Read: Romans 7:14-25
What we are doing these Sunday evenings is meditating on this passage and, even as we are reading the Bible through in one year as Pastor DeMass just reminded us, at some point piece by piece and text by text we need to sto…
I have entitled this sermon “Looking East.” A word of explanation is in order. In Christian history the return of Christ is associated with the East, though it is not entirely certain why. And not the Second Coming only, of course. Christian churches…
I could have chosen any number of paragraphs in Luke 1 and 2 or Matthew 1 and 2 as a text for the sermon I am about to preach. The particular fact and its implication lie on the face of the Christmas narrative in both Gospels. But this glorious clima…
We are reading this morning the text we read last Lord’s Day morning, 3:1-11, together with the next five verses.
Text Comment
v.12
Interestingly, Paul does not supply the object of the verb in the first clause. The N…
Read: Romans 7:7-25
We began this series by considering in a general way the fact of the continuing sinfulness of all Christians and the importance of that fact and its implications for our daily living. We then took up in order five particular…
Text Comment
v.1
“In conclusion…” Paul is like those preachers you have heard who say “Finally…” – raising your hopes – only to go on and on. You know Paul and the onrush of his thoughts. One thought suggests another and b…
This evening we come to the end of our list of sins to be considered in this series. I know that this has not been the most encouraging series of sermons. No doubt some of you feel beaten up and discouraged as I have argued Sunday night after Sunday …
The previous section of the letter – the exhortation to holiness so characteristic of Paul’s letters to churches – concluded at 2:18. Paul now returns to an account of his circumstances and plans – his missionary report, as it were – picking up the i…