Think Wink.

This past Sunday, Pastor Tim preached an amazing sermon on sexual immorality as we march through Proverbs.

More thoughts on “euaggelion.”

The Controling Power of Sin

Who And [He] Predestined These Also [He] Called

Listen to John Piper’s T4G message and let the weight of his message slap you awake from the slumber the church has in this world. Oh man I feel terrible.

How The Supremacy of Christ Creates Radical Christian Sacrifice.

My Theological Worldview

A Wonderful Non-Shocker.

If I Were a General in the US Civil War…

Here is last Wednesday night’s sermon on apostasy. It was a great sermon from, surprising, a faithful Five-Point Calvinist. Pastor Tim points out his faith in the Reformed Doctrines of Grace by won’t let them interfere with the point of Hebrews 6:4-6. Hope you enjoy the message as well as I did.

Calvin and Original Sin: Part 1

Objections to Calvinism Part 2 of 5

This was Pastor Tim’s final sermon on the Gospel according to John. It was an amazing sermon when I think of how much pain there is among those in our congregation.

Son, Son, Or Servant and Mark 1:11 Part 3

Service for Miriam

Justification and Christ’s life.

I come to the conclusion of my brief stint in Ezra 7:10 and following the use of the infinitives in the text. We have covered the first two infinitives: “to study” and “to practice it.” Let us now turn to the third infinitive of Ezra 7:10,

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

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Ezra’s Infinitives Part 2

Ezra’s Infinitives

A New Way of Doing Devotions for this Year?

This is an amazing sermon preached at FCC two Sundays ago. I love it. Enjoy and be richly blessed by it.

What can I say?

Reviewing Spider-Man 3

This Is So Unreal.

Continuing in the series on Ezra’s infinitives found in Ezra 7:10. Let us put the text before us,

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

Today we are looking at the second infinitive: to do. Last time we looked at “to study the Law of the Lord.” There we saw that to study the Law was to seek Yahweh by studying Scripture. Today we are going to look at the second verb.
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Ezra’s Infinitives

Ezra’s Infinitives Part 3

A New Way of Doing Devotions for this Year?

This past week Ezra 7:10 has really been a focus of my attention and study. The text reads,

For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the Lord, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.

What struck me was the movement of the text in its infinitives: “to study,” “to do it,” and “to teach.” What makes this movement so compelling is what precedes this text in Ezra 7:9, “For the good hand of his God was on him.” Why was the good hand of the Yahweh upon Ezra, “For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, and to do it and to teach his statutes and rules in Israel.” In this three-part series, I want to examine each infinitive and how performing these actions led to the good hand of Yahweh to be on Ezra.
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Ezra’s Infinitives Part 2

Ezra’s Infinitives Part 3

We come to final question that I posed my youth two Sunday’s ago: How does “the gospel of the glory of Christ” apply to my personal sanctification? If I am to be a gospel-centered Christian, and the gospel is where God displays his glory and it is by seeing God’s glory in the gospel that I am drawn to Christ as my savior and delight, then how does this play out in my personal life and battles against sin and to become like Christ? To answer this, let us jump up in the context of 2 Corinthians 4 and look at 2 Corinthians 3:18 where Paul writes,

And we all, with unveiled face, beholding the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the same image from one degree of glory to another. For this comes from the Lord who is the Spirit.

The verbs here are most helpful in answering our question of how the gospel of the glory of Christ applies to personal sanctification. There are two participles and one present tense indicative verb: “unveiled,” “beholding,” and “being transformed.” Let us take them one at a time.
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No Doctrine But Love?

Three Requests

When I Was Napping…

I was amazed by Paul’s words in Philippians 1:20-23 this last week as I have been preparing to teach my Sunday school class on 2 Corinthians 4:4-6. Paul writes in Philippians 1:18-23 ESV,

Yes, and I will rejoice, 19 for I know that through your prayers and the help of the Spirit of Jesus Christ this will turn out for my deliverance, 20 as it is my eager expectation and hope that I will not be at all ashamed, but that with full courage now as always Christ will be honored in my body, whether by life or by death. 21 For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. 22 If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. 23 I am hard pressed between the two. My desire is to depart and be with Christ, for that is far better.”

I just want to note the parallels in Philippians 1:21 and 1:22-23. “For me to live is Christ,” parallels 1:22, “If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me.” “And to die is gain,” parallels “My desire is to depart and to be with Christ, for that is far better” (1:23). I want to take a few moments and expound the significance of these parallels.
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