by Justin Marple | Nov 27, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, SERMONS
Luke 17:11-19 is the story of Jesus and the tenth leper. This leper was a leper twice-over. He was a social and religious outcast because of his disease and his nationality. But what really set the tenth leper apart from the other nine was his faith in Jesus. And...
by Justin Marple | Nov 26, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
The book of Proverbs is addressed to the sons of God – first to the princes of Israel and ultimately to Christ, and then to us in Him. This is not meant to be sexist but it is necessary for the literary devices employed by the book – devices like personification of...
by Justin Marple | Nov 24, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Faith under Pressure (Daniel), SERMONS
Daniel 11:40-12:13 brings the book of Daniel to a close, but we probably remember this passage much less than the stories we saw earlier in the book. One of the reasons people struggle with the last couple chapters of Daniel is that we think, “Well, that is...
by Justin Marple | Nov 19, 2013 | OT Writings Commentary, Proverbs Commentary, Psalms, Job & Proverbs, TEACHING
In the last post, we explored two speeches by the father. It has been said that there are a total of ten speeches by the father. This number is hardly an accident given the significance of the number ten in Scripture. Our approach here will be to continue with a...
by Justin Marple | Nov 17, 2013 | 2013 Sermons, Faith under Pressure (Daniel), SERMONS
Daniel 11:2-39 tells us more details about the time between Alexander the Great and the reign of Antiochus IV Epiphanes. An earlier chapter in Daniel had already prophesied these two figures that we today know from history. An important detail about the time between...
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