“Speak the Truth in Love”

October 22, 2018September 25, 2019 bigspringschurchcage-stage Calvinists, doctrines of grace, Ephesians 4, five points of Calvinism, law and gospel, proverbs, social media, speak the truth in love, three uses of the law, Tulip

Proverbs 10:19; 15:1; Ephesians 4:11-16 October 21, 2018 • Download this sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Guess how many things are posted by people from all over the world on Facebook daily: 293,000 statuses, 510,000 comments, and 136,000 photos. This means that people around the world will have written 422 million posts by the end of this year. How many tweets do people publish? 350,000 every minute, or 500 million per day. And to top it all off, there are over 350 million blogs on the Internet. Everyone wants…

A Few Notes on The Sermon on the Mount

August 10, 2015October 18, 2016 bigspringschurchBeatitudes, kingdom of heaven, law and gospel, Matthew 5-7, Sermon on the Mount, Ten Commandments

This was a portion of our Sunday class discussion today, August 9. Download the notes (PDF) here. Beatitudes The Beatitudes have eight blessings with promises. The first and last blessings are already received by kingdom people. The other six blessings await a future day when the kingdom of God is fully consummated. However, though there is a definite day of consummation at the return of Christ, all of these “blessings” are already being enjoyed by believers in this age (“already but not yet”). Verse Blessing Promise Present/Future? OT Reference…

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Men’s Bible Study: “The Gospel According to Joshua”

October 16, 2014October 16, 2014 bigspringschurchcovenant of grace, covenant of works, Exodus, genocide, holy war, Jericho, jihad, Joshua, law and gospel, Moses, Promised Land, Rahab

The men are currently visiting a period in Biblical history known as “The Conquest of the Promised Land” in the Book of Joshua. But in recent times, the most heated discussion when Joshua is mentioned is about the command by God to the Israelites to “devote” everyone and everything “to destruction” as they conquered the cities in the land. How can a good, loving God command “genocide”? Join us as we embark on a “conquest” of this and several other themes and issues in seven Lessons from the White Horse…