May 28, 2017 | Joel 1:1-20: A Day of Suffering

Sunday morning we began a new sermon series on the book of Joel. Here is the first sermon of that series taken from Joel 1:1-20.

The word of the Lord that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel:

² Hear this, O elders,
And listen, all inhabitants of the land.
Has anything like this happened in your days
Or in your fathers’ days?
³ Tell your sons about it,
And let your sons tell their sons,
And their sons the next generation.

⁴ What the gnawing locust has left, the swarming locust has eaten;
And what the swarming locust has left, the creeping locust has eaten;
And what the creeping locust has left, the stripping locust has eaten.
⁵ Awake, drunkards, and weep;
And wail, all you wine drinkers,
On account of the sweet wine
That is cut off from your mouth.
⁶ For a nation has invaded my land,
Mighty and without number;
Its teeth are the teeth of a lion,
And it has the fangs of a lioness.
⁷ It has made my vine a waste
And my fig tree splinters.
It has stripped them bare and cast them away;
Their branches have become white.

⁸ Wail like a virgin girded with sackcloth
For the bridegroom of her youth.
⁹ The grain offering and the drink offering are cut off
From the house of the Lord.
The priests mourn,
The ministers of the Lord.
¹⁰ The field is ruined,
The land mourns;
For the grain is ruined,
The new wine dries up,
Fresh oil fails.
¹¹ Be ashamed, O farmers,
Wail, O vinedressers,
For the wheat and the barley;
Because the harvest of the field is destroyed.
¹² The vine dries up
And the fig tree fails;
The pomegranate, the palm also, and the apple tree,
All the trees of the field dry up.
Indeed, rejoicing dries up
From the sons of men.

¹³ Gird yourselves with sackcloth
And lament, O priests;
Wail, O ministers of the altar!
Come, spend the night in sackcloth
O ministers of my God,
For the grain offering and the drink offering
Are withheld from the house of your God.

¹⁴ Consecrate a fast,
Proclaim a solemn assembly;
Gather the elders
And all the inhabitants of the land
To the house of the Lord your God,
And cry out to the Lord.
¹⁵ Alas for the day!
For the day of the Lord is near,
And it will come as destruction from the Almighty.
¹⁶ Has not food been cut off before our eyes,
Gladness and joy from the house of our God?
¹⁷ The seeds shrivel under their clods;
The storehouses are desolate,
The barns are torn down,
For the grain is dried up.
¹⁸ How the beasts groan!
The herds of cattle wander aimlessly
Because there is no pasture for them;
Even the flocks of sheep suffer.
¹⁹ To You, O Lord, I cry;
For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness
And the flame has burned up all the trees of the field.
²⁰ Even the beasts of the field pant for You;
For the water brooks are dried up
And fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

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May 28, 2017 | Joel 1:1-20: A Day of Suffering

"Seventy Times Infinity" Sermon Series

For the last few weeks we have been discussing the central Christian doctrine of forgiveness. To be a follower of Christ is to practice forgiveness. Below you will find all the links and resources from that series.

Sermons

April 23, 2017 | Isaiah 6:1-18: Good News, Your Despicable 
April 23, 2017 | Psalm 51
April 30, 2017 | Matthew 18:21-35: When I Am Sinned Against
April 30, 2017 | 1 Corinthians 13: Practicing Forgiveness in Marriage
May 7, 2017 | Luke 15:11-24: When I Sin Against
May 21, 2017 | Luke 22:31-34 - What in Intercession?: The Link Between Prayer and Forgiveness


Other Links

"Seventy Times Infinity" Sermon Series Video
"Reasons to Forgive": Two Sermons Preached by John MacArthur


Other Series
"Famous Last Words" Sermon Series
"What Does Theology Have to Do With the Price of Bread in China?" Sermon Series
"The Gospel According to Exodus" Sermon Series
"Roadblocks to Faith" Sermon Series
"The Beatitudes" Sermon Series
"The Gospel Is . . ." Sermon Series on Galatians

May 21, 2017 | Luke 22:31-34 - What in Intercession?: The Link Between Prayer and Forgiveness

Sunday morning we finished our forgiveness series "Seventy Times Infinity" by looking at the connection between intercessory prayer and forgiveness.

³¹ “Simon, Simon, behold, Satan has demanded permission to sift you like wheat; ³² but I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail; and you, when once you have turned again, strengthen your brothers.” ³³ But he said to Him, “Lord, with You I am ready to go both to prison and to death!” ³⁴ And He said, “I say to you, Peter, the rooster will not crow today until you have denied three times that you know Me.”

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For more:
April 23, 2017 | Isaiah 6:1-18: Good News, Your Despicable 
April 23, 2017 | Psalm 51
April 30, 2017 | Matthew 18:21-35: When I Am Sinned Against
April 30, 2017 | 1 Corinthians 13: Practicing Forgiveness in Marriage
May 7, 2017 | Luke 15:11-24: When I Sin Against  
May 21, 2017 | Luke 22:31-34 - What in Intercession?: The Link Between Prayer and Forgiveness
"Seventy Times Infinity" Sermon Series Video
"Reasons to Forgive": Two Sermons Preached by John MacArthur

Worship Minimovie: Hi Mom!

The funniest part is that the kid plays for the Wildcats and he's playing in the national championship. Hilarious!

May 14, 2017 | Proverbs 31: The Value of a Godly Woman

Sunday morning we celebrated Mother's Day by looking at Proverbs 31:10-31.

¹⁰ An excellent wife, who can find?
For her worth is far above jewels.
¹¹ The heart of her husband trusts in her,
And he will have no lack of gain.
¹² She does him good and not evil
All the days of her life.
¹³ She looks for wool and flax
And works with her hands in delight.
¹⁴ She is like merchant ships;
She brings her food from afar.
¹⁵ She rises also while it is still night
And gives food to her household
And portions to her maidens.
¹⁶ She considers a field and buys it;
From her earnings she plants a vineyard.
¹⁷ She girds herself with strength
And makes her arms strong.
¹⁸ She senses that her gain is good;
Her lamp does not go out at night.
¹⁹ She stretches out her hands to the distaff,
And her hands grasp the spindle.
²⁰ She extends her hand to the poor,
And she stretches out her hands to the needy.
²¹ She is not afraid of the snow for her household,
For all her household are clothed with scarlet.
²² She makes coverings for herself;
Her clothing is fine linen and purple.
²³ Her husband is known in the gates,
When he sits among the elders of the land.
²⁴ She makes linen garments and sells them,
And supplies belts to the tradesmen.
²⁵ Strength and dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the future.
²⁶ She opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the teaching of kindness is on her tongue.
²⁷ She looks well to the ways of her household,
And does not eat the bread of idleness.
²⁸ Her children rise up and bless her;
Her husband also, and he praises her, saying:
²⁹ “Many daughters have done nobly,
But you excel them all.”
³⁰ Charm is deceitful and beauty is vain,
But a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.
³¹ Give her the product of her hands,
And let her works praise her in the gates.

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For more:
May 14, 2017 | Proverbs 31: The Value of a Godly Woman
May 8, 2016 | Genesis 1-3 - Dad as Priest-King: Why Being a Man is High Calling From God
May 10, 2015 | 1 Samuel 1:1-20 - Mother's Day 2015
Worship Minimovie: A Very Special Mommy

May 7, 2017 | Luke 15:11-24: When I Sin Against

I apologize for the delay, I have been at the Mission Board meeting at the Kentucky Baptist Convention. Here is the sermon from Sunday morning continuing our series on forgiveness taken from Luke 15:11-24.

¹¹ And He said, “A man had two sons. ¹² The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate that falls to me.’ So he divided his wealth between them. ¹³ And not many days later, the younger son gathered everything together and went on a journey into a distant country, and there he squandered his estate with loose living. ¹⁴ Now when he had spent everything, a severe famine occurred in that country, and he began to be impoverished. ¹⁵ So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that country, and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. ¹⁶ And he would have gladly filled his stomach with the pods that the swine were eating, and no one was giving anything to him. ¹⁷ But when he came to his senses, he said, ‘How many of my father’s hired men have more than enough bread, but I am dying here with hunger! ¹⁸ I will get up and go to my father, and will say to him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight; ¹⁹ I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me as one of your hired men.”’ ²⁰ So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him. ²¹ And the son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven and in your sight; I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’ ²² But the father said to his slaves, ‘Quickly bring out the best robe and put it on him, and put a ring on his hand and sandals on his feet; ²³ and bring the fattened calf, kill it, and let us eat and celebrate; ²⁴ for this son of mine was dead and has come to life again; he was lost and has been found.’ And they began to celebrate.

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For more:
April 23, 2017 | Isaiah 6:1-18: Good News, Your Despicable 
April 23, 2017 | Psalm 51
April 30, 2017 | Matthew 18:21-35: When I Am Sinned Against
April 30, 2017 | 1 Corinthians 13: Practicing Forgiveness in Marriage
May 7, 2017 | Luke 15:11-24: When I Sin Against  
"Seventy Times Infinity" Sermon Series Video
"Reasons to Forgive": Two Sermons Preached by John MacArthur

Worship Minimovie: Forgive

April 30, 2017 | 1 Corinthians 13: Practicing Forgiveness in Marriage

Here is the sermon from Sunday evening continuing our series on forgiveness taken from 1 Corinthians 13:1-13. In this sermon, we zeroed in on applying forgiveness to our marriages.

If I speak with the tongues of men and of angels, but do not have love, I have become a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. ² If I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge; and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but do not have love, I am nothing. ³ And if I give all my possessions to feed the poor, and if I surrender my body to be burned, but do not have love, it profits me nothing.
⁴ Love is patient, love is kind and is not jealous; love does not brag and is not arrogant, ⁵ does not act unbecomingly; it does not seek its own, is not provoked, does not take into account a wrong suffered, ⁶ does not rejoice in unrighteousness, but rejoices with the truth; ⁷ bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.

⁸ Love never fails; but if there are gifts of prophecy, they will be done away; if there are tongues, they will cease; if there is knowledge, it will be done away. ⁹ For we know in part and we prophesy in part; ¹⁰ but when the perfect comes, the partial will be done away. ¹¹ When I was a child, I used to speak like a child, think like a child, reason like a child; when I became a man, I did away with childish things. ¹² For now we see in a mirror dimly, but then face to face; now I know in part, but then I will know fully just as I also have been fully known. ¹³ But now faith, hope, love, abide these three; but the greatest of these is love.

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For more:
April 23, 2017 | Isaiah 6:1-18: Good News, Your Despicable 
April 23, 2017 | Psalm 51
April 30, 2017 | Matthew 18:21-35: When I Am Sinned Against
April 30, 2017 | 1 Corinthians 13: Practicing Forgiveness in Marriage
"Seventy Times Infinity" Sermon Series Video
"Reasons to Forgive": Two Sermons Preached by John MacArthur

April 30, 2017 | Matthew 18:21-35: When I Am Sinned Against

Here is the second sermon from our series on forgiveness entitled "Seventy Times Infinity" from Sunday morning taken from Matthew 18:21-35:

²¹ Then Peter came and said to Him, “Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” ²² Jesus *said to him, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven.

²³ “For this reason the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who wished to settle accounts with his slaves. ²⁴ When he had begun to settle them, one who owed him ten thousand talents was brought to him. ²⁵ But since he did not have the means to repay, his lord commanded him to be sold, along with his wife and children and all that he had, and repayment to be made. ²⁶ So the slave fell to the ground and prostrated himself before him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you everything.’ ²⁷ And the lord of that slave felt compassion and released him and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But that slave went out and found one of his fellow slaves who owed him a hundred denarii; and he seized him and began to choke him, saying, ‘Pay back what you owe.’ ²⁹ So his fellow slave fell to the ground and began to plead with him, saying, ‘Have patience with me and I will repay you.’ ³⁰ But he was unwilling and went and threw him in prison until he should pay back what was owed. ³¹ So when his fellow slaves saw what had happened, they were deeply grieved and came and reported to their lord all that had happened. ³² Then summoning him, his lord *said to him, ‘You wicked slave, I forgave you all that debt because you pleaded with me. ³³ Should you not also have had mercy on your fellow slave, in the same way that I had mercy on you?’ ³⁴ And his lord, moved with anger, handed him over to the torturers until he should repay all that was owed him. ³⁵ My heavenly Father will also do the same to you, if each of you does not forgive his brother from your heart.”

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For more:
April 23, 2017 | Isaiah 6:1-18: Good News, Your Despicable 
April 23, 2017 | Psalm 51
April 30, 2017 | Matthew 18:21-35: When I Am Sinned Against
"Seventy Times Infinity" Sermon Series Video
"Reasons to Forgive": Two Sermons Preached by John MacArthur