Tag: Faith

  • The Prayer of a Man Made Humble

    The Prayer of a Man Made Humble

    Psalm 90 A Prayer of Moses the man of God Imagine with me for just a moment.  Imagine you were sitting with Moses near Mount Horeb tending sheep.  This was the man who had had been rescued by Pharaoh’s daughter, then to have his own mother raise him until he was about 12 years old.…

  • Victory Over Slavery

    Victory Over Slavery

    Sometime ago, I felt impressed to preach a sermon out of the book of Philemon.  This sermon developed out of that study.  Go to Philemon: Exploration into Forgiveness and Reconciliation for more details on that study.  Yet within this sermon there is no reference made to Philemon at all.  Studying Philemon gave the input for this sermon for I suddenly…

  • Galatians: Gospels in Conflict part 4c

    Galatians: Gospels in Conflict part 4c

    A Note on Justification For us to fully understand Paul’s teaching in verses 16-20 of Galatians chapter 2 we need a better grip on his view of justification. Way to often it is described in terms of a court of law that condemns people or declares them guilty but then justifies or declares them not…