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Author: admin

An Unleavened Batch

Do you remember when I said last week that I cringe when people say we should become the New Testament church? And that the reason I cringed is because the New Testament church was such a mess? Well, this morning’s passage is even more cringe-worthy than what Paul has addressed …

All Things Are Yours

Isn’t it amazing—and tragic—when worldly values such as prestige or who is more important creeps into the family of Christ? But it’s ever been so, hasn’t it? Even Jesus’ inner circle, the twelve disciples whom he personally called, could be worldly at times.[1] At one point James and John came …

Oneness in Christ

As we continue in our study of I Corinthians this morning, we’re going to see a sharp pivot in tone from Paul following his introduction and greeting last week when we saw Paul’s gracious embrace of this church as he extended them God’s grace and peace and assured them of …

Called into Fellowship

Though we’ve only just finished celebrating the coming of our Lord Christ into the world in the form of baby Jesus in a manger, I’ve begun to look ahead to Easter. When I saw that the common lectionary I’ve been using to guide my sermon passages had turned to I …

All Things New

Last week we considered the first chapter in John’s Gospel as he wrote about the Word—Christ, the Messiah—who was with God in the beginning, was God, and whose glory was beheld in the person of Jesus. We also saw how all of the writers of the Gospels—not only John, but …

How Great Our Joy!

For a prophet whom God called to preach judgment to a disobedient nation in the hopes that they might repent, as we’ve seen these past few weeks Isaiah sure mingled in a whole lot of hope and joy with his warnings! And this morning is no exception. This hope and …

The Living Stump of Jesse

As we considered the second chapter in Isaiah last week, we saw how the vision he was given was for “the last days,” a Messianic age of peace when not only Jews but even Gentiles would seek to come to the mountain of the Lord, to learn his will that …

Let Us Walk in the Light

Since it’s been a while since we’ve considered the book of Isaiah, I’ll begin this morning with a few reminders about who he was and what the LORD called him to prophesy about. Isaiah lived from around 740–681 BC. The general theme of his writing is “Yahweh Saves!” and even …