Sermon and Worship Resources

1. When You Are Uncertain About Your Salvation

1 Kings 3:1-15

Sermon

King Duncan

... to have been overwhelming. Guilt can destroy our joy, particularly if we believe that our own merits are what guarantee our salvation. In his memoirs, The Days Of Our Years, Pierre van Paassen records a conversation he had with a Dutch priest who had survived the Nazi occupation and spoke of the Germans with forgiveness. "`You are too kind, M. l'Abbe,' I said. `You already seem to have forgotten how they behaved. You have an excuse for everybody. You would have a good word even for a (condemned) soul like ...

2. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:1-15, 2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... certain Galilean who announced that he would publicly lecture on the merkabah, but who was stung by a wasp and died (b. Šabb. 80b). Of course, Paul’s revelatory experience is not completely ineffable; otherwise, he could not present himself as a revelatory mediator ... from telling everything that was revealed to him; otherwise, he could never be a mediator of revelation. See also Jean-Pierre Ruiz, “Hearing and Seeing but Not Saying: A Look at Revelation 10:4 and 2 Corinthians 12:4,” Society of ...

3. Boasting

2 Corinthians 11:16-33, 2 Corinthians 1:1-11, 2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... certain Galilean who announced that he would publicly lecture on the merkabah, but who was stung by a wasp and died (b. Šabb. 80b). Of course, Paul’s revelatory experience is not completely ineffable; otherwise, he could not present himself as a revelatory mediator ... from telling everything that was revealed to him; otherwise, he could never be a mediator of revelation. See also Jean-Pierre Ruiz, “Hearing and Seeing but Not Saying: A Look at Revelation 10:4 and 2 Corinthians 12:4,” Society of ...

4. Paul's Vision and His Thorn

2 Corinthians 12:1-10

Understanding Series

James M. Scott

... certain Galilean who announced that he would publicly lecture on the merkabah, but who was stung by a wasp and died (b. Šabb. 80b). Of course, Paul’s revelatory experience is not completely ineffable; otherwise, he could not present himself as a revelatory mediator ... from telling everything that was revealed to him; otherwise, he could never be a mediator of revelation. See also Jean-Pierre Ruiz, “Hearing and Seeing but Not Saying: A Look at Revelation 10:4 and 2 Corinthians 12:4,” Society of ...