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Weekend Recap – Husbandry

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Today’s sermon, Lordship for Husbands, from Colossians 3:19 is now online. The sermon sought to flesh out the implications of Jesus being Lord for the husband. It seems that the compelling vision of Colossians 3:17 where we read that whatever we do in word or deed, we are to do all in the name of the Lord Jesus is actually meant to be applied to husbands in their role as well.

So, the sermon was pretty simple with 2 ways a husband honors Jesus as Lord:
1) … by loving their wives
and 2) … by not being bitter toward their wives

To help with application, we got special permission from Focus Publications to copy Stuart Scott’s chapter The Husband’s Responsibility: Love from his book The Exemplary Husband. If you didn’t get a copy and are interested in one, let me know.

Hope you have a great week living out Christlike love for your spouse.

The Wife’s Responsibility in Conflict

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(…with the husband’s responsibility as well)…

From John Piper:

Summary:
“So I would say a wife’s role is to see all that God enables her to see and then ask the Lord for wise and humble and submissive ways to share, to bring into her husband’s life her perspective on things. And it’s his job as a leader to be humbly receptive to those kinds of things and then to take action.”

(HT: Girl Talkers)

Weekend Recap – Lordship For Wives

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Yes, today’s sermon, Lordship for Wives, from Colossians 3:18 is online. After calling women to submit to their husbands, talking through the distortions and pointing to how this magnifies the Lordship of Christ, we pressed through to some applications for different groups. I hope this was helpful. There is so much for us a local church to live in light of this text and what it means. I hope women were helped and looking forward to talking to the men next week in v.19.

Weekend Recap – LORD!

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Happy Labor Day Weekend.

We enjoyed a great Lord’s Day this morning. The church gathered together and we sang songs exalting the Lordship of Jesus. The AM sermon, Christ: Lord of Relationships, from Colossians 3:18-4:1 is now online. The theme of the sermon was all the spheres of society in which Jesus’ Lordship is seen: marriage, family and society.

We cancel activities in the evening so people can spend time with family and friends.

Hope you had a blessed Lord’s Day as well.

9 Marks EJournal: Hell

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The new 9Marks EJournal is on Hell: Remembering the Awful Reality.

The Articles Include:
Mark Dever: Pastoral Fearmongering, Manipulation and Hell
Kevin DeYoung: There’s Something Worse Than Death
Sinclair Ferguson: What Then Shall We Preach On Hell?

Greg Gilbert: Why Hell Is Integral To The Gospel
Andy Naselli: Hellfire and Brimstone-Interpreting the NT Descriptions of Hell
Jim Hamilton: How Does Hell Glorify God?
Gavin Ortlund: Annotated Bibliography on Hell

As for me, I like to download the PDF and read it printed off in one sitting. Read it and be encouraged pastorally, biblically, and theologically in deep truth about deep truths.

Weekend Recap – Living for Christ’s Name

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Today’s sermon, In the Name, from Colossians 3:17 is now online. It was an amazing Lord’s Day morning as we wrapped up memorizing Psalm 1 and jumped into Hebrews 13:5-6. Also, singing all those wonderful songs we have in our repertoire on Jesus’ name were a huge blessing. It seemed God was work among us as we saw the call from God’s Word to live for something bigger than ourselves. Specifically, we saw God’s Word call us to live completely, for Christ’s name, with gratitude.

Tonight, we hope to continue a wonderful Lord’s day with a time of corporate prayer. In case you can’t make it, some big items to join the Elders in praying for are:
– Long Term Wisdom in Expansion/Remodeling
– 2011 Budget
– 2011 International Missions Trip
– 2010 Praises
– Those suffering from chronic health challenges in our church
– Launch of Wed Evening Activities this week (September 1)

I hope your enjoyment of God this Lord’s day is full and continual.