Rom 5.1 As we turn to Romans 5, the focus shifts to the blessings that now belong to the justified. One commentator finds 15 new blessings of salvation in the first eleven verses of the chapter. The first blessing is peace with God, something quite different from the peace of God. What it means for the justified is that the war is over, God’s wrath against the believer is … [Read more...] about Peace with God [Roman]
Archives for October 2009
The Gospel for Thanksgiving [Guest Speakers]
Tom Nieman Dr. Nieman gave us a comprehensive overview of the Gospel for our Thanksgiving service. He emphasized the love of God as opposed to all other gods and the wickedness and unthankfulness of men in choosing other gods over Him. It is not that God cannot be known by men, nor that He has not been known, but that men have chosen not to know Him. Yet God’s arms are … [Read more...] about The Gospel for Thanksgiving [Guest Speakers]
The Pastor’s Goal [1 Timothy]
1 Tim 1.5 Paul’s first instruction to the pastor is to command men not to teach false doctrine or foolish doctrine. If a pastor faithfully fulfills this instruction, he is often seen as negative, unloving, unpastoral. Yet it is this very command that has as its goal the production of mature Christian love out of the direct fruits of correcting error – a pure heart, a good … [Read more...] about The Pastor’s Goal [1 Timothy]
The Glory of the Son [Guest Speakers]
Tom Nieman Jn 17 Pastor Nieman’s second message presents our Lord, having just washed his disciples feet, kneeling at His Father’s feet, praying for the restoration of his glory and the positioning of His disciples in Him – glorified by our position and exalted together in Him by His love. We are finding Pastor Nieman to be ‘the preacher of glory’, a theme that clearly … [Read more...] about The Glory of the Son [Guest Speakers]
I Saw the Lord [Guest Speakers]
Tom Nieman Isa 6 Our speaker for Thanksgiving Day (Monday, Oct 11) is pastor Tom Nieman, retired pastor of Galilee Baptist Church in Kent, WA. He preached two messages for us this morning as well. Pastor Nieman’s first message comes to us from Isaiah 6, a passage in which we find Isaiah’s motivation for enduring in the ministry in the midst of a people whose hearts … [Read more...] about I Saw the Lord [Guest Speakers]