{sermon} Ruth 4:13-22 — The Lord is Sovereign and Kind: Do Not Fear, For the Best is Yet to Come

My final sermon as pastor of Northbrook Baptist. I love this church.

Audio here.

{sermon} Ruth 2 – The Lord’s Kindness: Forgotten and Freeing

Audio here.

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{sermon} Ruth 1 – The Lord is Merciful and Mighty

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{sermon} 1 Peter 2:11-3:12 – Exiles on Mission

Audio here.

The Ten Commandments: An Expository Sermon Series

Links to the audio for my Exodus sermon series on The Ten Words:

• Kingdom Through Covenant - Exodus 19:1-8a
• A Tale of Two Mountains - Exodus 19:8b-25
• Torah! Torah! Torah! - Exodus 20:1-2
• The Ten Words: The First Commandment - Exodus 20:3
• The Ten Words: The Second Commandment - Exodus 20:4-6
• Sinai & Impaled Chiefs: How the Jealousy of God Threatens and Rescues Sinners - Exodus 20:5-6
• Street Preachers, Sour Grapes, and Generational Puckering: Assorted Thoughts on the Law, Evangelism, and a Better Covenant - Exodus 20:5-6
• The Ten Words: The Third Commandment - Exodus 20:7
• The Ten Words: The Fourth Commandment - Exodus 20:8-11
• The Ten Words: The Fifth Commandment - Exodus 20:12
• The Ten Words: The Sixth Commandment - Exodus 20:13
• The Ten Words: The Seventh Commandment - Exodus 20:14
• The Ten Words: The Eighth Commandment - Exodus 20:15
• The Ten Words: The Ninth Commandment - Exodus 20:16
• The Ten Words: The Tenth Commandment - Exodus 20:17
• Fear and Trembling and the Gospel - Exodus 20:18-26

For previous and future sermons on Exodus, please visit this page.

{Sermon} Psalm 44 - What Our Fathers Have Told Us: What Good Dads Do

Audio here.

Exodus 20:15 – The Ten Words: The Eighth Commandment (You Shall Not Steal)

Audio here.

{SERMON} Exodus 20:14 – The Ten Words: The Seventh Commandment

Audio here.

{Sermon} Exodus 20:12 - The Ten Words: The Fifth Command (Honor Your Father and Your Mother)

Audio here.

(4/21 Sermon) Exodus 20:5-6: Street Preachers, Sour Grapes & Generational Puckering: Assorted Thoughts on the Law, Evangelism, and a Better Covenant

No audio for this past Sunday.

4/21 Audio here.

{SERMON} Exodus 20:5-6 – Sinai & Impaled Chiefs: How the Jealousy of God Threatens and Rescues Sinners

Audio here.

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{Sermon} Exodus 20:4-6 - The Ten Words: The 2nd Commandment

Audio here.

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{Sermon} Exodus 20:3 - The Ten Words: The First Commandment

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Torah! Torah! Torah! 10 Commandments for Interpreting and Applying "the Law"

Sermon audio here.

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A Tale of Two Mountains - Exodus 19:8b-25

Today's sermon audio.

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(Sermon) Exodus 18:13-27 – A Sufficient, Compentent Judiciary: Then & Now

My latest sermon from Exodus is now up:

Exodus 18:13-27 – A Sufficient, Compentent Judiciary: Then and Now

I'll continue in Exodus 19 this Sunday.

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A Vision for the Church (Part 1): A Biblical Vision of Hospitality

Here is Part 1 of our current church vision series:

• A Vision for the Church (Part 1): A Biblical Vision of Hospitality

And here is our Elders Round Table discussion from that evening:

• Elders Roundtable: Vision, Hospitality, and Evangelism

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Why Should We Be Passionate About the Great Commission? (Part 2)

I preached the second message in a three-part series on the Great Commission, addressing the question, "Why Should We Be Passionate About the Great Commission?"

You can listen here (sorry, no manuscript this week).

Part 1 is available to read/listen-to here.

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What Can We Learn from the Exodus Plagues?

Over the past four weeks, I have begun to preach through the Plagues in Exodus. In June, I am taking a break from preaching through Exodus to deliver three sermons on the Great Commission.

So, I thought it would be useful to review and consolidate some of the main points and applications from the sermons thus far.

The following is simply a collection of the main points and application in the order they appeared in the first four sermons (sometimes altered for clarity). To hear/read an explanation of each point and application, go to the sermons from which they are taken:

• Exodus 7:8-13 – Signs of Sovereignty: Staffs and Serpents
• Exodus 7:14-25 – Signs of Sovereignty: De-Nile Ain’t Just a River in Egypt
• Exodus 8:1-15 – Signs of Sovereignty: An Amphibious Invasion
• Exodus 8:16-19 – Signs of Sovereignty: Gnats! Foiled Again by theFinger of God!

What Can We Learn from the Exodus Plagues?

1. The Lord will judge his enemies by hardening their unbelieving hearts so that they believe what is false.
2. The Lord will judge his enemies by revealing the foolishness of those who oppose the Gospel.
3. The Lord will judge his enemies by swallowing them in wrath.
4. The Lord will judge his enemies to make his name known.
5. The Lord will judge his enemies by judging their gods.
6. The Lord will judge his enemies by showing the futility of their gods.
7. The Lord will judge the god of this world by showing the futility of worshiping him.
8. The Lord has judged the gods of this world in the cross.
9. The Lord will judge his enemies justly.
10. The Lord will cause your idols to work for him and against you.
11. The Lord can use anything in all creation to judge his enemies.
12. The Lord can loose his judgments without warning.
13. “The finger of God” demonstrates that God’s reign has arrived.

What Applications Can We Take from the Exodus Plagues?

1. Repent!
2. Expect rejection of the truth.
3. Preach with patience, praying for God to work.
4. Repent!
5. Correct those who oppose the Gospel.
6. Beware of those who oppose the Gospel; avoid and flee from them.
7. Do not imitate those who oppose the Gospel; flee from them.
8. Repent!
9. Rejoice and persevere, for the victory is ours.
10. The purpose of your life is to display the worth of God’s name.
11. Flee from every idol!
12. Worship the Lord alone!
13. See how your gods and idols will destroy you.
14. Savor the supremacy of God as merciful and mighty.
15. Pray as an act of savoring the supremacy of God in Christ.
16. Repent!
17. Humble yourself beneath the hand of Jesus Christ.
18. Be comforted beneath the hand of Jesus Christ.
19. Do not presume upon the patience of God; repent and trust in Christ today.
20. Wait for Jesus in faith.
21. Repent! And let your light so shine before men that they glorify your Father in heaven.

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(Sermon) Exodus 6:28-7:7 - I Have Made You God to Pharaoh

Audio and manuscript from this morning's sermon are now up:

• Exodus 6:28-7:7 I Have Made You God to Pharaoh

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