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Garrett Tyson
Contributing sermons since Nov 20, 2021
Newest Sermons
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When God Forces Himself To Not Help (Isaiah 42:10-17)
Contributed on Apr 17, 2024
We can choose to live in a way where God will restrain himself, and resist the urge to help his people. God describes himself as a woman in labor, who has been fighting the urge to push.
Imagine today that the prophet of Isaiah 40-55 stands up in the midst of God's exiled people in Babylon, and he gives them a new word from God. He speaks out in a loud, clear voice. And this is what he says, verses 12-13: (10) Sing to Yahweh a new song; his praise from the end of the earth, ...read more
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God's Servant, The Justice-Bringer (Isaiah 42:1-9)
Contributed on Mar 28, 2024
God commissions and empowers his servant to produce "justice" for the nations. "Justice" here= "God's desired way of life." It's done, through gentle, careful teaching. The servant is Israel, Jesus, and the church.
This is going to be a pretty ambitious sermon today, so let's dive right in. Isaiah 42:1: (1) LOOK! My servant, [Isaiah 41:8, 9; 34:10; 44:1, 2; 45:4], I am upholding him, [Isaiah 41:10] my chosen one [Isaiah 41:8, 9; 43:10; 44:1, 2; 45:4], my soul/inner being has delighted in [or: ...read more
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Hosting Jesus, The Vip (Luke 7:36-50)
Contributed on Mar 28, 2024
One host fails, but another rises up, and gives Jesus the welcome he deserves. The passage is an illustration of how and why people tripped on Jesus (Luke 7:31-35).
One of the things we've talked about several times in the gospel of Luke, is the idea of God "visiting" his people. That's a big part of today's message, so let's read Luke 1:68, to get us off on the right foot: I'll read from the RSV (and here, the translation ...read more
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God Takes The Nations/Idols To Court (Isaiah 41:1-29)
Contributed on Mar 18, 2024
God makes his case that He, not idols, are running the world. Mystery dude from the east, is God's servant sent to bring his people home.
In my introduction to Isaiah 40-55, I talked about how one of the challenges to teaching on this part of the Bible, is that these chapters divide up into bigger chunks of material than we can comfortably handle all at once. And honestly, I find that kind of stressful. I can feel myself getting ...read more
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Tripping On Jesus (Luke 7:17-35)
Contributed on Mar 7, 2024
In one key way, Jesus isn't the Messiah people (including John) expected. Are we ok that this piece is missing, or does it make us trip on the idea that Jesus is Messiah, and thus trip on God? A narrative/literary approach to Luke.
Today, I'm going to try to tackle a few interconnected episodes. It's kind of a lot, but this whole section teaches one main thing, and if we want to hear that one thing, we need to grab it all at once. The simplest onramp to today's verses is to begin, simply, by rereading last ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Isaiah 40-55
Contributed on Jan 24, 2024
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Matthew
Contributed on Nov 3, 2023
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Revelation
Contributed on May 11, 2023
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Titus
Contributed on Oct 20, 2022
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Luke
Contributed on Aug 25, 2022