First Presbyterian Church, Jackson, Mississippi Morning Service

The reality of time as God has created it will propel us forward into 2020, whether we want it to or not. Both, they and... Read more

We could sum up the themes of our passage this way then. We could say it is first of all about responding to suffering. ... Read more

This week, in verses 5 through 8 where our attention will fall, Paul is unpacking the basic contrast with which he has b... Read more

But into that situation of weakness and neediness, God speaks a word of grace through the lips of the apostle Paul to ne... Read more

Verses 3 through 9 rehearse for us our great Gospel privileges. In 3 through 5, the apostle Peter lists those privileges... Read more

We’re going to think about it under four headings. We’ll think first about the elder’s office. In our contemporary scene... Read more

 “Taking the Lord’s Supper seriously is something that deep down most of us simply do not do.” That’s the way J.I. Packe... Read more

For the next several Lord’s Days, some of our assistant ministers will be examining what we call “the means of grace,” t... Read more

And I want us to think through Peter’s answer under three headings. He essentially says three things about how to live f... Read more

This week, we turn our attention to verses 3 and 4 which are really a continuation of Paul’s argument about our transfor... Read more

Look at verses 11 and 12 with me just a moment before we begin and notice the central concern of the apostle Peter in th... Read more

First of all, the passage before us is going to call us to come to Jesus. Come to Jesus. Secondly, come to Jesus by fait... Read more

We have been working through 1 Peter together as a church on Sunday mornings and we come to one of those passages that p... Read more

Through verse 12 of chapter 2, we’ve seen Peter give us, you might say, general theological and practical principles. An... Read more

And if you look at the passage, verses 8 through 12, you’ll see it focuses on Christian behavior in three directions. Fi... Read more

So there are five stages to this journey back to the source of the river that we need to follow. First is brotherly love... Read more

This morning we’re turning to Leviticus chapter 7. Leviticus is unfamiliar territory for many of us. We are thousands of... Read more

And as we consider Peter’s “therefore” and these implications of the grace of God in verses 13 through 17, I want you to... Read more

And if you’ll look at verses 1 through 3, I want you to notice that Peter says essentially two things. If you’re going t... Read more

And to guide our thinking, we’ll be working our way line by line through Philippians 2:5-11. It’s a famous passage, some... Read more