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The Blessed Fear

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to open them with me to Psalm 128 and as you do, glance up to Psalm 127, the last of the psalms of ascents that we were in, in this study of the fifth book of the Psalms. And you’ll notice especially from verses 3 to 5 themes there that reappear here in Psalm 128. We’re reminded that “children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them. He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gates.” There's a picture there in this psalm, 127, which is about God's gracious provision of His people in all that they need. There's a picture, an ideal picture, of the fruitfulness…

Attitude Check

The Lord's Day Morning February 6, 2011 “Attitude Check” Luke 17:7-10 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 17. We’re going to be looking at verses 7 to 10. As you turn there, I want to remind you that the passage that we're going to read today takes place in the context in which Jesus has been instructing His disciples against the backdrop of the teaching that they have heard from the Pharisees and rabbis, teaching which is wrong — wrong about God, wrong about their attitude as to how a believer relates to God. And what Jesus is going to say in this passage is meant to correct that. We've seen this in chapter 16 but we also saw it in chapter 15. If you look at the end of chapter 15 you will…

Poor, Hungry, Weeping, Hated Rejectedand Blessed!

The Lord's Day Morning September 6, 2009 Luke 6:12-23 “Poor, Hungry, Weeping, Hated, Rejected…and Blessed!” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 6. We continue now our study in the Gospel of Luke that we began a number of months ago. We left off in Luke 6:1-11, a passage in which the Lord Jesus is teaching us about the Lord's Day, and today we pick up in a passage in Luke 6:12, in which Jesus is gathering His larger circle of disciples, and from them, choosing the twelve who are going to be His inner circle, the disciples into whose lives He is going to pour Himself most closely and the circumstances surrounding that. And the second half of the passage that we're going to read today, all the way down to verse 23, is…

The Great Love of God

Amen. Please be seated. As you do so, I'd invite you to take your Bibles and turn with me to Psalm 103. Now if you were here at the eleven o’clock service, you may be saying, “What possibly could he still have to say about Psalm 103 that he didn't already say this morning?” And, sadly, the answer is, “A lot, and I don't have time to say that much tonight!” Derek Kidner says of Psalm 103 that “admiring gratitude shines through every line of this hymn to the God of all…

Grace, with you Spirit

The Lord's Day Morning June 8, 2008 Philippians 4:21-23 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “Grace, with Your Spirit” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, let me invite you to turn with me to Philippians 4:21. After a year together in this glorious letter, we have come to our final exposition of Paul's word to the Philippians. Last Lord's Day morning we were looking at Philippians…

Hymns of the Faith:We Gather Together

Hymns of the Faith “We Gather Together” 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,” brought to you by Jackson's First Presbyterian Church. The minister of First Presbyterian Church is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Here with “Hymns of the Faith” is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: It's great to be with Bill and with Derek Thomas this morning, again talking…

Balaam’s Ass

The Lord’s Day Evening November 11, 2007 Numbers 22:22-40 “Balaam’s Ass” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. Please be seated. We began our study in the story of Balak and Balaam and Israel last Lord’s Day evening. It is a dramatic story. It is the story of God’s sovereign care over His people. Even as their enemies seek to avail themselves of supernatural powers to bring down curse and destruction on the people of God, God manifests His sovereignty. What’s the…

With God in the Wilderness (30) Conspiracy to Curse

The Lord’s Day Evening Numbers 22:1-21 “Conspiracy to Curse” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you’ll open your Bibles to Numbers 22, we’ll be looking at verses 1 to 21 together tonight as we continue to make our way through Moses’ great book of the wilderness journey. The next three chapters of Numbers contain some of this book’s finest literary material and theological teaching. The stories here concerning Balaam and Balak and the attempt to curse Israel are gripping and they…

Offerings of the Leaders

Wednesday Evening April 18, 2007 Numbers 7:1-89 “Offerings of the Leaders” Dr. Ligon Duncan III We’re in Numbers 7 tonight,. It’s been a month since we’ve been in the book of Numbers. Numbers 7 is the longest chapter in the Bible, with the exception of Psalm 119, if you want to count that as a chapter. So what I’ve done is I’ve provided you an outline on two sides of an 8 Ѕ x 14, with all the verses–all 89 verses of Numbers 7. And I’ve put some notes above…

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The Blessed Fear

Attitude Check

Poor, Hungry, Weeping, Hated Rejectedand Blessed!

The Great Love of God

Grace, with you Spirit

Hymns of the Faith:We Gather Together

Balaam’s Ass

With God in the Wilderness (30) Conspiracy to Curse

Offerings of the Leaders