Hymns of the Faith: Praise to the Lord the Almighty

Hymns of the Faith “Praise to the Lord, the Almighty” Psalm 103, Psalm 150 A Presentation of First Presbyterian Church Jackson, Mississippi With Dr. Ligon Duncan, Dr. Derek Thomas, and Dr. Bill Wymond Dr. Wymond: Good morning! This is “Hymns of the Faith” with Ligon Duncan, Derek Thomas, and Bill Wymond. And we now go to our moderator, Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank you, Bill. This is Ligon Duncan, and this is “Hymns of the Faith.” This is a new program of First Presbyterian Church in Jackson, Mississippi. It is a gift to you from our elders and congregation, and every Sunday morning we’ll be here on 1180, WJNT, to talk with you about the devotional treasures of the ages that have been bequeathed to us in the hymnal. All around us we are seeing young people today become…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning September 9, 2007 Philippians 2:1-2 “Complete My Joy, With Unity” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter two. We have been working our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul, and we have said for the last few weeks as we've been looking at Philippians 1:27 and following, that Philippians 1:27 inaugurates the central section of this letter. It opens with a message in which the Apostle Paul urges us to live life in a manner worthy of the gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. And throughout the center section of this letter, Paul exhorts us to do just that, giving us a series of directions…a series of imperatives, a series of exhortations in which he urges us to live the…

With God in the Wilderness (26) The Red Heifer

The Lord’s Day Evening Numbers 19:1-22 “The Red Heifer” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Please be seated. If you have your Bibles before you, turn to Numbers 19. Let me invite you to turn to the New Testament to I Corinthians 10, and let me just remind you of a couple of things. First of all, the song that we have just sung is really the perfect song for studying Numbers 19, because it’s a chapter that is really, when you look at it closely, all about the blood of Jesus. Ruling Elder Mark Baird prayed that we would show our children Jesus as we talk to them. Well, that’s really all we’re going to do tonight. In fact, let me tell you ahead of time that what I want to do as we look at Numbers 19 is show you seven ways that it points directly to Jesus Christ. To help us…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning September 2, 2007 Philippians 2:1-2 “Complete My Joy” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter two. Now, it's only taken you seventeen weeks to hear me say those words–Philippians 2! The last time we were together we were in verses 29 and 30, and we were looking at this astounding, this stunning statement that the Apostle Paul has made about the gift of faith and the gift of suffering. [The…

With God in the Wilderness (25) Levites’ Duties…

The Lord’s Day Evening Numbers 18:1-32 “Levites’ Duties and Priestly Portion” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. Please be seated. If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers, chapter 18. For those of you who haven’t been with us on Wednesday nights working through this great book, we have called this series “With God in the Wilderness,” and we’ve chosen that title because the name of this book in the Hebrew Bible is “In the Wilderness” —…

Aaron’s Rod Blossoming

Wednesday Evening August 29, 2007 Numbers 17:1-13 “Aaron’s Rod Blossoming” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Numbers 17, as we continue to make our way through this book together. I’ve been able to say this over and over the last few weeks because of the material that we’ve been in, but all the way from chapter 11 to chapter 16 has been a story of Israel grumbling and complaining and murmuring and rebelling against Moses…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning August 26, 2007 Philippians 1:29-30 (2) “The Gift of Suffering for Christ's Sake” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Now we're studying today from Philippians 1:29, the Apostle Paul's words that “it has been granted to us not only to believe, but also to suffer”. Let me just tell you ahead of time, we will only scratch the surface of this vitally important subject. I hope the message today is something of an hors d’oeuvre, something that will whet your…

Korah’s Rebellion

Wednesday Evening August 22, 2007 Numbers 16:1-50 “Korah’s Rebellion” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Here we see the some of the Levites coming to Moses and basically saying, ‘We want to be priests. We’re Levites, but we want to be priests.’ And they challenge Moses’ and Aaron’s leadership, and they defame them. You be on the lookout for how they do this, both those things — they challenge the leadership and they defame Moses and Aaron. Let’s hear God’s word.…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning August 19, 2007 Philippians 1:29-30 “Not Only to Believe, But to Suffer” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter one, verse 29. We've been working through Paul's letter to the Philippians, and we said when we came to verse 27 that we’d gotten to the central section of this book. It begins with a very important exhortation that we live in accordance with the gospel of Christ. In…

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