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  • A True Sinner’s Prayer

    A True Sinner’s Prayer

      © November 23, 2008; September 20, 2015 • Download PDF sermon Readings: 2 Samuel 12:1-15; Psalm 51:1-19 (text); Luke 18:9-14 Congregation of Christ: I’m sure you’ve heard this very common prayer many times: Lord Jesus, I need You. Thank You for dying on the cross for my sins. I open the door of my life…

  • Resources for Lesson 3: How Do We Interpret Bible Prophecy?

    This Saturday at 2 PM, we will be studying the difference between the dispensational hermeneutics versus the historic Protestant hermeneutic based on “How Do We Interpret Bible Prophecy?” in Kim Riddlebarger’s book. Download Lesson 3 here. Download Study Guide for Lesson 3 here. Supplemental Readings: “Dispensationalism: A Reformed Evaluation” By J Ligon Duncan III “Amillennialism: Millennium…

  • Resources for Lesson 2: A Survey of Eschatological Views

    Resources for Lesson 2: A Survey of Eschatological Views

    This Saturday at 2 PM, we will be looking at the four major millennial views. You can download the charts below (PDF files). Included is a chart illustrating the two-age model of Geerhardus Vos and Kim Riddlebarger. The last is a single PDF of all the views. The four millenial charts were drawn by Mark…

  • These Last Days: Understanding the End Times

    What does the Bible actually tell us about the end times, and how has the church traditionally understood it? Are we living in the end times, and how does our understanding of this doctrine affect our lives?

  • “Damascus Will Become a Heap of Ruins”

    “Damascus Will Become a Heap of Ruins”

    The whole Bible, from Genesis to Revelation, is not about superpowers and nations. On the contrary, it is about God’s redemptive plan for his people through the life, death and resurrection of his Son Jesus Christ our Savior and Lord.

  • Our Lord’s Glad News

    Our Lord’s Glad News

    Our song of grief in the midst of suffering is to turn into a new song of praise after God pulls us out of the muddy pit. This is why the Psalms often speak of “a new song,” not because the Psalmist composes a new song in place of old, boring songs. But because his…

  • Is Libya Today in Bible Prophecy?

    I don’t want to be “left behind” in all this excitement about the unfolding of prophecy right before our eyes on CNN and CBN, so I say, “Me, too!” Are dispensationalists the only ones who keep revising their prophecies? So here’s an update of two old posts regarding how Biblical prophecy must be interpreted.

  • Why Trust in Egypt?

    Why Trust in Egypt?

    Isaiah 19:23-25 anticipates the time when Assyria and Egypt will represent all people from all nations who will turn to God. All three nations will be connected by a “highway” through which God comes to his people and by which he leads his people to himself. Jesus, is the “new and living way” to God’s…

  • The Glorious Eternal Kingdom of the Lord

    The Glorious Eternal Kingdom of the Lord

    Isaiah 11:9 precludes sinners in the age to come. No one “shall hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain”—the new earth—deeds that only sinners are able to do. And if “the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the sea”—indicative of universal righteousness—during the millennium, how could…

  • A Better Paradise Restored

    A Better Paradise Restored

    A river of humanity will defy gravity to worship in this lofty temple in heaven, “all the nations shall flow to it, and many peoples shall come, and say: ‘Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord’” (Isaiah 2:2-3).