revmarple

1. Free Wine* (Isaiah 55)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

You knew when you saw the title of this sermon that there must be some kind of catch.  And the truth is -- there is.  The wine is not really free -- it is very expensive wine and it took a very ...

2. Introduction to Samuel
(OT Prophets Commentary/Samuel Commentary)

... into two, it is only divided that way for length.  (Note that Ruth is one of the writings in the next section of the canon.) The English name of the book “Samuel” refers to the primary prophet in the ...

3. The Paganization of Israel (Judges 17-21)
(teaching/Copy of Judges Commentary)

... go?  This is the difference between the amount stolen and the amount that went to the silversmith.  (See Block, Judges, Ruth in NAC, 479-480). Note that this chapter stresses the breaking of the second ...

4. The Paganization of Israel (Judges 17-21)
(OT Prophets Commentary/Judges Commentary)

... go?  This is the difference between the amount stolen and the amount that went to the silversmith.  (See Block, Judges, Ruth in NAC, 479-480). Note that this chapter stresses the breaking of the second ...

5. The Church's Population Explosion (Isaiah 49:14-50:3)
(sermons/2012 Sermons)

... not mean that God has forsaken or forgotten His people there, even if many of them have forsaken and forgotten Him.  The sad truth is that some mothers do forsake their children, but God will not forget ...

6. Joshua: Not a Movie Script or a History Textbook
(teaching/Copy of Joshua Commentary)

... had been telling the truth about living far away, then there would have been no problem with Israel making a covenant with them.  The idea of oaths has been a recurring one in Joshua.  Rahab made the spies ...

7. Joshua: Not a Movie Script or a History Textbook
(OT Prophets Commentary/Joshua Commentary)

... had been telling the truth about living far away, then there would have been no problem with Israel making a covenant with them.  The idea of oaths has been a recurring one in Joshua.  Rahab made the spies ...

8. Niagara's November Newsletter
(community/Niagara Presbyterian Church)

... we are in Christ. And one of the most important practical applications of this truth is to see that we are not to be driven to change by a sense of guilt (as many religious systems encourage), but because ...

9. Gospel-Centered Family: Becoming the Parents God Wants You to Be
(reading report/Reformed Reading Report)

... this book to all Christian parents because it is brimming with gospel truth and practical Biblical wisdom.  Application (specific, shows just how valuable & relevant the book is): This book is really ...

10. All Sins Are Not "Created" Equal, Part 2
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

... continually been confronted with this truth that some sins are worse than others.  Numbers 15 contrasts inadvertent sins with those that are done with a high hand, such presumptuous sins are worse than ...

11. All Sins Are Not "Created" Equal
(teaching/Systematic Theology)

... a pastoral manner.  But it needs to be said for our purposes here that the same-gender sexual sin is more serious than the corresponding heterosexual sexual sin.  This is not a popular truth as many even ...

12. Explaining Torah (Deuteronomy 14-16)
(teaching/Copy of Deuteronomy Commentary)

... in the history of redemption (i.e. read the New Testament Gospels and Acts) and focus on the changes that come from the form of worship at one altar to worshiping in Spirit and in truth.  But understanding ...

13. Explaining Torah (Deuteronomy 14-16)
(OT Torah Commentary/Deuteronomy Commentary)

... in the history of redemption (i.e. read the New Testament Gospels and Acts) and focus on the changes that come from the form of worship at one altar to worshiping in Spirit and in truth.  But understanding ...

14. Open Your Eyes God (Isaiah 37:8-38)
(sermons/2011 Sermons)

... to pray from a systematic theology textbook that relates truths without relationship.  Hezekiah learned how to pray from the Scriptures that describes God like we find at the end of Exodus 2.  We pray ...

15. Are You Happy with Your Spiritual Growth? (Isaiah 32)
(sermons/2011 Sermons)

... own righteousness but I can rest in His righteousness.  I can seek forgiveness of my sins and righteousness in Christ and pray for the grace of the Spirit.  I can practice godliness and speak truth concerning ...

16. The Gospel is Not Smooth Talking (Isaiah 30)
(sermons/2011 Sermons)

Isaiah 30 (click here to read or hear the whole passage, I only read selected verses for length) shows the people of Judah saying to the seers, "Do not see," and to the prophets, "Do not prophesy to us ...

17. Jesus, the Dragon-Slayer (Isaiah 27)
(sermons/2011 Sermons)

... Satan with His death and resurrection, which is followed by a new exodus of people from both ends of the earth coming up the holy mountain to worship in the heaven of heavens in Spirit and truth.  All ...

18. Pastor's Green Pastures: The Woman at the Well
(community/Niagara Presbyterian Church)

... and she is now living with a man to whom she is not married (John 4:18). The really scandalous truth that was a stumbling block for the self-righteous Pharisees was that the woman at the well is the ...

19. The Pastor's Green Pastures
(community/Niagara Presbyterian Church)

... the Torah (Books of Moses), Prophets (Joshua, Judges, Samuel, Kings, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and the Twelve), and Writings (Psalms, Job, Proverbs, Ruth, etc). This is the order Jesus read the Scriptures. ...

20. Testing the Word of God
(teaching/Copy of Genesis Commentary)

... of responding in faith, he decided that he was autonomous from God, he was independent of God, and could judge the truth of God's word. In a time of plenty, Adam forgot the LORD who had been good to ...