Sermons from January 2022
A Fool’s Errand
Jonah 1:3 Turn in your copy of God’s Word to Jonah 1. We will read just one verse tonight, and I think you’ll see there is a lot of gold to mine out of Jonah 1.3. So last week we looked at Jonah’s call. Tonight we want to look at what I’ve called a fool’s errand, and that fool’s errand is running from the presence of God, fleeing the presence of God. So Jonah chapter one, verse three, it says,…
Gospel Preaching is of the Lord
Acts 5:17-42 you may be seated. Turn in your copy of God’s word to the book of Acts. Our reading will be Acts chapter five, verses 17 through 42. As you’re making your way there, I want to point out something that I think maybe some of you have noticed along the way, but I hope you’ll pick up on this today. As we read through this passage, Remember that the disciples, the apostles of Jesus have been filled with…
The Call of Jonah
Jonah 1:1-2 Amen. Turn to the book of Jonah. Hopefully you know where it is. It’s somewhere in the back. It’s one of the minor prophets. It’s a little two or three pager, which you’ll miss if you’re not careful. I think maybe 48 verses, four chapters. And somehow we’re going to get about six or eight messages out of it. We could cover it as a whole, but I think there’s a lot of good meat here for us.…
Good Government
Romans 13:1-7 It’s always a joy to bring God’s word to you this morning. To see new members join this church, to see it grow, to see it a flourishing gospel witness in Burlington is always just a great thing to see because that’s God doing his work. If you ever feel like he’s checked out, don’t believe that. He is involved, invested, And he loves his church and I love that song that him that we just sang a…
Brief Introduction to Our Church
We’re a church that loves to be together, but we also serve one another. We’re a community that cares about one another and each other’s needs. And we want to help everyone who will enter our doors, no matter their ups and downs, their losses or their crosses. We desire for our church to grow, not just to have numbers, but so they can experience the same joy that we experience being close with God. Our desire is to make…
Snapshots of the Early Church
Acts 5:11-16 So turn in your copy of God’s word to Acts chapter five. We’re gonna stretch back one verse into last week’s passage. Great fear came upon the whole church. And we’re gonna pick up with verses 12 through 16 also. So make your way there. Before we read God’s word, let’s one more time go to him in prayer, pray with me. Our God and Father, we thank you that your word is a lamp to our feet,…
He Is Able, He is Worthy
Jude 24-25 Amen. Turn to the book of Jude. We’ll conclude tonight with the last two verses, verses 24 and 25. While you’re making your way there, I’ll ramble just a second about doxologies. We sing a couple of doxologies in the life of the church, usually glory be to the Father and to the Son. and to the Holy Ghost as it was in the beginning. Now and ever shall be world without end. Amen. And then we also…
Purity in the Church
Acts 5:1-11 Please remain standing and turn in your Bibles to the book of Acts. We have not been in Acts maybe for close to two months now, so it’s in there somewhere, the fourth book in the New Testament. We’ll be reading chapter five, verses one through 11. And if you’d like to use the Pew Bible, it’s on page 913. While you’re finding your way in Acts chapter five, I’ll just remind you of a few things about…
A Call to Spiritual Action
Jude 17-23 Let’s hear from God’s Word together, beginning at verse 17 of the book of Jude. It says, But you must remember, beloved, the predictions of the apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ. They said to you, in the last times there will be scoffers following their own ungodly passions. It is these who cause divisions, worldly people devoid of the Spirit, But you, beloved, build yourselves up in your most holy faith. Pray in the Holy Spirit. Keep…
Delighting in God’s Word
Psalm 119:8-16 and you may be seated. Well, it’s again, always a privilege to be back here at First ARP in Burlington, especially at the beginning of a new year. It’s great to see you all. It’s a privilege to come and worship Christ with brothers and sisters in the Lord and to look to him this morning. And we’re going to do that in God’s Word. So if you have your Bible, I want to invite you to turn…