Written Sermons
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Series on Genesis Title: Enemy Territory Introduction Genesis 3:1 says, Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God really say, ‘You must not eat from any tree in the garden’?” Mankind’s views of the devil are complicated. For some…
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Series on Genesis Title: Man’s Purpose Introduction From time immemorial or at least for a very long time mankind has always pictured the ideal life as one where he doesn’t have to work. This has expressed itself in the idyllic dream of a tropical island where all the food we need grows in profusion and…
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Series on Genesis Title: A Heart of Love Introduction In this section of the creation account we are dealing with the most basic and fundamental truth concerning the meaning and destiny of the man God created. He made the man to be his partner, to be with him, and to superintend the portion of his…
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Series on Genesis Title: Sabbath Rest Introduction There are many difficult doctrines of Scripture which are tested by our modern lifestyle, and the Bible’s teaching about the sabbath is the center of much of that controversy. In questioning men for admission to our Presbytery we find that even ministerial candidates may be confused. This is…
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Series on Genesis Title: The Image of God Introduction All of the pseudo-scientific speculations about our origins ultimately have one motivation which is to remove any sense of responsibility or authority from our shoulders. All the theoretical conjectures of evolution ultimately terminate upon this one point: who are we? This is why the Biblical account…
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Series on Genesis Title: Order, Glory and Goodness Introduction The characteristic of God’s creation is order. This may seem too obvious to merit our attention, but it is not. You see the ultimate issue between Christianity and unbelief, the basic question between the Bible and secular humanism is where did the order come from? Is…
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Series on Genesis Title: Out of Nothing Introduction These are without a doubt, without fear of contradiction, the most important words ever written. A Jewish writer said, “The Genesis account of creation is brief, giving evidence of having been intended only as a prologue to the more important human drama: but what a prologue to…
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Series on Exodus Title: Covenant Renewal Introduction This is the last message on the book of Exodus, and as we begin I would like to remind you of the important principles taught in Exodus. First of all we learn here that we are separated from God by our sinful state. Secondly, we learn that God…
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Series on Exodus Title: The Face of God Introduction We are looking here at Moses and God. As we gaze in wonder at these accounts of Moses’ communion with the Lord we should recognize that Moses was only a sinful human being like ourselves who had experienced the grace of God. Our interest should not…
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Series on Exodus Title: The Fire and the Calf Introduction Last time we looked at Israel’s idolatrous worship of the golden calf and saw that it was not only false worship but foolish and fearful. This time we are looking at God confronting this rebellion through his servant Moses. While Moses was in the mountain…
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Series on Exodus Title: False and Foolish Introduction Here in our text is a story that would be unbelievable were it not recorded upon the sacred and inspired page. One will forever wonder how a people so marvelously, dramatically, and gloriously saved from Egypt could so quickly turn from the God who had delivered them.…
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Series on Exodus Title: In the Presence of God Introduction We come in this study to the last chapter in Exodus. This is not the final message because we have several events in Chapters 32-34 which we have not yet treated, but since the larger part of the book is occupied with instructions about the…
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Series on Exodus Title: Only One Way Introduction There is more information about this aspect of the tabernacle service than any other. A whole series of studies could be done on the priesthood. I humbly attempt to convey the most important truths to you in this study. Did you know that there were priests before…
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Series on Exodus Title: The Meeting Place Introduction Here we come to the outermost furnishing of the tabernacle, the brazen altar in the court. Made of bronze like the laver because, actually, brass was unknown to these people being a combination of copper and zinc whereas bronze is copper and tin. Though it was the…
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Series on Exodus Title: Clean Hands, Pure Heart Introduction We now move out into the courtyard of the tabernacle and in front of the holy place where the priests served we find the laver. There is a striking difference between the laver or basin for washing in the tabernacle and in Solomon’s temple as described…
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