by Justin Marple | May 3, 2010 | Canon Commentary, COMMUNITY, Monthly Newsletters, Revelation Commentary
People have been asking me to teach on Revelation for more than five years and I have always avoided doing so until now. John Calvin, the great Reformer, wrote wise and perceptive commentaries on almost every book of the Bible. But he never wrote a commentary on...
by Justin Marple | May 2, 2010 | John Flavel, Quotes, REVIEWS
Q&A 40/41 Of the Moral Law God never designed the Law to be the Way of Man’s Justification since the Fall, Gal 3:21-22 Is the Law then against the Promises of God? God forbid! for if there had been a Law given which could have given Life, verily...
by Justin Marple | May 2, 2010 | 2010 sermons, James, SERMONS
James 4:1-5:6 (also read Matthew 5:5, 6:19-21, and 7:1-5) reveals at least four ways that we can provoke God’s jealousy and/or that unbelievers can provoke God’s wrath. First, we can ask for our other gods to be fed in our prayers. Second, we can exalt...
by Justin Marple | Apr 25, 2010 | Revelation Commentary, TEACHING
Here we find the letters to the seven churches and thus to the complete (symbolism of the number 7) church. This is the second half of the vision of Christ. Instead of continuing to mark new paragraphs with “I heard” or “I saw,” now a new...
by Justin Marple | Apr 25, 2010 | 2010 sermons, James, SERMONS
James 3 (along with Matthew 5:9 and 12:33-37) show us the greatness of the tongue. It is a spark that can set a forest on fire. Some people enjoy setting fires (pyromaniacs). Some people are not consistent — bearing olives and figs at the same time, blessing God...
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