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Joshua 13:32–33 ( Listen ) 32  These are the inheritances that Moses distributed in the plains of Moab, beyond the Jordan east of Jericho. 33  But to the tribe of Levi Moses gave no inheritance; the LORD God of Israel is their inheritance, just as he said to them. ( ESV )

Psalm 51 ( Listen ) Create in Me a Clean Heart, O God To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 51:1    Have mercy on me, 1 O God,     according to your steadfast love;   according to your abundant mercy     blot out my transgressions. 2    Wash me thoroughly from my iniquity,     and cleanse me from my sin! 3    For I know my tra...

1 Peter 1:13–21 ( Listen ) Called to Be Holy 13  Therefore, preparing your minds for action, 1 and being sober-minded, set your hope fully on the grace that will be brought to you at the revelation of Jesus Christ. 14  As obedient children, do not be conformed to the passions of your former ignorance, 15  but as he who called you is holy, you also be holy in all your conduct, 16  since it is writt...

1 Kings 19:1–18 ( Listen ) Elijah Flees Jezebel 19:1  Ahab told Jezebel all that Elijah had done, and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword. 2  Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “So may the gods do to me and more also, if I do not make your life as the life of one of them by this time tomorrow.” 3  Then he was afraid, and he arose and ran for his life and came to Beershe...

Jeffrey Heine and Josh Hausen wrestle with the issues of legalism, freedom, & grace. They address questions like “Why is legalism so dangerous?”, “Does it really matter if I sin?”, “What difference does it make if I am obedient or not?”, “Does obeying the Bible make me a legalist?”

1 Corinthians 6:1–11 ( Listen ) Lawsuits Against Believers 6:1  When one of you has a grievance against another, does he dare go to law before the unrighteous instead of the saints? 2  Or do you not know that the saints will judge the world? And if the world is to be judged by you, are you incompetent to try trivial cases? 3  Do you not know that we are to judge angels? How much more, then, matter...

Colossians 1 ( Listen ) Greeting 1:1  Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, 2  To the saints and faithful brothers 1 in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father. Thanksgiving and Prayer 3  We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4  since we heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love that...

Psalm 23 ( Listen ) The Lord Is My Shepherd A Psalm of David. 23:1    The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2      He makes me lie down in green pastures.   He leads me beside still waters. 1 3      He restores my soul.   He leads me in paths of righteousness 2     for his name’s sake. 4    Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 3     I will fear no evil,   for you are...

Judges 6:7–24 ( Listen ) 7  When the people of Israel cried out to the LORD on account of the Midianites, 8  the LORD sent a prophet to the people of Israel. And he said to them, “Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel: I led you up from Egypt and brought you out of the house of slavery. 9  And I delivered you from the hand of the Egyptians and from the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them...

The Doctrine of the Trinity: Treasure or Embarassment? Dr. Graham Cole explores the biblical, historical and contemporary perspective of the Trinity with an eye on its value for the Christian life today.

Luke 12:22–34 ( Listen ) Do Not Be Anxious 22  And he said to his disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat, nor about your body, what you will put on. 23  For life is more than food, and the body more than clothing. 24  Consider the ravens: they neither sow nor reap, they have neither storehouse nor barn, and yet God feeds them. Of how much more value...

Amos 8:4–7 ( Listen ) 4    Hear this, you who trample on the needy     and bring the poor of the land to an end, 5    saying, “When will the new moon be over,     that we may sell grain?   And the Sabbath,     that we may offer wheat for sale,   that we may make the ephah small and the shekel 1 great     and deal deceitfully with false balances, 6    that we may buy the poor for silver     and the...

Psalm 103 ( Listen ) Bless the Lord, O My Soul Of David. 103:1    Bless the LORD, O my soul,     and all that is within me,     bless his holy name! 2    Bless the LORD, O my soul,     and forget not all his benefits, 3    who forgives all your iniquity,     who heals all your diseases, 4    who redeems your life from the pit,     who crowns you with steadfast love and mercy, 5    who satisfies yo...

Deuteronomy 6:4–9 ( Listen ) 4  “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. 1 5  You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. 6  And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7  You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when...

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Happiness. The American Dream. You can achieve it if you work hard enough. There are many lies that pull at you to find the good life by seeking after it, yet when you live like the joy you want is a gift from God you will eventually experience more of it. This talk will help you understand that process.

Psalm 32 ( Listen ) Blessed Are the Forgiven A Maskil 1 of David. 32:1    Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven,     whose sin is covered. 2    Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity,     and in whose spirit there is no deceit. 3    For when I kept silent, my bones wasted away     through my groaning all day long. 4    For day and night your hand was heavy upon me...

John 17:20–24 ( Listen ) 20  “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21  that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22  The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23  I in them and you...

John 17:20–24 ( Listen ) 20  “I do not ask for these only, but also for those who will believe in me through their word, 21  that they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me. 22  The glory that you have given me I have given to them, that they may be one even as we are one, 23  I in them and you...

Acts 20:24–32 ( Listen ) 24  But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God. 25  And now, behold, I know that none of you among whom I have gone about proclaiming the kingdom will see my face again. 26  Therefore I testify to you this day that I am...

Acts 26:13–29 ( Listen ) 13  At midday, O king, I saw on the way a light from heaven, brighter than the sun, that shone around me and those who journeyed with me. 14  And when we had all fallen to the ground, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 1 ‘Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is hard for you to kick against the goads.’ 15  And I said, ‘Who are you, Lord?’ And the Lor...

Acts 20:17–35 ( Listen ) Paul Speaks to the Ephesian Elders 17  Now from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church to come to him. 18  And when they came to him, he said to them: “You yourselves know how I lived among you the whole time from the first day that I set foot in Asia, 19  serving the Lord with all humility and with tears and with trials that happened to me through...

“Behold the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!”  Why this declaration?  Why not “Behold the King!” or “Behold our Lord!”?  What did John mean by this?  This sermon explains the importance of this declaration and how all of the Bible can be seen in this light.  The story of Jesus is the story of the Lamb. This sermon was recorded at Beeson Dvinity School Community Worship on March 27...

Psalm 139 ( Listen ) Search Me, O God, and Know My Heart To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. 139:1    O LORD, you have searched me and known me! 2    You know when I sit down and when I rise up;     you discern my thoughts from afar. 3    You search out my path and my lying down     and are acquainted with all my ways. 4    Even before a word is on my tongue,     behold, O LORD, you know it alto...

Acts 18:1–11 ( Listen ) Paul in Corinth 18:1  After this Paul 1 left Athens and went to Corinth. 2  And he found a Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, recently come from Italy with his wife Priscilla, because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to leave Rome. And he went to see them, 3  and because he was of the same trade he stayed with them and worked, for they were tentmakers by trade. 4  And...