From Eden to the New Heavens and Earth: The Unfolding of Redemption in the Bible: Psalms

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From Eden to the New Heavens and Earth: The Unfolding…

Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting March 31, 2010 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Now all of these things are examples of sins that are common to the human heart and thus they press home a great lesson. Of course this isn't the only picture the psalms give of human beings. If you turn back just a couple of pages in your Bibles to Psalm 8 there is this beautiful expression of what God has done in the creation of man. Psalm 8 verse 5 — “You have made him a little lower” depending on your translation, either “than God (than yourself)” or “than angels” depending on how you translate Elohim there. “You have crowned him with glory and majesty and made him to rule over all the works of Your hands and put all things under his feet” so there's a beautiful allusion to…

Jesus’ Baptism

The Lord's Day Morning March 22, 2009 Luke 3:21-22 “Jesus’ Baptism” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Both Matthew and Mark record the baptism of Jesus. Interestingly, Luke's account of the baptism is shorter than both Matthew and Mark. It is not surprising that it's shorter than Matthew. It's perhaps surprising that it's shorter than Mark. Mark typically is pretty quick and to the point as he recounts history, and Luke is even briefer in describing the baptism than Mark is. In fact, Luke only gives the baptism one verse (3:21). But Matthew, Mark, and Luke all record the baptism. John (in John 1) records what happens immediately after the baptism and elaborates on it in a manner very similar to Matthew and to Luke. So all four of the Gospels recount this bit of history. And…

Scared Stiff by an Angel, Struck Dumb by Unbelief

The Lord's Day Morning December 14, 2008 Luke 1:5-25“Scared Stiff by an Angel, Struck Dumb by Unbelief” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke, chapter one, as we continue to work our way through the Gospel of Luke and as we give attention to the things that led up to the Christmas story. Today we're in the passage where John the Baptist's birth is foretold and promised by the angel. As we look at this passage, I want you to be on the lookout for several things. I want you to be on the lookout for the words of the angel. In this angelic announcement, we're told something about the plan of God. I also want you to be on the lookout for Zechariah's response to this message. We’ll learn something about the…

A Prayer in Affliction

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 102. We return today to the Fourth Book of the Psalms. It has been almost a month, but we're back again. But we're in a very different Psalm from the Psalm that we last studied. We were last together in Psalm 101. The Psalms immediately prior to that Psalm had dealt repeatedly with worship. This, however, is a Psalm that deals with affliction. This Psalm was traditionally classed among the penitential Psalms, that…

He Answered, Forgave, and Avenged

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 99 as we continue to make our way through the Fourth Book of the Psalms. The Fourth Book of the Psalms runs from Psalm 90-106. This section of Psalms that we've been studying for the last few Sundays (Psalms 95-100) all focus on worship. And if you've turned to Psalm 99, you can take a peek back to Psalm 98. As we were looking at this Psalm last week, we commented that it teaches us four lessons about public worship.…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning May 18, 2008 Philippians 4:2-7 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “The Shalom of God” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians 4:2, as we continue to work our way through this great book together. Have you ever wished that your name was in a Bible book? Well, if you did, you probably wanted your name mentioned like…

Succession Plan

Wednesday Evening January 30, 2008 Numbers 27:12-23 Numbers — With God in the Wilderness: “Succession Plan” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers 27. Last Wednesday night we were in Numbers 26, looking at a long list of the heads of families of the tribes of Israel; and these names were being listed not only for the purposes of selective service, but especially for the purpose of inheritance. And therein lies an irony with the…

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…

With God in the Wilderness (28) Snakebit

The Lord’s Day Evening Numbers 21:1-9 With God in the Wilderness “Snakebit” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III The last time we were together in Numbers, we were looking at the overwhelmingly sad and moving passage found in Numbers 20. In the midst of arduous demands of leadership in the wilderness, Moses is going to suffer family bereavement in the loss of his sister, serious opposition and complaints from the people of God, intense frustration from their rebellious spirit, a loss of temper that…

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