To Call Sinners

Luke 5:27-32

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The Son of God came to call sinners.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The New American Commentary: Luke by Robert Stein; Luke For Everyone by NT Wright; Preach the Word: Luke by Kent Hughes; The Temper of Jesus Christ towards His Enemies, and His Grace to the Chief of Sinners (sermon) by Benjamin Grosvenor; Saving Grace: Daily Devotions from Jack Miller

Advent-2020-SQUARE.jpg

To Fulfill the Law and the Prophets

Matthew 5:17-20

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: Jesus came to fulfill the whole Bible by making us whole people.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary by Jonathan Pennington; The Message of the Sermon on the Mount by John Stott; The Whole in Our Holiness (sermon) by Ligon Duncan

Advent-2020-SQUARE.jpg

To Serve and Give His Life

Mark 10:45

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God came as a humble servant to redeem his people.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; A Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature revised & ed. by Frederick William Danker; Dictionary of Biblical Imagery ed. by Leland Ryken, James Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman III; Commentary on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament ed. G.K. Beale and D.A. Carson; The New International Greek Testament Commentary: The Gospel of Mark by R.T. France; Expository Thoughts on the Gospel of Mark by J.C. Ryle; King’s Cross: The Story of the World in the Life of Jesus by Timothy Keller; The Cross of Christ by John Stott

Advent-2020-SQUARE.jpg

THE CERTAINTY OF MISSIONS: The Harvest

Psalm 67:6-7

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: A time is coming when people from all nations will be gathered in to the kingdom of God.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Psalms 42-72 by Richard Phillips; Spurgeon’s Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon; Adoniram Judson: How Few There Are Who Die So Hard! by John Piper; Adonirarm Judson: Bound for Burma by Janet and Geoff Benge; John G. Paton: Missionary to the Cannibals of the South Seas by Paul Schlehlein; Adoniram Judson: A Bicentennial Appreciation of the Pioneer American Missionary Ed. by Jason Duesing

Let-The-Nations-Be-Glad-SQUARE.jpg

THE GOAL OF MISSIONS: God’s Glory

Psalm 67:3-5

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The goal of missions is the glad-hearted worship of God by all peoples.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Dictionary of Biblical Imagery ed. by Leland Ryken, James Wilhoit, and Tremper Longman III; The Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon; The Commentary on the Psalms by John Calvin; The Reformed Expository Commentary: The Psalms by Richard Phillips; The Life and Diary of David Brainerd ed. by Jonathan Edwards; The Hidden Smile of God: The Fruit of Affliction in the Lives of John Bunyan, William Cowper, and David Brainerd by John Piper; Let the Nations Be Glad: The Supremacy of God in Missions by John Piper

Let-The-Nations-Be-Glad-SQUARE.jpg

THE MOTIVATION OF MISSIONS: God’s Blessing

Psalm 67:1-2

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: God’s blessing comes to God’s people so that God’s salvation may be known throughout the earth.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; The Treasury of David by Charles Spurgeon; Psalms, Volume 2 by James Montgomery Boice; The Reformed Expository Commentary: Psalms 42-72 by Richard Phillips; Five Who Changed the World - The Power of a Consecrated Life: The Ministry of Lottie Moon by Danny Akin

Let-The-Nations-Be-Glad-SQUARE.jpg

Inescapable Judgment

Amos 9:1-10

Pastor Garrison Greene

BIG IDEA: The Lord’s judgment is inescapable.

RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Amos: A Handbook on the Hebrew Text by Duane A. Garrett; Handbook on the Prophets by Robert Chisholm Jr.; Africa Bible Commentary, Ed. by Tokunboh Adeyemo

Amos-SQUARE.jpg

The End

Amos 8

Pastor Dan Turner

BIG IDEA: The end has come upon the unrighteous in a certain way and on a certain day.

Note - We apologize that there were a few additional concluding remarks and a prayer at the end of the sermon that got cut off due to technical difficulties!

Amos-SQUARE.jpg