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Gregg Strawbridge
Contributing sermons since Jan 1, 2000
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Isaiah's Messiah - Longing For Advent (Is. 64:1-9)
Contributed on Dec 3, 2011
Here is the prayer which was answered with the birth of Jesus. Isaiah 64:1-9 shows the community, collect and confirmation of God's exiled people longing for deliverance.
Isaiah 64:1–9 Oh, that You would rend the heavens and come down, That the mountains might quake at Your presence — 64:2 As fire kindles the brushwood, as fire causes water to boil — To make Your name known to Your adversaries, That the nations may tremble at Your presence! 64:3 ...read more
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The Seventy Weeks Of Daniel (Part 2)
Contributed on Apr 27, 2006
This passage explains God’s purpose with the Jewish people and Jerusalem. It is fulfilled in what Jesus did in His life, death, and resurrection, as well as the judgment that follows from His rejection. It does not say a word about the Rapture, the Europe
A Catechism for Little Saints 1) What did Gabriel say would happen to Jerusalem and to the temple? 2) What does Daniel 9 teach about Christ? 3) What did Jesus say would happen to Jerusalem and the temple? 4) When did this finally happen? 5) How should we then live? The Christology of the ...read more
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The Seventy Weeks Of Daniel
Contributed on Apr 27, 2006
The popular dispensational view, or the “Home Alone” view is that these things allegedly deal with ten nations arising from the European federation, the Antichrist, a revived Roman Empire, a seven-year peace treaty with national Israel, and the Great 666
INTRODUCTION In my two experiences of ordination, in both cases I was challenged on eschatology, the study of end times issues. First in 1990 from a dispensational perspective - I was not committed to the pretribulation rapture, because I could not see it in Scripture. In about 1992 I became ...read more
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Epiphany
Contributed on Apr 27, 2006
Epiphany marks the manifestation of the light of God’s revelation in the Incarnation.
1) The Character of Epiphany in History Epiphany marks the manifestation of the light of God’s revelation in the Incarnation. Different manifestations of Christ’s glory and divinity were celebrated throughout history. In the past faithful saints reflected on Christ’s baptism, the miracle at Cana, ...read more
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Jonah's Repentance And Deliverance
Contributed on Apr 27, 2006
God molds and shapes the human heart to see the end of the foolish paths we choose for ourselves in opposition to his purposes.
INTRODUCTION “Call me Ishmael” (Moby Dick) In the great novel by Melville, the sermon preached in the chapel, the preacher said: ’Shipmates, this book, containing only four chapters -- four yarns -- is one of the smallest strands in the mighty cable of the Scriptures. Yet what depths of ...read more
Newest Sermon Series
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Daniel
Contributed on Apr 27, 2006
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Jonah
Contributed on Apr 27, 2006
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An Exposition Of Acts (19)
Contributed on Apr 13, 2003
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An Exposition Of Acts (12)
Contributed on Apr 13, 2003
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An Exposition Of Acts (11)
Contributed on Apr 13, 2003
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In The Chapel, In Moby Dick, Fahter Mapple Said: ...
Contributed on Apr 27, 2006
In the chapel, in Moby Dick, Fahter MAPPLE said: “And here, shipmates, is true and faithful repentance; not clamorous for pardon, but grateful for punishment. And how pleasing to God was this conduct in Jonah, is shown in the eventual deliverance of him from the sea and the whale. Shipmates, I do ...read more
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Calvin On This Point Is Instructive: Whatever ...
Contributed on Apr 13, 2003
Calvin on this point is instructive: Whatever title then men may hold, they are to be listened to only on the condition that they do not lead us away from obeying God. So we must examine all their traditions by the rule of the Word of God. We must obey princes and others who are in authority, but ...read more
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A Christian Home
Contributed on Jul 8, 2002
“A CHRISTIAN HOME” O GIVE US HOMES BUILT FIRM UPON THE SAVIOR, WHERE CHRIST IS HEAD AND COUNSELLOR AND GUIDE; WHERE EVERY CHILD IS TAUGHT HIS LOVE AND FAVOR AND GIVES HIS HEART TO CHRIST, THE CRUCIFIED: HOW SWEET TO KNOW THAT THOUGH HIS FOOTSTEPS WAVER HIS FAITHFUL LORD IS WALKING BY HIS ...read more
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Isaac Watts Penned A Beautiful Hymn Based On The ...
Contributed on Jul 8, 2002
Isaac Watts penned a beautiful hymn based on the parable of the feast in Luke 14: HOW SWEET AND AWFUL IS THE PLACE WITH CHRIST WITHIN THE DOORS, WHILE EVERLASTING LOVE DISPLAYS THE CHOICEST OF HER STORES. WHILE ALL OUR HEARTS AND ALL OUR SONGS JOIN TO ADMIRE THE FEAST, EACH OF US CRY, ...read more
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C.s. Lewis' Screwtape Letters, Writing, Of ...
Contributed on Jul 8, 2002
C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, writing, of course, as an elder devil to a younger devil, "One of our great allies at present is the Church itself. Do not misunderstand me. I do not mean the Church as we see her spread out through all time and space and rooted in eternity, terrible as an army ...read more