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Obey Your Leaders

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 13. We’re going to be looking at verse 17 as we return to our study of this book and its last chapter. If you were going to give a topic heading for Hebrews 13:17-19 it would be, “The Responsibility of the Congregation to Its Spiritual Leaders.” And I think you could outline it in two parts: obey and pray. And we’ll look at the obey verse today, verse 17, and then we’ll look at the pray verses, 18 and 19, Lord willing. I’m really glad that I’m getting to preach this text to you now because it will be apparent that there’s no agenda in it for me. My purpose in preaching this sermon is not to get you to obey me. As the text unfolds, in fact, the reference is not to one person but to…

Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return:…

The Lord's Day Morning November 11, 2012 “Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: Working Night and Day” 2 Thessalonians 3:6-15 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 2 Thessalonians chapter 3, verses 6 to 15. You’ll see, if you’re using the pew Bible, a page number for that passage, as we continue our way through the book of 2 Thessalonians together. This is the penultimate message on this little letter, the second to the last sermon, God willing. Next week we’ll come to the final benediction in this letter, but today we come to a very interesting passage. It's a passage in which Paul is addressing a problem that we met in the first letter that he wrote to the Thessalonians. In fact, if you’ll keep your…

Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Parting…

The Lord's Day Morning August 26, 2012 “Living Life in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Parting Request, Greeting, Charge, and Blessing” 1 Thessalonians 5:25-28 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. As we come to the end of this letter, we've studied it all along under the rubric of “Living Life in Light of the Return of Jesus” and now in the final few words the apostle Paul is going to give us again important counsel and exhortation and encouragement for the living of the Christian life. Next Lord's Day, God willing, we will begin a study of 2 Thessalonians under the rubric of “Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return.” And so Paul picks up on some of the themes that we've…

Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A…

The Lord's Day Morning August 5, 2012 “Living Life in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Pastor's Exhortations” 1 Thessalonians 5:12-15 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 5. We’re going to be looking at four brief verses today, from verse 12 to 15, of this passage. John Stott, in his wonderful commentary on this passage in The Bible Speaks Today series, calls this section, running from verse 12 down…

Living in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Turn to God…

The Lord's Day Morning May 20, 2012 “Living Life in Light of Jesus’ Return: A Turn to God from Idols” 1 Thessalonians 1:7-10 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 1 Thessalonians chapter 1. We’re going to be looking at verses 7 to 10 today but I want to pick up reading in verse 6 so that we're not picking up in the middle of a sentence. And I also want us to connect this passage with the passage we studied last…

Hymns of the Faith: The Church’s One Foundation

Hymns of the Faith “The Church's One Foundation” 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 the First Presbyterian Church is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Stay tuned for “Hymns of the Faith.”….Here with “Hymns of the Faith” now is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank you, Bill…

Together, For the Gospel

The Lord's Day Morning February 18, 2007 Philippians 1:27 Missions Conference 2007Together, For the Gospel Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter one. The verse that the Missions Conference Committee has chosen to base our Missions Conference Week theme upon is Philippians 1:27, specifically the phrase in which Paul calls us to “stand firm in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the…

Empty Talkers

The Lord's Day Morning January 2, 2005 Titus 1:10-16 “Empty Talkers” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Titus, chapter one. Today we return to our study of Paul's pastoral letters to Timothy and Titus. You will have already noticed that we're not studying them in canonical order–we're not studying them in the order that they’re found in the Bible: I and II Timothy and Titus are the order that they’re found in the…

Accountable Leadership

The Lord's Day Morning October 3, 2004 I Timothy 5:17-25 “Accountable Leadership” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter five, as we continue to work through the Pastoral Epistles: these three letters from Paul, I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus, written from an apostle, a master teacher/preacher, evangelist, missionary, church planter, to a young man who has been part of his mission team, who is now a settled pastor in a local…

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