Our attention shifts to Mary and the announcement of her conceiving Christ. The whole passage is about grace and God's intention to save through sending His Son in a very humble means.

Humble Lion Defense 5 In the same way, you who are younger must accept the authority of the elders. And all of you, dress yourselves in humility as you relate to one another, for “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” 6 So humble yourselves under the mighty power of God, and at the right…

Introduction Illustration: Batman Begins — to know someone you must know where they come from We all have a back story as it were Illustration: losing it on Paul Pepin—there was more to the story In fact, there was more to my story Last Week : Story is powerful, there is a battle raging over which story…

"Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable to you, O Lord, my strength and my redeemer." "Beneath The Shadow Of The Cross" (Mark 14:1-15:47) INTRODUCTION: A. It was weird. It was really weird. The sky that afternoon had taken on a ghastly, ghostly, almost haunted hue. Ever…

Introduction: What if I told you that there is one thing that shapes everything about you? What you desire. What you hope for. The decisions that you make. The people you choose to be around. The person you married. How you relate to you children. The career path you took. The things that drive you.…

Introduction : We’ve been talking about stories. We are story-formed creatures. There’s a battle for which stories control our hearts. There are nemesis narratives that seek to snuff out the gospel. But there is a surpassing story! This letter starts with John asserting … we have a better story! Illustration…

Hebrew Syntax and Exegesis: Introduction Welcome to Hebrew 3! There are several goals that this course will try to achieve: To help you grow in your skill with Hebrew. We will be examining Hebrew grammar and syntax at the clause and discourse level. We will also be translating quite a bit, engaging in…

Join us for a remarkable first person narrative from the perspective of Mark, as given in the account found in Acts 12:1-17. Judson Baptist Church is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural, and multi-socioeconomic church located on the boarder of Oak Park and Austin. We exist to passionately love God, to pursue the glory of God in all things, and to partner with Him in the pursuit of people near and far to be followers of the Lord Jesus Christ. For more information visit JudsonOakPark.com!

Over the next four weeks, we’re going to begin this jubilant celebration, or “exultation,” with a series of portraits of our Risen Lord. Join us as we take a look back through the Old Testament at the grand story of the bible and look at the promise of the Great Rescuer, who would come to crush Satan’s power and deliver his people from their bondage. And take this next month to focus your mind and your conversations on the imperishable hope we have in our resurrected and reigning King of Kings!

Introduction : Veteran’s Day Tribute — we need men and women to step up and serve and sacrifice in our military. Why? We live in a hostile world. We are at war. The same is true for us as God’s people. We are at war. For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities,…

1) 4-27-08…AM…SBC 2) “Sensational Success” Introductory Material to Joshua Introduction: 1- If the Book of Joshua were fiction, we might accept it as an exciting adventure story; but the book conveys the real history and revelation of God and we must never forget that 2- God called Joshua to be a general…

Dr. Aleshia O'Neal, assistant professor of English, introduces the beginning of God's story and emphasizes the importance of know the narrative that God created. Scripture: Genesis 1

John 11:1-44 The Raising of Lazarus I. THE PROBLEM (a heavy stone) A. I want to share two stories with you. One that happened about 2000 years ago, and one that is happening right now. 1. READ John 11:1-4 a. Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. It…

1) 5-11-08…AM…SBC 2) “Spying Around” Joshua 2 Introduction: Ø Like Bruce said last week, the reason we anticipate a literal kingdom in the future (Rev 20-21) is because of the literal kingdom established and anticipated in the past with Israel 1) Kingdom of God[1] A- The Kingdom of God is the grand-central…

How could she get close to Jesus, close enough to demonstrate her new love for him? She thought once again of those words - “a friend of tax collectors and sinners”; a friend of sinners! They were life to her – but how could she thank Jesus? He moved around so much, always followed by a huge crowd. Once…

The cross is understood only in the Biblical narrative.

And they came to Bethsaida. And some people brought to him a blind man and begged him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand and led him out of the village, and when he had spit on his eyes and laid his hands on him, he asked him, “Do you see anything?” And he looked up and said, “I see…

The Story of the Bible - Week 1: Introduction

Introduction Week 3 of We Are Called: Adventures Into The Unknown To catch up: Facebook or Youtube Last week we learned: That the story of God is not wrapped together with the story of any country That every generation has its own unique questions and that the Gospel of God’s Kingdom needs to be told…

Jesus is central to God's message in all of Scripture.

An exposition of the story of Abram, Sarai and Hagar with emphasis on how to exposit a narrative passage.