http://www.luke2427.com Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:19:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 en © robert@whiteboxcreative.com () robert@whiteboxcreative.com() Just another WordPress weblog robert@whiteboxcreative.com No no http://www.luke2427.com/wp-content/plugins/podpress/images/powered_by_podpress.jpg http://www.luke2427.com 144 144 http://www.luke2427.com/2008/10/16/sermon-when-god-wipes-our-tears-away/ http://www.luke2427.com/2008/10/16/sermon-when-god-wipes-our-tears-away/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:30:01 +0000 Chris Barber http://www.luke2427.com/?p=124 http://www.luke2427.com/2008/10/16/sermon-when-god-wipes-our-tears-away/feed/ 30:51 It has been a great honor to preach the Sunday evening service at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church since the disability of Dr. D. James Kennedy ... It has been a great honor to preach the Sunday evening service at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church since the disability of Dr. D. James Kennedy in December, 2006.nbsp; Of course, Dr. Kennedy has since gone to be with the Lord.nbsp; But back in 2006, after his cardiac event, it became clear over time that the great preacher would no longer be able to carry on his pastoral duties.nbsp; The church nonetheless prayed earnestly for his recovery.nbsp; Many in the congregation were not yet ready to face the fact that Dr. Kennedy almost certainly would never return to the pulpit at Coral Ridge. In January of 2007, I was asked to fill the pulpit for the morning service.nbsp; It was time, many of us on the pastoral staff believed, to begin to prepare the church for the ultimate loss of our beloved pastor.nbsp; Consequently, I chose to preach about the Christian's sure hope of heaven. Just before Dr. Kennedy's illness in December, I had lost my Christian mother, at age 95, in November.nbsp; I decided to use my experience with the death of my mother to encourage Coral Ridge in our hope of heaven. My mother had requested that the hymn "Amazing Grace" be sung at her funeral, but she outlived so many of her family and friends that there were only a very few of us at her funeral.nbsp; At her little country memorial there were only a handful (nine, to be exact) to sing as best we could.nbsp; It was pretty grim, to be frank. So when I was asked to preach at Coral Ridge on that Sunday morning I requested "Amazing Grace."nbsp; In the event, although no one else knew it, I was thinking of my mother and how thrilled she would have been to hear the Sanctuary Choir and 2,500 congregants sing her favorite hymn so beautifully.nbsp; My mom had her request honored in such a beautiful manner--a way she could never have dreamed would be possible.nbsp; God is truly amazing in His grace, isn't He? This sermon, titled "When God Wipes Our Tears Away," was preached in the morning service at Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church on January 28, 2007.nbsp; May the Lord use it to encourage all of us as we persevere through the sorrows of this life on our way to the Promised Land! Listen to this message here: General,,Heaven robert@whiteboxcreative.com no No http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/26/does-the-old-testament-teach-resurrection/ http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/26/does-the-old-testament-teach-resurrection/#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:35:32 +0000 Warren Gage http://www.luke2427.com/?p=92 http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/26/does-the-old-testament-teach-resurrection/feed/ http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/18/typology-and-reformed-exegesis/ http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/18/typology-and-reformed-exegesis/#comments Thu, 18 Sep 2008 18:17:24 +0000 Warren Gage http://www.luke2427.com/?p=79 http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/18/typology-and-reformed-exegesis/feed/ http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/17/hello-world/ http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/17/hello-world/#comments Wed, 17 Sep 2008 16:00:07 +0000 Warren Gage http://www.luke2427.com/blog/?p=1 http://www.luke2427.com/2008/09/17/hello-world/feed/