19-1201: Sin grieves God deeply and He will not tolerate wickedness, but Jesus makes one righteous and holds us safe in God’s eternal salvation. Nothing stands in such stark contrast to the creation narrative as Genesis 6-8. When God looked on creation he saw it was “good”. Here, when God looked on the earth,...
19-1020: God established marriage as the supreme relationship of creation to glorify Him in abiding intimacy. Finishing the creation of man from Genesis Two, Pastor Lane shares the fourth distinctive of abiding intimacy in the covenant of marriage. Marriage is not what we make it, but what God created. God’s design for the marriage...
19-1013: God created man as His steward on earth and blessed Him to thrive for His glory. Genesis two addresses the question of provenance extensively. As a new section of Genesis begins, we learn some new characteristics of God. Then, we learn how God created and the purpose for which He created man.In this...
19-0929: God culminates creation with man to glorify Him as His regents and rule in creation, and to rest in His divine goodness. The days of creation apex with the highest of creation, man. God distinguishes man in His position and purpose for creation. And this purpose is fully realized in the culmination of...
19-0922: God reveals Himself as the One who originates, shapes and sustains the life of all creation by His Word. The days of creation show us the majestic creativity and wondrous glory of God, but far more the power of His Word. All of creation points us to God and listen as He speaks....
One critical principle of interpretation: We begin with a confession of Scripture about Scripture, knowing that our faithfulness to Scripture depends on us trusting Scripture to interpret Scripture. "By faith we understand that the world was created by the word of God, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible."...
19-0908: God reveals Himself as Creator of all to show Himself as the Source of eternal life in Jesus Christ. This sermon begins a new series in Genesis. In this message Pastor Lane confronts two challenges to studying Genesis, literary and historical critique and evolution. Then, he provides five points of Biblical understanding to...
19-0421: Jesus was resurrected to believe in Him, to behold Him as Lord, bow before Him in worship and bear a faithful witness to Him. Matthew’s gospel cries “Behold” the resurrection and beckons us to “See” Jesus as Lord. In this message Pastor Lane provides three truths to see Jesus as the Lord that...
16_0925: Jesus is the Christ, sent from God as savior of the world. John begins his gospel account by exalting Jesus, and placing him as the center and origin of all. In this message, Pastor Lane offer four exaltations for why every person should believe in Jesus. Then, the message ends with a story...