| Priest Like Melchizedek |
Christmas |
Christmas, Guilt |
Hebrews 7:11-28 |
Problem of Guilt |
12/23/2007 |
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| Jesus: A Prophet Like Moses |
Christmas |
Will of God |
Deuteronomy 18:15 |
Longing to know the will of God |
12/16/2007 |
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| Descendant of Eve |
Christmas |
Discouragement, Christmas |
Genesis 3:15 |
Discouragement at Christmas |
12/9/2007 |
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| Gentleness |
Fruits of Spirit |
Gentleness |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
Confusion about and longing for genuine gentleness |
11/18/2007 |
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| Faithfulness |
Fruits of Spirit |
Faithfulness |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
Absence of and hunger for “faithfulness” in this world and in our lives |
11/11/2007 |
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| Goodness |
Fruits of Spirit |
Goodness |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
The longing for and struggle to be “good.” |
10/21/2007 |
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| Self-Control |
Fruits of Spirit |
Self-Control |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
Lack of yet longing for self control |
10/21/2007 |
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| King Like David |
Christmas |
Christmas, Helplessness |
Isaiah 9:6-7 |
Our weakness and helplessness > need of One to rule and unite |
10/21/2007 |
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| Kindness |
Fruits of Spirit |
Kindess |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
Kindess, Fruit, Spirit |
10/14/2007 |
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| Patience |
Fruits of Spirit |
Patience |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
Misunderstanding and lack of patience |
10/7/2007 |
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| Joy |
Fruits of Spirit |
Joy |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
Confusion as to what joy is and how it is possible |
9/16/2007 |
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| Love |
Fruits of Spirit |
Love |
Galatians 5:22-23 |
Confusion about love – what it is and how it could be |
9/9/2007 |
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| Consider One Another |
Call to Community |
What We Have in Christ |
Hebrews 10:19-25 |
Aimlessness to our days |
9/2/2007 |
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| Resistance We Face |
Call to Community |
Resistance |
Matthew 5:13-16 |
Naiveté in the pursuit of community – it won’t come naturally |
8/19/2007 |
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| Pattern of Jesus |
Call to Community |
Vibrant Community |
Psalm 133 |
Skepticism regarding our need for community |
8/12/2007 |
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| Walking by the Spirit |
Galatians |
Freedom |
Galatians 5:16-26 |
Feelings of futility in Christian life |
8/5/2007 |
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| Freedom |
Galatians |
Freedom |
Galatians 5:13-15 |
Misuse of our freedom in Christ |
7/29/2007 |
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| Standing Firm |
Galatians |
Works Righteousness |
Galatians 5:1-12 |
The danger of lapsing back into a works-righteousness |
7/22/2007 |
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| Going Separate Ways |
Galatians |
Law and Gospel |
Galatians 4:21-31 |
Failure to distinguish between living by the law and the gospel |
7/15/2007 |
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| Striving to Remember |
Galatians |
Who we Are |
Galatians 4:8-20 |
Prone to forget, to lose sight of who/what we are |
7/8/2007 |
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| From Slavery to Sonship |
Galatians |
Adoption |
Galatians 4:1-7 |
Prodigal suspicion; Because we have been adopted into God’s family |
6/24/2007 |
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| Reasonableness of the Miraculous: Why Not a Great |
Jonah |
Active in Creation |
Jonah 1:17 |
Resistance to the possibility of the miraculous |
6/12/2007 |
PDF |
| Don’t You Know Who You Are |
Galatians |
In Christ |
Galatians 3:26-29 |
Not knowing who we are “in Christ” |
6/10/2007 |
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| Letting the Law Do Its Job |
Galatians |
Need for Gospel |
Galatians 3:19-25 |
Not seeing our need for the gospel |
6/3/2007 |
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| This Is No Contract |
Galatians |
God's Love |
Galatians 3:15-18 |
Fear that God’s love is like ours |
5/27/2007 |
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| Two Ways |
Galatians |
Choice Before Us |
Galatians 3:10-14 |
The need to see clearly the starkness of the choice before us. |
5/13/2007 |
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| Living Out the Gospel |
Easter |
What We Have |
Hebrews 10:19-25 |
Not realizing what we have. |
4/29/2007 |
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| Sorrowful But Not Surprised |
Suffering |
Virginia Tech, Suffering |
Romans 8:19-21 |
Naïve understanding of the world in which we live |
4/22/2007 |
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| Death Abolished |
Easter |
Understand Death |
2 Timothy 1:10 |
Universal need to rightly understand death |
4/15/2007 |
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| Real Living Presence of Christ |
Easter |
Relevance of the Resurrection |
John 20:10-18 |
Confusion regarding the relevance of the resurrection |
4/8/2007 |
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| Death of the King |
Easter |
Jesus' Death |
Luke 22:19-20 |
Confusion about the meaning of Jesus’ death |
4/1/2007 |
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| Life of Grace All Along |
Galatians |
Rest in Christ |
Galatians 3:6-9 |
Waywardness regarding obvious things |
3/25/2007 |
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| Life of Grace |
Galatians |
Losing our Way |
Galatians 3:1-5 |
Losing our way |
3/18/2007 |
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| Why We Can't Go Back |
Galatians |
Not Living by the Law |
Galatians 2:17-21 |
Tendency to drift from “the solas” |
3/11/2007 |
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| A Stark Choice |
Galatians |
Justification |
Galatians 2:15-16 |
The flattery of believing we can make ourselves right with God. |
3/4/2007 |
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| Gospel-made Community |
Galatians |
Longing for Community |
Galatians 2:11-14 |
Longing for community. But real threats to it. |
2/24/2007 |
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| Considering Their Consensus |
Galatians |
God is Good |
Galatians 2:1-10 |
The struggle to believe God’s love could be as good as He says |
2/18/2007 |
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| Is This Really Such a Big Deal? |
Galatians |
Gospel is Big Deal |
Galatians 1:11-24 |
Downplaying the need to get the gospel straight |
2/4/2007 |
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| One True Gospel |
Galatians |
One Gospel |
Galatians 1:6-10 |
Unclear as to what really matters |
1/28/2007 |
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| Letter Worth Reading |
Galatians |
Life of Study |
Galatians 1:1-5 |
Our casual attitude towards the Scripture |
1/21/2007 |
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| What Does It Mean To Have a Hero? |
Biography |
Heroes in our Life |
Philippians 3:17 |
Confusion as to the place of heroes in our lives |
1/14/2007 |
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