Sermons

Preaching in a Pagan Backwater (Acts 14:8-20)

 

Jews pursuing Paul and Barnabas who flee to Lystra. Roman outpost. Different language and mythical beliefs and practices. Home of Timothy, Lois and Eunice.

  1. Miraculous Healing (vv.8-10)
    • Man cannot walk x3 in verse 8.
    • Given faith to be healed (perhaps God used Paul’s preaching from v.7)
    • Definitively healed
    • Paul
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Sermons

Responding to the Gospel (Acts 2:37-41)

 

Response to Peter’s Pentecost sermon where “This Jesus” (v.23) was declared Lord. This Jesus was the One whom Peter’s hearers crucified.

  1. Pricked Hearts and Consciences (v.37)
    • Peter’s whole sermon and particularly his final statement cut to the heart
    • Heart of stone transplanted with a heart of flesh. “And I
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Sermons

Once Again: Jehovah or Baal? (2 Kings 1:1-18)

 

  • In a crisis, where do you first look?
  • King Ahaziah is the son of King Ahab (killed in battle) and Jezabel
  • Moab have rebelled against Israel
  • King Ahaziah is on his deathbed after a fall Jonathan Edwards: “You hang by a slender thread…”
  1. We are not to consult evil
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