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The Goal of Christian Ministry

The Lord's Day Morning June 20, 2004 I Timothy 1:3-5“The Goal of Christian Ministry” Turn with me to I Timothy, chapter one, and the third verse. I Timothy is a book about the church. If we ask the question “What is the Church supposed to be like?” this is one of the best books in the Bible to go to, to find the answer. Of course, its companion letters in the Pastoral Epistles, II Timothy and Titus, all address very specifically the questions of, “What the local church ought to look like?” “What should the local church be doing?” “What should be the priorities of the local church?” “How should the local church be ordered and administered?” “How should the local church focus its resources?” and “How should we relate to one another, in the life of the local…

Biblical Priorities For the Life of the Church (12)…

The Lord's Day Morning March 18, 2007 Matthew 28:19-20; I Timothy 1:5; Philippians 2:12-13 Biblical Priorities for Church Life Let's Grow Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Since October of last year, we have sporadically been working through a series of topical and expository messages on biblical priorities for the life of our church. We've been asking ourselves the question, “What does God say in the Bible characterizes a healthy local congregation of believers?” What are the characteristics? What are the qualities? What are the priorities? What are the emphases of a local congregation of believers that are being informed in their faith and practice, in their belief, in their life, and in their ministry by the word of God? What are the things that God says in the Bible are most…

The Law in the Christian Life

The Lord's Day Morning June 27, 2004 I Timothy 1:6-11“The Law in the Christian Life” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter one, and we’ll be looking at verses six through eleven today. We’re continuing to work through this book, which is the first of the Pastoral Epistles. It's written by an apostle who was a pastor, a missionary, and a church planter, to a young man who was a church planter and settled pastor in Ephesus. He's writing in the context of a congregation that was troubled by false teachers. We learned that in verses three and four, although Paul has not told us what that false teaching is yet. He’ll tell us today, when we get to verses six through eleven. We also said that in this book, and in…

The Surprising Servant

The Lord's Day Morning July 4, 2004 I Timothy 1:12-14“The Surprising Servant” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter one. We've been working our way through this book the last three weeks or so, and we come to I Timothy, chapter one, verse twelve today. I'd simply say, by way of preparation, that Paul has focused on the same themes throughout this letter so far. From the time he finished his salutation, in verses…

A Call to Prayer

Romans 15:30-33 “A Call to Prayer” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan We come to the end of this great chapter and this section of the book of Romans, and in verses 30-33, what we find is a prayer request from Paul to the Roman Christians. And, as you know, Paul very frequently requests prayers in his letters. For instance, in Ephesians chapter six, verses 19 and 20, he’ll say to the Ephesians, “Pray on my behalf that utterance may be given to me in the opening of my mouth to make known with boldness…

Thinking and Living Biblically in a Gender-nuteral…

Thinking and Living Biblically in a Gender-neutral SocietyBiblical Manhood and Womanhood seriesFirst Presbyterian ChurchJackson, MSDr. J. Ligon Duncan 19 Objections to Complementarianism 1 Timothy 2:8-15 Some of you may be here for the first time, so let me just walk you through just two or three things by way of introduction, we’ll look at the Scripture together and then I'm going to try to answer some objections to complementarianism. All summer long we have been arguing what we have…

Women in the Church

The Lord's Day Morning August 1, 2004 I Timothy 2:8-15 ”Women in the Church” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter two. We have said all along as we've been studying the first of the Pastoral Epistles, these letters from a veteran pastor to a younger pastor about pastoral matters, matters that pertain to the local church–we've said as we have studied this pastoral letter that we find here a pattern for…

Silent in the Church: Why Women Can’t Preach

Thinking and Living Biblically in a Gender-neutral SocietyBiblical Manhood and Womanhood seriesFirst Presbyterian ChurchJackson, MS 1 Timothy 2:11-15, 1 Corinthians 14 “Silent in the Church: Why Can't Women Preach?” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan As we began the study of the subject of Christian Manhood and Womanhood this summer, there were several reasons given for the importance of undertaking this survey. One is we want to foster biblical manhood and womanhood in the Church because it's…

Thinking and Living Biblically in a Gender-nuteral…

Thinking and Living Biblically in a Gender-neutral SocietyBiblical Manhood and Womanhood seriesFirst Presbyterian ChurchJackson, MSDr. J. Ligon Duncan 1 Timothy 2:11-15, 1 Corinthians 14 “Silent in the Church: Why Can't Women Preach?” As we began the study of the subject of Christian Manhood and Womanhood this summer, there were several reasons given for the importance of undertaking this survey. One is we want to foster biblical manhood and womanhood in the Church because it's never…