-five minutes, or for the next twenty-five seconds, let alone the next twenty-five years. That’s what distinguished Joseph from David, was it not? When the encounter came, Joseph made a decision on the basis of what is right—not on the basis of what
July 18, 2010
Mark 9:49–50
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of the Church: Together with the Psalter or Psalms of David According to the Use of the Episcopal Church (New York: Church Publishing, 2007), 167.
December 6, 2009
Exodus 35:1–35
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should have known better. I was just going to take it home to my living room. I really shouldn’t have done that.” No, I thought it was a futile exercise, but anyway, nobody really cares! But by the time David is involved in the prospect of building
; 9:19–23. [4] Exodus 13:20–22 (NIV 1984). [5] John Calvin, The First Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians, trans. John W. Fraser, ed. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1960), 204. [6] Colossians 3:1 (NIV 1984
December 20, 1998
Luke 1:26–38
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reason in this fashion are largely in the lineage of a Scottish philosopher whose name will be known to most—namely, David Hume. And if you remember your Philosophy 101, you will remember that Hume is the father of those who reasoned as follows
with an understanding of your truth. For Jesus’ sake. Amen. [1] Jeremiah 1:4–5 (NIV 1984). [2] J. I. Packer, “Some Perspectives on Preaching,” in Preaching the Living Word: Addresses from the Evangelical Ministry Assembly, ed. David Jackman (Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus, 1999), 28.
. Fraser, ed. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996), 221. [8] See James 1:22. [9] Colossians 3:16 (NIV 1984).
July 1, 2001
Ruth 1:19–22
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, “God Moves in a Mysterious Way” (1774). [8] David Atkinson, The Message of Ruth: The Wings of Refuge, The Bible Speaks Today (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 1983), 48. [9] Alec Motyer, A Scenic Route through the Old Testament, 2nd ed. (1994; repr., London: Inter-Varsity, 2016), chap. 3. Paraphrased. …
July 8, 2013
John 3:1–15
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, ed. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961), 74. [2] Mark 2:16–17 (paraphrased). [3] Sinclair B. Ferguson, Man Overboard: The Story of Jonah (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale, 1982), 10. [4
January 11, 2021
Selected Scriptures
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, went in search of good material. And as soon as I got my driver’s license at seventeen, which is when you get it in the UK, the man that was highly influential at that time was a fellow called David Watson, who was an Anglican cleric in York, which
February 11, 1996
Genesis 37:17–36
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). [2] Matthew 6:25–34 (paraphrased). [3] William Shakespeare, Romeo and Juliet, Act 2, Scene 2. [4] Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, “What a Wonderful World” (1967) (paraphrased). [5] Genesis 37:4. [6] James 1:14 (paraphrased). [7] George Lawson
to be corrected by a careful reading of the Bible. Read missionary biography from an earlier era, and read missionary biography today, and it is clear that if David Livingstone and Elliot and Nate Saint and Roseveare and others were right
June 24, 2001
Ruth 1:1
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, afterwards, David as a shepherd boy would be looking after the sheep; in the same location where, afterwards, shepherds also looking after sheep would hear the words of the angels announcing the arrival of the Messiah, the Christ
March 16, 1997
Hebrews 8:1–13
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is to this question?” Or, for example, to the notion that the Son of David will actually be David’s Lord, and as you come to the end of the first section of the Bible, you find yourself saying, “How is that possible, and how will it be?” The analogy
. Taylor, The Ministry of the Word (New York, 1876), 4, quoted in Iain Murray, David Martyn Lloyd-Jones, vol. 2, The Fight of Faith: 1939–1981 (1990; repr., Edinburgh: Banner of Truth, 2004), 458. Murray’s quotation of Taylor differs slightly from
June 9, 2019
1 Samuel 8:1–22
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of the people to listen to the voice of God’s servant? What hope is there for something like that? What ultimate hope is there? The answer, of course, is there is ultimately no hope. We’re going to see that when Saul comes, it goes along. David comes, ups
] J. I. Packer, “Some Perspectives on Preaching,” in Preaching the Living Word: Addresses from the Evangelical Ministry Assembly, ed. David Jackman (Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus, 1999), 28. [2] Bruce W. Thielemann, The Wittenburg Door 36 (April–May
California in the summertime, and in the course of what was essentially the David Letterman show with a theological twist, the pastor, who’s a dear soul, stood up at the end and assured all of us that God did not want any of us to go away feeling any other
May 24, 2009
Mark 2:18–22
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, why are they doing what is unlawful on the Sabbath?’ “He answered, ‘Have you never read what David did when he and his companions were hungry and in need? In the days of Abiathar the high priest, he entered the house of God and ate the consecrated
March 23, 1997
Hebrews 9:1–14
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. In the 1970s, when the late David Watson was working very successfully and effectively with university students in evangelism in the United Kingdom, he described how on one occasion, speaking at an English university, he had talked at the end of one of his
