Greg and Nan Wright, October 2012

Welcome to Reformed Baptist Sermons and Papers. Listed here are sermons and papers I have written over the last few years, articles that I believe to be consistent with the 1689 London Baptist Confession. If you find something here that encourages you, informs you, or stimulates your thinking, this page will have served its purpose. And if, somehow, I have the privilege of being just a plain old country sign post--a sign post that points to Christ--my heart's desire will have been achieved. Most of these articles and sermons were written from 1999 through 2009 while I was at Grace Baptist Church in Hartsville, Tennessee. My wife and I presently attend the Journey Church, in Hartsville.

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  • From Bitterness to Repentance:
    The Story of the Thief who was Angry with God
    A careful consideration of the ramifications of being angry with God.
    
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  • When Time Does Not Heal:
    The Application of the Chief End of Man to the Wounded Heart
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  • Trusting the God Who Offends You:
    The Importance of Trusting God Unconditionally
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  • Hope After Scandal:
    The Blessing of Getting Caught
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  • He Will Save His People From Their Sins:
    A Fourfold Salvation
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  • Fighting for Joy During the Holiday Season
    By Seeking, Believing, and Remembering Jesus
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• The Gospel of John
  
  
  • The Deity of Jesus, John 1:1-2
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  • Six Day Creation, John 1:3
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  • Living in the Life and Light of Christ, John 1:4-5
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  • Children of God, John 1:6-13
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  • The God-man: Fully God, Fully Man, Full of Grace and Truth, John 1:14
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  • The Many Colors of the Grace of God, John 1:16
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  • What is Truth? Grace and Truth Confronts Postmodernism, John 1:16-18
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  • The Witness of John the Baptist, John 1:19-37
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  • Come and See: The Disciples Meet the Messiah, John 1:35-51
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  • Facing Problems God's Way: How to Run Out of Wine without Whining, John 2:1-11
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  • Jesus Cleanses the Temple: A Wakeup Call for the Anything Goes Church, John 2:12-22
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  • Saving Faith: Its Source, Its Essence, and Its Effects, John 2:23-25
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  • Spiritual Blindness: Its Manifestations and Its Cure, John 2:23-John 3:3
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  • Born to Believe: God's Work in Regeneration and Conversion, John 3:1-John 3:21
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  • The Decline of the Ministry of John the Baptist:
    Maintaining a Christ-centered Focus in the Midst of Setbacks, John 3:22-36
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  • The Woman at the Well:
    Reaching Across Party Lines to the Samaritans in Your Life, John 4:1-42
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  • Fighting for Joy During the Holiday Season
    By Seeking, Believing, and Remembering Jesus, John 4:39-54
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  • Six Reasons to Hate Sin:
    Putting Your Anger Where it Belongs, John 5:1-16
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  • The Doctrine of the Trinity:
    Preparing to Handle the Trinitarian Issues in the Gospel of John
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  • The Unity of the Father and the Son:
    A Call to Honor Jesus, John 5:16-30
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  • The Witnesses to the Deity of Jesus, John 5:31-47
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  • Trusting the God Who Offends You, John 6:1-71
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  • Jesus Confronts Unrighteous Judgment, John 7:1-24
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  • Living Water: Offered, Described, and Sustained, John 7:25-52
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  • Hope After Scandal: The Blessing of Getting Caught, John 7:53-8:12
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  • He Will Save His People From Their Sins:
    A Fourfold Salvation
    
    
• The Ten Commandments:
  
  
  • Violation of the Third Commandment:
    Treating the Name of God as if it Were Nothing
    
    
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  • Forgiveness from the Heart
    Are Christians obligated to forgive unrepentant people?
    
    
• How Can I Know I Have Eternal Life:
  
  
  • Biblical Assurance of Salvation
    What does the Bible teach about assurance of salvation?
    
    
• When We Are Anxious About the Future:
  
  
  • More Than Conquerors:
    Encouragement for the New Year
    An exposition of Romans 8:37.
    
    
• When We Are Angry:
  
  
  • From Bitterness to Repentance:
    The Story of the Thief who was Angry with God
    A careful consideration of the ramifications of being angry with God.
    
    
  • Overcoming Bitterness and Living for the Glory of God
    Dealing with anger and finding a reason for living after bereavement.
    
    
• Encouragement for those who grieve:
  
  
  • When the Rain Won't Quit
    Written for those times of intense sorrow, when the quiet voice of faith is drowned out by the louder voice of feelings.
    
    
  • Is Christ Enough?
    In times of intense sorrow, is Christ enough?
    
    
  • How Could God Do This?
    Where to run when grief is too intense for rational explanations.
    
    
  • Where Is God Now?
    What does it mean, during a period of bereavement, when we lose all sense of the spiritual presence of God, when the light of His countenance is gone, and when sensible presence and sensible communion are replaced by apparent desertion?
    
    
  • How Can I Trust a God Who Lets Bad Things Happen?
    Learning to trust in the character of God.
    
    
  • Safely Home: Biblical Preparation for Tragedy
    Things the Christian can do now to be better prepared when tragedy strikes.
    
    
  • The Security of the Heart:
    How to Secure the Heart Against the Terrorists of the Flesh
    
    
  • Faith and the Fear of God:
    How to Know Whether Your Faith is Thriving or Dying
    The book of Ecclesiastes ends by saying that the whole duty of man is to fear God and keep His commandments. We might be disappointed that it does not say to believe the Gospel. However, the Fear of God is often the lense through which we see faith in the Old Testament. This sermon examines how faith and the Fear of God are connected. It then advises on how you can examine the way you fear God in order to know if you are about to lose your faith. Sadly, loss of faith is often one of the casualties of bereavement. Learn what you can do to keep this from happening.
    
    
  • Fighting the Good Fight of Faith in the Valley of Bereavement
    This sermon discusses seven ways the grieving person is tempted.