May 24, 2015 | Some Things Never Change: The Immutability of God & Why That Matters

I failed to record Sunday morning's sermon, but did record the evening service on the subject of divine immutability. You will find those links below.

⁵ “Then I will draw near to you for judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers and against the adulterers and against those who swear falsely, and against those who oppress the wage earner in his wages, the widow and the orphan, and those who turn aside the alien and do not fear Me,” says the Lord of hosts. ⁶ “For I, the Lord, do not change; therefore you, O sons of Jacob, are not consumed.

⁷ “From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the Lord of hosts. “But you say, ‘How shall we return?’ (Malachi 3:5-7)

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Worship Minimovie: God is . . .

Here is the minimovie from Sunday evening.

Worship Minimovie: Identity

Here is the minimovie from Sunday morning.

Worship Minimovie: Jesus Wants the Rose

Here is the minimovie from Sunday evening.

Worship Minimovie: Blessed Are the Merciful

Here is the minimovie from Sunday morning.

May 17, 2015 | Galatians 1:11-24: The Gospel is Real

Here is the sermon audio and notes from this past Sunday from Galatians 1:11-24.

¹¹ For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached by me is not according to man. ¹² For I neither received it from man, nor was I taught it, but I received it through a revelation of Jesus Christ.

¹³ For you have heard of my former manner of life in Judaism, how I used to persecute the church of God beyond measure and tried to destroy it; ¹⁴ and I was advancing in Judaism beyond many of my contemporaries among my countrymen, being more extremely zealous for my ancestral traditions.  ¹⁵ But when God, who had set me apart even from my mother’s womb and called me through His grace, was pleased ¹⁶ to reveal His Son in me so that I might preach Him among the Gentiles, I did not immediately consult with flesh and blood, ¹⁷ nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me; but I went away to Arabia, and returned once more to Damascus.

¹⁸ Then three years later I went up to Jerusalem to become acquainted with Cephas, and stayed with him fifteen days. ¹⁹ But I did not see any other of the apostles except James, the Lord’s brother. ²⁰ (Now in what I am writing to you, I assure you before God that I am not lying.) ²¹ Then I went into the regions of Syria and Cilicia. ²² I was still unknown by sight to the churches of Judea which were in Christ; ²³ but only, they kept hearing, “He who once persecuted us is now preaching the faith which he once tried to destroy.” ²⁴ And they were glorifying God because of me.

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Sermon Notes: Lewis on Weak Desires

Sunday I shared one of my favorite CS Lewis quotes taken from his sermon The Weight of Glory (read the entire sermon here). I want to share it again in this format.

It would seem that Our Lord finds our desires not too strong, but too weak. We are half-hearted creatures, fooling about with drink and sex and ambition when infinite joy is offered us, like an ignorant child who wants to go on making mud pies in a slum because he cannot imagine what is meant by the offer of a holiday at the sea. We are far too easily pleased. -The Weight of Glory, 26