Preaching (2221)
  1. For those who hear the Father’s Word of forgiving love in Christ, the “I will not” changes to an, “I will.”
  2. What all variations of affable chatter share in common is that the preacher does not do justice to the most salient fact about him and his hearers: They are dead men walking.
  3. We expect God to be at least as fair our society. But that is not how God operates.
  4. The worthy life is not payment for citizenship. It is the life of a citizen who knows where home is... and who has built the house!
  5. Isaiah uses commands and rhetorical questions to invite Israel to have faith in the future deliverance of God and to trust in the finished work of His “suffering servant.”
  6. Hymns were a means by which people were brought into direct contact with the Gospel that brought justifying faith. Set to music, they could readily memorize it, take it home with them, and rehearse its messages around the hearth and at work.
  7. Joseph could not give them the complete assurance they required. They needed someone greater than Joseph, and so do we!
  8. There is no problem with Christians developing different practices, cultural traditions, and the like. The problem arises when these become the badge of belonging, when they become the badge of righteousness.
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