Sermons and Biblical Studies

Old Testament Gospel Heb. 4:2 Israel in ancient days Not only had a view Of Sinai in a blaze, But learn’d the Gospel too; The types and figures were a glass, In which they saw a Saviour’s face. The paschal sacrifice And blood-besprinkled door, Seen with enlighten’d eyes, And once applied with power, Would teach … Continue reading “Sacrifices, O.T. and N.T.”

I’m the Only Father My Children Will Have Would you be willing to give up your career, your aspirations, and a $600,000 annual salary if your family was in need? I know a man who did. In 1985 Tim Burke saw his boyhood dream come true the day he was signed to pitch for the … Continue reading “Sacrifice”

The Lord’s Supper A visible manifestation of the word. The bread and wine in the Lord’s Supper are considered sacraments in that they are visible manifestations of the covenant promise of our Lord: “In the same way, after the supper he took the cup, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which … Continue reading “Sacrament”

The Lord’s Day John’s reference to the Lord’s Day (v. 10), generally regarded as referring to Sunday, suggests that to first-century Christians the first day of the week was particularly significant. That raises the question of whether Sundays are special today. We know that the early church gave special honor to Sunday, the first day … Continue reading “Sabbath”

Some Marriages are Rutted Openness is essentially the willingness to grow, a distaste for ruts, eagerly standing on top-toe for a better view of what tomorrow brings. A man once bought a new radio, brought it home, placed it on the refrigerator, plugged it in, turned it to WSM in Nashville (home of the Grand … Continue reading “Rut”

Sculpting Begun in 1927 “American history shall march along that skyline,” announced Gutzon Borglum in 1924, gazing at the Black Hills of South Dakota. In 1927 Borglum began sculpting the images of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, and Theodore Roosevelt on the granite face of 6,000-foot Mount Rushmore. Most of the sculpting was done … Continue reading “Rushmore”

Resource •      C. Swindoll, Growing Strong, p. 105 (A. Lincoln’s coffin opened twice)

Price Went Up It seems there was a pretzel stand out front of an office building in New York. One day, a man came out of the building, plunked down a quarter, and then went on his way without taking a pretzel. This happened every day for three weeks. Finally, the old lady running the … Continue reading “Rules”

Quote •      “The hardest thing about milking cows,” observed a farmer, “ is that they never stay milked.” Bits & Pieces, August 18, 1994, p. 3

Jean Jacques Rousseau’s Treatise Consider Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who wrote in 1762 the classic treatise on freedom, The Social Contract, with its familiar opening line: “Man was born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” But the liberty Rousseau envisioned wasn’t freedom from state tyranny; it was freedom from personal obligations. In his mind, the threat … Continue reading “Rousseau”