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Dressed in Majesty

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 93. The Psalms are an anatomy of all the parts of the Christian soul. The Psalms give us guidance in Christian experience. How should a Christian react in all the varied circumstances of life? How does a Christian respond when he or she feels the need of refuge, shelter, a place to call home? The world does not afford him this. How is a Christian to respond in danger? How ought a Christian to approach worship on the Lord’s Day? All of these we’ve seen addressed in the Psalms that we’ve been looking at the last few weeks. We’ve been working our way through the Fourth Book of the Psalms, beginning in Psalm 90, and we said that Psalm 90 shows us that believers find refuge in God himself. It’s not just that He…

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 4:10-20, in which Paul addresses one of the most important aspects of the Christian life: that is, contentment. And we said as we looked at that passage that Paul teaches us about the need for contentment, and about the nature of contentment, the secret of contentment, the song of contentment, and…

With God in the Wilderness (44): From Egypt to Jordan

The Lord’s Day Evening Numbers 33:1-49 With God in the Wilderness From Egypt to Jordan Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. Please be seated. When we started our series on the book of Numbers, all those months ago back on Wednesday, January 10, 2007, we admitted that Numbers is probably not one of your top ten favorite Bible books. In fact, some of you may not be particularly excited about studying Numbers. Some of you may not have read through it in a long time, and some of you may never have read through it at all. Thirty-six chapters, 1,288 verses, lots of laws, lots of sand, lots of desert grumbling and wandering doesn’t sound very hopeful, does it? But as we studied Numbers over the course of the months, we have found it to be a great book. The hymn that we have just sung, Guide…

Hymns of the Faith: All Hail the Power of Jesus’…

Hymns of the Faith “All Hail the Power of Jesus’ Name!” 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. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank…

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…

Hymns of the Faith: A Mighty Fortress is Our God

Hymns of the Faith “A Mighty Fortress Is Our God” Psalm 46:1 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 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. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank you,…

Spies in the Land

Wednesday Evening August 1, 2007 Numbers 13:1-33 “Spies in the Land” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III The spies are in the land and they discover giants, and it is dismaying to them. John Bunyan leads us to sing about that in that hymn, even as Moses leads us to lament the way the children of Israel responded to this particular challenge. This is one of those pivotal passages in the book of Numbers. As we’ve worked through this book together, coming to chapters 11 and 12 we have begun to see…

Knowing God

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 76. We've already commented that Psalm 74 and 75 are tied together. Psalm 74 ends with a plea for God to rise up and defend His own cause (in the 22nd verse), and Psalm 75 contemplates the confidence of the believer at the very thought of the coming of God's judgment, whereas Psalm 76 contemplates that judgment at least in some measure as already having come. The Septuagint (or, the Greek translation of the Old…

The Surpassing Greatness of His PowerFor the Church

The Lord's Day Morning September 25, 2005 Ephesians 1:19-23 The Surpassing Greatness of His Power….to the Church Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Ephesians, chapter one, as we continue making our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul to the church at Ephesus and to you and me, because we know that every word is given by inspiration, and every word is profitable to equip us for every good work as believers in the Lord Jesus…

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