I created this basic expository sermon template for some of the men in our church learning to preach. If it can serve you or your church, please feel free to download it and use it. May God continue to bolster His pulpits for His Glory!
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LAS TRES GRANDES MALDICIONES DE LA COPA DEL MUNDO…
1️⃣ El vigente Balón de Oro NUNCA ha ganado la Copa del Mundo. Adiós, Dembélé. C’est la vie, @equipedefrance ❌🇫🇷
2️⃣ NUNCA una selección con técnico extranjero ha ganado la Copa del Mundo. Adiós, Tuchel. It’s not coming home, @England ❌🏴
3️⃣ La selección que empezó el torneo como número 1 del Ranking FIFA NUNCA fue campeona. No llores por mí, @Argentina ❌🇦🇷
SE PUEDE LUCHAR CONTRA CUALQUIER COSA… MENOS CONTRA EL DESTINO ⭐️ ⭐️
In Memoriam: Dr. Albert N. Martin
With a mixture of sorrow and rejoicing, we mark the passing from the church militant to the church triumphant of Dr. Albert N. Martin, a beloved friend, faithful pastor, and valiant soldier in the army of King Jesus, who died yesterday on the cusp of turning 92. For decades, he stood as a pillar in the Reformed world—known for his solid, detailed, enlightening, powerful, and faithful preaching of God’s Word and his steadfast, discerning, and unwavering commitment to all of its truths. His departure leaves a nostalgic void, not only among those who knew him personally and those who were members of his beloved Trinity Baptist Church of Montville, New Jersey, but across a much broader fellowship of churches and believers who were nourished by his ministry throughout the English-speaking world.
To many of us, Al Martin was more than a preacher of righteousness; he was a trusted friend, a wise counselor, and a brother deeply knit to our hearts in the bonds of the gospel. His friendship was marked by sincerity, love, and spiritual warmth. He possessed that rare combination of theological precision and pastoral tenderness, speaking the truth with clarity while carrying the burdens of Christ’s flock with compassion. His counsel was never shallow, never rushed, but always seasoned with Scripture and rooted in a profound communion with his Lord.
In an age often marked by theological compromise and superficiality, Al Martin stood firm. He was not swayed by trends nor intimidated by opposition. Like a watchman on the walls of Zion, he sounded forth the whole counsel of God with courage and conviction. His preaching bore the marks of careful exegesis, experiential depth, and earnest application, pressing divine truth upon the conscience with solemn urgency.
We grieve because such men are not easily replaced. The ranks of those who have labored long in the trenches, who have weathered storms, and who have remained faithful unto old age, seem to grow thinner with each passing year. And yet, we do not grieve as those without hope. For while the church militant feels the loss, the church triumphant rejoices in gain.
Personally, I owe a lot to Al Martin beginning about a half century ago when I listened to all his cassette tape lectures to his theological students with great profit. My own personal friendship with him didn’t flourish until about a few decades ago when he was still in New Jersey after I persuaded him that he should start a writing ministry. He insisted that he had no gifts to write and I insisted that his sermons reveal that he has excellent gifts for writing. He replied that he didn’t even have a computer and I insisted that he should get one and have someone teach him how to use it. He followed my advice and sent me a manuscript on the Holy Spirit’s role in preaching less than a year later. I then asked him to edit all the much-circulated cassette tape lectures to his theological students and publish them in a multi-volume set. He did even more! He traveled back to New Jersey from Michigan to record them all in an improved version, published the whole set in three volumes, and asked me to preface the first volume because, in his words to me, “You are the brother who taught me that I had a gift I didn’t know that I had and who also persuaded me to revisit these old theological lectures to prepare them for press.” While in Michigan, we frequently had three-hour lunches together; I also invited him to speak for our seminary conference and for some chapel messages—all of which were memorable events.
Brother Al Martin has now entered into the presence of the King whom he so faithfully served. The voice that once proclaimed Christ to others now joins the song of the redeemed around the throne. The labors of decades have given way to eternal rest. The battles are over; the victory is secure. He is now ever with the Lord—seeing by sight what he long embraced by faith.
What a comfort it is to know that the gospel he preached is the gospel that has brought him safely home. The Christ he exalted has now welcomed him with the words, “Well done, good and faithful servant.”
May the Lord raise up others in his stead—men of like conviction and devotion. And may we who remain be stirred by his example to greater faithfulness, until our own course is finished and we too are gathered to be forever with the Lord.
¿Cómo podemos confiar en Dios cuando nuestros recursos se agotan y el futuro parece incierto? La experiencia de Elías con la viuda de Sarepta demuestra que Dios provee exactamente lo necesario para cada día, no para eliminar nuestra dependencia de Él, sino para profundizarla y enseñarnos que Su fidelidad se renueva cada mañana.
Puedes leer este nuevo artículo titulado «Confiando en Dios cuando el futuro parece incierto» escrito por Héctor Salcedo haciendo clic en el siguiente enlace: https://t.co/Ee7G9NvqtX
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«Las más puras iglesias bajo el cielo están expuestas tanto a la impureza como al error, y algunas han degenerado tanto que han llegado a ser, no iglesias de Cristo, sino sinagogas de Satanás... siempre habrá una iglesia en la tierra para adorar a Dios conforme a su voluntad.»
“El legalismo dice: ‘Obedezco. Por lo tanto, soy aceptado por Dios’.
El antinomianismo dice: ‘Soy aceptado por Dios. Por tanto, realmente no tengo que obedecer’.
Pero el Evangelio dice: ‘Dios me acepta. Por lo tanto, obedezco con alegría en cada fibra de mi ser”.
~ Tim Keller.
Cicerón escribió: «La misma palabra "cruz" debería estar lejos de nuestros pensamientos, ojos y oídos. Su mera mención es indigna de un ciudadano romano».
Cien años después, Pablo escribió: «Por mi parte, si de algo presumo, es de nuestro Señor Jesucristo crucificado» (Ga 6:14).
Cristianos, en medio del profundo sufrimiento o incertidumbres del futuro, recordemos que estamos siendo sostenidos por las manos de Aquel que sostiene el universo, las mismas manos que fueron traspasadas para darnos vida y vida en abundancia.
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Él dio su vida para liberarnos de toda clase de pecado, para limpiarnos y para hacernos su pueblo, totalmente comprometidos a hacer buenas acciones.
Tit o 2:12-14
En este mundo maligno, debemos vivir con sabiduría, justicia y devoción a Dios, mientras anhelamos con esperanza ese día maravilloso en que se revele la gloria de nuestro gran Dios y Salvador Jesucristo.
¡Feliz día del Señor!
Cada domingo, de manera especial, nos reunimos para dar alabanzas, honra y gloria Al que reina y vive por los siglos de los siglos.