The Laws of the Land

Filter Resources:

The Laws of the Land

Wednesday Evening August 15, 2007 Numbers 15:1-41 “The Laws of the Land” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers 15, as we continue to work our way through this great book of Moses and the story of Israel in the wilderness. We’ve noted for the last several weeks that Numbers 11-14 pictures Israel grumbling and complaining and murmuring and rebelling. And in fact, the last time we were together, in Numbers 14, we saw a cycle of rebellion and intercession and pardon, followed by further rebellion. In the book of Judges you have the pattern of sin and then the consequences of sin, and then repentance, and then restoration, and then the cycle goes over again. But they don’t even get that far in Numbers 14. It goes from sin…

Truth, Anger, and Theft (1)(Bulletin) Lying and the…

The Lord's Day Morning April 30, 2006 Ephesians 4:25-28 “Lying and the Glory of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Please take your Bibles in hand, and turn with me to Ephesians 4. We’re continuing to work through this great passage together, and you’ll remember that last week the Apostle Paul was exhorting us not to live as if we were not Christians, not to live like the world, not to live like those who don't trust in Christ, not to live like those who have not cast themselves upon the mercy of the Lord, trusting in the promises of God that were gained for us and realized for us in the person and work of Jesus Christ, finished on the cross of Calvary and in His resurrection. He wants us not to live like the world. He wants us to live distinctively as Christians, and so he…

To Each One Grace Was Given

The Lord's Day Morning April 2, 2006 Ephesians 4:7-13 “To Each One Grace Was Given” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians 4, as we continue to make our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul to the Christians in Ephesus and to us. Let me remind you, if you have the outline in front of you, of where we've been — and even if you don't have the outline in front of you, let me remind you of where we've been. In Ephesians 1-3, we have stressed regularly, the Apostle Paul sets forth God's glorious plan of redemption in His church. He tells us who He is and what He has done on our behalf. He tells us our doctrine, what we are to believe, what is the faith once delivered; and then, in Ephesians 4…

Abundant Grace

The Lord's Day Morning July 24, 2005 Ephesians 1:7-8 “Abundant Grace” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter one, as we continue to study through this great letter of the Apostle Paul; a letter which, of course, ultimately comes to us by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit and is addressed to every Christian, because God's word is profitable and is designed for our discipleship, to equip us for every good work,…

Strong Grace, Hard Work, Good Memories

The Lord's Day Morning March 20, 2005 II Timothy 2:1-9 “Strong Grace, Hard Work, Good Memories” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III We have been working through the pastoral letters of Paul, I Timothy and Titus and II Timothy, and for the last month or so we have been in II Timothy, looking at the first chapter. Last week we said that Paul was giving Timothy and the Ephesian Christians, and us, marching orders for how to live and minister not only in a fallen world, but also in an imperfect church.…

Blood on the Altar

The Lord's Day Evening January 2, 2005 Leviticus 7:1-10 “Blood on the Altar” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you’ll open your Bibles to Leviticus chapter one. If you’ll look at chapter one, for instance, we studied there the burnt offering, the offering that is called the holocaust, that is entirely consumed in the fire. And when we studied Leviticus 1, we saw that that offering taught us about the importance about right worship to God. God is clearly concerned how we worship Him, because…

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…

Guard What God Has Given You

The Lord's Day Morning November 14, 2004 I Timothy 6:20-21 “Guard What God Has Given You” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter six, and the twentieth verse. We have been working our way through First Timothy. It's the first of the Pastoral Epistles: I Timothy, II Timothy, and Titus are those pastoral letters written by Paul to early churches in Asia Minor to two young ministers, those who were faithful in…

The Ordinary Means of Grace

The Lord's Day Morning September 19, 2004 I Timothy 4:11-16 “The Ordinary Means of Grace” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to I Timothy, chapter four. We’re working through three letters written by Paul that have been called for a couple of hundred years now “the pastoral letters,” or the “pastoral epistles”: I Timothy, Titus, and II Timothy. Some of the last things that Paul ever said in his life to the church, they’re…

Search the Site

Subscribe for Updates