Category: Biblical Interpretation
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The Incarnation didn’t end at Christ’s Ascension
The one where I explain that Christ still has a body, and exegete the thorny passage 1 Corinthians 15:45.
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Christ, the Shepherd of our Souls (a sermon from Psalm 23)
Manuscript of my most recent sermon, a Christ-centered exposition of the Twenty-Third Psalm.
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Reading Scripture, the way the Good Lord intended: A sermon on 2 Timothy 3:15-17
How should we read Scripture? 2 Timothy 3:15-17 teaches us to look for Christ first; and then to learn doctrine and instruction in righteousness. The outcome will be men and women of God who are thoroughly equipped for every good work.
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What we will be has not yet appeared (1 John 3:2)
The one where I preached about what it means for those with profound disabilities that humans are in the image of God.
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Flesh & Bone & Broiled Fish: an Easter sermon (Luke 24:36-43)
Text of my sermon for April 9, 2023. What does it mean for our faith; for the Lord’s Supper; and for our future that Christ has been raised with a body? (There’s also an intense footnote at the end clearing up some confusion some seem to have about 1 Corinthians 15:45, 50 regarding the bodily…
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The Lord’s Supper, the way the good Lord intended (a sermon on Ecclesiastes 9:7-8)
The Lord’s Supper the way the Good Lord intended is much more than a memorial. It is a communion with the living Christ. By His grace, we are able to eat the bread with gladness and drink the cup with cheerful hearts, because God accepts our works, and the blood of Christ keeps our garments…
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“My tongue is the pen of a rapid writer”: Psalm 45, the Church’s love song to Christ, part 4
This post continues a series of devotional meditations on Psalm 45, as the Church’s love song to Christ. In vv8-9, Christ has come for His Bride. The perfume of His garments and the music of heaven fill the air, as the Bride stands at His right hand, adorned in the finest gold.
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Kitchen Nightmares: Church Edition (a sermon on James 2:18-19)
A sermon on James 2:18-19, given February 26, 2023. This message is meant to (a) provoke Christians to good works that proceed from faith; and (b) to drive us to Christ for comfort and assurance when we find our works are lacking.
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“My tongue is the pen of a rapid writer”: Psalm 45, the Church’s love song to Christ, part 3
This post continues a series of devotional meditations on Psalm 45, as the Church’s love song to Christ. In vv6-7, the Church praises Christ as an eternal King, who loves justice and hates wickedness.
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“My tongue is the pen of a rapid writer”: Psalm 45, the Church’s love song to Christ, part 2
This post continues a series of devotional meditations on Psalm 45, as the Church’s love song to Christ. In vv3-5, the Church praises Christ as a conquering Warrior who will rid the earth of wickedness to prepare a new heavens and earth, where He and His Church will dwell forever.
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