Sermon Notes

The Marcions have landed. A warning for evangelicals

By Carl Trueman http://www.e-n.org.uk/p-2105-The-Marcions-have-landed.htm February 20, 2013 When one asks the most influential thinkers in the modern evangelical church are, one might find names such as Jim Packer, John Stott, and Don Carson. I would like to suggest, however, that there is one whose influence is perhaps much greater than we are aware of, yet…

Notes (near transcript) of Sermon 1/27/13

The Now and Future Kingdom Intro: Do you have an over-realized eschatology? Do you have an under-realized eschatology? Eschatology– a theological word. Simple explanation: eschaton “last” -completion, final blessings. An over-realized eschatology would be one where a believer thinks that all the powers and promises and blessings of heaven are here NOW. It is only…

The Gospel in Isaiah 59

Dear Congregation of Jesus Christ On the last Sunday of 2012 I preached from Isaiah 59 emphasizing the sinfulness and failure of humans (Israel) to keep God’s covenant: Behold, the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear; but your iniquities have made a separation between…

Reformation Day Sermon 10/28/12

Of Sinners and Saints How did you become a sinner?   Original Sin: A Study in Evangelical Theology*  David Parker   The doctrine of original sin which refers to the ‘morally vitiated condition in which we find ourselves at birth as members of a sinful race’ is commonly regarded as one of the most difficult…

Sermon: Counting the Cost- Forgiveness

Counting the Cost- Forgiveness Luke 14:25-35 In The Gospel Narrative, [25] Now great crowds accompanied him, and he turned and said to them, [26] “If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father and mother and wife and children and brothers and sisters, yes, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.…

Quote from Rev. John Otis

Quoted in Vesper Worship Service July 8, 2010 Rev. John Otis: The Great Commission of Christ in Matthew 28:18-20 will be accomplished in history prior to Christ’s Second Coming. The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the earth as the waters cover the sea as promised in Isaiah 11:9 and in Habakkuk…