During the last meal Jesus shared with his disciples before his death, a fight broke out. The disciples were arguing over who was the greatest. Jesus stepped into the dispute with a question, "Who is the greater, one who sits at the table to be...
This past Sunday we looked at Luke 22, which begins with the planning of the death of Jesus. This began our approach to Good Friday and Easter. You can hear the message here. In the message I said that the planning of the death of Jesus...
| The Fullness of Time "But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son." Galatians 4:4 Why did the incarnation take place when it didprobably by our reckoning in 5 BC, about a year before the death of Herod the Great in 4 BC? Some two thousand years had passed since God called Abraham and promised through his family to bless all the families of the world. Why, then, did such a long time elapse between the promise and its fulfillment? Paul affirmed that God sent his Son "when the appointed time came" (Gal. 4:4, REB), but he gave no hint how the appointed time had been fixed. |
Originally posted on December 23, 2010 Bethlehem "She gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn." Luke 2:7 It is Luke who tells us the...
Originally posted on December 22, 2010 Mary's Submission "I am the Lord's servant," Mary answered. "May it be to me as you have said." Luke 1:38 "The first and most indisputable fact about the birth of Jesus," wrote Bishop John A. T. Robinson, "is that...
Originally posted on December 21, 2010 I hope these readings will help you focus your mind on Jesus and consecrate your heart to him during this Christmas season. Glory to God in the Highest, Scott The Virgin Birth "The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of...
Originally posted on December 20, 2010 I hope these readings will help you focus your mind on Jesus and consecrate your heart to him during this Christmas season. Glory to God in the Highest, Scott Mary's Song "My soul glorifies the Lord and my spirit rejoices in God my...
Originally posted on December 19, 2010 Dear Congregation, Join me this Christmas week in private and family worship. This Christmas I plan to let John Stott guide be through the narrative of the birth of Jesus in the Gospel According to Luke. I invite you...
Originally posted on October 29, 2010 I made the point in the sermon that we fight our temptations just as Jesus did, with the Scripture. Jesus quoted from Scripture to resist the devil, but he also had the entire storyline of the...
