Introduction Good morning. We continue our sermon series this morning on the Book of Ezra, and we arrive today at Chapter 3, which is one of the most important parts of Ezra’s narrative. The exiles have returned, and they finally get to work. Originally, I was going to preach through the entire third…

Introduction We continue our sermon series this morning through the Book of Ezra, which is a book about hope, disappointment, promise-keeping, redemption, revival, and reformation. Last Sunday we surveyed Chapter 1, and this today we will do the same with Chapter 2. So if you will turn in your Bibles…

Introduction So this morning we begin our series in the books of Ezra and Nehemiah, and as we saw last Sunday, we will be focusing throughout on the concepts of Reformation and Revival. So we will look at Chapter 1 this morning, if you will join me in verse 1. In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,…

Introduction, Part One: Why Ezra? Good Morning. As I’m sure most of you know, last Sunday, we concluded our series through the Apostles’ Creed. My hope and prayer is that it was a blessing to you. It was a sermon series about foundations. And it seemed good to me to follow a sermon series about foundations…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. As many of you are no doubt aware, this Sunday is the concluding sermon on our series on the Apostles’ Creed. I want to once more thank Neil Barham for co-preaching this with me. It’s been a great help to me during a very busy time. Bursting with blessing,…

Introduction Good Morning. We continue our series in the Apostles’ Creed this morning, and we are nearly finished. This morning we will be focusing on the forgiveness of sins. Next Sunday, Neil Barham will preach on “The Resurrection of the Body and the Life Everlasting,” and then I’ll have a concluding…

Introduction We continue our Sermon Series this Morning on the Third Article of the Creed: The Holy Spirit and His Work in and among the Church, the Body of Christ, the People of God. Now some of you have asked “Why this series?” Is it simply a defense of confessing creeds—well, no. The reason Neil and…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We continue our sermon series this morning in the Apostles’ Creed. And I would like to thank Neil for his sermon this past Sunday on our confession concerning the Holy Spirit. By way of reminder, Martin Luther talked about how the Creed had three sections or…

Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We will continue our sermon series this morning in the Apostles’ Creed. We find ourselves at the conclusion of the second article. Martin Luther talked about how the Creed had three sections or he called them three articles . The first article is belief in…