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Why Your Weakness Is Your Greatest Strength by Jeff Johnson
While stuck at home this morning due to Winter Storm Fern, my wife and I were blessed by this sermon from Jeff Johnson. It is a great heart check for…
Bible Study
Psalm 2:12 Teaching Outline
David Calls Upon the Nations to Trust in the LORD Thus far in our study of this psalm we have seen how David contemplated the rebellion of the nations against…
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Psalm 2:10-11 Teaching Outline
David Calls Upon the Nations to Cease Their Rebellion Thus far in our study of this psalm we have seen how David contemplated the rebellion of the nations against the…
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Psalm 2:8-9 Teaching Outline
God the Son Speaks Concerning the Nations Thus far in our study of this psalm we have seen how David contemplated the rebellion of the nations against the LORD and…
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Psalm 2:7 Teaching Outline
God the Son Declares His Father’s Decree When we were last in the passage, we saw how David contemplated the rebellion of the nations against the LORD and against His…
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Psalm 2:4-6 Teaching Outline
In a previous post we saw how David contemplated the rebellion of the nations against the LORD and His Messiah. As we continue our examination of Psalm 2 in this…
Bible Study
Psalm 2:1-3 Teaching Outline
Introduction: Today we are going to begin our study of the first Messianic psalm in the Book of Psalms. It is quoted or alluded to as such a number of…
Bible Study
Fasting for the Glory of God (Matthew 6:16-18 Teaching Outline)
Introduction: As we approach this text, it is good to remember the preceding context. Earlier in this passage, our Lord Jesus warned us against hypocrisy in giving and called upon…
Bible Study
A Principle Concerning When Not to Share the Truth (Matthew 7:6)
Introduction: In this post I am going to attempt to tackle a difficult saying of our Lord Jesus, one that has often been misunderstood but which contains a crucial teaching…
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The Importance of Proper Judging (Matthew 7:1-5)
Introduction: In the following illustration Kent Hughes relates the “experience of a certain young bachelor”: Every time he brought a prospective wife home, his mother criticized her unmercifully. The young…
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The Narrow Way (Matthew 7:13-14 Teaching Outline)
Introduction: As I studied this passage, I was reminded of a famous poem by Robert Frost: Two roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both…
Bible Study
Mark 10:17-22 – Jesus and the Rich Young Ruler (Teaching Outline)
Introduction: In his commentary on the Gospel of Mark, Kent Hughes relates the following account: Amy Carmichael … described in her famous book Things as They Are sitting with a…