God's Invincible Embrace - III

Pastor Dan's sermon from 5/6/2007

Scripture Reference: 1 Corinthians 2:1-16

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God's Invincible Embrace - II

Pastor Dan's sermon from 4/29/2007

Scripture Reference: John 10:15-26

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God's Invincible Embrace

Pastor Dan's sermon from 4/22/2007

Scripture Reference: John 14:15-26

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The Voice of the Shepherd

Pastor Dan's sermon from 4/15/2007

Scripture Reference: John 10:14-21

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Who is the Holy Spirit?

Take a look at the question..."who" not "what". We often think of the Holy Spirit as some kind of power rather than the person that He is. In doing so, we often, in our own minds, subordinate the Holy Spirit to the First and Second Persons of the Trinity. As a result, we may miss the blessing as we misunderstand who the Holy Spirit is.

As many of you know, I have been preaching through the teachings of the Reformed Faith. We began weeks ago with Total Depravity and have recently finished a two part series on the particular nature of Redemption. It hasn't been easy to get to this point for many. It is curious that the the doctrines of depravity, election, and redemption are often too much for people to bear. But everyone wants to hear about the invincibility of grace and the perseverance of the saints. The problem is that you cannot fully appreciate any of the points of the Reformed faith without also fully embracing and appreciating all of the other points. In other words, you can't have a party unless you are going to pay the band.

Tomorrow, I am supposed to begin preaching on Irresistible Grace. I started off this week by trying to answer two questions: Who is the Holy Spirit? and "What is the work of the Holy Spirit in Salvation?" Obviously, these two questions would be difficult to answer in 35 minutes (40 if I go long!). So tomorrow, I will begin preaching about who the Holy Spirit is.

Funny, most Presbyterians tend to ignore the Holy Spirit because of the charismatic abuses of the doctrines of the Spirit. I bet the Arminian would be happy if we would have done the same thing with the doctrines of election! We miss out on so much if we ignore the Holy Spirit and the teachings from Scripture. So this week, we will set out on a journey as we take a look at John 14 (where Jesus promises the Holy Spirit to the disciples and the Church). Who is this third Person of the Trinity?

Crucified with Christ - Were you there?

Pastor Dan's sermon from 4/06/2007

Scripture Reference: Galatians 2:20

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