Book four is introduced with the first and only song written by Moses in the Psalter. A fitting location for this piece of poetry unrivaled in its beauty and depth. Isaac Taylor recognized Moses' phi…
Galatians chapter 4 contains 2 illustrations to emphasize the distinction between justification by faith and works enabled salvation. These pictures also illuminate the difference the gospel fulfille…
Matthew Henry sums up the closing verses of Psalm 89 in a sentence all believers can appreciate: “Sometimes it is not easy to reconcile God's providences with his promises.” The anguish of Psalm 89 c…
As noted in our first sermon on Psalm 89. This song of Ethan the Ezrahite is laid out according to three major themes: 1.) Praise for Yahweh (1-18). 2.) Recounting of covenant terms establishing the …
Psalm 89 closes the 3rd book of the Psalter. It serves as a great example of a book three Psalm featuring prominently 3 major themes. First: (1-18) Praise and adoration for Yahweh – the great and onl…
The central purpose for Paul's letter to the Galatians resurfaces with each argument he deploys. The church had begun to entertain the idea that salvation was not exclusively secured by grace through…
Our text today features principle personas and legacies characterizing the fallen human experience. These patterns are so basic to post-fall life that they appear immediately in the history of mankin…
Many consider Palm 88 the darkest of all the laments in the Psalter. The last word of the song, in fact, is 'darkness' – describing the loss of all common sources of joy in this veil of tears. Like J…
The heart cry all the way back to Adam and Eve of hope in a future Son has carried forward through millennia to this moment in our text. The faithful held out hope in the covenant promises of God. Th…
From Gen 4:1, the heart cry of Eve has expressed hope in a future son. Through the history of the covenant, this cry has echoed rising in clarity and intensity at providential points along the timel…
In our Genesis study, we have noted the hope invested in the cry of Eve in Genesis 4:1 when she exclaims: “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” This moment occurs after the fall and banis…
Genesis chapter four opens with a hopeful declaration from Eve – the mother of all living, (3:20) “I have gotten a man with the help of the Lord.” she exclaims. Her hopes that her first-born may be t…
Though the final chapter of paradise closes with notes of devastating sadness and the seal of judgement forever barring unassisted reentry – there are hopeful signs as well. The meaning of these symb…
William Jay said of prayer: “Prayer is the design of trouble, the evidence that it is sanctified, its solace, and the medium of deliverance from it.” Observations on prayer such as this stem from con…
Our text today is not only central to the theme and understanding of the book of Galatians, but also to the entirety of Paul's thesis on the Gospel and his personal motivation for ministry. Here we g…
The judgements levied by God upon the fall of mankind into sin provide a precise accounting of the nature of man and his relationship to the world. Though so many in our day scoff at the origin accou…
The advent of the fall of man from a state of innocence to a state of guilt is followed immediately by a reckoning. Man must answer to his creator for his stewardship of the realm (or lack there of).…
Since I can remember, the Evangelical church in America has been interested in revival. There has been a steady drum beat for a widespread move of God in our land for sometime. Revival speaks to a ca…
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