In Romans 12:1-2 we find these familiar words, “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. 2 Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that [...]
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Honor the Holy Spirit!
FBC’s journey through the Gospel of John has led us to chapter 14 and I think many are beginning to understand why John is often referred to as the Apostle who had the most to say about the Holy Spirit. It is amazing how much Jesus taught about the Helper who was to come in [...]
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My study of John 14 has led me to some rather deep waters in terms of the work of the Holy Spirit. Outside of the commentaries I’ve used throughout the series I have poured myself into three books—JI Packer’s Keep In Step With The Spirit, Sinclair Ferguson’s The Holy Spirit, and John Owen’s work, The [...]
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I drove by a cemetery the other day and started thinking about what I would want written on my tombstone. I love walking through the old cemeteries because they seemed to put more thought into what they wrote about their loved one. I think the saddest epitaph I’ve read was “She died of a lonely [...]
Read the rest of this entry »A Few Thoughts On Expository Preaching
It wasn’t long after God called me to preach that someone gave me a set of cassette tapes with different preachers preaching through the Word of God. At the time I was living in Boaz, AL and commuting to Jacksonville State University. I made the hour long drive and back five days a week and [...]
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O LORD GOD, I pray not so much for graces as for the Spirit Himself, Because I feel His absence, and act by my own spirit in everything. Give me not weak desires but the power of His presence, For this is the surest way to have all His graces, And when I have the [...]
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I’ve spent several hours this week studying John 14:15-17 with especial attention to what Jesus said about the Holy Spirit. I can’t wait to preach that text this Sunday, but I thought it might draw our hearts close to the text by sharing a prayer from Valley of Vision. The title of the prayer is [...]
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In Colossians 2:18-23 Paul deals with Legalism, Mysticism, and Asceticism and shows the danger of all three and then gives the answer—GRACE. He said, “If with Christ you died to the elemental spirits of the world, why as if you were still alive in the world, do you submit to regulations…” I love the way [...]
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Yesterday we continued our journey through John’s Gospel and camped out in John 14:12-14. In those very familiar verses Jesus said, “Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever believes in me will also do the works that I do; and greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father. Whatever [...]
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I saw the following video on Denny Burk’s video…I hope you laugh as much as I did and men…I think you can all identify with this one!
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