Calendar

2018 Calendar of Annual Psalms and Hymns Terry L. Johnson 12/8/2017 | Size: 272k | Views: 40+ 2020 Calendar of Annual Psalms and Hymns Terry L. Johnson 1/11/2020 | Size: 264k | Views: 30+ 2015 Calendar of Annual Hymns and Psalms Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 148k | Views: 350+ Terry is trying to assure that his congregation gets a regular yearly diet of the very best hymns from the Reformed evangelical Protestant English-speaking... 2016 Annual Report Terry L. Johnson 2/13/2017 | Size: 645k | Views: 50+ The annual report comprises of the highlights from the year as well as providing membership data that the Senior Minister reports on. 2017 Calendar of Annual Psalms and Hymns Terry L. Johnson 12/15/2016 | Size: 276k | Views: 80+ Terry is trying to assure that his congregation gets a regular yearly diet of the very best hymns from the Reformed evangelical Protestant English-speaking... Shorter Catechism Memorization Schedule - 1 year Terry L. Johnson 12/23/2015 | Size: 154k | Views: 100+ Every 4 years, I.P.C. sets aside an opportunity during our Sunday school hour for particular attention to memorization of Catechisms - 1-8 grade - (Childrens =... Annual Communion Season Terry L. Johnson 8/7/2015 | Size: 110k | Views: 200+ In August of 1742, a crowd of 50,000 gathered in Cambuslang, Scotland, for an outdoor communion service amidst the revivals of religion then erupting all...

Expositions of John

I AM - John 6:35 Terry L. Johnson 5/5/2015 | Size: 127k | Views: 70+ Preached at Easter 2015 Service.

Expositions of Luke

Calvary - Luke 23:32-34 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 143k | Views: 30+ We have arrived at Calvary, “the place that is called The Skull,” and the crucifixion of Jesus the Messiah. We can’t but notice the stark brevity with which... Christ Our Passover - Luke 22:7-13 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 150k | Views: 30+ Five times in the first 13 verses Luke mentions the “Passover” by name, and two times he mentions the “Feast of Unleavened Bread” (vv 1, 7, 8, 11, 13). A... Commendation and Reward - Luke 22:28-30 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 117k | Views: 20+ Conspiracy and Betrayal - Luke 22:1-6 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 143k | Views: 30+ On February 15, 2015, 21 Coptic Christians dressed in orange jumpsuits were led onto a Lybian beach and asked by their “Islamic State” (ISIS) captors to... Divine Provision and Ordinary Means - Luke 22:35-38 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 147k | Views: 40+ Are we not to walk by faith? Luke 20:19-26 - Caesar or God? Terry L. Johnson 12/3/2015 | Size: 239k | Views: 100+ The religious authorities recognize that they are the wicked tenants who have persecuted the prophets and who intend to murder the Son. Yet violent... Jesus Before Pilate - Luke 23:1-5 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 144k | Views: 40+ The trial of Jesus moves now from its Jewish to its Roman stage. Jesus had prophesied that He’d be handed over to the Roman authorities (Lk 18:32), and the... Jesus' Warning and Prayer - Luke 22:39-46 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 145k | Views: 20+ Jesus and the disciples now depart from the Upper Room where they have been since the beginning of chapter 22. The dialogue surrounding the institution of the... Journey to Calvary - Luke 23:26-31 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 141k | Views: 20+ Events have moved rapidly this last day of Jesus’ life. In the course of five or six hours from late night to early morning, Jesus has journeyed from His... Last Supper, Lord's Supper - Luke 22:14-20 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 183k | Views: 20+ At Jesus’ last meal with the disciples, their “Last Supper,” Jesus institutes what the Apostles and we call the “Lord’s Supper” (1 Cor 11:20). This last meal... Luke 20:9-19 - The Parable of the Wicked Tenants Terry L. Johnson 12/23/2015 | Size: 310k | Views: 50+ It is characteristic of bureaucrats that they raise issues of authority. Religious, educational, and political officials often are concerned more about... Sentenced to Die - Luke 23:13-25 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 161k | Views: 40+ We have arrived at the final stage of Jesus’ trial before Pilate and the verdict at last reached that He should die. Dominating Luke’s narrative is the theme... The Burial of Jesus - Luke 23:50-56 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 141k | Views: 20+ “He was crucified, dead, and buried,” says the Apostles’ Creed. Why does it say “and buried?” Placed after “crucified” and “dead,” it seems redundant in a... The Death of Jesus - Luke 23:44-49 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 165k | Views: 20+ We have arrived in our long journey through Luke’s gospel at his account of Jesus’ death. This is the point to which we have been building since the opening... The End of Jerusalem - Luke 21:5-33 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 213k | Views: 40+ Beginning with verse 5, Luke 21 “becomes a very difficult chapter,” Barclay warns us. It begins innocuously enough. As Jesus and the disciples are leaving the... The Resurrection of Jesus - Luke 24:1-12 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 158k | Views: 30+ As we begin the final chapter of Luke’s gospel, we may remind ourselves of its four key phrases: God becomes incarnate in the God-Man Jesus Christ; Jesus... The Word of Salvation - Luke 23:39-43 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 128k | Views: 50+ Jesus is surrounded by a hostile crowd as He suffers on the cross. They are watching, scoffing, and mocking. His audience also includes two crucified... Trivializing the Sacred - Luke 23:6-12 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 133k | Views: 40+ Politicians, as a class of persons, have always tended to do what is expedient rather than what principle requires. They tend to do that which preserves their... Warnings and Assurances - Luke 22:31-34 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 134k | Views: 20+ Jesus and his disciples remain in the Upper Room on the eve of Jesus’ crucifixion. His audience is still the disciples who have eaten the last Passover with... Watch Yourselves - Luke 21:34-38 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 154k | Views: 20+ “Watch yourselves (prosech?),” Jesus tells His disciples and us (v 34). “Be on guard” (NASB). “Be careful!” (NIV). “Stay awake at all times, praying,” He warns... Watching, Scoffing, Mocking - Luke 23:35-58 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 140k | Views: 20+ On the evening of June 17, 2015, at the “Mother Emanuel “ African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, SC, a 21 year old hate-filled gunman opened fire on... Luke 21:1-14 - The Widow's Mite Terry L. Johnson 12/23/2015 | Size: 203k | Views: 40+ The account of the “widow’s mite,” found here in Luke as well as in Mark’s Gospel (12:41-44), typically has been presented as an example, if not the supreme... Luke 19:45-48 - Jesus Cleanses the Temple Terry L. Johnson 12/23/2015 | Size: 353k | Views: 40+ Even as Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem was a deliberate, celebratory declaration of His identity as the Messiah-King (19:28-45), so also Jesus’ entry into the... Luke 20:1-8 - The Question of Authority Terry L. Johnson 12/23/2015 | Size: 222k | Views: 60+ A commonplace logical fallacy identified in all the logic textbooks is known as an “appeal to authority.” “The experts say…” “Scientists all agree…” “Everyone... Luke 20:45-47 - The Problem with Religious People Terry L. Johnson 12/23/2015 | Size: 209k | Views: 40+ Serious religion has certain warping propensities, certain corrupting tendencies that have always plagued religious communities. Israel in the time of Jesus... Luke 17:5-10 - Mustard Seed Faith and Unworthy Servants Terry L. Johnson 12/25/2014 | Size: 135k | Views: 100+ Nearly everyone who has ever been close to things religious and spiritual has wished he or she had more faith. They have compared themselves to others and... Luke 19:11-27 - The Parable of the Ten Minas Terry L. Johnson 10/13/2015 | Size: 324k | Views: 30+ “Today salvation has come to this house,” Jesus declared of Zacchaeus in the passage preceding ours, “for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost” (Lk... Luke 20:27-40 - The Question of the Resurrection Terry L. Johnson 12/3/2015 | Size: 268k | Views: 100+ It is typical of skeptics to raise complicated or difficult or farfetched hypothetical questions in order to justify their rejection of faith. Such is the case... Luke 19:41-44 - The Redeemer's Tears Terry L. Johnson 10/13/2015 | Size: 228k | Views: 40+ “The Redeemer’s Tears” is the title of a famous exposition of Luke 19:41-44 by John Howe (1630-1706), the last of the English Puritan giants to depart this... Luke 15:11­-32 (parts 1-3) - The Parable of the Lost Son Terry L. Johnson 10/2/2014 | Size: 362k | Views: 40+ Expositions of the Gospel According to Luke Luke 19:28-40 - The Triumphal Entry Terry L. Johnson 10/13/2015 | Size: 219k | Views: 40+ We have arrived at the last week of Jesus’ earthly ministry. Up to this point His prophetic or teaching office has been prominent. His kingly and priestly... Luke 16:14-18 - Religion Gone Awry 11/18/2014 | Size: 166k | Views: 120+ We hardly need proof today that religion can run amuck. With decades of terrorist attacks, suicide bombers, and more recently, beheadings in the daily news, we... Luke 19:1-10 - Saving Lost Zacchaeus Terry L. Johnson 8/3/2015 | Size: 187k | Views: 40+ Jesus encounters “a wee little man” named Zacchaeus (v 2). The meaning of their meeting is interpreted for us in verse 10: Jesus is seeking and saving the lost. Luke 18:15-17 - Suffer the Little Children Terry L. Johnson 5/5/2015 | Size: 140k | Views: 20+ April 26, 2015 Luke 17:1-4 - Take Heed to Yourselves Terry L. Johnson 12/17/2014 | Size: 153k | Views: 40+ Jesus has just described hell as a “place of torment” from which there is no escape, where a “great chasm” is “fixed,” where its occupants plead for the least... Luke 18:9-14 - The Parable of the Pharisee and the Publican Terry L. Johnson 5/5/2015 | Size: 173k | Views: 40+ April 12 & 19, 2015 Luke 16:19-31 - The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus Terry L. Johnson 12/17/2014 | Size: 200k | Views: 40+ Have you ever wondered what happens to our conscious selves when we die? Do we cease to exist or do we live on? Do we all go to the same place or are we... Luke 16:1-13 - The Parable of the Unrighteous Steward Terry L. Johnson 11/10/2014 | Size: 197k | Views: 80+ What we will see as we proceed through the parable is a desperate manager rewriting his master’s bills without the interest, thereby securing the gratitude of... Luke 18:18-27 (parts 1-3) - The Rich Young Ruler Terry L. Johnson 6/24/2015 | Size: 188k | Views: 110+ Let’s first recognize that the rich young ruler introduces the right subject. And a ruler asked him, “Good Teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?”... Luke 15:11­-32 (parts 4-5) - The Parable of the Lost Son Terry L. Johnson 10/2/2014 | Size: 201k | Views: 40+ Expositions of the Gospel According to Luke

Ordo Salutis

Potato Heads - I Terry L. Johnson 6/9/2014 | Size: 52k | Views: 70+ The Bible is richly diverse in the ways that it presents salvation. Multiple metaphors addressing multiple human needs calling for various saving responses are... Potato Heads - II Terry L. Johnson 6/18/2014 | Size: 97k | Views: 50+ We can slide up and down the ordo salutis and identify one item or another that has become the whole gospel at one time or another. When a partial gospel, one...

Pastoral Ministry

Pastoral Malpractice Terry L. Johnson 6/14/2016 | Size: 274k | Views: 60+ “Cheap grace” is the term that Dietrich Bonhoeffer coined to describe false grace, which he perceived in the persistent promise of grace wrongly extended by... Core Values for Church Planting Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 131k | Views: 150+ An Evangelical and Reformed Faith Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 197k | Views: 120+ The Keys to a Long Ministry Terry L. Johnson 4/17/2015 | Size: 180k | Views: 180+ Today’s average ministerial stay has drifted down to 3-5 years on average. Yet many of today’s most noteworthy ministries have been characterized by longevity:...

Sacraments

The Sealing of the Covenant: The Reformed Administration of the Lord’s Supper Terry L. Johnson 9/28/2017 | Size: 312k | Views: 40+ Quarterly communion was the practice of the church in which I was reared. Like most lowchurch American Protestants we assumed a memorialist view of the Lord’s... Improving Our Baptism Terry L. Johnson 1/4/2015 | Size: 265k | Views: 180+ The breakdown of ecclesiastical discipline in the 1960’s, combined with the unrestrained energy and enthusiasm of the Jesus movement, resulted in an anarchy of...

Sanctification

Sonship: An Adequate Psychology of Christian Experience Terry L. Johnson 7/15/2015 | Size: 161k | Views: 70+ Primarily my concerns have to do with how Sonship would have the Christian see himself. Much of its program is aimed at an outlook, what one might call a... The Grace Debate (revised) Terry L. Johnson 6/11/2014 | Size: 271k | Views: 1,210+ Essentially what the grace boys preach is this: sanctification by realization. Realize what Christ has done for you; realize His great love; realize His costly...

Texts that Transform

001. One Way - John 14:6 Terry L. Johnson 12/19/2016 | Size: 112k | Views: 50+ “Light came in as a flood and all was clear,” said Andrew Carnegie, the great steel industrialist of his first exposure to evolutionary theory. “Not only had I... 006. Truths and Lies Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2017 | Size: 124k | Views: 20+ The Apostle John seems to be quoting the opposition. Who are these “whoever” who say what he rejects? They are professing Christians. They are or were members... 004. The Great Invitation Terry L. Johnson 7/10/2017 | Size: 138k | Views: 20+ The sheer openness of His invitation stirs my soul. “Come unto me,” He urges one and all (KJV). None are excluded. He doesn’t qualify who may come. He doesn’t... 005. Sowing and Reaping Terry L. Johnson 7/10/2017 | Size: 131k | Views: 20+ “Do not be deceived,” the Apostle warns us. Why? Because this is an area in which we would tend to be deceived. We easily convince ourselves that our sins are... 003. The Romans Road Terry L. Johnson 7/10/2017 | Size: 126k | Views: 20+ This systematic presentation of Christ and His work lends itself to easy adaptation. Those looking for a logical, biblical, convenient tool for sharing the... 002. Justifying the Ungodly Terry L. Johnson 7/10/2017 | Size: 112k | Views: 20+ What is necessary for salvation? One must only “believe.” “‘What must I do to be saved?’” “‘Believe on the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved’” (Acts 16:30)....

The Church

“Practical Lessons from the Reformation for the Church’s Ministry Today” (Reformation Sunday) Terry L. Johnson 11/11/2017 | Size: 210k | Views: 30+ Many churches today embrace the distinctive Protestant theology represented by the solas and rightly celebrate the 500-year-old Reformation. Should they not... The Church as it Was Meant to be Terry L. Johnson 6/9/2014 | Size: 217k | Views: 90+ Periodically, in the history of the church the cry has sounded to reform and cleanse the church, and to return it to the purity and simplicity of the apostolic... The Stones Cry Out Terry L. Johnson 5/24/2016 | Size: 260k | Views: 50+ A Theological Tour of The Independent Presbyterian Church Of Savannah One hundred and seventy years ago the first sanctuary on this site was completed. The... What if? Terry L. Johnson 6/18/2014 | Size: 67k | Views: 50+ What if there were no Independent Presbyterian Church? Let’s have an “It’s a Wonderful Life”–style pretend session. Rather than imagining a world without...

The Family Pew

Calvinistic Child-Rearing Terry L. Johnson 9/13/2016 | Size: 94k | Views: 70+ Calvinistic child-rearing. Is there such a thing? Indeed there it. Think not that this vital task of child-rearing is left untouched by Christian truth. Think...

Theology

Calvin's Institutes Two-Year Study Guide Terry L. Johnson 1/4/2015 | Size: 503k | Views: 210+ We trust that this resource will be as helpful to you and your study as it was for the men of The Independent Presbyterian Church of Savannah in 2013 and 2014.

Worship

A Biblical Theology of Worship - Acts Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 273k | Views: 170+ A Friendly Response to J. R. DeWitt on Preaching Terry L. Johnson 7/7/2014 | Size: 134k | Views: 2,900+ Preaching, a central element of worship, has not been left untouched. The solidly biblical and theological content of the evangelical preaching of the... Learning and Loving the Trinity Psalter Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 101k | Views: 110+ Liturgical Introductions to the Psalms Terry L. Johnson 5/1/2017 | Size: 1,305k | Views: 30+ Brief introductions for use when singing or reading from the Psalter. The Christian Use of Visual Art in Worship Today Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 135k | Views: 110+ The Ebb & Flow of Lectio Continua Bible Reading Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 244k | Views: 150+ The History of Psalm Singing in the Christian Church Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 148k | Views: 80+ Worship and Music Today Terry L. Johnson 7/13/2015 | Size: 214k | Views: 160+ Reformed Preaching Terry L. Johnson 6/18/2014 | Size: 95k | Views: 1,290+ What would you think of a minister who preached a lectio continua series of 159 sermons on Job and in 61 of those sermons (38%) failed to mention the name of...