The Word of God is Sufficient

This sermon by Rev. Gilbert Jansen is about the parable of "The Rich Man & Lazarus", based on the following texts:

• Luke 16:19-31
• Psalm 26

The service was held on 16 March 1997.

The files are in mp3 format, shared as links from my Dropbox account.  The links below take you to a Dropbox page, where you get the option to play or download the file.

The second recording is of everything that was on the tape, which is basically everything after the sermon.  There was a lot of noise on this tape, which I was able to edit out for the sermon; however, the filter I used caused a lot of additional distortion to the singing.  Therefore, the section after the sermon is not edited.  There is still a lot of distortion because the tape record level was too high.

And... it was me that recorded it.  You can see a picture of the tape in this post.  That's my hand-writing for sure.  I was just starting my second year of university...

Links:

• The Sermon Only
• The Entire Recording

If My Words Abide in You

Please read John 15:1-7

I would like to encourage you to watch, or listen to, this message by John Piper, If My Words Abide in You.



This isn't a regular Piper-style sermon, and the first 20 minutes in particular may leave you a little confused and even overwhelmed.

Persevere. I hope that this message inspires you, as it did me, to commit yourself to a program of bible memorisation.

The file can be watched or listened to at the link above, or downloaded as either a video or an mp3. You can also watch it on YouTube, if you prefer.

100% Luke, 100% God

Read: Luke 1:1-4

This brief dedication to Luke's gospel provides one of the few direct insights into the "author side" of the inspiration of scripture. (Other passages, such as 2 Timothy 3:16, tell us about the "God side" - that the words of the scriptures are the very words of God). Luke's dedication teaches us that, (at the same time as being God's words), the words of Luke's gospel are Luke's own words too. The scriptures are 100% the words of God, and 100% the words of the human authors.

Think about this, for a while. God didn't force Luke's hands, but he guided them. He didn't over-ride Luke's mind, but the words that came from Luke's mind onto the page were God's words. And Luke's.

These two facts are not contradictory; however, we need to learn to allow each fact to leave room in our minds for the other. What other concepts in scripture are like this?