Rendering to Caesar and God

The Lord's Day Morning June 26, 2011 “Rendering to Caesar and God” Luke 20:19-26 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 20 as we continue our way through the gospel of Luke together. The last time we were together we looked at the parable of the wicked tenants. The event that we're studying today happens on Tuesday or Wednesday perhaps, of the final week of Jesus’ earthly ministry before His crucifixion on Friday. In the passage, as you see, the religious leaders of Israel, those associated with the leadership of the temple, are desiring to ambush Jesus. They want to get to Him. They know that they cannot get Him in such a way that would infuriate the people, who, at this point, are favorable towards…

You are Gods

The Lord's Day Evening January 1, 2006 Psalm 82 “You are Gods” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Please be seated. We continue working through the Third Book of the Psalms together, and we return to Psalm 82: a short Psalm, a Psalm about God and government. And if you sneaked a peek in The First Epistle at the title of this sermon or looked at your bulletin this morning and were wondering if I had slipped a cog — no, I really did mean to title the sermon You are Gods. You’ll note those words come right out of Psalm 82. Now, you may have wondered what in the world is this sermon going to be about; or maybe you thought “Ligon's been reading the Word of Faith health and wealth preachers, and he's going to give us a Kenneth Copeland spiel about how we're all little gods.” Not…

God’s Concern for Community

Exodus 22:16-31God's Concern for Community We have said over and over that the Book of the Covenant is distinct from the Ten Commandments; it applies the principles set forth in the Ten Commandments to specific social and economic context in Israel. The Ten Commandments were written with the finger of God. The Book of the Covenant was given to Moses and written down on parchment. We have also said that the Ten Words, or Ten Commands, give us the fundamental legal principles for Israel's society, and then these laws found in the Covenant Code apply them to a specific social context. They serve as illustrations about how the law might apply in certain cases. And we've said over and over on several different occasions that this law teaches us at least three great lessons: (1) that…

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