mp3 – Delivered on August 12, 2012 by Steve Hollidge for evening worship
Getting the Gospel Wrong
mp3 – Delivered on April 29, 2011 by Dr. Derek Thomas for Session 1 of Spring Conference 2011
Embracing the Gospel – Again and Again
May 1, 2011 – Morning Worship
Monday – Galatians 1:6-9; 2:15-21
Getting the gospel wrong – how might we do that?
Tuesday – II Corinthians 5:16-21; Isaiah 53
What is the gospel?
Wednesday – Luke 18:9-14; Matthew 23:1-36
What is pharisaism and how do we avoid it?
Thursday – Ephesians 2 (esp. vss. 8-9); Romans 5:1-17
Gospel entry grace – what does that mean?
Friday – Romans 1:16-17; Acts 9:1-22
The power of the gospel – to do what? How can we apply this?
Saturday – Romans 3; Psalm 85:9-10; Isaiah 53:4-6
Our God is both righteous and gracious, just and merciful. How do we see both in these passages? In our savior, Christ?
False Teachers – To Be Seen and Safe
mp3 – Delivered on May 16, 2010 by Michael Coleman for morning worship
Boasting Only in the Cross of Christ
May 23, 2010 – Morning Worship
Monday – Galatians 6:11-18 (esp. vss. 14-18); Jeremiah 9:23-24
What do Jeremiah and Paul teach us about boasting? What is the application for your life?
Tuesday – Psalm 84; Isaiah 53; Philippians 3:1-11
What do these passages tell us about what a Christian believes and how a Christian lives? Do they also describe you?
Wednesday – Psalms 38, 51; Luke 5:8; I Timothy 1:15
To truly glory in the cross of Christ we must acknowledge what about ourselves? How often? For what purpose?
Thursday – Galatians 6:14; Psalm 27:4; Exodus 33:12-16; Philippians 1:12-30
What does it mean to us to be “crucified to the world and the world to us”? How does that affect your everyday life?
Friday – Luke 19:1-10; Acts 9:1-22; II Corinthians 5:16-21
What does it mean to be a “new creation” in Jesus Christ? Does it describe you?
Saturday – Galatians 6:17; Psalm 55; II Corinthians 11:16-12:10
What does Paul mean when he says “I bear on my body the marks of Jesus? How does that apply to us?
False Teachers – To Be Seen and Safe
May 16, 2010 – Morning Worship
Monday – Galatians 6:11-18 (esp. vss 12-13); Matthew 6:1-18
What is the motivation of the false teachers? What can we learn from that?
Tuesday – I Kings 22:1-28; John 15:18-27; II Timothy 4:1-5
What tempts the preachers and teachers of God’s word to distort the word of God and the gospel? How does that apply to all Christians?
Wednesday – Ezekiel 3:1-21; 33:1-9; II Timothy 4:1-5
What must the teachers and preachers of God’s word do? Does their calling change when there is hostility and persecution or success and popularity? How should that affect how we live?
Thursday – Mark 8:34-38; Philippians 1:29-30; 3:8-11; Daniel 3:16-18
To follow Jesus we must take up our cross. What does that mean? What does that mean for your life?
Friday – Matthew 15:1-20; Isaiah 1:1-20
What is the problem described in these passages? How do we keep from having the same problem?
Saturday – Psalm 19:7-14; Matthew 7:24-27; Romans 10:14-17; II Timothy 3:14-17
What will keep us from being led astray like the Galatians? How are you living out your answer?
Let Us Do Good
mp3 – Delivered on April 25, 2010 by Michael Coleman for morning worship
Powerful Weakness
May 2, 2010 – Morning Worship
Monday – II Corinthians 12
What does this mean for our evaluation of ourselves as followers of Christ? How ought we view our gifts and strengths? Our weaknesses?
Tuesday – Acts 9:1-31; II Corinthians 12:1-10
Who is this “man in Christ” of whom Paul speaks (Hint: 12:7)? What is the point here?
Wednesday – Isaiah 40; Mark 13:1-27; Philippians 4:13
How is God’s power made perfect in weakness (2 Cor. 12:9)? How ought that affect the way we view our lives and the church?
Thursday – I Chronicles 29:10-22; II Corinthians 12:9-10; Revelation 1
How does knowing the power of Christ comfort us? Challenge us? Help us be content?
Friday – Ezra 10:1-17; II Corinthians 12:11-21; Revelation 2:18-29
Why has Paul written this letter, and boasted as he has? What does he want for the Corinthian church? What does this mean for us?
Saturday – Psalm 32; II Corinthians 12
Is confession and repentance a sign of weakness or strength? Why?
We Reap What We Sow
mp3 – Delivered on April 18, 2010 by Michael Coleman for morning worship
We Reap What We Sow
April 18, 2010 – Morning Worship
Monday – Galatians 6:1-10 (esp. vss. 6-8)
“We reap what we sow” is an image from farming. How is Paul using this here? How does it apply to us?
Tuesday – Galatians 6:6; I Corinthians 9:1-14; I Timothy 5:17-18; Psalm 19:7-11
What should be our view of supporting preachers of the Gospel? How does it apply to “reaping what we sow”?
Wednesday – Jeremiah 7:1-29; Matthew 27:27-31; 8:23-27; Daniel 3:13-18
What does it mean to mock God? How do we do it? How can we prevent it?
Thursday – Isaiah 5:18-25; Jeremiah 6:15; 8:12; 32:26-35
See how wicked, even people like Israel and Judah, can become! How did they reap what they sow? Application for today?
Friday – Exodus 33:12-23; Psalms 42; 63:1-4; 84; Galatians 5:16-26
What does it mean to “sow to the spirit”? How is your sowing coming along?
Saturday – Matthew 6:19-34; 19:16-30; Luke 12:13-21; I John 2:15-17
How do we “sow to the flesh”? What should we do about it? How can we keep from loving the things of the world?