Sermon Texts: Genesis 1:26–31 and Exodus 20:15

Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and...

O LORD, our Lord,        how majestic is your name in all the earth!    You have set your glory above the heavens.        Out of the mouth of babies and infants,    you have established strength because of your foes,        to still the enemy and the...

May God be gracious to us and bless us        and make his face to shine upon us, Selah    that your way may be known on earth,        your saving power among all nations.    Let the peoples praise you, O God;        let all the peoples praise you!   ...

O LORD, our Lord,     how majestic is your name in all the earth!You have set your glory above the heavens.     Out of the mouth of babies and infants,you have established strength because of your foes,     to still the enemy and the avenger.When I...

O LORD my God, in you do I take refuge;        save me from all my pursuers and deliver me,    lest like a lion they tear my soul apart,        rending it in pieces, with none to deliver.    O LORD my God, if I have done this,        if there is wrong...

O LORD, rebuke me not in your anger,        nor discipline me in your wrath.Be gracious to me, O LORD, for I am languishing;        heal me, O LORD, for my bones are troubled.My soul also is greatly troubled.        But you, O LORD—how long?Turn, O...

Give ear to my words, O LORD;     consider my groaning.Give attention to the sound of my cry,     my King and my God,     for to you do I pray.O LORD, in the morning you hear my voice;     in the morning I prepare a sacrifice for you and watch.For you...

Answer me when I call, O God of my righteousness!     You have given me relief when I was in distress.     Be gracious to me and hear my prayer!O men, how long shall my honor be turned into shame?     How long will you love vain words and seek after...

O LORD, how many are my foes!        Many are rising against me;    many are saying of my soul,        there is no salvation for him in God. Selah    But you, O LORD, are a shield about me,        my glory, and the lifter of my head.    I cried aloud...

I am planning to do something unusual for this sermon. Instead of preaching a sermon in which I explain and apply a passage in the Bible, I plan to recite a book of the Bible. The book is Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians.

1. Five Introductory...