by Justin Marple | Aug 29, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Selected passages mentioning Isaiah by name demonstrate that the New Testament understands Isaiah to be speaking about John the Baptist and the birth, life, and death and resurrection of Jesus Christ — in other words, Isaiah sees the latter days beginning with...
by Justin Marple | Aug 22, 2010 | 2010 sermons, Isaiah, SERMONS
Acts 20:17-32 show us that Paul saw preaching the whole counsel of God as essential. This year I have mostly preached from the New Testament even though the Old Testament is 2/3rds of the English Bible and it was all of the Bible that Paul had when he began his...
by Justin Marple | Aug 1, 2010 | 2 Peter, 2010 sermons, SERMONS
2 Peter 3 tells us how to wait for the Lord’s Day — both how to wait for weekly worship and for the final day of judgment and the new heavens and earth. We are to wait doing repentance (& evangelism) and remembering (& education). These two...
by Justin Marple | Jul 25, 2010 | 2 Peter, 2010 sermons, SERMONS
2 Peter 2:10b-22 gives the picture of the sow (a female pig) after washing herself going back to “wallow in the mire” or to roll in the mud. This is a temptation that is especially great for those who are new followers of Christ. And one that false...
by Justin Marple | Jul 18, 2010 | 2 Peter, 2010 sermons, SERMONS
2 Peter 1:15-2:10a (for background read Matthew 17:1-8) speaks to the struggle in our denomination. A priest from the Orthodox Church of Belarus told the General Assembly of the PCUSA that he was seeing attempts to invent a new morality and “those attempts to...
by Justin Marple | Jul 11, 2010 | 2 Peter, 2010 sermons, SERMONS
2 Peter 1:1-14 is the text for this sermon about assurance. The premise being that you can have assurance of your salvation if you work at it. You may have genuine faith without knowing this assurance. But if you are all the more diligent to make your calling and...
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