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He Surrounds His People

If you have your Bibles, please turn with me to Psalm 125 as we continue our way through the fifth book of the Psalms. The psalmist again, and we've seen this already several times — look back at Psalm 121. “I lift my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?” And then again in Psalm 123. “To You I lift up my eyes.” As the pilgrims make their way towards Jerusalem, their eyes are on the mountains and the hills and it sets them to thinking, thinking about where their help comes from. And this psalm has the same feature again. The mountains and hills surrounding Jerusalem get the pilgrims thinking again. Let's pray and then we’ll hear the Word of the Lord. Heavenly Father, we thank You for the truth of Your Word. We thank You that You've spoken a word to Your…

Determined to Worship

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 108 as we continue our way through the fifth book of the Psalms together. And the last time we were together, we were at Psalm 107 and so we continue tonight in the next psalm. This psalm, as some of you may know, is put together from two other psalms in the Psalter. It has parts of Psalm 57, verses 7 to 11 in it, and it has parts of Psalm 60, verses 5 to 12 in it. And David has put it together. Those previous psalms, perhaps meant especially to be prayers of David to God in specific circumstances in which his own faith was being tested, this psalm perhaps on a national occasion in which the whole community of believers needed to be reminded of the basis of their confidence, the certainty of their hope, the security of…

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

Wednesday Evening Prayer Meeting January 6, 2010 Joshau Dr. J. Ligon Duncan, III. We’re beginning a series of studies of whole Bible books and as you've already seen in your bulletin, I'm going to be preaching on Joshua tonight — all of Joshua — twenty four chapters of Joshua. Now lest you feel sorry for me, as I may have at moments myself today, Derek has to preach on the Psalms — all one hundred and fifty psalms in twenty five minutes. And so I think Derek wins the prize. So feel sorry for Derek, don't feel sorry for me. Jeremy and I have been talking about this for some time and just in the last week or so have decided that this would be a really helpful thing for us to do in over-viewing Bible books, many of which we haven't had the opportunity to preach through…

Mary: On the Christian Life

The Lord's Day Morning January 4, 2009 Luke 1:46-56 “Mary: On the Christian Life” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord. This is our song as we come into Your house this morning to meet with You, to hear Your word; for You to speak Your truth deep into our heart, for our hearts to overflow in gratitude and praise to You. We say, “Great is Your faithfulness.” Great is Your faithfulness in the gospel, for while we were yet sinners, at the right time Christ died for…

Hymns of the Faith: The God of Abraham Praise

Hymns of the Faith “The God of Abraham Praise” 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 with “Hymns of the Faith” is Dr. Ligon Duncan. Dr. Duncan: Thank you, Bill…

Shadowed

If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Psalm 91, as we continue to work our way through the Fourth Book of the Psalms, which runs from Psalm 90-106. Last Lord’s Day, as we began our journey through this great portion of the word of God, we said that the Psalms in large measure answer the question of what a true believer experiences in his or her life with God in this fallen world. Christian experience is a very important subject, and the Psalms are constantly answering…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning May 25, 2008 Philippians 4:8-9 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and the Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study of Philippians “Do As I Do” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians 4:8-9. A couple of weeks ago we were looking at Philippians 3:17-4:1, and we said that Paul was teaching us how to fight worldliness there. One of the ways that he told us to do this was by carefully…

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…

With God in the Wilderness (37): Inheritance Laws

The Lord’s Day Evening January 27, 2008 Numbers 27:1-14 With God in the Wilderness “Inheritance Laws” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. Please be seated. If you have your Bibles, I’d invite you to turn with me to Numbers 27, and I’d also invite you to take a peek at chapter 26 on your way to Numbers 27. The last time we were in Numbers together, this past Wednesday night, we were looking at the long list of names of the heads of families of the tribes in Israel in that great…

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