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On this episode of Advances in Care , host Erin Welsh and Dr. Craig Smith, Chair of the Department of Surgery and Surgeon-in-Chief at NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia discuss the highlights of Dr. Smith’s 40+ year career as a cardiac surgeon and how the culture of Columbia has been a catalyst for innovation in cardiac care. Dr. Smith describes the excitement of helping to pioneer the institution’s heart transplant program in the 1980s, when it was just one of only three hospitals in the country practicing heart transplantation. Dr. Smith also explains how a unique collaboration with Columbia’s cardiology team led to the first of several groundbreaking trials, called PARTNER (Placement of AoRTic TraNscatheteR Valve), which paved the way for a monumental treatment for aortic stenosis — the most common heart valve disease that is lethal if left untreated. During the trial, Dr. Smith worked closely with Dr. Martin B. Leon, Professor of Medicine at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Chief Innovation Officer and the Director of the Cardiovascular Data Science Center for the Division of Cardiology. Their findings elevated TAVR, or transcatheter aortic valve replacement, to eventually become the gold-standard for aortic stenosis patients at all levels of illness severity and surgical risk. Today, an experienced team of specialists at Columbia treat TAVR patients with a combination of advancements including advanced replacement valve materials, three-dimensional and ECG imaging, and a personalized approach to cardiac care. Finally, Dr. Smith shares his thoughts on new frontiers of cardiac surgery, like the challenge of repairing the mitral and tricuspid valves, and the promising application of robotic surgery for complex, high-risk operations. He reflects on life after he retires from operating, and shares his observations of how NewYork-Presbyterian and Columbia have evolved in the decades since he began his residency. For more information visit nyp.org/Advances…
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Experience Biblical Transformation Through The Word of God
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Experience Biblical Transformation Through The Word of God
Christians are called to freedom, yet this freedom is not a libertarian freedom in which we simply get to do whatever we want. In fact, the Bible explains several qualifications of our freedom that indicate that our freedom is constrained. In Galatians 5:13-26 we are told that there are two key constraints to our freedom and the path we choose is clearly demonstrated. … Why and How Christian Freedom is Constrained Read More »…
What does biblical motivation look like? In this article you’ll discover that there are three aspects of our union with Christ that Paul draws on to motivate the believers in Colossae to abandon false religion and to walk with Christ. The motivation Paul provides is explained in Colossians 3:3-4. This article, and the sermon linked at the bottom follow on from this one from a couple of weeks ago. These three motivations to walk with Christ relate to our past, our present and our future. You died with Christ Our salvation has both an objective and a subjective side. The objective side says that regardless of how we feel or what we do, we died with Christ. God considers us to have died with Christ and this is the foundation of our justification in Him. The death He died, we also died, and God considers His death as accounting for us also. There is also a subjective side. This subjective side is based on the work of God in the heart of the believer. God’s work in us results in us responding affirmatively to His work. This takes place in baptism, where new believers declare that they have died to the world and live for Christ. This affirmation by the believer follows salvation, and thus is the heartfelt expression of a believer whom God has dynamically changed. Paul is appealing to this subjective aspect of his readers. He is reasoning with them, that they died to the world (Col 2:20), they made a decision to die to the world. Therefore, it makes no sense to continue to submit to the world’s ways. Your life is hidden with Christ We don’t just die, but we are also raised. In fact, we die to the world in order to live for God. We cannot come alive to God without first dying to the world. There is no middle ground. We cannot come alive to God without first dying to the world. There is no middle ground. Click To Tweet As was the case with dying with Christ, so too there is an objective and subjective aspect of our being raised with Christ. The objective side is seen clearly in the passive tense of Colossians 2:13. Where we were passive (except in our death), God made us alive (c.f. Eph 2:5). The glorious truth of the New Testament is that Christ Himself is our life. We cannot have life without Christ, which is why John said, “He who has the Son has the life” (1 John 5:12). This is also why we have the indwelling Spirit. The Holy Spirit doesn’t come primarily to empower us, to give us good feelings, to enable us to speak in tongues, to give us power or to give us freedom. The Holy Spirit mediates the life of Christ to us. Hence, if we do not have the Spirit of Christ, we do not belong to Him (Rom 8:9). This is why we had to die to the law (and to the world) so that we could be joined to Christ (Rom 7:4). The Subjective Side But in Colossians 3:3 Paul has in mind the subjective side. He is referring to the heart “Your life is hidden with Christ in God.” In other words, Paul is saying something close to what Jesus said when He said, “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also” (Matt 6:21). The focus of our heart determines the direction of our lives. Paul is appealing to the Colossians (and to us) saying that because we’ve followed Christ, we have set our whole life, our heart and ultimately our desires on Christ, who is in heaven. Whatever we may want on earth, Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of it, and therefore we focus our heart on Him. Whatever we may want on earth, Christ is the ultimate fulfillment of it, and therefore we focus our heart on Him. Click To Tweet Paul is not appealing to the feelings of these believers, but to their volition. He is calling them to a manner of living because of the commitment they made to die to the world and live for Christ. But Paul isn’t saying because God did this, you should walk with Christ. He is saying that after God identified believers with Christ in His death and resurrection, and brought them to life, these believers committed themselves to dying to the world and living for Christ. Therefore, why live according to the world’s system if we committed not to? You will be revealed with Christ Paul, however, looks forward to a time when the subjective and objective will combine. There is coming a day when believers will be united with Christ in a final sense. Paul speaks of what is hidden being revealed. This requires several steps. The first is that we will put off the corruption of this world and we will receive an imperishable body. Today, we have a redeemed soul, but we still wait for the redemption of our body (2 Cor 4:16, Romans 8:23). Right now, when we die, the soul is torn from the body, but this wasn’t God’s intention. One day He will restore our body to our soul and they will both be redeemed and imperishable. The focus of our heart determines the direction of our lives. Click To Tweet The resurrection of our bodies are only the first step. We will also finally be presented to the Lord. This is the point of Ephesians 5:27. Presented to the Lord …Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her, so that He might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, that He might present to Himself the church in all her glory, having no spot or wrinkle or any such thing; but that she would be holy and blameless. (Eph 5:25-27) Today, Christ is preparing His church for this day of presentation. This means that the indwelling Holy Spirit is only the beginning of what God is doing for His people (Eph 1:13-14). John describes the fullness of this presentation in Revelation 19:6-9, when he describes the marriage of the lamb. There we see the bride who “has made herself ready.” When we are finally presented to Christ, we will be with Him forever Why live according to the world's system if we committed not to? Click To Tweet Revealed with Him But this passage says we will be revealed with Him in glory. Just after the marriage of the lamb, John describes this revealing of Christ, in all His glory (Rev 19:11-16). And I saw heaven opened, and behold, a white horse, and He who sat on it is called Faithful and True,and in righteousness He judges and wages war… And the armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean, were following with Him on white horses.” (Rev 19:11, 14). In this scene Christ is revealed from heaven as a conquering king with incomparable power. He is reavealed in glory. But He is not alone. “The armies which are in heaven, clothed in fine linen, white and clean” accompany Him. We saw this same description with reference to the bride just a few verses earlier. So it appears, that at the second coming of Christ, redeemed believers, will have been raised and ultimately joined to Christ, and they will accompany Him and share in His glory. When Paul explains, “we will appear with Him in glory,” this is what He has in mind. There is still more, but you’ll have to listen to the sermon. Motivation These three points should motivate Christians to walk with Christ now. We died with Christ to the world (Col 2:20) and to the law (Rev 7:4). The result of this is that we intentionally live for Him day by day. The ultimate outcome is that we will share in the fullness of the glory of Christ. When Christ comes again, He will come to rule, to conquer and to reign, and we will share in this glory. Paul appeals to these three realities to motivate you and I to walk with Christ now. When we seek the things above and think in accordance with the word of God (Col 3:1-2), and act accordingly, we are walking with Christ. Our motivation to walk with Christ comes from all God has done, including changing our heart, from all He is still doing, and with full awareness of what will come. Listen to the sermon using the player below. What motivates you to walk in holiness? Leave a comment below.…
Do you sometimes think and act as if God is only concerned about whether you keep rules? In this article you’ll learn why Christianity isn’t concerned about what you do or do not do, and what it is concerned about instead. Listen to this message below. Often when people become Christians, they demonstrate a simplicity in the way they live and in their actions. Over time, however, most Christians revert to an externally religious life. We tend to live lives that resembles those we spend time with, and go to church with. In other words, it is easy to get stuck conforming to external expectations and unwritten or semi-sanctioned rules. In Colossians 2:20-3:2, Paul is trying to tell the Colossians that this approach to religion is worthless. He does this by contrasting the way these rules work with the way a Christian is to live. Scholars continue to discuss where these religious ideas had come from and how they got into Colossae, but Paul isn’t focused on their origin as much as their principle. Recently, I preached on this passage (listen to the sermon below). As I prepared, I focused on four realities of Christian living. The reality of having died to the world Paul assumes that the Colossian believers died with Christ. The identification of the believer with Christ in His death is both an objective truth – something God did to us, in which the death Christ died, we also share in regardless of our experiences. On the other hand it is something that we are also to subjectively recognize and live out. This is Paul’s point here – that if they died with Christ, then the fullness of this death means that they are dead to the world and its rules and expectations. It is easy to get stuck conforming to external expectations and unwritten or semi-sanctioned rules. Such rules are only good for empty religion. Click To Tweet The difficulty of living in the world The problem is, that we still live in the world, and therefore, we easily succumb to the influence the world and its mandates. These mandates and expectations are not merely “out there,” they are embedded into every social community we’re involved in, including the family, society at large, the workplace and even the church. By recognizing that these social groups influence us, we are able to see that it is difficult to live in this world without being influenced in some way by these societies. The futility of living like the world In Colossians 2:22-23, Paul makes his main point. The world’s religion deals with externals. At this point, I suggested a different translation than what is found in most English translations. If you’re interested in the reasons behind my translation see below, but a smooth version of the translation reads: “all of which assumes corruption by usage.” The problem with a rules based externally oriented religion is that it rests on faulty assumptions about the world we live in. The assumption of worldly religion Worldly religion tends to assume: Man is basically good – i.e. there is something good in man that we need to protect from corruption Corruption comes from outside of us – i.e. the world, engaging in the world, etc Restraining ourselves from evil is a means of acceptance with God – i.e. if don’t do bad things, we will go to heaven For example, some Christians say we shouldn’t watch movies or read books. Such ideas are not entirely wrong, but they are simplistic and they fall into the trap above. These things come from other corrupted people, hence there is corruption inherent in them. However, we share in that corruption. Our own corruption is what draws us to evil, and corrupts us further. What our rules really say about us The trap is that by focusing on what we do or do not do, we are assuming corruption comes from outside us. But the Bible teaches clearly that corruption comes from the heart (Mark 7:21-23). Paul Affirms that such rules appear to be wise or reasonable, but that they are pointless when it comes to restraining the flesh. In other words, they look good (to others in the same trap), but don’t help us grow. Some Christians say we shouldn't watch movies or read books. Such ideas are not entirely wrong, but they are simplistic and they fall into a worldview trap Click To Tweet The simplicity of living in Christ In Colossians 3:1-2, Paul contrasts this with the life we are to live “if you have been raised with Christ.” He is working from the position that in Christ we are new creatures and function on the basis of a new principle. He isn’t against something to guide us (i.e. he isn’t suggesting antinomianism is the answer). Instead he’s pointing the Colossians and us back to the work of Christ within us, mediated by the Holy Spirit. As we are conformed to His character, we will enjoy increasing freedom from rules, and from sin. Click To Tweet How Christ in us helps In believers, we have the desires of the Spirit. These desires should drive us to seek what is above. In other words, Paul is directing the Colossians to consider what they really want and then to seek it. The things above are what he assumes they want, and what all Christians want. By this he means the reign of Christ on earth, the rule of God over our hearts, and submission to God as rightful king so that He is glorified. He also instructions them to think the things above. By this, He doesn’t mean thinking about the things above. He is more concerned with the way they think. Christians are to think the way God calls them to think. Believing what He says, considering the world the way His word considers it and allowing right thinking to change the rest of us (Rom 12:2). Conclusion We are not to focus on the expectations and rules (unspoken or not) of others to determine what we do. We are to be led by the Holy Spirit and grow in our understanding of His desires through His Word. As we work with the Holy Spirit to become conformed to His character, we will enjoy increasing freedom from rules, and from sin. Listen to the Sermon Listen to the sermon I preached on this passage, and from which I’ve drawn this outline below. Do you think Christians are free from rules? Leave a comment below. 3 Reasons for my different translation in 2:22 If you’re interested in the reasons for my translation of verse 22 as “all of which assume corruption by usage,” here is my reasoning. The parts of my translation I don’t explain here (e.g. the instrumental use of τῇ ἀποχρήσει – by usage) are well attested by commentators. My main reasons are: Of the 8 times we find the Greek word φθορά, “perish,” it almost always has the meaning of corruption or deterioration. See Rom 8:21, 1 Cor 15:42, 50, Gal 6:8, 2 Peter 1:4, 2 Peter 2:19. The only possible exception is the first usage of 2 Peter 2:12. The word φθορά is a noun and not a verb, so to translate it as a verb form is incorrect. Hence “to perish” or even “to corrupt” is a verbal form, rather than a noun form. Third, several translations (e.g. NASB) translate the preposition εἰς, instrumentally as a goal. However, there is no reason why we should not translate this as a reference, as the ESV takes it. This leaves us with a wooden translation of “which is all in reference to corruption by usage.” Smoothing out the εἰς preposition, we get something like “all of which assumes (or infers) corruption by usage.”…
I’ve spent lots of time thinking about our union with Christ in His death and resurrection lately. It is a crucial theological issue, essentially the hub around which all other doctrines about our salvation are centered. Recently I was able to preach on Colossians 3:1-4, one of the central passages dealing with our participation with Christ’s resurrection. In Colossians 3:1-2 Paul commands because Christ is in heaven and because we are united with Him (Eph 2:6) the focus and direction of our life should be heavenward, and the attention of our minds will determine this direction. Then in verses 3-4 Paul provides an additional consequence of our union with Christ in His resurrection – the anticipation of being joined with Him in glory when He returns. http://darrylburling.com/files/Colossians/2014-11-31_Col3_1-4.mp3…
One of my favorite Psalms is Psalm 32. I’ve preached it previously , and last Sunday I had the privilege to preach at our church, Placerita Baptist Church. This Psalm provides us with six steps to go from Misery to Joy, and traces David’s journey after his sin with Bathsheba in 1 Sam 11-12, from the place of misery caused by his own sin to the joy that results from the realization of God’s forgiveness. http://darrylburling.com/files/Psalms/2014-05-04_Psalm32.mp3…
Its been a while. Its been busy. But here is a sermon I initially preached in December on Joshua 1:6–9. This is a shorter edition (~30 mins) I recently preached again. http://darrylburling.com/files/Joshua/2014-04-08.mp3
1 Corinthians 15 is focused on the centrality of the resurrection. But as Paul begins, he focuses on his own experience of the resurrection. As I was studying this passage earlier this year I wanted to try and understand what Paul was getting at in 1 Cor 15:8-11. As he finishes describing appearances of Christ after His resurrection he concludes, …and last of all, as to one untimely born, He appeared to me also. For I am the least of the apostles, and not fit to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me. Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed. Paul saw his live as powered by the grace which God had extended to him. This has practical ramifications for us today. http://darrylburling.com/files/1_Corinthians/2013-06-02.mp3…
One of the lessons the Lord has been teaching me over the last few years is humility, for which I’m grateful. Last weekend in our adult Sunday School class I had the opportunity to teach on one of the main passages that I have been dwelling on. We covered 1 Peter 5:1–7 but particularly focused on verse 5-7. You younger men, likewise, be subject to your elders; and all of you, clothe yourselves with humility toward one another, for God is opposed to the proud, but gives grace to the humble. Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you. http://darrylburling.com/files/1_Peter/2013-03-03_1_Peter_5.mp3…
I had the privilege of preaching twice in New Zealand recently during our Christmas break and thought I’d share one of those sermons here. I preached the same sermon both times. This is the longer of the two from Riverbend Bible Church in Hastings. This sermon was originally preached in August at Placerita Baptist Church (our current church), and is based on El Roi – the name that Hagar gave to God in Genesis 16. If you are particularly stuck for something to do you can watch it (in black and white for some reason) from here . Otherwise, the audio is below. http://darrylburling.com/files/2012-12-30.mp3…
It has been busy here, but it has been a good busy. We are involved in ministry at our local church ( placeritachurch.com ) and occasionally, I have the opportunity to teach. Today I was filling in for Dr Barrick in his adult Sunday School class, and I decided to start a study on 1 Thessalonians. There are a couple of reasons why I chose 1 Thessalonians – neither of them very profound, but it is a great book and I’m enjoying working through it. If you are interested in following these irregular lessons, I’ve included my notes, the power point and audio here so you can follow along. In this lesson we look at what it cost Paul to evangelize the church at Thessalonica, the character he required and what the cost to the Thessalonians to come to Christ. We asked what motivated Paul and us, what a first century Christian looks like and questioned our own willingness to suffer. It is a challenging study. Intro to 1 Thessalonians: notes , powerpoint http://darrylburling.com/files/1_Thessalonians/01_Intro_to_Thessalonians.mp3…
It is a scary thing preaching at Placerita Baptist Church . And I have so much to learn. Here is my first sermon at PBC, on 1 John 1:8-10. This is a great text to preach from, and there is so much in verse 5-10. http://darrylburling.com/files/2012-06-10.mp3
A few weeks ago (quite a few weeks ago – its been busy) I had the opportunity to teach in our Bereans Sunday School class at Placerita Baptist Church . We are working through a series on Discipleship when our main teacher, Dr Barrick , is away. This is my contribution to that series. The text for this message is Acts 2:42-47 http://darrylburling.com/files/2012-04-29.mp3…
I’ve been doing a homiletics class over the last seven or eight weeks. I’ve preached twice during it and have received valueable feedback both times. I’m grateful for the opportunity to hone my speaking ability and how I handle the word of God. While the first sermon wasn’t worth putting up here, the second one was better, so here it is. The title is “Justification by works is saving faith” and it is based on James 2:21–26. http://darrylburling.com/files/2011-08-22.mp3…
The story of David and Bathsheba is well known, but not known well enough. We will often read it and not really check our own hearts as we ought and so we dont always take out everything that we can. Last weekend we went through this in our church and while we covered what God thinks of adultery and what the consequences of it can be, we also looked at five mistakes that David made and what he should have done instead. The five points we covered were: Don’t be idle – “through love serve one another” Flee these things – “Pursue righteousness, godliness, faith, love, steadfastness, gentleness.” Manage your thought life carefully – love the Lord your God with all your mind Don’t justify sin – watch your conscience for signs of sin Don’t cover up your sin – confess your sin I enjoyed preaching this sermon, and I believe I have another opportunity in a couple of weeks to do it again so I’m looking forward to it. http://darrylburling.com/files/2009-04-19.mp3…
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