What Does It Mean to Mortify the Sins of the Body? September 01, 2024, by: John Owen “If ye by the Spirit do mortifie the deeds of the flesh, ye shall live” (Rom. 8:13) The Duty: Mortify Your Deeds The duty itself, “Mortify the deeds of the body,” is next to be remarked upon. Three things are … More Mortifying Sins – 09/03/2024
2 CORINTHIANS 2:14-17 Yesterday’s devotional was titled “We Smell” referring to the last part of verse 14 which uses the words, aroma, fragrance, perfume, or savor depending on the English translation. Today’s sermon is a follow-up to yesterday’s post. I guess one could say we put the cart before the horse, as today we look … More Sunday Sermon Series – “TRIUMPHANT LIFE” – 09/01/2024
2 Corinthians 2 2 Corinthians 2:14 CONTEXT v.14 But thanks be to God. Here he again glories in the success of his ministry, and shows that he had been far from idle in the various places he had visited; but that he may do this in no invidious way, he sets out with a thanksgiving, … More Devotional Thought – “We Smell” – 08/31/2024
Maybe it is just me but the first thing that comes to mind when I hear the word Breech or Breecher is a scene from the movie D-Day where the soldiers were trying to lace together Bangalore torpedoes to Breech the German coastal defenses. ISAIAH 58 Isaiah 58:12 CONTEXT Israel’s hypocritical fasting (58:1–12). When God … More Devotional Thought “Breached” – 08/28/2024
JUDE 1 JUDE 1:3 CONTEXT Introduction to Jude Author The author of this letter is Jude, the brother of James. Most likely these brothers are the same brothers listed in Matthew 13:55 and Mark 6:3 as Jesus’ half brothers (born to Joseph and Mary after Jesus’ birth). It was common in the history of the … More Devotional – “Fight of Faith” – 08/22/2024
Planted by grace, and owing all to our heavenly Father’s care, we may defy the hurricane, and laugh at the fear of drought, for none that trust in him shall ever be left unwatered. C. H. Spurgeon PSALM 104 PSALM 104:16 CONTEXT GENERAL, REMARKS. Here we have one of the loftiest and longest sustained flights of … More Devotional Thought – “Cedars of Lebanon” – 08/14/2024
First posted in 2021 it is worth a repost.
Preaching ought to reflect our conviction that God’s Word is infallible and inerrant. If we believe that “all Scripture is inspired by God” and inerrant, must we not be equally committed to the reality that it is “profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of God may be … More Expository Preaching and Evangelistic Opportunities – 08/13/2024
I have noted in the past that there are couch potato and pew warming Christians. You know the type they show up on Sunday but bear no fruit in their daily lives. The Westminster Shorter Catechism states: Quest. 1. What is the chief end of man? Ans. 1. Man’s chief end is to glorify God,(1) … More Sunday Sermon Series – “GLORY vs. SIN” – 08/11/2024
Lord, however, you deal with me in outward things, whatever you take from me, whatever you deny me—do not deny me Christ! Do not deny me a share in his righteousness! Amen. David Clarkson, “No Hope without Christ’s Righteousness,” in Piercing Heaven: Prayers of the Puritans, ed. Robert Elmer (Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2019), 19. … More Friday Feature Quote – ” Righteous Hope” 08/09/2024
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