Sep 27, 2020

Originally Presented: March 29th, 2009

Scripture Reading: Romans 16:25-27

It is fitting for the book of Romans to end with a doxology ('word of praise').  There are many doxologies in the Bible … Rom 11:36; Heb 13:20,21; Jude 24,25.  Here, after his long and detailed unfolding of the gospel of Christ, Paul stops...

Sep 27, 2020

Scripture Reading: John 2:12-22

This passage is John's account of Jesus cleansing the temple.  John has the story at the beginning of Jesus' ministry.  Matthew, Mark, and Luke all have accounts of Jesus clearing the temple too, but in those gospels it occurs just prior to Jesus' death, at the end of His ministry.  The...

Sep 20, 2020

Sep 20, 2020

Scripture Reading: John 2:1-11

Turning water into wine is one of Jesus' best-known miracles.  Found only in the gospel of John, Jesus performed this miracle as the inaugural display of power in His public ministry (Jn 2:11).  Having said that, it was not a fully-public miracle because only a few people actually knew...

Sep 13, 2020

 Originally Presented: March 15th, 2009

Scripture Reading: Romans 16:17-20

Ever since the beginning of the human race there have been those who not only deny the truth about God, but offer alternative and false statements.  In the garden of Eden, Satan blatantly declared, "You surely shall not die."  His declaration to...