Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons, Resources on Sep 12th, 2007 No Comments »
Reading Thomas Watson’s The Ten Commandments was a joy. I would say that out of the four books I read on the subject (and all were good books), this is the one that I wouldn’t mind reading again. There is something to the Puritans, perhaps there continual delving into the glory and supremacy […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons, Resources on Sep 12th, 2007 No Comments »
I believe Written in Stone is a collection of Philip Ryken’s sermons on the Ten Commandments. And as sermons go, these are quite insightful. If you’re preaching, teaching, or trying to understand the Commandments, his insights on the Decalogue are quite good. Ryken faithfully exposits the text and uses a Christ-centered biblical […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons on Aug 13th, 2007 1 Comment »
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your neighbor’s.
Exodus 20:17
My son Jack has a problem. He can be playing with a particular toy, happy as a clam, […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons on Aug 7th, 2007 No Comments »
“You shall not bear false witness.”
Exodus 20:16
Just how powerful is a lie? When I was in seminary, I took a class entitled, “Spiritual Warfare,” where a question raised to the professor, “Where do psychics get their power, especially when they are able to foretell events?” My professor’s answer was one that made […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons on Jul 2nd, 2007 No Comments »
You shall not steal
Exodus 20:15
Introduction
90% of evangelical Christians claim that they never break the eighth commandment. (Philip Ryken, Written in Stone, 173) But is this really the case? If you’ve been with us through the study of the Ten Commandments, you probably know the answer to that question. If we use […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons on Jun 25th, 2007 2 Comments »
You Shall Not Commit Adultery
Exodus 20:14
Introduction
Imagine a married man with three children going on a business trip. He is also a strong believer, a person who firmly trusts in Christ and genuinely is trying to live in light of the Gospel. He is in a city for only a few days and on […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons on Jun 12th, 2007 No Comments »
“You shall not murder.”
Exodus 20:13
Introduction
This week, Jack Kevorkian, the doctor imprisoned for his assisted suicides, was released from prison. ABC News interviewed a woman named Susan Fitzmaurice to comment on Dr. Kevorkian’s release. She was one of the protesters from a advocacy group against assisted suicide known as Not Dead Yet who attended […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons, Personal Thoughts on Jun 4th, 2007 No Comments »
Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Exodus 20:12
Introduction
Is there anything more shocking in the news than when you read of parents killing their children? This week Gilberta Estrada, a Forth Worth single mother, hanged herself and her four […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons, Personal Thoughts on May 30th, 2007 No Comments »
Here’s the message I spoke on the Lord’s Day:
Introduction
As we study the Ten Commandments, I’ll be reminding you continually about the first commandment which is really the foundational commandment for all the others: You shall have no other gods before me. The second commandment then can be seen in relationship to the first as […]
Posted in The Ten Commandments, Sermons, Personal Thoughts on May 21st, 2007 1 Comment »
I’m preaching through a series on the 10 commandments and so I thought I’d list the 8 ways people take the name of the Lord in vain:
1. Lying with God’s Name (Oaths)
The first way we use God’s name in vain is by lying with God’s name in oaths. In Matthew 5:33-37, Jesus tells us that […]
