Sermons from October 2022
Irresistible Grace | Sermon on Isaiah 45:20-46:13
If you’ll please turn with me, our first scripture begins in Isaiah chapter 45 at verse 20. Thus says the Lord: Assemble yourselves and come, draw near together, you survivors of the nations. They have no knowledge who carry about their wooden idols and keep on praying to a god that cannot save. Declare and present your case; let them take counsel together. Who told this long ago? Who declared it of old? Was it not I, the Lord? And…
Total Depravity | Sermon on Genesis 6:5-8, Luke 18:18-27; Romans 1:16-2:2
Our first scripture reading this morning comes from the book of Genesis, chapter 6, beginning at verse 5. The Lord saw that the wickedness of man was great in the earth and that every intention of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually. And the Lord regretted that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him to his heart. So the Lord said, “I will blot out man whom I have created from the face…
Operation Christmas Child
Jambo! Say it with me: Jambo! Jambo is the way that we would greet one another in Tanzania, Africa, and I’m so excited to share with you just briefly about Operation Christmas Child. I love seeing your displays; I love the tree up in the front. This is just fabulous! I can tell that you have a heart and a passion for what God is doing around the world through the simple gift of a shoebox. As you can tell,…
Limited Atonement | Sermon on John 3:16-21
If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles please to Exodus chapter 33 for our first scripture reading beginning at verse 18. This is Moses on the mountain with God, and Moses said, ‘Please show me your glory.’ And He, God, said, ‘I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name, the Lord. And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will show mercy on whom I will…
Unconditional Election | Sermon on Romans 8:28-30; Genesis 22:1-18
If you’ll turn with me in your Bibles, our first scripture reading this morning comes from Genesis chapter 22, beginning at the first verse. After these things, God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” He said, “Take your son, your only son, Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah and offer him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains of which I shall tell you.” So…