In this message Pastor Carr continues to handle Zechariah’s response to the delegation from Bethel in Zechariah 7 and gives a brief exhortation toward the type of worship that pleases and honors God.
Zechariah 7:1-7 Stop Making It Up As You Go
Why do we perform the religious duties that we do? Can we do that which is good and Scripture requires of us in a way that is displeasing to God? In this sermon Pastor Michael Carr explores the important distinction between outward conformity and inward submission to the commands of God.
Zechariah 6:9-15 Temple and Branch- Pastor Michael Carr
As Zechariah moves out of the night visions his attention turns to the long awaited Branch figure. This passage serves as a more formal introduction to the person and work of the Branch Messiah that will be developed in the remainder of the book.
Gospel-Centered Apologetics- Lecture 10- Confirmation for Christmas
A couple of week’s ago I stumbled on an article titled ‘Why You Should Stop Treating Jesus’s Birth Narratives as History.’ This guy loved the Spiritual lessons one could glean from the whole Jesus story. In his construct, the story is ‘truth’ but it isn’t TRUE. That is to say that it did not happen. […]
Zechariah 6:1-8 Swift and Final Judgment- Pastor Michael Carr
The final of Zechariah’s series of night visions depicts the ultimate demise of national Israel’s favored status and the anticipated victory of the promised Christ.
Gospel-Centered Apologetics- Lecture 9- Confirmation
The first three ‘Cs’ of Gospel-Centered Apologetics answers three questions; 1) Compatibility- How is this person’s worldview compatible with Christianity? There will be ways that it is, because all men are created in the image of God. 2) Consistency – How is this person’s worldview internally inconsistent? It will be, because all other worldviews are […]
Zechariah 5:5-11 Removal of Idolatry- Pastor Michael Carr
The first half of Zechariah’s sixth night vision portrayed the flying scroll exposing the hidden sins of Israel. The second half of the vision shows how God will remove Israel from their place of honor. Pastor Carr shows how to apply this text to Israel’s post-exilic context, their first century context, and what that means […]
Gospel-Centered Apologetics- Lecture 8- Countering Religious Postmodernism
Listen as Pastor Matt explains the belief system of Religious Postmodernism and how to apply Gospel-Centered Apologetics to counter this pervasive and destructive worldview.
Zechariah 5:1-4 Sin Uncovered and the House Defiled- Pastor Michael Carr
The first four chapters of Zechariah consist exclusively of blessing and promise, but in the sixth vision the tone shifts to covenant curses. Find out how the curses for violating the covenant are intensified for Israel after their return from captivity and why.
Gospel-Centered Apologetics- Lecture 7- Countering Evolutionary Naturalism
In lecture 6 Pastor Matt explained how to direct conversations toward a productive ‘clash of gospels,’ where we point people to the Biblical Gospel consisting of Creation, Fall, Redemption in Christ, and Consummation. In this lecture we consider how to apply these principles when countering the worldlier of an Evolutionary Naturalist.
