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Why was I a Guest?

The Lord's Day Morning November 28, 2010 Luke 14:7-24 “Why was I a Guest?” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 14. We’re going to be looking at verses 7 to 24 today. And as you get to that passage in your Scripture, I'd like you to take your hymnals back out and turn right back to number 715, the hymn we just sang, because I want you to see an image that's used in the hymn and compare it to what we're about to read. The first stanza of this hymn speaks about thanksgiving to God for the good harvest that He's provided. It's the classic harvest hymn. We sing it very often at Thanksgiving time. I'm sure that was the occasion it was originally intended for. But in the second, third, and fourth…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

Sunday, March 9, 2008 Philippians 2:16-18 Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ and Peace that Passes Understanding: A Study in Philippians Hold Fast to the Word of Life Dr. Ligon Duncan Amen. If you have your Bible, I would invite you to turn with me to Philippians 2. We’re going to concentrate on verses 16-18 today, but we're going to read verses 14-18. The last time we were together we were looking at verses 14-15, all a part of an extended section in which the Apostle Paul is encouraging us, exhorting us to live the Christian life. And he is making very specific exhortations to us in that section reminding us about what is involved in living the Christian life. For instance, in chapter 2:14 last Lord's day, we saw the Apostle Paul encouraging us to not grumble…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning July 8, 2007 Communion Sunday Philippians 1:21-26 “To Be or Not to Be” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians chapter one, verse 21. For a number of months now we've been studying Paul's letter to the Philippians, and for the last month we've been looking at Philippians 1:21, which we have seen as something of a “life verse” for the Apostle Paul. Today we're going to look at verses 21-26, and we're going to look at two things as we do that. I want you to follow Paul's argument–the argument that is going on inside his own heart in these verses. In fact, I'm going to outline them for you right now. Look at verse 21. You’ll see what we might say is Paul's…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning July 1, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “The Gain of Death” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter one, verse 21. We've been in this verse for a month; we haven't gotten to the second half of the verse yet. There's good reason for that. The comfort that we all look for — and surely we look for it especially in the hour of death — the comfort that we get in the second half of this verse in Paul's affirmation that…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning June 24, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “Dying to Live” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Dr. Thomas: Well, good morning. Welcome to our eleven o’clock service. We are so pleased and excited, as you are, to be back here in the sanctuary. A couple of thoughts went through my head as people came in. There's a sense in which this is very familiar. The architects have designed this building, and as you walk back into it–and some of you have not been in it at all to even spy out…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning June 17, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “Living Out Philippians 1:21” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians, chapter one, as we continue to work through this book together. When we were last in Philippians together, we looked at Philippians 1:21. We’re going to be there again today–and now I can tell you we're going to be there again next week, because I got exactly half way through the message…

Fighting for Joy, Growing in Humility, Knowing Christ…

The Lord's Day Morning June 3, 2007 Philippians 1:21 “Life = Christ, Death = Gain” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Amen. If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Philippians , as we continue making our way through this great letter of the Apostle Paul. Now our passage today is Philippians 1:21, a passage that no doubt many of you have memorized and used as a life verse; but before we get to that passage I'd like you to allow your eyes to scan verses 12-20 to remind us…

A Call to Love and Other-centeredness

Romans 12:9-10A Call to Love and Other-Centeredness If you have your Bibles I'd invite you to turn with me to Romans chapter 12. As we go back to the book of Romans, remember where we have been. This is Paul's great declaration about the first principles of Christians living. You can't get more practical than Paul is here. You can't get more theological than Paul is here. He mixes those things together. All his theology is practical and all his practice is based on good theology.…

Paul’s Purpose to Preach

Romans 1:11-15 Paul’s Purpose to Preach If you have your Bibles I’d invite you to turn with me to Romans, chapter 1 as we continue to work our way through this great gospel. As Paul describes for us the very heart of the gospel and then expounds it in his letter to the Romans. Over the last couple of weeks, we’ve seen even in Paul’s introductory words that they are filled with the gospel. Paul can’t say hello without mentioning the gospel. And in seven verses, ninety-three words, he…

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