Preaching

Lost & Found | Luke 15:11-32 Sermon (Parable of the Prodigal Son) [Video, Text+]

Lost & Found | Luke 15:11-32 Sermon (Parable of the Prodigal Son) [Video, Text+]

August 11, 2019 @DannyScottonJr 0

God’s grace is so amazing because, like the younger son, we don’t deserve it. We have all sinned and separate ourselves from God. And we cannot earn our reconciliation back to God simply by doing what we should have been doing in the first place. We need grace – unmerited, undeserved favor. We need grace that says: no matter what you’ve done, no matter how far you have fallen, no matter how many mistakes you have made, if you turn back to your Heavenly Father, He is not only waiting for you, He will run out to greet you, to throw His arms around you, and to kiss you tenderly as His child.

If We're Following Christ, Christ Comes First | Mk 8:34-38 Sermon [Video, Text]

If We’re Following Christ, Christ Comes First | Mk 8:34-38 Sermon [Video, Text]

July 2, 2019 @DannyScottonJr 0

After Peter’s great messianic confession and great messianic misunderstanding, Jesus clarifies the nature of His Messiahship and the nature of Christian discipleship. Anyone who wants to follow (behind) Him, must deny themselves, take up their cross, and follow. His followers must deny their self-centered desires, be willing to endure persecution/shame/death, and dedicate their lives to Him and the Gospel

Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) Bible Study [Slideshow+]

Tower of Babel (Genesis 11:1-9) Bible Study [Slideshow+]

July 2, 2019 @DannyScottonJr 0

This intriguing account, structured chiastically, tells how God disinherits and scatters peoples across the earth and assigned members of His divine council to govern each nation (cf. Dt 32:8-9, ESV) — before taking Israel as His special inheritance (cf. the Call of Abraham in Genesis 12f.) to establish His Kingdom. 

Psalm 82 & The Divine Council Bible Study [Slideshow+]

Psalm 82 & The Divine Council Bible Study [Slideshow+]

July 2, 2019 @DannyScottonJr 0

In Psalm 82, God (Elohim, singular) stands in the divine assembly of elohim (plural)– lesser, created, divine/spiritual beings. At least some of these elohim are condemned by God for not exercising justice when governing the nations. They were supposed to govern justly concerning the poor, needy, fatherless, powerless – but they didn’t do their job. Therefore God says these disobedient elohim will die like mortals. Then the Psalmist prays that the LORD manifests His justice over all the nations – for they’re all, ultimately, the LORD’s inheritance.