When God Seems Silent
Psalm 22:1-8; 23:1-6
“My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1).
Most of us know that the Psalmist wasn’t the only one to utter those despairing words. Most of us know that as He hung upon the cross, Jesus quoted Psalm 22 when he too cried out, “My God, my God, why hast Thou forsaken me?” (Psalm 22:1a)
To be sure, Psalm 22 is a Messianic Psalm. We refer to it as such because it vividly pictures the passion of the Christ: […]
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Col 1:13-22
A troubled and burdened man prayed and prayed that God would lift his burden. Day after day he prayed that his life would be easier and he begged for God’s intervention.
One day, Jesus came to the man and asked, “My child, what troubles you?” The man replied that his life was full of turmoil and that it had become too […]
Lavished
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Luke 22:14-20
Ephesians 1:1-8a
R. R. Donnelley used to be the nations’ largest printer of magazines. Several years ago they mistakenly sent a rancher in Powder Bluff, Colorado 9,734 notices that his subscription to National Geographic had expired. So he sent back the money and wrote, “Send me the magazine, I give up.’ 1
That’s how God brings many persons to salvation. He hits them with […]
God’s Great Grace Gospel
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Genesis 1:1-Revelation 22:21
A boy watched as the pastor took off his watch and set it on the pulpit in front of him.
“What does that mean?” he asked his mother.
“Absolutely nothing,” she answered.
That little ditty serves as a warning that I intend on preaching through the entire Bible from the first verse of the Bible in Genesis through the last verses in the […]
Wrath and Grace
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Psalm 19:1-4
Romans 1:18-25; 3:9-25a
I am holding in my hand (dad’s wooden paddle) the instrument of my father’s wrath! It is as you can see his fraternity pledge paddle.
During that process, he was probably hit with it more than I ever was (ha!) In fact, my father […]
Fears Relieved
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Mark 4:35-41
Speaking of fears, my two younger brothers and I were exceptionally mischievous.
We were always getting into trouble and our parents knew that if any mischief occurred in our neighborhood the Katzenjammer Kids were always involved. When my mother heard that the new pastor at the Christian Church had a gift of putting boys on the right track she took us to see him. […]
Avoiding Future Regret; Take II
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Psalm 32:1-5
John 13:1-11
I John 1:1-2:2
Two weeks ago, we noted that the definition of regret is “being sad, repentant, remorseful or disappointed about past decisions or missed opportunities.” We acknowledged therefore that ‘regret’ interferes with our being happier than we might otherwise be because we can’t be happy and at the same time sad, repentant, remorseful or disappointed.
We noted that the Apostle Paul […]
Avoiding Future Regret
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Galatians 5:22-23
Speaking about regret. . .
A woman awoke during the night to find that her husband was not in bed. She put on her robe and found him sitting at the kitchen table with a cup of coffee. He appeared to be in deep thought, just staring at the wall. She saw him wipe a tear from his eye and take a sip of […]
Let it Go
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Philippians 3:1-14
Have you ever found yourself wishing you had done things differently in the past? Ever been tempted to think if only I had done this or that my life would have turned out better?
My guess is all of us can sing right along with Frank Sinatra the first line of the second verse of his classic I Did It My Way: ‘Regrets, […]
Waiting on the Lord
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Isaiah 40:1-5, 9-11, 26-31
I hope and pray that all of us have a wonderful, glorious, healthy, and prosperous and happy new year. But the truth is none of us knows what lies ahead.
For sure this year will bring the kind of bittersweet mixture Solomon wrote about in his oft-quoted passage in Ecclesiastes 3: (selected)
There is a time for everything and a season for every […]
CrossPointe 2018
Acts 6:1-7
I read Acts 6:1-7 on this first Sunday of the New Year because it emphasizes an important truth for our church to consider as we begin another year of ministry.
It didn’t take long for the mother church in Jerusalem to develop a problem. And the problem was that there were more things going on in the life of the church than the twelve could handle by themselves. Credit the twelve with addressing […]
The Forgotten Remembered
Luke 2:8-20
Galatians 4:4-7
It was Christmas Eve, and, as usual, George Mason was the last to leave the bank. He walked over to the massive safe, spun the dials, swung the heavy door open, stepped inside, turned around and looked up at the words written on a 3×5 note card taped above the door and George began to remember.
Exactly one year ago on the previous Christmas Eve, he had entered this same vault and then, behind his back, slowly, noiselessly the heavy door swung shut.