Category Archives: Sermon

3
Jul

Sermon: The New Family

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26
Apr

Channeling Leithart before time: justification by faith v. by sight

Peter writes: When Paul talks about justification by faith, he normally contrasts it with justification by works.  But elsewhere in Paul, “by faith” is contrasted with “by sight” (2 Corinthians 5:7).  In 2 Corinthians 5, Paul is speaking of two … Continue reading →

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24
Apr

Repost: Resurrection means reign

Acts 13: 26 “Brothers, sons of the family of Abraham, and those among you who fear God, to us has been sent the message of this salvation. 27 For those who live in Jerusalem and their rulers, because they did … Continue reading →

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19
Apr

An exposition of chapter 25 of the Westminster Confession of Faith, “Of the Church”

Back in seminary I took the course on the Westminster Confession taught by Dr. David Calhoun. One of our assignments was to pick a chapter from the Confession and write a sermon on the content of it. This is what … Continue reading →

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12
Apr

Adoption gives us election and sonship… but also inheritance

The sermon is only on the first two of these: audio The URL for direct download: http://hornes.org/mark/docs/adoption.mp3 But I now see a third point covered by the concept of adoption. It means we are heirs and thus are moving forward … Continue reading →

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2
Apr

Sloth and shame again (What hath Solomon to do with Franz Oppenheimer)

I speculated why a son who sleeps in harvest is said to cause “shame” rather than poverty or hunger. Now that I’m attempting to memorize Proverbs 10, I think my answer is probably not the message of Proverbs. Here is … Continue reading →

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24
Mar

The audio of my sermon on Romans 5.12-21

audio If you want to download the file, you can do so here: http://hornes.org/mark/docs/Horne03_20_11.mp3 It is under 33 minutes. If I had spoken at a reasonable speed it would have been closer to 45. Here is the script I had … Continue reading →

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22
Mar

The Promise of the Second Adam: A Sermon on Romans 5.12-21

LIFE AND RULE THAT (WILL) FAR SURPASS DEATH AND SLAVERY: Romans 5.12-21 I’m sure all of us have heard the horrible news about the earthquake and the tsunami that has devastated Japan. When we hear about these awful and death-dealing … Continue reading →

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12
Mar

Repost: Called by the Gospel to Unity

A sermon on Ephesians 4.1-7 I may have told you all before about a friend of mine who was a ruling elder in a Presbyterian Church. They received as new members a mother and adult son who had recently come … Continue reading →

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23
Feb

Keeping Faith

Christian life and ministry as an athletic contest, race, and exercise of trust.There’s a third thing I want you to see here.  Look at verse 7.  Here’s Paul’s assessment of his service.  A lot of people would have looked at … Continue reading →

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