by Justin Marple | Dec 16, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
This post continues what we were doing with the previous post on Proverbs 10. The chapter divisions are not especially helpful between Proverbs 10 and 11, as you will see, but Proverbs 11:1 does at least begin a new subunit. This post will bring you up to Proverbs...
by Justin Marple | Dec 15, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, SERMONS, Wisdom of Christmas
Matthew 2:1-12 is the story of the wise men coming to visit Jesus and give him gifts. Yet Christmas has become all about giving gifts to our children and exchanging ‘gifts’ with our friends. More than this, Christmas materialism has become its very own...
by Justin Marple | Dec 7, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, SERMONS, Wisdom of Christmas
John 1:1-14 in canonical context is the inspiration for this topical message on Jesus being Wisdom in the flesh. There are many people who simply do not yet get why Christ came and took on flesh. In the Old Testament, God’s wisdom was poetically personified as...
by Justin Marple | Dec 7, 2013 | General Teachings, TEACHING
Jean Calvin (1509-64) J. I. Packer calls Jean (translated John) Calvin’s Institutes of the Christian Religion “a literary masterpiece,” and “one of the wonders of the spiritual world” as well as “one of the wonders of the theological world.”1 Concerning Calvin,...
by Justin Marple | Dec 7, 2013 | Canon Commentary, General Teachings, TEACHING
The Scriptures are a collection of books. One of the obvious questions that arises is what books should be included and what books should not be included. The most obvious example of this is the so-called Apocrypha. This name suggests that they are hidden, but they...
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