Redeemer Presbyterian Church

I. The priority of love. II. The practice of love. III. The permanence of love. IV. The power to love.

I. Rebuke: The prophet rebukes the people for rejecting God as their king, vv17-19. II. Revelation: God reveals the king who satisfies the people's request, vv20-24. III. Kingship regulations: The king must obey the rules of God, v15. IV. Response: Some receive him but others go rogue against the king, vv26-27.

How we think and talk about singleness. The challenges, temptations, and advantages of singleness.

How does God advance his own kingdom when his own people don't welcome his kingly rule? I. By providence in the ordinary stuff of life, vv1-15. II. By pity toward his wayward people, vv15-27. III. By power in assuring and equipping those he commands to accomplish his plans, 10:1-16.

How does the Gospel give us resources to fight and kill lust?

What kind of king did the Israelites want? And why? And what does that reveal about them and us?

What should we think about homosexuality and the Bible? What does Leviticus 18 prohibit? Why? What does the rest of Scripture teach? Why does God ask us to follow his instructions on this? What if we don't? What if we haven't? How should we engage with others about his subject?

How do we go from lamentation to celebration, when our own sin has brought us sorrow and misery? I. Repentance towards God, vv2-6. II. Reliance on God's mercy, vv7-11. III. Remembrance of God's help, vv12ff.

What does Leviticus 15 have to say to us about our bodies, sexual organs and related matters?

The death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ helps us face our fears. I. Jesus died well, to free us from the fear of death, vv37-39. II. Jesus really died, and frees us from our fear of people, vv42-47. III. Jesus defeated death, and frees us 1) from the fear we are fools to believe in him, 2) from the fear of God's judgment, and 3) from the fear of Christ's abandonment, vv1-8.

Sex in marriage is very important. Sex is God's idea and he made it good and for our good. From 1 Corinthians 7 we ask three questions: I. vv1-2 Why are people to marry? II. vv3-4 Why are spouses to bless one another sexually? III. v5 How are spouses to bless one another sexually?

I. An overarching passion, v1. II. An obvious plan, vv1-6. III. An obliging parade, vv7-10. IV. An oblivious people, vv10-11.

I. vv1-3 The myth of the defeated God. II. vv4-5 The myth of the helpless God. III. vv6-12 The myth of the regional God.

I. The Drama of Headship. II. The Dying of Headship. III. The Demands of Headship.

How do you relate to God when life doesn't go the way you want it to? I. vv1-4 The False Religion of the Lord's People. II. vv5-11 The Defense of the Lord's Reputation. III. vv12-22 The Weight of the Lord's Glory.

Why is God calling a prophet so important? In the calling of Samuel, what do we learn about God, his prophet's task, and his Word? I. The grace in the prophet's presence, v1. II. The kindness of the prophet's God, vv2-10. III. The tension in the prophet's task, vv11-18. IV. The reception of the prophet's word, 3:19-4:1.

I. How does God treat those who have great spiritual privileges but go on despising him?, vv27-36. II. How does God treat his sincere servants who seek to honor him? v30. III. How does God’s mercy triumph in the end? – for that’s our hope, v35.

How does God's Word explain what marriage is?

What's God doing when the leaders of his people are wicked? I. vv12-16 The quiet manner of God's work. II. vv19-21 The continuing blessing of God's kindness. III. vv22-26 The sovereign decisiveness of God's judgment.

I. Why a seminar on marriage, dating, love, singleness, sex, homosexuality and lust? II. Marriage as Spiritual Friendship.

Hannah's song of praise reveals she is a master theologian with much to teach us about our dependable God. I. vv1-3 Why does she pray? II. vv4-8 To whom does she pray? III. vv9-10 For what does she pray?

I. The ache God's people may feel, vv1-8. II. The freedom God's people enjoy, vv9-20. III. The service God's people embrace, vv21-28.

What does God's work in us look like? I. A heart for others, vv22-25. II. The humility to be needy, v21. III. The embrace of the helps to seek God's help, vv20-21.