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The Lord's Day Morning May 8, 2011 “Kingdom Investments” Luke 19:11-27 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I would invite you to turn with me to Luke 19. We’re going to be looking at verses 11 to 27. In my old New American Standard Version this parable is called “The Parable of Money Usage.” Perhaps in the Bible that you’re looking at today it will be called “The Parable of the Ten Minas,” although some of you, your English translations may be called, “The Parable of the Ten Pounds,” or other denominations of money usage. It's not a sermon about stewardship though. It's set in a specific context. Jesus has, if you’ll allow yourself to look back, just told the story, or Luke has just recounted the story of Jesus’ encounter with…

The Poor Man (Who Thought He Was Rich)

The Lord's Day Morning January 16, 2011 “The Poor Man (Who Thought He Was Rich)” Luke 16:19-31 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 16 as we continue our way through the gospel of Luke together. I would remind you that in Luke 16 Jesus has been dealing especially with the problem of the love of money. The Pharisees, the religious leaders, lay leaders in Israel, who were prominent in Jesus’ day and who were famous for their opposition to Him, Jesus has told us in verse 14 were “lovers of money.” And so He has told the story of the unrighteous steward in order to uncover the hearts of the Pharisees and to convict them of that sin. They have an inordinate love for money, they have a preoccupation with…

Wholly Devoted

The Lord's Day Morning January 2, 2011 “Wholly Devoted” Luke 16:1-13 The Reverend Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Luke chapter 16 as we continue our way through the gospel of Luke. This is a hard parable. The commentators sometimes wrestle with this to understand what Jesus is speaking about. It's hard for a number of reasons. One is, in this parable, Jesus commends a dishonest squandering manager as the example to His disciples, and this causes people to ponder. And then it's not quite clear exactly what the manager is doing to extract himself from the situation that he's gotten himself into in this parable. Let me outline it for you and then I want to tell you a few things about it so that you can appreciate the…

God’s Commands for Stewards

The Lord's Day Morning November 7, 2004 I Timothy 6:17-19 “God's Commands for Stewards” Dr. J. Ligon Duncan III Open your Bibles with me to First Timothy, chapter six, as we continue to work our way through this book. I was sorely tempted to preach on Psalm 24:1, the verse chosen by the Deacons’ Stewardship Committee, because it does so beautifully capture the emphasis of the theme of our Stewardship Season, which is “The Earth Belongs Unto the Lord.” Everything is God's,…

Trusting in Wealth

If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to Psalm 49, as we continue to work our way through the Second Book of the Psalms–that is, Psalm 42-72–on Sunday evenings. The last time we were together in the Second Book of the Psalms we were in Psalm 48, and we were surrounded by our enemies, but we were safe in Zion and smiling on all our foes because of the greatness of the great King who dwells in the midst of His people. If you can remember back a couple of weeks we noted…

Worldliness and Riches

James 5:1-6Worldliness and Riches If you have your Bibles, I'd invite you to turn with me to James chapter 5. We've been studying through the book of James for a number of months now, and in particular in the last three weeks we have seen James address the issue of worldliness. If you look at James 4:11, all the way through James 5:6, that compact section in the book of James deals with the subject of worldliness. Last week we noted that James addressed two areas in which he saw…

The Christian and Trails

James 1:2-18The Christian and Trials “Consider it pure joy, my brothers, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith develops perseverance. Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. If any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of…

Instructions to Comfortable Christians about Wealth

I Timothy 6:17-19Instructions to Comfortable Christians about Wealth If You have your bibles, I'd invite You to turn with me to First Timothy, chapter 6. That picture from Vaughan Williams, of the thousands upon thousands “streaming from ocean's farthest coast, into the gates of pearl between the Father, Son and Holy Ghost,” never ceases to grip me, and to move me, and its something for which I long, and I know you long for it as well. This morning will be thinking about the subject…

The Character of the Kingdom, Part 3: The Impossibility…

If you would take Your Bibles in hand and turn with Me to Matthew 19, we'll continue in our study of this gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ. The passage that we looked at last week is directly relevant to the story of the rich young ruler that we will study today. You remember that as the children were brought to Christ, Jesus said that the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these. Now, that statement is made in each of the gospels, Matthew, Mark and Luke, in the recounting of that story…

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