Thanks to the Lord for His help from this passage – getting into my head and heart and hopefully out of my mouth into other’s heads and hearts. The LORD used prayer, the study of His Word, and the benefit of other teachers, preachers, and writers – including Brueggemann, Eugene Peterson, Mika Edmondson, Thabiti Anyabwile,…
"…to the praise of the glory of His grace…" Ephesians 1:6
Sermons on Grace
Very thankful for all the ways God works to get His Word to His people – especially through the foolishness of preaching. My preaching is always the result of the input of God through the Holy Spirit as I read and study the Word and hear and impacted by what others have learned. In order…
Thankful for the Spirit of God’s work through others – especially Dr. Bruce Waltke, Derek Kidner, Sinclair Ferguson, Mika Edmondson, and Edward Donnelly. All praise to God.
Thankful for how God uses the Word of God and His Spirit and the Spirit and the Word’s work in others to shape my life and these sermons. Praise the Lord for Mika Edmondson, Robert Altar, Derek Kidner, Sinclair Ferguson, Jen Wilkins, and others and may God alone receive all the glory.
So thankful for the gospel of God that is all through this portion of God’s Word. Thankful for Cody Balfour, Urban Ministry Conference Homelessness Panel and speakers, Robert Altar, Mika Edmondson, Ed Donnelly and others…and thankful for the trials God has taken us through these past years that have made these passages such a blessing!…
Very thankful for God’s work in and through many others that are impacting me and this message – including Bruce Waltke and Derek Kidner, Robert Alter, A.W. Pink and John Phillips Genesis commentaries as well as sermons by Tim Keller, Mika Edmondson, Ian Duguid, Ed Donnelly – all glory to God!
Thankful for the Christmas season and the opportunity to think more about advent, incarnation, and God’s purposes. Thankful for the Holy Spirit working through Advent writers like Moltmann and Tripp and others who have been a help to me. Thankful for the Lord’s work in Tim Keller, Sinclair Ferguson, Fritz Reinecker and others whose labors…
Thankful for the Holy Spirit’s work in Tim Keller, Charles Leiter and Fritz Reineker in particular – as their works have been a big part of the preparation and content of this message. All glory to God.
John 5:1-18
Thankful for all God has taught me from Thomas Manton’s message on John 3:16 in the Complete Works of Manton, Volume 2, Charles Spurgeon messages on John 3 and 1 John 4 and several messages from Mika Edmondson in 1 John that all contributed to what I felt like God intended me to teach to…