Sermons from July 2026
Lord’s Days 36-37: The Third Commandment
Amen. Turn in your copy of the scriptures to first Matthew five and then also James chapter five. Matthew five and James chapter five. And as always, you may want to keep a finger or something in the hymn book where the shorter catechism or the Heidelberg catechisms are. Okay, Matthew chapter five is the Lord’s Sermon on the Mount, and we wanna read from verses 33 to 37. The Lord says, again, you have heard that it was said…
In Fact, the Resurrection
Please turn in your copy of the scriptures to the New Testament book of first Corinthians. Uh, today we’ll be looking at first Corinthians chapter 15, uh, verses 12 through 19. I believe perhaps your bulletin says through 23, but today we’ll stop at verse 19. This entire chapter of Paul’s letter to the Corinthians chapter, uh, first Corinthians chapter 15 is concerning the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. Last week, we looked at the implications of the resurrection.…
Lord’s Day 35: The Second Commandment
Okay, Romans chapter 1 verses 18 to 23. This will help us think through how the pagans worship and why we don’t want to worship God in the way of the pagans. We’re thinking tonight of the second commandment, no graven images. And so Romans chapter one, beginning at verse 18 says, the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men who by their unrighteousness suppress the truth for what can be known about…
And So You Believed
You may be seated. Please turn again in your copy of the scriptures to first Corinthians chapter 15. Today, we will be reading verses one through 11. The entire chapter of Corinthians, the 15th chapter is about the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ. the fact of it, the validity of it, and the benefits of it to us as believers. So over the next several Sundays, we’ll be taking a look at the importance of the resurrection and the…
Lord’s Day 34: The First Commandment – No Other Gods
Matthew 6:24; Psalm 62 Psalm 62, we’ll read in its entirety. And it is believed that David wrote this Psalm when Absalom, his son, was attempting to establish himself as the king over Israel. Only God and God alone could establish a king over Israel, but Absalom gave it his best shot. And so Psalm 62 gives us some insight into the heart and the mind of King David when he went through it. And perhaps sometime when you’re on…
Decently & In Order
1 Corinthians 14:26-40 Back in my childhood in the 1980s, I grew up in what are the remnants of the Jesus movement. My parents became Christians in the 60s and in the 70s and early 80s. All that Jesus movement was still taking place. In the church I largely grew up in during the decade of the 1980s, some of the, we’ll call it the best of the 1960s and the worst of the 1980s was fully on display there.…
Lord’s Day 34: The Christian & the Law
Galatians 3; Matthew 5:17-20 First, we’ll be looking at Jesus works from Matthew chapter five, verses 17 through 20. And then we’ll take a peek at Galatians chapter three, all 29 verses. So Matthew chapter 17, Jesus is speaking about coming not to abolish the law, but coming to fulfill it. In Matthew 5, beginning at verse 17, this is in the context of the Sermon on the Mount and just after the Beatitudes. And Jesus says, do not think…
What Best Serves the Church
1 Corinthians 14:1-25; Isaiah 28 You may be seated. Please turn in your copies of the scriptures to 1 Corinthians chapter 14. I think it has been since March the 8th that we last studied 1 Corinthians. And so we will spend the next few weeks looking at chapters 14 and 15. There’s lots to consider. And just by way of reminder, there are about 20 problems in the Corinthian church that are relevant to us today. This particular section…