Category: Sermons
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The Benefits of True Repentance: Transformation by the Spirit
Being “led†by the Spirit does not only mean being “guided†by the Spirit, but that the Spirit is actually leading the Christian to put to death his sinful passions and desires. The Spirit obligates and compels the Christian to holiness. When the Spirit led Jesus into the wilderness to be tempted by Satan, the…
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A Redeemed Life is a Separated Life
God’s people are holy not only because of their godliness and righteousness, but also because they are separated and distinguished from unbelievers in their doctrine, worship and life.
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The Three Marks of a True Minister of the Gospel
In contrast to the prevailing view today of a pastor being a CEO and a team leader living comfortably with all kinds of perks and benefits from his church, Paul describes his office and his work very differently. Instead, he is well aware of the special ministry given to him by Christ. He knows his…
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Teaching Covenant Children
When parents, particularly the fathers, teach their children using catechisms, they are nurturing their covenant children into the discipline and instruction of the Lord. This is not to say that the church has no role in catechizing the children, but the primary teaching responsibility rests upon the parents.
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“Warning and Teaching Everyone with All Wisdom”
In Scotland, I never cracked a joke in the pulpit. It would not even cross my mind to try to make people laugh. That was just not done in most Reformed churches. Yet, now, the same words, said in the same way, create laughter!†~ Dr. David Murray, reflecting on the “comedy culture” in churches.
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The Lord’s Day Worship as Our Sabbath Rest
We do not enter the eternal Sabbath based on our own faulty righteous works, but based on the perfect sacrifice and righteous works of Jesus our Great High Priest, through whom we “receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need” (Heb 4:14-16).
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“Him We Proclaim”
If Scripture texts are preached in these ways, preaching becomes just a collection of nice but unrelated stories with moral lessons at the end, not much different from Aesop’s fables.
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To Make Known and to Make Mature
The Bible is not a manual for living and for helping the poor in the world. You can get the same guidelines from Confucius or Gandhi or Joyce Meyer or Joel Osteen. But these guidelines are not the gospel that Christ has promised to bring you to maturity.
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Sermon Series on the Doctrine of Preaching
Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that twe may present everyone umature in Christ.
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“I Will Build My Church”
The true gospel of Christ is seldom preached today. Instead, what do we hear? Moral lessons, interesting anecdotes, self-esteem psychology, personal testimonies, and worse, jokes, dramas, puppet shows, and other gimmicks. Thus, you who are in these kinds of churches are denied the hearing of the true gospel, and thus, you are being shut out…