Posts Tagged ‘bible’

September Texts & Topics for North Hills

Here are the text and topics for our worship services in September at North Hills Church. Series for Morning Worship:  Book of Colossians Series for Evening Worship:  The Lord’s Prayer September 6th AM:  Colossians 2:6-10 PM:  “As We Forgive” September 13th AM:  Colossians 2:11-12 PM:  “Lead Us Not Into Temptation” September 20th AM:  Colossians 2:13-15 [...]

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A Blog to read…Andy Darnell’s Mindmap

This is overdue… I want to recommend a friend’s blog to you:  Andy Darnell’s Mindmap.  Andy is a friend going back to high school and dedicated lay leader in his church.  One of things that I appreciate the most about Andy is his passion for Scripture.  This comes out again and again in his blog.  [...]

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Inspirational Profile: Jesus

Yesterday, I began a mini-sermon series within our series on the Book of Colossians from Colossians 1:15-23.  I am attempting to ask and answer this question:  Who is Jesus?  Here’s how I introduced this series: There is no doubt that there still remains uncertainty about who Jesus, whether with regard to his person (that is, [...]

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Remember Me

A song that I have been listening to on a regular basis is Remember Me by Matthew Smith (of Indelible Grace fame).  This song appears on Smith’s solo recond Love Shall Never Die: The Road Sessions Vol. 2.  I could not find the lyrics to this song, but I did find the hymn on which [...]

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Top Commentaries on every book of the Bible

This list, compiled by Keith Mathison, may come in handy. (HT:  Challies)

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Free in March

Here are a couple of freebies to take advantage of during the month of March: Christian Audio is offering their usual free audiobook of the month.  This month it is Donald Whitney’s Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life. I have used this book in teaching through spiritual disciplines and found it to be helpful in [...]

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Modern Parables

You can watch the six “modern parables” that have been produced by Modern Parables for a limited time online.  I have been thinking through a way to share some of theses with the church and hope to do some type of Modern Parable event at the church in February. If you watch any of the [...]

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Very Cool: Refrence Rainbow

This is both a very cool and  beautiful visual representation of the interconnected nature of Scripture. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Submission – A Delight (Part 3 of 3)

Submission – A Delight Submission is not a sword to be wielded by the powerful or a burden to carried by the weak, rather it is a virtue and practice that every Christian is called to day after day in a variety of settings and within a variety of relationships.  No doubt authority has been [...]

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Submission – Defied (Part 2 of 3)

3 part post on Biblical submission.  Read part one here. Submission – Defied Why do we struggle so much with submission, and why is it so hard for us to see and acknowledge the struggle?  Our struggle with submission is primarily rooted in our sins of pride and arrogance.  Submission runs counter to our self-sufficiency [...]

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Submission – Defined (Part 1 of 3)

For a variety of reasons, I have not been able to blog much original material recently.  This is original, although originally published in our church newsletter in 2006.  I am posting this article in three parts over the next three days:  Submission: Defined, Defied, & A Delight. Submission – the lost Christian virtue.  Okay, I [...]

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Sermon on Romans 13:1-7

There are two things we are not suppose to talk about…politics and religion.  In this sermon, I got to talk about both on the Sunday after our national elections.  This is a part of our preaching series through Romans at Calvary and we were not intentional about this passage falling on this particular date (all [...]

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ESV Study Bible is out!

The new ESV Study Bible has been released.  I do not have a copy yet, but I aim to rectify that soon. Read a detailed review by Challies here.

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