Sermons from 2021 (Page 8)
A Healthy Church Member
Psalm 84 Psalm 84 says this, how lovely is your dwelling place, O Lord of hosts. My soul longs, yes, it faints for the courts of the Lord. My heart and my flesh sing for joy to the living God. Even the sparrow finds a home in the swallow, a nest for herself where she may lay her young at your altars, O Lord of hosts. my King and my God. Blessed are those who dwell in your house ever…
Give Thanks to the Lord
Psalm 136 Let’s give our attention to the reading of God’s word, Psalm 136, verses one through 26. Hear God’s word with me. Give thanks to the Lord. For he is good, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the God of gods, for his steadfast love endures forever. Give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his steadfast love endures forever. To him alone who does great wonders, for his steadfast love endures forever. To him who…
Three Failures of the Church
Luke 19:28-48 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of God’s word to Luke chapter 19. Our reading today is verses 28 through 48. We’ll be looking at three actions of the Lord Jesus. And probably most typically you hear sermons or messages and specifically on Palm Sunday, which today is not, you may think it is. It’s not, it just happens to be the passage we land on in Luke. But we usually hear messages about what Jesus…
There’s Nothing My LORD Cannot Do
Psalm 135 As you find your place in Psalm 135, I want to remind you of a little bit about where we are in the Psalms. I think it’s been August since we finished the last little section. We did the Psalms of Ascent. And so as we pick up at Psalm 135 and make a dash to the end, let me remind you of a couple things Well, first of all, tonight we’ll look at Psalm 135. I’ve got…
Faithful in the Meantime
Luke 19:11-27 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of the New Testament to Luke chapter 19. Our reading will be verses 11 through 27. Luke chapter 19 verses 11 through 27. Remember, Jesus is nearly to Jerusalem. He’s had supper at Zacchaeus’ house. Some would say he’s still at the table and this is a dinner discussion. And so we pick up where we left off last week in verse 11 of chapter 19 of Luke’s gospel. Hear…
Wisdom and Words
Proverbs 16:24 Let’s hear the word of God together. Proverbs 16 verse 24 says this, gracious words are like a honeycomb, sweetness to the soul and health to the body. So tonight we want to consider wisdom and words. So we’ve, gone through Proverbs, maybe the first eight or nine chapters, we went through verse by verse, and now for the remainder of Proverbs, we’re picking up on some of the themes and maybe pulling together not all, but most…
Seeking & Saving the Lost
Luke 19:1-10 Please remain standing and turning your copy of God’s word to Luke chapter 19. Our reading today is from verses one through 10. This is the story of Jesus and Zacchaeus. We’re nearing the end of the life and ministry of Jesus through his work among the ordinary folks. He’s about to head into Jerusalem where he will suffer and die, rise again, and then be ascended into heaven. And then the rest is history, as we might…
Wisdom and Work
Proverbs 10:4 So let’s give our attention to God’s word. Proverbs 22 verse 29. Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings and he will not stand before the obscure men. Well, this last couple weeks we have seen, with the stroke of a pen, the loss of a ton of jobs and that in the middle of a pandemic where lots of jobs were already lost anyway. So we’ve got unemployment rates already…
The Man Who Could See Jesus
Luke 18:35-43 little full disclosure this morning. I hope many of you will have amnesia who were here back in, I think it was 2014. Um, that was the time when the church did not have a pastor. And I think I passed through for a couple Sundays and preached. And this passage was preached to you by me from the gospel of Mark. And so it just happens. It comes up in Luke and I look back in the…
Wisdom and the Home
Proverbs 17:1 Let’s hear the word of the living God. This is Proverbs 17, verse one. It says, better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. And then back to chapter 15, verse six. In the house of the righteous, there is much treasure, but trouble befalls the income of the wicked. So tonight we want to think about wisdom and the family, and I’m gonna jump back off of a little bit…
The Sacrifice of the Only Son at Mount Moriah
Luke 18:31-34 Please remain standing and turn in your copy of the scriptures to Luke chapter 18. We will be reading verses 28 to 34. Remember last week in our study, a handful of the recent weeks, what the Lord is teaching us is our attitude towards coming to faith. We must come to faith like a little child. We must not come to faith like the Pharisee who believes himself to be righteous or like the rich young ruler…
Wisdom & a Husband
Proverbs 24:5 Let’s give our attention to the word of God. This is Proverbs 24 verse five. And it says a wise man is full of strength and a man of knowledge enhances his might. So tonight we want to look in our study of Proverbs at the subject of wisdom and a husband. And unfortunately, or maybe fortunately, depending on how you look at it, there is no Proverbs 32. Last week we looked at Proverbs 31, where it…