). [24] See Acts 4:12. [25] Roger Waters, Richard Wright, David Gilmour, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” (1975). [26] John 17:15, 18 (paraphrased). [27] John 17:21 (ESV). [28] Isaiah 35:1 (KJV). [29] Hebrews 2:8 (KJV). [30] John 8:32 (KJV). [31] Susan Bogert Warner, “Jesus Bids Us Shine” (1868).
June 23, 2019
1 Samuel 9:1–27
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be the occasion that would give rise to her coming “to the kingdom for such a time as this.”[26] “Hey, David, would you go see your brothers? They’re fighting a war somewhere. Take ’em some bread, and take ’em some cheese.” “Okay, Dad, will do.”[27] Neither
it? That it is the matter of the kingdom that matters. It’s not the matter of the king himself, in terms of earthly kings, whether it is Saul or David or Solomon. All of the twists and turns of history, all of the apparently random meanderings of donkeys
March 10, 2024
John 13:12–22
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encounter with Ahithophel, who turns against David and seeks to do him ill. And so, Jesus recognizes that when what is about to happen happens, it has the potential to upset them, to derail them—if you like, almost to undermine their faith. And so he
activity.” If you study this carefully, you find that these are the great-grandchildren of David, the singing boy. He got singing going in his family, and it was ricocheting down through the generations. And all these generations later
October 18, 2001
Ruth 2:1–23
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). Lyrics lightly altered. [8] “Sphere Sovereignty,” in Abraham Kuyper: A Centennial Reader, ed. James D. Bratt (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998), 488. Paraphrased. [9] See Psalm 31:15. [10] See Psalm 139:16. [11] Charles Simeon, quoted in David Atkinson
May 18, 2005
Luke 15:1
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thought, “No, I shouldn’t do that.” But let me tell you the sense of diffidence, and that is in saying, it was one thing to do David and Goliath, but to preach an evangelistic sermon, as it were, to a group of converted pastors, it seems to me
Timothy 1:3–4 (paraphrased). [6] John Calvin, The Second Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Corinthians and the Epistles to Timothy, Titus and Philemon, trans. T. A. Smail, ed. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, Calvin’s New Testament
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
Testament Commentaries (Leicester, UK: Inter-Varsity, 1975), 96. [3] John Calvin, The Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Hebrews and the First and Second Epistles of St. Peter, trans. William B. Johnston, eds. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance
March 20, 1994
Nehemiah 8:1–12
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license, one of the most exciting things was to be able to drive thirty-five miles from Ilkley in Yorkshire to York, which is further north and in east, to go there to hear David Watson preach on Sunday nights. And the service, you had to get
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
November 2, 2002
Psalm 139:1–18
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on The David Letterman Show, but you cannot say to your Labrador, “Go into the garage and bring the small, red screwdriver.” But your four-year-old can go get a small, red screwdriver—able to distinguish color, size, shape, and function. Rationality
May 9, 2011
John 3:1–21
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Calvin, The Gospel According to St John 1–10, trans. T. H. L. Parker, ed. David W. Torrance and Thomas F. Torrance, Calvin’s New Testament Commentaries (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961), 74. [3] See Matthew 9:10–13; Mark 2:15–17; Luke 5:29–32. [4] See
October 27, 2024
John 17:15
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is opposed again and again and again: as Goliath against David, who is the Lord’s anointed; it’s in the incarnation, with the response of Herod in his great opposition to this unfolding drama of the arrival of a King and so on. And the strategy we
December 1, 2024
John 17:17
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righteous rules endures forever.”[28] “Turn my eyes from looking at worthless things; and give me life in your ways.”[29] David in 2 Samuel: “And now, O Lord God, you are God, and your words are true.”[30] The fact is that God sent his Son into the world
to Knowing Scripture, by R. C. Sproul (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1977), 9. [28] J. I. Packer, “Some Perspectives on Preaching,” in Preaching the Living Word: Addresses from the Evangelical Ministry Assembly, ed. David Jackman (Fearn, Scotland
of the church. When David in his Psalms, under the direction of the Spirit, pens that amazing poem, remember: “O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth!”[17] And he goes on to speak of man: “You have given him dominion over the works
October 22, 2000
Colossians 1:18
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Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, now and along the journey of our uncertain life and pilgrimage, and until he comes, and then forevermore.[7] Amen. [1] Ephesians 4:11–12, 16 (paraphrased). [2] Iain Murray, David Martyn Lloyd-Jones
November 12, 2000
Acts 2:42–47
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of who and what they are. And that is why you can never stamp it out and make it the same from place to place. When David understood this, he established 4,000 Levites who were to do nothing else but to praise the Lord. And they were to stand every
