Sunday Leftovers (3/1/09)

In his book Victorious Christians You Should Know, Warren Wiersbe tells of the letter Andrew Bonar wrote to his brother during the Kilsyth Revival of 1839-40. Bonar lamented that there had not yet been significant change among the people, “…and I believe I am to blame. I work more than I pray.” Later he would […]

Sunday Leftovers (2/15/09)

When God waits for a thousand years to accomplish a purpose of His own, He does not wait a long time. He waits only for “one day.” That is, His purposes are not compromised by a delay of a thousand years, nor are they enhanced by the delay. In fact, what are a thousand years […]

Sunday Leftovers (2/1/09)

God is a jealous God. And Joshua 24:19 states that He is not only a jealous God, but He is a holy God. God is jealous for holiness. That is, He loves and preserves holiness. He loves His own holiness, and He loves holiness in His people. That was the reason Joshua challenged people when […]

Sunday Leftovers (1/25/09)

One of the values of Scripture is that it teaches us — for we do not know and understand. Given that we are taught by Scripture a fair question to ask, then, is “what kind of learner are you?’ It is possible to be a Bible learner that learns without a Biblical purpose. We might […]

Sunday Leftovers (1/18/09)

The second stanza of Psalm 119 is perhaps the most well-known in the psalm, and it is addressed to a “young man.” The word refers to any young man who is not of marital age. This is the sense of the word as Solomon used it in Proverbs. But the instructions in this verse are […]

Sunday Leftovers (1/11/09)

It is easy to presume that Psalm 119 is only about Scripture — a defense of the authority and power of God’s Word. It is. And it isn’t. Psalm 119 is also about the love the writer has for God’s Word. The entire psalm reflects the happiness of a man in love with God. There […]

Sunday Leftovers (12/21/08)

Christmas isn’t about babies. Or gifts. Or giving. Or sacrifice. Or thankfulness. Or in songs. Or family. Or tradition. Christmas is about death. More specifically, Christmas is about the death of Christ. That is to say, Christmas is about the gospel. The Christian faith demands clarity about many things. But it demands that we must […]

Sunday Leftovers (11/2/08)

The doctine of divine sovereignty, particularly as it relates to election is sometimes supposed to be harsh — an angry God uncaring about the eternal destiny of sinners to hell. Yet there is much in the doctrine that is compassionate, beautiful, and comforting. The big question is not why He didn’t choose some; the primary […]

Sunday Leftovers (10/19/08)

When the founder of the Navigators, Dawson Trotman, died in a boating accident a generation ago (after being thrown from the boat, he held up two young women until they were saved, before perishing himself), there was disbelief and grief among all those who were present. Yet when a close friend broke the news to […]

Sunday Leftovers (10/5/08)

In 1859, Anna Warner published a little-known book entitled Say and Seal in which one of the characters in the story comforted a dying child by singing a song which had been penned by Anna just for that book. Three years later, William Bradbury came across the book and the song and wrote a tune […]

Sunday Leftovers (9/21/08)

Many thoughts remained in my mind (and in my notes) following yesterday’s sermon. Belief in the omnipresence of God is not new for me. I have thought about it many times. But the significance of God’s continual presence with me (and all men) weighed on me in new and fresh ways this week. What follows […]

Sunday Leftovers (9/14/08)

Once upon a time there was an athlete. He was not the biggest, or the fastest, or the strongest, or the most athletic, but there had never been another athlete who was both bigger and faster, or both stronger and more athletic. He was the athlete’s athlete. He was a star in college; he became […]

Sunday Leftovers (9/7/08)

Psalm 139 begins with David’s delight in God’s omniscience: God knows David’s past (v. 1) God knows David’s every present activity (vv. 2-3) God knows David’s every future word (and thoughts, v. 4) God knows David as if to surround him perpetually (v. 5) God’s knowledge of David is a delight to David (v. 6) […]

Sunday Leftovers (8/31/08)

J. C. Ryle offers two questions to help believers determine the significance and weight of holiness in their lives: (1)…let me ask everyone who may read these pages, Are you holy? Listen, I pray you, to the question I put to you this day. Do you know anything of the holiness of which I have […]

Sunday Leftovers (8/24/08)

This morning we spent 45 minutes thinking about four verses concerning the topic of the holiness of God. And one sermon will now become two sermons as we will finish the passage next time. Two sermons about holiness as it relates to God. Is not everyone aware that God is holy? What more needs to […]