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Sermon: The Stumbling Stone (Romans 9:30-33)

October 11, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

ROMANS 9:30-33: THE STUMBLING STONE Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. October 11, 2009 Watch Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: Why is the issue of faith and works so complicated? The answer is that it is not—it is the sinful human heart that is complicated. Because of that, we take something straightforward—trust God in all things—and tie it up into knots. But the issues outside the heart are simple. They binary. Either you will build your life on the cornerstone that is Jesus

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Sermon: Saving the Remnant (Romans 9:25-29)

October 4, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

ROMANS 9:25 - 29: SAVING THE REMNANT Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. October 4, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: In order to understand Scripture rightly, we have to understand the flow of redemptive history. God’s revelation to us is progressive, and it unfolds over centuries. If we treat the Bible as the book that fell from the sky, we are going to have a terrible time comprehending it rightly. The works of God’s judgments and deliverances are sequential. THE TEXT:

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Sermon: PSALM 118

September 27, 2009 / 2009, Sermons

PSALM 118 Ben Merkle Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. September 27, 2009 OVERVIEW Part 1 (v. 1-4 ) Enduring Mercy - First, the author of the Psalm begins with an exhortation to contemplate God’s goodness and his enduring mercy. Part 2 (v. 5-18) A Godly Confidence in Turmoil - Here the Psalmist remembers a time when he was surrounded on all sides by entire nations that wanted him dead. But, in the name of the Lord, he had the

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Sermon: Dr. Peter Leithart - Song of Songs (8: 1- 8)

September 25, 2009 / 2009, Guest Speakers, Sermons

Song of Songs 8: 1 - 8 Dr. Peter Leithart Christ Church – Moscow, ID A.D. September 27, 2009 This sermon is available on Video only

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Sermon: Bad Puppet! (Romans 9:14-24)

September 20, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

ROMANS XXXIV: BAD PUPPET! Romans 9:14-24 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. September 20, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: We now come to some hard words, whether they are hard to understand or simply hard to take. And as we seek to be faithful to what God has given us here, we have to be mindful of Peter’s caution—there are places in Paul’s epistles where it is not safe for ignorant or unstable people to go (2 Pet. 3:16). But if we

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Sermon: Jacob I Have Loved (Romans 9:7-13)

September 13, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

ROMANS XXXIII: JACOB I HAVE LOVED Romans 9:7-13 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. September 13, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: We come now to the central lesson of all evangelical religion. We come now to the glorious revelation of the sovereign grace of God, as revealed in the gospel, and only through the gospel. We come now to the promises, which are great and precious. THE TEXT: “Neither, because they are the seed of Abraham, are they all children: but,

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Sermon: Not All Israel is Israel

September 6, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

ROMANS 9:1-6: NOT ALL ISRAEL IS ISRAEL Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. September 6, 2009 Listen Outline Introduction It may not be immediately obvious, but it appears as though the apostle Paul painted himself into a corner. He began to wax a little too eloquent at the end of chapter 8, showing how absolutely nothing can separate the elect of God from the love of Christ. Who can lay a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.

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Sermon: Refugees and Apostles

August 30, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

REFUGEES AND APOSTLES Lev. 19:27-29; 1 John 2:15-17; Heb. 5:13-14 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. August 30, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: As we seek to live our lives as faithful Christians, informed by the Word of God, we soon discover that it is not a simple process. It is not as though the Spirit gave us a rule book, in outline form, fully indexed. He gave us laws, principles, stories, and parables, strewn across various ages and

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Sermon: Father of Mercies (Col. 3:12-14)

August 23, 2009 / 2009, Sermons

FATHER OF MERCIES Col. 3:12-14 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. August 23, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: Under the direction of God, in recent years we have been led to redouble our efforts and emphases on what we call mercy ministry. Whether it is a continuation of our labor in the Ivory Coast, or a new field for mercy work in Myanmar, or locally through Sabbath House, we have been given some wonderful opportunities. So that we don’t

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Sermon: What Shall We Then Say (Romans 8:28-31)

August 9, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

WHAT SHALL WE THEN SAY? Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. August 9, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: We come now to the beating heart of what has been nicknamed Calvinism. But of course, Calvin—a faithful servant of God—did not concoct these doctrines. He taught that where Scripture is silent, we ought not to pry (Dt. 29:29). But he also taught, following Augustine, that Scripture is always a safe guide. The same way that a mother stoops so that

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Sermon: Too Deep for Words (Romans 8:19-27)

August 2, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

TOO DEEP FOR WORDS Douglas Wilson Romans 8: 19-27 Christ Church – Moscow, ID A.D. August 2, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: The glory welling up with us is the future of the creation, and it is the future of the entire creation. This is a much neglected passage, perhaps because the view from here is so stupefying. We don’t quite know how to take it in-but that is all right because the Spirit will help us

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Sermon: Coming Glory (Romans 8:15-18)

July 26, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

COMING GLORY Romans 8:15-18 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. July 26, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: We should always desire to act biblically, and not to react to the mistakes or abuses of others. Many of us came into the Reformed faith because we were trying to get away from all the relational goo. Well and good. But take care not to react mindlessly. There is no relational goo in a cemetery either, but there should be more

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Sermon: Christians on Paper (Romans 8:5-14)

July 19, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

CHRISTIANS ON PAPER Romans 8:5-14 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. July 19, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: So what is the difference between those who are simply called by God’s name, and those who really belong to Him? This is a question that arises in both covenants, and it is answered (in principle) the same way for both. The Jews had drifted into the error of externalism, and Paul is here cautioning the new Israel against committing the

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Sermon: No Condemnation (Romans 8:1-4)

July 14, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

NO CONDEMNATION Romans 8:1-4 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. July 12, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: So what is the state of the wretched man now that he has been brought into Christ? What is the birthright of the new Israel? We now see Paul begin to develop his teaching of the Holy Spirit’s work throughout this chapter, and the glorious result of that work, which is the phrase no condemnation

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Sermon: Wretched Man (Romans 7:13-25)

July 5, 2009 / 2009, Romans, Sermons

WRETCHED MAN Romans 7:13-25 Douglas Wilson Christ Church - Moscow, ID A.D. July 5, 2009 Listen Outline INTRODUCTION: We have seen that the apostle Paul continues to answer the question created by the gospel of grace. Gentiles are under sin. Jews are under sin. They are both under sin. God promised to remake the world through Abraham, and God did this by sending a final Adam. This glorious message can be twisted and distorted in various ways, and so Paul

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