Rivulets by Nathan Hart

Audio  |  PDF Outline Colossians 1 11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in light. Galatians 4 4 But when the fullness of time had come, God sent forth his Son, born of woman, born under the […]

Audio |  PDF Outline Key Insight: “The wisdom of God devised a way for the love of God to deliver sinners from the wrath of God while not compromising the righteousness of God.”   –John Piper John 8:2-11 2 Early the next morning he went back to the Temple. All the people gathered around him, and he sat […]

Q: What is your only comfort in life and in death? 

A: That I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, in life and in death, to my faithful savior Jesus Christ.

Q: What is the [goal of your life]?

A: To glorify God and enjoy him forever.

(from the Heidelberg Catechism and Westminster Shorter Confession, respectively)

Q: What is your only comfort in life and in death?  A: That I am not my own, but belong, body and soul, in life and in death, to my faithful savior Jesus Christ. Q: What is the [goal of your life]? A: To glorify God and enjoy him forever. (from the Heidelberg Catechism and […]

Behold: Zacchaeus

Taught January 29, 2014, at Stanwich Church.

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Luke 19:1-10:

He entered Jericho and was passing through.

A modern day Zacchaeus

And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, because he was small in stature. So he ran on ahead and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him, for he was about to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up and said to him, “Zacchaeus, hurry and come down, for I must stay at your house today.” So he hurried and came down and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all grumbled, “He has gone in to be the guest of a man who is a sinner.” And Zacchaeus stood and said to the Lord, “Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor. And if I have defrauded anyone of anything, I restore it fourfold.” And Jesus said to him, “Today salvation has come to this house, since he also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.”

Behold: Zacchaeus Taught January 29, 2014, at Stanwich Church. Audio  |  PDF Outline Luke 19:1-10: He entered Jericho and was passing through. And behold, there was a man named Zacchaeus. He was a chief tax collector and was rich. And he was seeking to see who Jesus was, but on account of the crowd he could not, […]

"Where Your Treasure Is..."

Taught January 15, 2014, at Stanwich Church.

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Asaph the Musician

Psalm 73:

A PSALM OF ASAPH

1 Truly God is good to Israel,

to those who are pure in heart.

2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled,

my steps had nearly slipped.

3 For I was envious of the arrogant

when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

4 For they have no pangs until death;

their bodies are fat and sleek.

5 They are not in trouble as others are;

they are not stricken like the rest of mankind.

6 Therefore pride is their necklace;

violence covers them as a garment.

7 Their eyes swell out through fatness;

their hearts overflow with follies.

8 They scoff and speak with malice;

loftily they threaten oppression.

9 They set their mouths against the heavens,

and their tongue struts through the earth.

10 Therefore his people turn back to them,

and find no fault in them.

11 And they say, “How can God know?

Is there knowledge in the Most High?”

12 Behold, these are the wicked;

always at ease, they increase in riches.

13 All in vain have I kept my heart clean

and washed my hands in innocence.

14 For all the day long I have been stricken

and rebuked every morning.

15 If I had said, “I will speak thus,”

I would have betrayed the generation of your children.

16 But when I thought how to understand this,

    it seemed to me a wearisome task,

17 until I went into the sanctuary of God;

    then I discerned their end.

18 Truly you set them in slippery places;

you make them fall to ruin.

19 How they are destroyed in a moment,

swept away utterly by terrors!

20 Like a dream when one awakes,

O Lord, when you rouse yourself, you despise them as phantoms.

21 When my soul was embittered,

when I was pricked in heart,

22 I was brutish and ignorant;

I was like a beast toward you.

23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you;

you hold my right hand.

24 You guide me with your counsel,

and afterward you will receive me to glory.

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?

And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.

26 My flesh and my heart may fail,

but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

27 For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;

you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.

28 But for me it is good to be near God;

I have made the Lord God my refuge,

that I may tell of all your works.

Relevant Video: PBS: The Psychology of Wealth

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuqGrz-Y_Lc

Podcast Audio:

“Where Your Treasure Is…” Taught January 15, 2014, at Stanwich Church. Audio | PDF Outline Psalm 73: A PSALM OF ASAPH 1 Truly God is good to Israel, to those who are pure in heart. 2 But as for me, my feet had almost stumbled, my steps had nearly slipped. 3 For I was envious of the arrogant when I saw […]

From the Walking With Purpose luncheon, October 2013.

John 13:34:

A new commandmentI give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.  By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”

From the Walking With Purpose luncheon, October 2013. John 13:34: A new commandmentI give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another.  By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”