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Have you ever decided on something, only to later question your life choices when someone asked, “Are you sure?“. Luke’s Gospel was written to remind you that you can be sure of the message about Jesus. We’ll see in Luke 1:1-4 that it’s a message that’s already been fulfilled, it’s a reliable message, and it’s an orderly message.
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Arthur Just Jr (ed) – Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: New Testament III (Luke)
Bede – Commentary on the Gospel of Luke
Darrell Bock – Luke 1:1-9:50 (Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament)
J.C. Ryle – Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: Luke, Vol 1
Daniel Wallace and Darrell Bock on the reliability of the New Testament (video)
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Read sermon transcriptWhat would it take for you to actually live up to your ideals? In Deuteronomy 29, God reveals his covenant to his people so that they can actually be obedient and live up to their calling. We’ll see the reason for obedience, the covenant for obedience, and the warning against disobedience.
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The Book of Deuteronomy – Peter C. Craigie
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Read sermon transcriptThere’s an old saying that “nobody cares what you know unless they know that you care”. So be encouraged by your leaders in Christ, because they care about you. Know their struggle and receive their greetings. And when you’ve been encouraged, pass it on!
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Read sermon transcriptAs we abound in thankfulness that God has transferred us from the domain of darkness to the kingdom of his beloved Son (Colossians 1:13), we now have the privilege of making the mystery of Christ known to others. Paul gives us two ways to do that in Colossians 4:2-6: by persevering in prayer and walking in wisdom.
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We’ve all gotten plenty of advice from our parents about money, but in this sermon on what proverbs says about money, we’ll see what our heavenly father wants us to know about money. He shows us why wealth is useful, but why righteousness is better.
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The Book of Proverbs (Chapters 1-15, NICOT), Bruce Waltke
Proverbs: Wisdom that Works, Ray Ortlund
St. John Chrysostom: Commentary on the Sages: Commentary on Proverbs and Ecclesiastes, translated by Robert C. Hill
Proverbs, Charles Bridges
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The Kingdom of God and the Church, Geerhardus Vos
The Kingdom of God and the Glory of the Cross, Patrick Schreiner
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