Sermon Resources on Throne Of Grace

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Lord Jesus, we approach Your throne with confidence

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Hebrews 4:16, Ephesians 3:12, Hebrews 10:19-23, Philippians 4:6-7, Ephesians 2:18, Philippians 1:6, Romans 8:29

Lord Jesus, we approach Your throne with confidence, though we recognize the sin in our lives. Help us to hold on to the good and growing work You have begun in us. Continue to grow us into Your liken...

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First Sunday of Advent

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Austin D. Hill

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Jeremiah 33:14-16, Jeremiah 32:1-2, Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 30:16, Jeremiah 31:1, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 33:17-18, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Matthew 4:17, Revelation 21:null, Philippians 1:6

AIM Commentary Check out our video discussion of the text with the author, Austin D. Hill. Click here to view! Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? Exile and Catastrop...

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God of grace, love, and hope: Your

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Richard Herman

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Ephesians 2:8-9, Romans 5:3-5, 2 Corinthians 1:3-4, Micah 6:8, Philippians 1:6, Luke 15:11-32

God of grace, love, and hope: Your grace comes when we least expect and don’t deserve it. Your love comes when we can’t comprehend why but we need it the most. Your hope comes at just the right time t...

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Grace for the Long Road of Obedience

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Jen Pollock Michel

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Titus 2:11-12, Hebrews 12:1-2, Philippians 1:6, John 21:15-19, Exodus 16:, 2 Corinthians 12:7-10, John 15:1-8

Grace is not only needed for the occasion of conversion, the moment we suddenly (or slowly) come to our senses and realize that we are spiritually bankrupt, having nothing to bring to God and everythi...

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Lord, high and holy, meek and

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Matthew 16:24-25, Philippians 1:21, Romans 8:18, Matthew 23:12, James 4:10, Psalm 23:4

Lord, high and holy, meek and lowly, Thou hast brought me to the valley of vision, where I live in the depths but see thee in the heights; hemmed in by mountains of sin I behold thy glory. Let me lear...

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Timothy Keller

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Romans 12:2, Colossians 3:10, Hebrews 10:14, Ephesians 4:13, Philippians 1:6

God's Kingdom is "present in its beginnings, but still future in its fullness. This guards us from an under-realized eschatology (expecting no change now) and an over-realized eschatology (ex...

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Ken Untener

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1 Corinthians 15:58, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, Hebrews 11:13, Galatians 6:9, Philippians 1:6

"Oscar Romero's Prayer" It helps, now and then,to step back and take the long view. The kingdom is not only beyond our efforts, it is beyond our vision. We accomplish in our lifetime onl...

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Baptism of the Lord

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Darren Pollock

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Acts 19:1-7, 1 Corinthians 3:6, Acts 19:null, Acts 18:24-25, Philippians 3:5, Acts 11:18, Philippians 1:6, Romans 12:null, 1 Corinthians 12:

Preaching Commentary Context Paul in Ephesus: His Third Missionary Journey This passage describes Paul’s arrival in Ephesus during his third missionary journey. He finds there some disciples who k...

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Scripture Guide, Philippians 2:5-11

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Rachel Clark

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Philippians 2:5-11, Acts 16:, Philippians 1:27-2:4, Isaiah 45:22-23, 2 Corinthians 12:9

Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? A letter of friendship Paul’s letter to the Philippians is from Paul and his companions to the saints in Philippi. It is a letter fro...

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The Eternal Weight of Glory: The Shadow of Our Future Selves

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N. T. Wright

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Philippians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 4:17

In this short excerpt, the scholar and Anglican clergyman N.T. Wright discusses the famous “weight of glory” passage in 2 Cornthians 4:17: For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an ...

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Since we are assembled here in God’s house

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Romans 6:3-4 , Psalm 51:1-2, 10-12, Philippians 1:6

CONFESSION Pastor: Since we are assembled here in God’s house to hear His Word, to call upon Him in prayer, and to receive the body and blood of our Lord Jesus Christ, it is good that we reflect upo...

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Foolishness to the Greeks

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John Stott

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2 Timothy 2:12, James 1:2-4, Matthew 5:11-12, Philippians 1:29, Romans 8:18, 2 Corinthians 4:17, John 15:20

Nevertheless, what was shameful, even odious, to the critics of Christ, was in the eyes of his followers most glorious. They had learnt that the servant was not greater than the master, and that for t...

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18th Sunday after Pentecost

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Darren Pollock

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2 Timothy 2:8-15, 1 Corinthians 1:17-25, 2 Timothy 2:18, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Philippians 1:12, Matthew 10:33, Romans 3:3-4

Preaching Commentary Paul’s Gospel In 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 we find the gospel that Paul preaches summarized in Christ’s crucifixion. Here in 2 Timothy 2:8, Paul’s gospel is encapsulated in Christ’...

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Gracious God, sometimes I am so caught

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Mark D. Roberts

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Genesis 1:null, Philippians 1:6, 2 Corinthians 3:18, James 1:17-18, Colossians 3:10, Ephesians 2:10

Gracious God, sometimes I am so caught up in my failures, in all the ways I am not like you, that I neglect the deeper truth, the earlier truth of Genesis 1. You have made me, as a human being, in you...

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Living a Grace-Filled Life

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John Ortberg

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Philippians 1:6, Romans 12:2, Matthew 14:22-33, 1 Corinthians 1:31, Ephesians 2:8-9

According to Dallas Willard, grace is “God doing in us and for us what we could not do ourselves.” We are meant to be forgiven by grace; we are also meant to live by grace. We often believe that only...

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Almighty and merciful God, the fountain

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Alcuin of York

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Psalm 51:2-3, Romans 6:22, Acts 3:19, Isaiah 1:18, Philippians 1:6, Galatians 5:22-23

Almighty and merciful God, the fountain of all goodness, who knows the thoughts of our hearts: We confess that we have sinned against you. Wash us, we implore you, from the stains of our past sins...

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Scripture Guide, Jeremiah 33:14-16

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Austin D. Hill

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Jeremiah 33:14-16, Jeremiah 32:1-2, Jeremiah 30:3, Jeremiah 30:16, Jeremiah 31:1, Jeremiah 31:31, Jeremiah 33:17-18, Jeremiah 23:5-6, Matthew 4:17, Revelation 21:null, Philippians 1:6

Check out our video discussion of the text with the author, Austin D. Hill. Click here to view! Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? Exile and Catastrophe There is deba...

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God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—You are

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Richard Herman

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Jeremiah 17:14, Psalm 51:10, Philippians 1:6, Psalm 147:3, James 5:14-15, Isaiah 40:31

God—Father, Son and Holy Spirit—You are ever the same in Your grace and truth, Your power and love; Yet, You always challenge us to grow, change and become more like Jesus. We’re not yet what we w...

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Second Sunday of Advent

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Austin D. Hill

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Philippians 1:3-11, Acts 16:, Revelation 21:1-6

Ancient Lens What can we learn from the historical context? Paul’s Relationship to Philippi There is practically no debate that Philippians was written by Paul. This letter is an intimate portray...

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Pastor: In the mercy of almighty God

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Trinity Lutheran Church, Lisle, Illinois

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Philippians 1:6, Psalm 133:, 1 Corinthians 12:12-31, John 1:12-13

Pastor: In the mercy of almighty God, Jesus Christ was given to die for us, and for His sake God forgives us all our sins. To those who believe in Jesus Christ He gives the power to become the childre...

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Thomas à Kempis

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The Kingdom of God

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1 Peter 4:12-13, 2 Corinthians 4:8-10, Romans 8:17, John 15:18-20, 2 Timothy 3:12, Philippians 1:29, Luke 9:23

Jesus has many who love the kingdom of God, but few who bear a cross. He has many who desire His comfort, but few who desire His suffering. All want to rejoice with him, but few are willing to suffer ...

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Brian Zahnd

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Colossians 1:20, Ephesians 2:10, John 12:32, 1 Peter 2:24, Philippians 1:6

Every cross adorning a church is in itself a sermon—a sermon proclaiming that if Christ can transform the Roman instrument of execution into a thing of beauty, there is hope that in Christ all things ...

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Lord God, forgive us for how we have

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Austin D. Hill

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James 1:5, Romans 12:11-12, Hebrews 12:1-2, Joshua 1:9, Philippians 1:6

Lord God, forgive us for how we have let our faith atrophy. We grow complacent, stagnant, and we fail to strive to follow you. Give us passion, give us courage, and give us motivation to excel for you...

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O God our Father, who sent your Son to

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William Temple

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2 Corinthians 4:16, Philippians 1:9-10, 2 Timothy 1:7, Esther 4:, 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18, Colossians 3:23-24, Hebrews 12:1-2

O God our Father, who sent your Son to be our Savior: renew in us day by day the power of your Holy Spirit; that with knowledge and passion, with courage and love, with gratitude and hope, we may stri...

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Scripture Guide, 2 Timothy 2:8-15

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Darren Pollock

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2 Timothy 2:8-15, 1 Corinthians 1:17-25, 2 Timothy 2:18, 2 Timothy 1:1-14, Philippians 1:12, Matthew 10:33, Romans 3:3-4

Preaching Commentary Paul’s Gospel In 1 Corinthians 1:17-25 we find the gospel that Paul preaches summarized in Christ’s crucifixion. Here in 2 Timothy 2:8, Paul’s gospel is encapsulated in Christ’...

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Loving God, we thank you for your patience

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Austin D. Hill

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Philippians 1:6

Call to Confession The Apostle Paul reminds us in his letter to the Philippian church that God is still at work in us. If you feel you’ve made too many mistakes, remember that God will finish the go...

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L. Frank Baum

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Philippians 1:9, Isaiah 33:6, James 1:5, Proverbs 18:15, Colossians 2:2-3

“No thief, however skillful, can rob one of knowledge*, and that is why knowledge is the best and safest treasure to acquire.” (*or Faith)

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A New Experience of Advent: Thoughts from the Founder's Desk

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Stuart R. Strachan, Jr.

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Advent

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Romans 8:28, Philippians 1:6

As I was trying to think of something to write for this weekly email, I began to wonder if living in this season of life actually prepares us to better experience the Advent season. We live in a time...

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Dan B. Allender

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Revelation 22:17, Isaiah 26:9, James 1:14-15, Philippians 1:23, Galatians 5:17, Romans 7:23

Desire lies at the heart of who God made us to be, who we are at our core. Desire is both our greatest frailty and the mark of our highest beauty. Our desire completes us as we become One with our Lov...

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John Calvin

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Healing

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Philippians 1:6, Galatians 3:28, John 17:21, 1 Corinthians 12:12, Colossians 1:17-18

It is a promise which eminently deserves our observation that all who are united to Christ and acknowledge Him to be Christ and Mediator will remain to the end safe from all danger, for what is said o...

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