by Justin Marple | Mar 20, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Mark: Lent to Easter, SERMONS
Mark 12:1-12 is the parable of the tenants. In this parable a man, representing God, planted a vineyard. The vineyard is Israel. Jesus even includes some details from the vineyard of Isaiah 5 to make this clear. The tenants are the religious leaders of Israel. ...
by Justin Marple | Mar 13, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, SERMONS
In Exodus 14:10-18 God says, “Tell the people of Israel to go forward.” The silly saying to remind us how to change our clocks for today “remember to spring forward” can remind us that God wants us to spring forward in our Spiritual walk too. ...
by Justin Marple | Mar 6, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 27 opens with the vision of the Lord slaying the sea-monster Leviathan, the sea-serpent Satan, the dragon the devil. The first exodus had been a defeat of the dragon Rahab. This mythical creature was the ‘monsterification’ of Egypt. The Lord is a...
by Justin Marple | Feb 27, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 26 is an evangelistic message. We can imagine ourselves standing before the gate of the heavenly city, the city with salvation as its walls and rampart, and God asking, “Why should I let you in?” The song tells us the answer to that question. ...
by Justin Marple | Feb 22, 2011 | COMMUNITY, Monthly Newsletters
The most popular location to find a wife for the patriarchs was the well. The servant of Abraham stood next to “a spring of water” (a well) and prayed that God would show him who should be Isaac’s wife (Gen 24). Jacob met Rachel at the well (Gen 29). And Moses...
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