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If your right eye causes you to sin, tear it out and throw it away. For it is better that you lose one of your members than that your whole body be thrown into hell. And if your right hand causes you to sin, cut it off and throw it away. For it is better … Continue reading Fighting Sin by Seeing Rightly (Matt. 5:29-30)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM-yNf5no8Y Manuscript: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your neighbor and hate your enemy. ’ But I say to you, Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun rise on … Continue reading Love Your Enemies (Matt. 5:43-48)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8y1OKhGYNHA Transcript: During your teen years, you are at this interesting crossroad where you are making decisions about what kind of person you will be, what values you will stand for, and what you want your life to be known for. With the myriad of different options of what kind of identity we will embrace, … Continue reading How to Be Righteous (Matt. 5:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VtS1InmRo-s Note: This talk was given to High School guys. Transcript “All things were created through Him and for Him.” – Col. 1:16 We host Let’s Talk every quarter because of that verse. If your view of the Bible is that it is only a helpful guide when dealing with “spiritual” things, like church, … Continue reading Let’s Talk: Sex
Here is an email response given to someone who asked me this question awhile ago - it is a question I am asked fairly frequently, so I figured it would be helpful to just put it into a post. If you are unfamiliar with the "Unforgivable Sin", it is found in Mark 3:22-30, Luke 12:8-10, … Continue reading Have I Committed the Unforgivable Sin?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DF7w5GGpjDo Transcript: “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy,” Let’s turn to the particular beatitude tonight, “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall be shown mercy,” (Matt. 5:7). I’d like to look at just two questions tonight, and that is this: What does it mean to be “merciful”? How do I become … Continue reading The Merciful (Matt. 5:7)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvnnqMHMlKQ “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” Last week we began our series on the Sermon on the Mount with an overview of what the Sermon is about and how we should interpret it. This week we actually begin the sermon with what is famously called the “Beatitudes”, … Continue reading The Poor in Spirit (Matt. 5:3)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcyu6wBRtj8 Notes: What comes to your mind when you think of a "King"? A crown? Throne? Iron scepter, red-fur cape, and jewel-encrusted sword? I think of someone with total authority, power, and control of a realm, a kingdom. Kings litter the pages of our favorite fairy-tales and stories: King Richard the Lionheart, King Arthur and … Continue reading The King’s Sermon (Matt. 4:23, 25, 5:1-2)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cwou_iru_Q Notes: Tonight we end our very short series on the book of Jonah, and tonight we see just how wide the arms of God’s love is held out, in extension to our sinful world. I was not raised in a Christian home, which means that when I first started really coming to church, I … Continue reading Jesus and Nineveh (Jonah 3-4)
I love listening to Ray Ortlund Jr. If you've never heard the man preach, you are missing out on one of the most Christ-exalting, joyfully serious preachers alive. He frequently quotes songs or poems in his sermons, but in his most recent sermon, entitled "The Humility of God" on John 1:1, 14, he quoted something … Continue reading The Humiliation of God
Marc Sims 