Reformed & Expository Preaching

Mr. Paran reminds us that suffering is part of the Christian life. What is the hope in the midst of this suffering?

Man is created in the image of God and placed in the garden of eden. This might not seem all that significant in terms of man’s pilgrimage on this earth, but it is significant. So, what does man created in the image of God in the garden of Eden tell us about our Christian pilgrimage?

The Apostle Paul is in a position to defend his faith once again. He has an opportunity to defend his faith, and so what does Paul say? Where does Paul put his assurance and confidence that the word of God is true? What is our assurance and confidence as we live out the gospel in Christ?

We can think that the concept of of a Christian sojourn starts in the New Testament, but we find this is not the case. In fact, we can see that this pilgrimage will not make sense unless we place man in the original creation story. How does the Garden of Eden set the context for man’s sojourn under the sun?

Christ continues to teach about Jerusalem's coming demise. He uses the language of Daniel to describe the downfall of this city. Why does Christ refer back to Daniel? What do we learn about the "strong covenant" in the 70th week? Why does the temple need to be destroyed?

The word of God is the power and means God uses to call his people.  If this scripture is written by men and inspired by the Spirit how do we know that the books of the Bible we have are true? Our confession says that we do not embrace the apocrypha, but it does not forbid us from reading it.  How do we view these apocryphal writings, how do we know that they are not inspired?

We summarize what we learned from Romans 12. We reconsider Bavinck's quote regarding introspection and Christian growth. We consider this quote in light of Paul's exhortation not to be overcome with evil. How do we live this out? If we are to live as the Lord's servants how can we find joy, comfort, or even any freedom under such limitation?

The apostle Paul is one who goes from place to place preaching the word of God or to be precise the canon of Scripture. As he preaches from place to place he encounters various agitators. Agitators in Paul's context are people who deny that Christ is the messiah. How can we be confident that Paul is really an apostle sent from God? How can we be confident that Christ is the Messiah? How do we know that his words are the words from God?

Christ is done interacting with the leaders of Israel. Christ returns at the end of the day to Bethany and stops at the Mount of Olives. Christ takes the time to instruct his disciples regarding future events. Some of these events will be in the immediate future and other events are those that are yet to come. What is the significance of Christ predicting the destruction of the temple? What does this tell us about his ministry? Where is our hope to be? Are we to hope in this world or the kingdom that Christ brings?