On Sunday, November 15th Pastor Brian preached the afternoon sermon mainly to the young people.
We have received comments from the chronologically enhanced folks among us that they benefited as well.
Please use the link below to listen to this important message from Daniel.
http://www.sermonaudio.com/sermoninfo.asp?sermonID=1116091148166
http://thegospelcoalition.org/resources/a/overcoming_fear_anxiety_and_worry
Everything minus Jesus equals nothing, but Jesus plus nothing equals everything.
This coming Lord's Day I will be preaching to our young people from the book of Daniel. I will make reference to Psalm 119. Copies of this will be available this Lord's Day, but for those who want to explore it before then… here you go:
A Proposal for Daniel as the Author of Psalm 119
Brian Borgman (4/17/05)
There is no superscription identifying the author in Psa 119. It is an anonymous Psalm. Jewish tradition has suggested Ezra or one of his disciples. Christian tradition has generally assumed Davidic authorship. It seems clear however, from internal evidence that the author was living under conditions which were hostile to his faith. Franz Delitzsch (who thinks it was written during the Maccabaean period) says, “It is natural to suppose that the composition of the Psalm falls in those times of the Greek domination in which the government was hostile, and a large party from among the Jews themselves, that was friendly towards the government persecuted all decided confessors of the Torah.”
A few considerations make Daniel a good candidate. Delitzsch is certainly right about the hostility, but it seems that the hostility is directed towards an exile. There is no mention of the
Internal Evidence
Psa. 119:1-2 cf. Dan. 1:8-9
Psa. 119:9, 11, 30, 101 cf. Dan. 1:8
Psa. 119:19 cf. Dan. 1:3-4
Psa. 119:23, 78, 85, 86, 95, 110, 157, 161 cf. Dan. 3:8; 6:4-5
Psa 119:46 cf. Dan. 2:27-28
It appears to me that the tone, the petitions, the confessions, et al reflect Daniel and his situation. In other words, the evidence is more than just linking up individual verses, but rather getting a “feel” for Daniel’s character in the book of Daniel and then seeing that character expressed in the piety and circumstances of the Psalmist.
Examples:
Psa. 119:17 cf. Dan. 1:12-16;
Psa 119:29 cf. Dan. 1:4;
Psa 119:36-37 cf Dan 2:48; 5:16;
Psa 119:63 cf. Dan 3:17-18;
Psa 119:87 cf Dan. 6:10, 16;
Psa. 119:98-100 cf Dan. 1:4, 17-20; 2:24;
Psa 119:119 cf Dan 6:24;
Psa. 119:136 cf Dan 9:5-6;
Psa 119:18, 27, 169 cf Dan. 9:1-3
Conclusion
The internal evidence seems to me to point most consistently to Daniel. However, since it is anonymous we cannot be dogmatic. Professor George Zemek helpfully states, “Therefore, if for no other reason than illustration, it is suggested that the reader ‘think Daniel’ as we roam through this sacred territory.’”
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Everything minus Jesus equals nothing, but Jesus plus nothing equals everything.
Wanna see an embarrassed atheist?
Justin Taylor posted this last week http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/10/24/what-science-cant-account-for/
Everything minus Jesus equals nothing, but Jesus plus nothing equals everything.
Here is a good article on church membership from Kevin DeYoung
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/kevindeyoung/2009/09/29/why-membership-matters/
Everything minus Jesus equals nothing, but Jesus plus nothing equals everything.
His style was simple and concise. His sermons discursive and familiar or personal. There was no rigid structure, but a flow, which although not casual was conversational. Calvin excelled in application. It was exhortation, correction, rebuke or comfort and consolation, woven throughout the exposition.
Calvin noted that the preacher needed to speak in a way “that showed he was not pretending.” This gave his preaching a sense of seriousness and sobriety, but not morbidity.
He was not averse to using humor. His humor was often in the form of sarcasm, but sometimes it was everyday funny stuff. “When women who put on make-up come out into the sun and get hot, the make-up comes off and we see the wrinkles. So it is with hypocrisy.”
He believed the Bible was God accommodating Himself to us. So in preaching, the preacher accommodates himself to the people. As a result, he rejected scholastic methods and structures, as well as medieval hermeneutics, and simply explained the text.
His sermons were historical, grammatical and applicatory. He and the congregation would be immersed in an author’s mind for extended periods of time… weaving OT and NT together. His sermons move from “them to us”.
Frequency and length: Calvin preached twice on Sundays, then once M-F every other week. On his “off week” he would lecture M-F in theology.
His sermons usually lasted about an hour (although there are exceptions you can see in the sermons/lectures, 30-40 minutes is also common).
Content: Sundays he preached in the NT; M-F he preached in the OT.
He preached consecutive, expositions, with only his Hebrew OT and Greek NT, without notes, having prepared specifically and generally (e.g., he wrote his commentary on Galatians in 1546 and then preached it in 1557).
Calvin's delivery has never been speficially described, but his preaching was extemporaneous and probably lively. He himself said that preaching should be lively, “Now this preaching ought not to be lifeless, but lively, to teach, to exhort, to reprove…So indeed, that if an unbeliever enters, he may be so effectually arrested and convinced, as to give glory to God.”
For those interested in seeing samples of his preaching, here are 25 sermons from John Calvin http://www.reformedsermonarchives.com/calvintitle.htm
