Today’s Sunday School focused on how we can know God, where we pondered the question whether it’s truly possible to think God’s thoughts after Him. Coming out of the last three lessons, we defined true human freedom, or, freedom of will as the “ability to do good,” and then we dug into the Scriptural support…
INTRODUCTION When the entirety of the Pauline Corpus is considered, perhaps the pinnacle of Paul’s theological thought in relation to the nature of the divine Son is found in his Epistle to the Philippians. In chapter two of the Epistle, the apostle engages in a theological testimonial of the Son via his use of…
For those who are unaware of the textual variant in Luke 23:34, namely, “Father forgive them for they do not know what they are doing,” a sentence which is not found in some of the older manuscripts, I have provided some textual information below along with a video on this verse. Updated Variant LK 23.34 (PDF)…
Yesterday I preached on the 4th Commandment and spoke to the issue that the Sabbath rest, which is still ongoing, is an invitation for God’s covenant people to commune with Him in His victory and glory due to His ongoing accomplishment in creation and redemption. What a precious Commandment that is really more like Gospel than it…
In today’s Sunday School we spoke to the issue of God’s Necessary and Free Knowledge. Other topics were addressed as well, including issues regarding possibility and conceivability and God’s creation via His self contained nature. Here’s the MP’3 – Sunday School 3_17_13
Just a short note. Yesterday evening I was doing some sermon prep on the Fourth Commandment and our ongoing obligation to keeping the Sabbath (in the Christian sense), when I came across an article which read in part; True Christians are Anti-War A fundamental, foundational tenet of our belief is opposition to carnal warfare. Of…
This week in Sunday School, we picked up where we left off in speaking about God’s foreknowledge and human, moral responsibility. This week, we shifted from the simple foreknowledge view to God’s foreordination of all events, which is why He knows the future and human history of what will actually take place. This was a…
Today’s Sunday School lesson dealt with God’s exhaustive foreknowledge and man’s moral responsibility. What I attempted to demonstrate today was multi-fold. First, if God knows a future event, and if He knows it perfectly, than it is a necessary truth that the event will come to pass. Meaning, the event’s certainty is tied to the perfect nature…
On Feb. 10 I preached on the 6th Commandment. I was just getting over a bad cold, so, my voice was not exactly up to par. Nevertheless, I pray that you here in this sermon the ring of truth in regards to our Lord’s law. As always, I have attempted to explain the Commandment from…
Last Sunday’s sermon was on the 2nd Commandment, which I explained predominantly from its Ancient Near Eastern context. I pray that you are edified and that this sermon helps to explain the depth of our Lord’s law. THE IMAGE OF YAHWEH GOD: THE 2ND COMMANDMENT
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