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15:12. The Stoic philosopher Seneca in the first century said that at death ‘I will leave my body, and myself I will give back to the gods.’ Francis Schaeffer was adept at ‘lifting the lid’ off arguments.

  1. It would mean that Christ is not raised.
    • 15:13. A. C. Swinburne:
…]]> How Are Sinners Justified? (Acts 13:38-39) https://revesbypc.org.au/2022/04/15/how-are-sinners-justified-acts-1338-39/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 23:00:00 +0000 https://revesbypc.org.au/?p=8451

 

This is part of Paul’s sermon in the synagogue in Antioch in Pisidia in modern Turkey (not Antioch in Syria). The ESV uses the word ‘freed’ which is probably all right (David Peterson thinks so), but it is actually the word for ‘justified’.

  1. Neither the ceremonial nor the moral
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Peter Barnes: Our Condition, GOD’S Provision, Psalm 73:26 (Sunday 12 April 2020 Evening Service, 6.00 p.m.)

Psalm 73 is a Psalm of struggle. The Psalmist, Asaph, has been looking at this fallen world with jaundiced eyes, and struggling to fit that with God’s promises. We should be able to relate …

]]> ‘Some Mocked’ (Luke 24:1-12; Acts 17:16-34) https://revesbypc.org.au/2020/04/12/some-mocked-luke-241-12-acts-1716-34/ Sat, 11 Apr 2020 23:00:12 +0000 http://www.revesby.pcnsw.org.au/?p=6181

Peter Barnes: ‘Some Mocked’, Luke 24:1-12; Acts 17:16-34 (12 April Sunday Morning)

– Paul emphasises the resurrection of Christ to the Stoic and Epicurean philosophers of Athens – Acts 17:18. ‘Some mocked’. 1. There have always been unbelievers who mock. – Acts 2:13; 2 Peter 3:3-4; 1 Cor.2:14. – The …

]]> A Perfect High Priest and a Perfect Sacrifice (Mark 15:33-47; Hebrews 7:11-28) https://revesbypc.org.au/2020/04/10/a-perfect-high-priest-and-a-perfect-sacrifice-mark-1533-47-hebrews-711-28/ Thu, 09 Apr 2020 23:00:02 +0000 http://www.revesby.pcnsw.org.au/?p=6168

Peter Barnes: A Perfect High Priest and a Perfect Sacrifice, Mark 15:33-47; Hebrews 7:11-28 (10 April 2020, Good Friday)

Both Testaments focus on Christ – Acts 11:26; Luke 24:44. We need to know who Christ is, and what He came to do.

1. Christ is sinless.
– 7:26. This is …

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