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[24] So when Pilate saw that he was gaining nothing, but rather that a riot was beginning, he took water and washed his hands before the crowd, saying, “I am innocent of this man’s blood; see to it yourselves.” | Matthew 27:24 On Sunday, Andrew preached on Jesus trial by Pilate. While John does not […]

Be subject for the Lord’s sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. For this is the will of God, that by doing good you should put to silence the […]

Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what is the will of God, what is good and acceptable and perfect. | Romans 12:2 I had a friend ask me this week for a definition of wisdom. He was asking, as […]

In John 16, we looked at Jesus preparing the disciples for the coming of the Holy Spirit. In this, we studied what Jesus said the Holy Spirit has come to do. This is important, because there are a lot actions attributed to the Spirit today that do not align with the stated purpose of the […]

I love to tell the story; For those who know it best Seem hungering and thirsting To hear it like the rest. And when, in scenes of glory, I sing the new, new song, ’Twill be the old, old story, That I have loved so long. I love to tell the story, ’Twill be my […]

For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:                “Death is swallowed up in victory.”                 “O death, where is your victory?                […]

The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. | Deuteronomy 29:29 This week I preached on the sovereignty of God; specifically, that God does as He chooses based on His […]

Thus Israel settled in the land of Egypt, in the land of Goshen. And they gained possessions in it, and were fruitful and multiplied greatly. | Genesis 47:27 This week’s sermon was on Genesis 47, but we stopped at verse 26, because the rest of the chapter is more about Jacob’s impending death and it […]

For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died; and he died for all, that those who live might no longer live for themselves but for him who for their sake died and was raised. From now on, therefore, we regard no […]