by Justin Marple | Nov 24, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, SERMONS, Thanksgiving
Deuteronomy 5:6-21 is the second telling of what we call the Ten Commandments. The preface shows us that the reason the people were to strive to do all of the commandments was because they were grateful for salvation from Egypt, the house of slavery. The commandment...
by Justin Marple | Nov 20, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, SERMONS, Thanksgiving
2 Corinthians 9 is our inspiration for seeing the cycle of thanksgiving. That is, giving thanks through giving will produce thanksgiving to God in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, which produces thanks through giving, which produces thanksgiving, etc. All of life...
by Justin Marple | Nov 13, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, SERMONS, Thanksgiving
1 Timothy 5:1-18 shows that God gives to both widows and pastors through people like you and me. God gives through the immediate family to help the widow who has an immediate family, God gives through her extended family when she has no immediate family, and God...
by Justin Marple | Nov 6, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, SERMONS, Thanksgiving
Psalm 24, John 3:16 (KJV), and Rom 8:32 are the primary passages that we explore in this message to see that God gives graciously, generously, and sacrificially. In particular Romans 8:32 brings those three ideas explicitly together. Among the other passages noted...
by Justin Marple | Oct 30, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 41:21-42:9 shows us that our idols are empty because they cannot tell the future. We can worship anything and everything as an idol. And we look to those idols to tell us what to do. When you think about it there is no shortage of people and things telling...
by Justin Marple | Oct 2, 2011 | 2011 Sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Isaiah 41:1-20 says that the new creation will lead people to “see and know…consider and understand together, that the hand of the LORD has done this, the Holy One of Israel has created it.” This new creation is described as rivers opening up on...
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