The following is a continuation of the sermon I preached on Sunday March 28 entitled, “Lust.”
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Category: New Testament
This Sunday, we will be receiving a very large group of new members into the Covenant family and performing two adult baptisms by immersion during the 11:15AM worship service. Receiving new members into the church is nothing new for us, but baptizing by immersion during the worship service certainly is.[i] For…
Recently over dinner, a friend posed an excellent question for reflection: “If you could meet someone from the past, who would it be?” I had wrestled with this question before, but in this particular moment I knew exactly who I would want to converse with: the Apostle Paul. My passion…
“Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. Nothing is covered up that will not be revealed, or hidden that will not be known. Therefore whatever you have said in the dark shall be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in private rooms shall be…
“Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope…” (1 Timothy 1:1) Hope is hard to come by for many these days. Even in a time of low unemployment, high wages, and relative rest from global wars there is a note…
This week IVP released the newest installment in the “Week in the Life” series with John Byron’s “A Week in the Life of a Slave.” Byron is Professor of New Testament at Ashland Theological Seminary and focused his doctoral research at the University of Durham on slavery metaphors in early…