
Luke 20:41-44 Well, we come now to a what really is a climactic point in our study of the Gospel of Luke, and I’d like to invite you to turn your Bibles to Luke chapter 20, end of the chapter, verse 41. Luke 20:41 to 44 is our text for this morning and this text is really a rare and precious jewel, a unique jewel in the treasure chest of Christology; the doctrine, the biblical doctrine of Christ. It’s in…
Assurance in Dealing with Sin
1 John 1:8–2:2
Sons of the Resurrection
Luke 20:34-40 Well, we are in Luke 20 this morning, and in our study as we come to the text, we find Jesus fending off yet another attack, and this time from the Sadducees. We started into this text last week, and by God’s grace we’ll finish it up this morning. As I looked at my notes this morning, I realized I could have cut this into another half. So that’s three halves. Three sermons could have done that, but…