Written Sermons
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Series on Genesis I. God’s Creation G. The Confusion of Creation, Text:3:1 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’?”…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation F. The Commitment of Creation, Text: 2:15-25 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…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation E. The Covenant of Creation, Text: 2:4-14 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…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation D. The Completion of Creation Text 1:31-2:3 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…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation C. The Crown of Creation, Text: Genesis 1:26-30 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…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation B. The Characteristic of Creation, Text: 1:2-25 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…
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Series on Genesis I. Creation A. The Centrality of Creation Text: 1:1 Old Testament Reading, Psalm 96 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…
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Series on Exodus IX. The Compromise of God’s People D. The Covenant Reaffirmed, Text: 34:1-28 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…
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Series on Exodus IX. The Compromise of God’s People C. The Communion with Moses, Text: 33:7-23, 34:29-35 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…
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Series on Exodus IX. The Compromise of God’s People B. The Correction of the People, Text: 32:9-33:6 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…
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Series on Exodus IX. The Compromise of God’s People A. The Corruption of the People, Text: 32:1-8 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…
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Series on Exodus VIII. The Covering of God’s People D. The Presence in the Tabernacle, Text: 40 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,…
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Series on Exodus VIII. The Covering of God’s People C. Pattern for the Tabernacle 8. The Priest, Text: 28, 29, 39:1-31 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…
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Series on Exodus VIII. The Covering of God’s People C. Pattern of the Tabernacle 7. The Altar of Burnt Offering, Text: 27:1-8,38:1-8 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…
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Series on Exodus VIII. The Covering of God’s People C. Pattern of the Tabernacle 6. The Basin, Text: 30:17-21, and 38:8 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…
