Sunday, February 2, 2025
The sermon on February 2, 2025, will be from Romans 13:8-10- The Debt of Love We Owe. “Owe no one anything, except to love each other, …” – Romans 13:8 Isaac Watts penned those memorable words, “But drops of grief can ne’er repay the debt of love I owe; ….” Christians owe a “debt of […]
Sunday, January 26, 2025
The sermon on January 26, 2025, will be from Matthew 18:15-17 – Pursuing Spiritual Health in 2025: In Our Church – A Forgiving Community. “If your brother offends you, go and tell him his fault, between you and him alone.” – Matthew 18:15 Let us begin with a question, “What if Christians would follow our […]
Sunday, January 19, 2025
The sermon will be from Hebrews 10:24-25 – Consistent Attendance on the Lord’s Day. “And let us consider how to stir up one another … not neglecting to meet together, …” – Hebrews 10:24-25 Reformation Confessions of Faith of the 17th Century clearly teach a “high-view” of the Christian Sabbath or the Lord’s Day (“Google” […]
Sunday, January 12, 2025
The sermon will be from Ephesians 5:22-6:4 – Pursuing Spiritual Health in 2025: In Our Families. “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, …” – Ephesians 6:4 21st Century American culture is “egalitarian.” This is an involved and controversial discussion and would require much more space than I have in this short article to […]
Sunday, January 5, 2025
The sermon will be from Ps. 1:1-6; Deut. 8:1-10; Luke 9:23 – “Spiritual Health in Our Individual Christian Lives”. “… man lives by every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” – Deuteronomy 8:3 Did you hear that? Man lives by “every word that comes from the mouth of the Lord.” Do you […]
Sunday, December 29, 2024
The sermon is from Romans 13:6-7 – “The IRS and You”. “Pay to all what is owed to them; taxes to whom taxes are owed …” – Romans 13:7 None of us looks forward to “tax season.” April 15th, arrives with annual regularity, but many Americans wait until 11:59 PM on that date to file, […]
Sunday, December 22, 2024
The sermon is from Isaiah 9:6-7– “ Handel Nailed It”. “… and his name shall be called …” – Isaiah 9:6 Parents think seriously and prayerfully when naming their child. One’s name is significant. It communicates something important about the person. Ponder the names that Isaiah gave to Jesus Christ – “Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, […]
Sunday, December 15, 2024
The sermon is from Isaiah 9:6-7– “ The Eternal Kingdom of the Eternal King”. “Of the increase of his government and of peace there will be no end, …” – Isaiah 9:7 God calls civil magistrates his “servants for good.” He establishes authority in human societies and he also establishes the individual authorities. He “removes […]
Sunday, December 8, 2024
The sermon is from Isaiah 9:6-7– “ A Child Born and a Son Given”. “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; …” – Isaiah 9:6 In the Christian community, we hear the truth of Isaiah 9:6 affirmed frequently from our pulpits, confessed repeatedly in our confessions of faith, and […]
Sunday, December 1, 2024
The sermon is from Mark 1:1-15–”Repent!”. “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe the gospel.” – Mark 1:14-15 The Old Testament prophets prepared Israel (and any other nation who would listen) for a coming Messianic kingdom. The kingdom’s “King” would descend from King David and establish a […]