by Justin Marple | Oct 14, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 6:9-20 is the theological foundation for the second essay in First Corinthians. Paul expresses, several times, an unwillingness to believe that they do not know the basic things of Christianity that shape our theology of sexuality. And Paul uses these basic...
by Justin Marple | Oct 10, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
Ezekiel 24 is one hinge of the book together with Ezekiel 33. The former chapter ends with the sign of Ezekiel’s muteness that God says will last until the day when the fugitive from Jerusalem will come with the news that the city has fallen. The...
by Justin Marple | Oct 7, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, First Corinthians, SERMONS
1 Cor 4:17-6:8 is a very appropriate text for Worldwide Communion Sunday. The tradition that Paul teaches us in 1 Cor 11 is just as clear and well known as the tradition of the church with regard to men and women in the family. And they are interrelated as the text...
by Justin Marple | Oct 3, 2012 | Ezekiel Commentary, Latter Prophets, OT Prophets Commentary, TEACHING
We have seen that the structure of Ezekiel is incredibly complicated and that one of the favorite features that he likes to use and further complicate is that of the chiasm. The whole of Ezekiel 20-23 is a chiasm and smaller portions of it can also be outlined...
by Justin Marple | Sep 30, 2012 | 2012 Sermons, SERMONS
3 John is a short epistle written by a grandfather in the faith that encourages Gaius because he has welcomed truth workers, rebukes Diotrephes because he will not receive them, and commends Demetrius as a truth worker. The letter is an excellent encouragement to us...
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