Introduction Most of you have heard of the puritan minister and Bible commentator, Matthew Henry. And whether you realize it or not, one of the reasons you’ve heard of him is because his father, Phillip Henry, sought to raise him in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. Often, whenever his children would misbehave, Phillip…
Romans 4:9-12 (ESV) 9 Is this blessing then only for the circumcised, or also for the uncircumcised? For we say that faith was counted to Abraham as righteousness. 10 How then was it counted to him? Was it before or after he had been circumcised? It was not after, but before he was circumcised. 11 He received the…
Colossians 2:8-15 (ESV) 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head…
Colossians 2:8-15 (ESV) 8 See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ. 9 For in him the whole fullness of deity dwells bodily, 10 and you have been filled in him, who is the head…
Introduction Today’s sermon is not the sermon I intended on preaching. So ignore the passage that’s in the bulletin, though we will briefly touch on that. I had planned to get us all the way through the Exodus story today, from the plagues, to the Passover, to passing through the Red Sea. But, that proved…
1 Corinthians 10:1-13 (ESV) 1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, 2 and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, 3 and all ate the same spiritual food, 4 and all drank the same spiritual drink.…
Introduction I wonder what you have been thinking as we’ve been working through this series on covenant theology and the sacraments. I hope you haven’t gotten the wrong idea. You don’t have to be reformed or agree with me on paedobaptism to be a Christian or a member of this church. In that sense, it…