2009 Recent Updates Archive

2009 Recent Updates Archive

RECENT UPDATES 2009
New sermons, audio, and announcements.

Week beginning December 27, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin January 3, 2010
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 8:40-56	Are You Laughing or Amazed	Ligon Duncan
2 Peter 3:18	The Last Words for the Last Sunday of the Year	Derek Thomas
Note: The Church Offices will be closed December 24, 25 and January 1, 2010. The First Epistle* will not publish the weeks of Christmas or New Year's. The deadline for submitting information for the January 8, 2010 First Epistle is December 31, 2009. If you have questions, please contact Betsy McCullough at 601-924-0575 or email betsy1@comcast.net

Week beginning December 20, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin December 27, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
1 Peter 1	Christmas Viewed From Afar: Angels' Eyes	Derek Thomas

Note: The Church Offices will be closed December 24, 25 and January 1, 2010. The First Epistle* will not publish the weeks of Christmas or New Year's. The deadline for submitting information for the January 8, 2010 First Epistle is December 31, 2009. If you have questions, please contact Betsy McCullough at 601-924-0575 or email betsy1@comcast.net

Week beginning December 13, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin December 20, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 8:26-39	The Man Jesus Renamed	Ligon Duncan
John 1:1-14	Christmas Viewed From Afar: Heaven	Derek Thomas
Note: The Church Offices will be closed December 24, 25 and January 1, 2010. The First Epistle* will not publish the weeks of Christmas or New Year's. The deadline for submitting information for the January 8, 2010 First Epistle is December 31, 2009. If you have questions, please contact Betsy McCullough at 601-924-0575 or email betsy1@comcast.net

Week beginning December 6, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin December 13, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 8:22-25	The Winds and Waves Still Know	Ligon Duncan
Genesis 3:1-15	Christmas Viewed from Afar: Eden	Derek Thomas

Week beginning November 29, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin December 6, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 8:16-21	Take Care How You Listen	Ligon Duncan
Esther 4	And It Just So Happened	Jeremy Smith

Week beginning November 22, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin November 29, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Psalm 42	Fainting Fits and Gospel Cures	Derek Thomas
1 Samuel 14:24-46	Hasty Oath of No Tasty Food	Derek Thomas

*Note There will be no First Epistle printed the week of Thanksgiving.

Week beginning November 15, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin November 22, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 8:1-15	Have You Heard The Word	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 14:1-23	Jonathan - A Portrait of a Godly Man	Derek Thomas

Week beginning November 8, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin November 15, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 7:36-50	She Loved Much	Ligon Duncan
2 Thessalonians 2:13-17	Standfast	Nate Shurden

Week beginning November 1, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin November 8, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
1 Timothy 6:6-8	Godliness with Contentment Is Great Gain	Ligon Duncan
Judges 11:36-37, 40	Contagious Sacrificial Submission	Joel Beeke

Week beginning October 25, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin November 1, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 7:18-35	Are You Sure About Jesus	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 13:1-23	The Fool	Derek Thomas

Week beginning October 18, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin October 25, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 7:1-17	God Has Visited His People	Ligon Duncan
1 Kings 3:3-28	The Beginning of Wisdom Is This: Get Wisdom	Nate Shurden

Week beginning October 11, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin October 18, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 6:39-49	You Are What You Do	Ligon Duncan
Judges 4	Torrents and Tent Pegs in the Hands of a Delivering God	Jeremy Smith

Week beginning October 4, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin October 11, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 6:37-38	Judge Not	Ligon Duncan
Psalm 100	What Is That Sound	Billy Joseph

Week beginning September 27, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin October 4, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 6:27-36	Loving Those Who Don't Love You	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 12:1-25	The Last Words of a Great Man	Derek Thomas

Week beginning September 20, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin September 27, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 6:20-26	What True Happiness Looks Like, and What Looks Like True Happiness, but Isn't	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 11:1-15	Battle Stations	Derek Thomas
Notes: If you placed an order for a set of CDs of the summer series on Romans 8 "The Best Chapter in the Bible," your order is now ready. Please come by the Library Resource Center and pick them up.

Week beginning September 13, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin September 20, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 6:20-26	Blessed or Cursed? Weal or Woe	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 10:17-27	Long Live the King	Derek Thomas
Notes: If you placed an order for a set of CDs of the summer series on Romans 8 "The Best Chapter in the Bible," your order is now ready. Please come by the Library Resource Center and pick them up. The Romans 8 series "The Best Chapter in the Bible" is now concluded. If you would like CDs of the entire sermon series, you may call The Presbyterian Bookstore to place your order (601-353-8316). The cost is $25.00 per set of CDs.

Week beginning September 6, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin September 13, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 6:12-22	Poor, Hungry, Weeping, Hated, Rejected...and Blessed	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 9:1-10:16	You Never Know What You Might Find When You Go Off Looking for Your Lost Donkey	Derek Thomas
Notes: The Romans 8 series "The Best Chapter in the Bible" is now concluded. If you would like CDs of the entire sermon series, you may call The Presbyterian Bookstore to place your order (601-353-8316). The cost is $25.00 per set of CDs.

Week beginning August 30, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin September 6, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:38-39	No Separation	Derek Thomas

Notes: Churchwide Labor Day Picnic at Twin Lakes. Monday, September 7. Open all day. Supper served at 5:00 p.m. Join us for fun, food, and fellowship! The church offices and Day School will be closed on Labor Day, Monday, September 7 The Romans 8 series "The Best Chapter in the Bible" is now concluded. If you would like CDs of the entire sermon series, you may call The Presbyterian Bookstore to place your order (601-353-8316). The cost is $25.00 per set of CDs.

Week beginning August 23, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin August 30, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
1 Kings19 & 2 Kings 2:1-14	Every Dream Lost. Every Dream Fulfilled.	Ligon Duncan
Luke 23:39-43	A Dying Man	Billy Joseph

Week beginning August 16, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin August 23, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:31-32	If God Is For Us (2)	Derek Thomas
John 11:17-27	Two Loyal Sisters	Nate Shurden

Week beginning August 9, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin August 16, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:31-32	If God Is For Us	Derek Thomas
Matthew 16:13-23	A Willful Disciple	Jeremy Smith

Week beginning August 2, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin August 9, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:28-30	Golden Chain	Derek Thomas
John 9	A Blind Man	Billy Joseph

Week beginning July 26, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin August 2, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:26-27	Spirit Power	Derek Thomas
Revelation 19 1-9	Revelry in Eternity	Les Newsom

Week beginning July 19, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin July 26, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:18-25	Hope of Glory	Derek Thomas
John 4	A Shady Lady	Billy Joseph

Week beginning July 12, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin July 19, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:14-17	Lovers of Abba	Derek Thomas
John 3	A Bible Teacher	Derek Thomas

Week beginning July 5, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin July 12, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Dr. Robert C. Cannada Jr.
Deuteronomy 6	Let The Circle Be Unbroken	Dr. Robert C. Cannada, Jr.
Mark 10:35-40	A Soldier	Jeremy Smith

Week beginning June 28, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin July 5, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:12-13	Killing Fields	Derek Thomas
Mark 10:35-40	Two Proud Men	Jeremy Smith
Note: The First Epistle will not be published for the week of the 4th of July.

Week beginning June 21, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin June 28, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:9-11	Always Mind	Derek Thomas
Mark 10:17-31	A Rich Young Man	Derek Thomas
Note: The First Epistle will not be published for the week of the 4th of July.

Week beginning June 14, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin June 21, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Romans 8:5-8	Never Mind	Ligon Duncan
Mark 8:22-26	A Blind Man in Bethsaida	Nate Shurden

Week beginning June 7, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin June 14, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Romans 8:1-4	No Condemnation	Derek Thomas
Matt 15:21-28	A Concerned Mother	Derek Thomas

Week beginning May 31, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin June 7, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 6:1-11	Lord of the Sabbath	Ligon Duncan
Lamentations 3:22-23	Great is thy faithfulness	Ligon Duncan

Week beginning May 24, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin May 31, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 5:27-39	He Came For Sinners	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 8:1-22	We Want to Be Like Everyone Else	Derek Thomas

Week beginning May 17, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin May 24, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 5:12-26	Healing and Forgiving	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 7:3-17	Here I Raise my ebenezer	Derek Thomas

Week beginning May 10, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin May 17, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 5:1-11	Making Disciples	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 6:1-7:2	Do Not Touch	Derek Thomas

Week beginning May 3, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin May 10, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
2 Samuel 11	Can a Christian fall into serious sin	Derek Thomas
Luke 4:31-44	A Preacher with power	Ligon Duncan

Week beginning April 26, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin May 3, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 4:14-30	An Unwelcome Prophet	Ligon Duncan
Hymns of the Faith	All People That on Earth do dwell	Ligon Duncan

Week beginning April 19, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin April 26, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 4:1-13	Tempted, Tried but never failing	Ligon Duncan

Week beginning April 12, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin April 19, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 24:45-48	Resurrection and Mission	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 5:1-12	Is God Safe	Derek Thomas

Week beginning April 5, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin April 12, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Derek Thomas
Psalm 40	Preaching the gospel to ourselves every day	Derek Thomas
1 Samuel 4:1b-22	Boxed-up theology	Derek Thomas

Week beginning March 29, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin April 5, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 3:22-38	Jesus: Son of David, Son of Abraham, Son of Adam, Son of God	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 3:1-4:1a	Here I Am, Lord	Derek Thomas

Week beginning March 22, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin March 29, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 3:20-21	Jesus's Baptism	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 2:12-36	When Children Let You Down	Derek Thomas

Week beginning March 15, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin March 22, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 3:1-20	John Came Preaching	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 2:1-11	Rejoicing in the Lord	Derek Thomas

Week beginning March 8, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin March 8, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 2:41-52	In My Father's House	Ligon Duncan
1 Samuel 1:1-28	Lord: Give to Me So that I Can Give Back to You	Derek Thomas

Week beginning March 1, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin March 1, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 2:21-40	Fulfilling the Law/Finding the messiah	Ligon Duncan
Nehemiah 13:1-31	The Cost of Reformation	Derek Thomas

Week beginning February 22, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin March 1, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Jonah 4:1-11	A Missional God	Michael Campbell
II Corinthians 5:17-20	A Missional People	Michael Campbell

Week beginning February 15, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin February 22, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Philippians 1:27-30	A Mission Worthy of the Gospel	Ed Hartman
Psalm 47	Getting Excited About Missions	Derek Thomas

Notes:
1. Old Testament Survey. The complete Old Testament Survey series is available here.
2. WCF Lectures are posted here. The WCF Chapter 6 failed to tape today.
3. The FPC library online card catalog (WebOPAC) is now active again here.
     Using this index you may search the entire library collection. Results will indicate whether a specific book, tape, CD or video is in the collection and whether it is available or checked out.
     In the WebOPAC, all words in blue are generally hyperlinks which may take you to additional helpful information.
     If your search is for a sermon, and the sermon has been transcribed, you may follow the link to the sermon archive index on the website and read the transcript or listen to the audio file.
    Your search results may also yield a number of associated references which you may view by following the links.

Week beginning February 8, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin February 15, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 2:8-20	Pondering These Things in Our hearts	Ligon Duncan
Nehemiah 12:37-47	Dedication Service	Derek Thomas

Note:
Hymns of the Faith transcripts added here
WCF lectures are posted here.

Week beginning February 1, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin February 8, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Richard Phillips
John 3:22-30	How to Be a Useful Christian	Richard Phillips
Nehemiah 11:1 - 12:26	Census Lists	Derek Thomas

Week beginning January 25, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin February 1, 2009.
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 2:1-7	The Messiah is Born	Ligon Duncan
Psalm 46	A Mighty Fortress is Our God	Ligon Duncan

Note:
2. New Hymns of the Faith begin in Volume 2 and are posted here
3. Sunday School classes for Winter 2008-09 are posted here
4. The iTunes link for the 2009 podcast has been posted here
5. If you desire to be notified by email when weekly updates are posted please reply with a subscribe (and your name) to webmaster@fpcjackson.org.
If we receive an "undeliverable" email notification for several consecutive weeks, the address will be removed from the update list.

Week beginning January 18, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin January 25, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 1:67-80	The Covenant of Grace with Abraham, Fulfilled	Ligon Duncan
Nehemiah 10:1-39	Covenant Making	Derek Thomas

Note:
1. WCF lectures are posted here. - Chapter 1 (2 parts)
2. New Hymns of the Faith begin in Volume 2 and are posted here
3. Sunday School classes for Winter 2008-09 are posted here
4. The iTunes link for the 2009 podcast has been posted here
5. If you desire to be notified by email when weekly updates are posted please reply with a subscribe (and your name) to webmaster@fpcjackson.org.

Week beginning January 11, 2009.

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin January 18, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 1:57-66	His Name is John	Ligon Duncan
Nehemiah 9:1-38	Confession Is Good for the Soul	Derek Thomas

Note:
1. The iTunes link for the 2009 podcast has been posted.
2. If you desire to be notified by email when weekly updates are posted please reply with a subscribe (and your name) to webmaster@fpcjackson.org.

Week beginning January 4, 2009

The First Epistle
Sunday Bulletin January 11, 2009
Sunday Sermon		Ligon Duncan
Luke 1:46-56	Mary: On the Christian Life	Ligon Duncan
Nehemiah 8:13-18	Festival	Derek Thomas
WIC Spring Retreat 2009 online registration form The Presbyterian Bookstore 1. Podcasts. Those with podcast subscriptions will want to check the page with information on Audio Formats and Podcasting for the new 2009 podcast subscription. http://www.fpcjackson.org/Podcast/index.htm 2. Olivier Latry. We have secured a small supply of CDs for those who were unable to make a purchase during his October concert. Calling All Men! "FPC Men's Bible Study - Surveying the Old Testament" Men, would you like to grow in your knowledge of the Bible's content, and better understand how each book of the Old Testament contributes to the unfolding of God's plan of redemption? This spring, Nate Shurden, Minister of Discipleship, will lead a weekly morning Bible study through the Old Testament. In this study, you will gain a better grasp of the content, theological foundations, and redemptive contributions of the Old Testament. The study will include teaching, guided discussion, and prayer. The Bible study will meet on Tuesday mornings from 6:30-7:40am February to May. A lite breakfast will be served each week. Please join us as we seek to better know and understand God's Word! To learn more about this study, please contact Shannon Craft, Discipleship Administrative Assistant, at shannonc@fpcjackson.org or call 601-326-9243.