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I’d Rather Have Jesus than Angels

The Lord's Day Morning January 6, 2013 “Better: A Study of the Christian Life in Hebrews — I'd rather have Jesus than…angels” Hebrews 1:1-4 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Hebrews chapter 1. We’re going to be looking at verses 1 to 4 this morning, but after our reading I'd like you to keep your Bibles open because I want to turn to a few passages in the book of Hebrews to illustrate one particular point. We’re beginning a new series which we have called, “Better,” for reasons that I hope you’ll understand by the time that we're finished this morning. That's an important word in the book of Hebrews. It's found in a number of places in the New Testament with reference to the same…

All Creatures of Our God and King

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 148. This psalm is one of five nature psalms that you find in the Psalter. It is a psalm that, like the other nature poems, handles its material in such a way to reflect all praise to God. So instead of nature worship, it is a call for nature to worship God. Instead of worshiping nature as if it were the product of its own self-creation, we're acknowledging God as the author of the entire created order and calling upon that created order to worship God. Now this psalm is filled with doxologies. Doxologies are little words of praise or commands or exhortations to praise God. And then alongside of those doxologies, especially in the first part of the psalm and in the first part of the second half of the psalm, there are…

Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: What…

The Lord's Day Morning September 23, 2012 “Enduring Trials in Light of Jesus’ Return: What We Pray for You” 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to 2 Thessalonians chapter 1 verses 11 and 12. The apostle Paul often fills his letters with prayers that he prays for the congregation that he's writing, sometimes there are prayer requests that he asks them to pray for him and for the mission team that they’re supporting and that may be writing them, other times he actually exhorts them to prayer, and then there are prayer reports where he tells that congregation what he has been praying for them. The passage that we're reading today is a prayer report. Paul is telling the Thessalonians what…

Hymns of the Faith: God, All Nature Sings Thy Glory

Hymns of the Faith “God, All Nature Sings Thy Glory” 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.”… And now here with “Hymns of the Faith” is Dr. Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank you, Bill…

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…

Everything is Yours, Lord

The Lord's Day Morning November 3, 2007 Stewardship Sunday — 2007 I Chronicles 29:11-12 “Everything Is Yours, Lord” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. Please be seated. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Chronicles, chapter 29. We’ll be looking at verses 11 and 12, but we’ll also be looking at some of the verses around them. The Deacons have chosen this as the Stewardship theme this year at First Presbyterian Church — “Everything Is Yours, Lord.” And…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning May 27, 2007 Philippians 1:12-20 “For the Greater Progress of 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, as we continue to study our way through this great letter. Let me ask you to look especially at verses 9-11, the last part of the passage we studied together last week. I do believe it has direct bearing on this new section that we're launching into today. We’re going…

Sexual Immorality, Coarse Talk, Thanksgiving and the…

The Lord's Day Morning June 4, 2006 Ephesians 5:3-4 “Sexual Immorality, Coarse Talk, Thanksgiving, and the Glory of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter five. We’ll be looking at verses 3 and 4 today. Before we read this passage together — a passage that deals with the issue of sexual immorality, and contains Paul's exhortation to the Ephesians and to us as believers to be different from the world, to…

Talk, Edification, the Holy Spirit, and the Glory of…

The Lord's Day Morning May 21, 2006 Ephesians 4:29-30 “Talk, Edification, the Holy Spirit, and the Glory of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 4. In this whole passage from Ephesians 4:17, running all the way to Ephesians 5:4, Paul is calling us to live like Christians: to live out the grace of God in our lives, and, in so doing, to promote the unity that God has created in the body, and indeed, to promote His glory…

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