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The Puritan Hope vs Dispensationalism
The “Puritan Hope,” as Iain Murray called it, was not some kind of nascent dispensationalism, as some have suggested. It was just historic postmillennialism, including the view that the Jews (along with every other people group) would be converted at some point in history. The Puritans did not believe Jews were in covenant with God… Read more
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May 3, 2020 Sermon — God and Our Gatherings: Jesus’ Grace Meets Thomas’ Doubts (John 20:24-29)
We have been told for several weeks now that the church’s worship gatherings are non-essential. That is how they have been categorized. The thought seems to be that the world can get on fine without us. Everything can just go on fine without us. The thought seems to be that without our public prayers, without… Read more
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Which Way, Western Man: Blaming the Jews or Taking Responsibility?
Dennis Prager, himself a Jew, points out that virtually all -isms, except Nazism, were founded or led disproportionately by Jews: Marxism, humanism, feminism, environmentalism, LGBTQism, etc. I do not deny Jewish involvement in all of these movements and in some cases that involvement was disproportionate to the Jewish population as a whole. But I also… Read more
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April 19, 2015 Sermon — No Other God and No Place for Doubt: The Word Was Made Flesh Again, and We Beheld His Glory (John 20:24-31)
Today is the third Lord’s Day of Easter season. But we are going to be looking at what happened on the second Lord’s Day of that very first Easter season. This is eight days after Jesus’ resurrection, which by John’s way of inclusively counting days puts us again on a Sunday, the first day of… Read more
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April 20, 2014 Sermon: The Battle-Scarred God (John 20:24-31)
In John chapter 20, beginning at verse 24, we read: Now Thomas called the Twin, one of the twelve, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said to him, “We have seen the Lord.” So he said to them, “Unless I see in His hands the print of the nails, and… Read more
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April 12, 2015 Sermon — Peace Be With You: The Scars and the Spirit of the Lord (John 20:19-23)
It is Easter or Pascha. Either one of those names will do. Either one of those names can be used to label this 50-day season celebrating the resurrection of Christ. Some years we have put Easter on the bulletin. Other years we have used Pascha. But either term is fitting. Easter is certainly the more… Read more
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