Week Three of the Solas – Solus Christus Hebrews 4:14-5:10 Sermon notes – It sometimes is hard to get an audience with someone in authority. It seems that the higher up people are, the tougher it is for a regular person to be able to talk to them. Someone else is answering their phones and emails and keeping their calendars, and if you aren’t deemed…
Week 1 on the Solas – “Sola Gratia” – From Reformed Worship, June 2017 Ephesians 2:1-10 Sermon notes – While the world may teach us that “there is no such thing as a free lunch,” according to Scripture – the greatest gift of all – grace itself is freely give, Ephesians 2:8-9 teaches, “For it is by grace you have been saved,…
In the Beginning – The First First Presbyterian Genesis 1:1—2:4a Creation by word; light, life; it was good. (John 1:1-5) Once Upon A Time We tell stories about how we get here, or how we got here. We tell the story of creation as one such beginning, and the story of Jesus as another beginning. Sometimes the beginning isn’t the beginning, as we find…
Shelter and Kingdom Joshua 2 Rahab 1 Kings 17, 2 Kings 4 Elijah/Elisha and the widow(s) John 8 Stopping the stoning Isaiah 11 Lamb and Lion shall lay down together Leviticus 23:39-44 Feast of Booths Psalm 23 Matthew 25 One of the old tenets of government, very old, is that there is responsibility up and down. In feudal states, the people had responsibilities…
Worship and Truth Revelation 4 Holy, Holy, Holy John 4 we worship on that mountain Psalm 8 Mark 4:1-11 Temptation of Jesus Worship. It’s what we’re here for, right? Well, it’s what we’re here for on Sunday morning from 10:30 or so to 11:45 am. Our worship is like that of many churches, it follows a pattern, we use the same types of words,…
Proclamation and Righteousness Matthew 5 Sermon on the mount Matthew 9:1-13, Luke 5:17-32, 7:36-48 “Sins are forgiven” Matthew 6:1-6 Not as the hypocrites do It has been noted that there is a challenge in walking the walk that makes the talk we talk. The talk we talk is eminently well illustrated by the sermon on the mount, which itself has been criticized as being…
Kingdom of Heaven Matthew 6:9-15 Lord’s prayer Revelation 21 New Jerusalem John 18:33-37 My kingdom is not on earth I Samuel 8 We want a king! While kingdom language may have gone out of style for Americans who celebrate that Washington didn’t want to be the king, it pervades Scripture. We hear of kingdoms in the Lord’s prayer. We speak of the king…
Promotion of Righteousness (Social) Luke 3:10-14, Matthew 5:38-48 Give him one cloak if you have two Matthew 5:41 Walk a mile in his shoes John 15:12-25 Greater love has no one than this Acts 4 Stephen John 8:1-11 (12-20) Stopping the woman being stoned Matthew 6:1-6 Not as the hypocrites do Job 1 upright before God Social righteousness should not be confused…
Benjamin and Tricia lead Worship, and inform us about their faith journey during a year in Lithuania at LCC.
Preservation and truth John 14:1-17 I am the way the truth… Matthew 5:13-16, Luke 14:25-35 (15:1-10) Salt and saltiness Revelation 21 New Jerusalem Oh, tricky words. Truth and preservation. Preservation – to keep things good, sound, whole, often to keep things the same. Truth – well, we really don’t have time for that discussion in one sermon, or maybe even in a…