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I. The Shock of Death II. You Must Repent III. Our Only Comfort-Great Comfort

This sermon provides an introductory context to the book of Revelation before examining the letter to the church at Ephesus. The speaker emphasizes the reality of the Great White Throne Judgment and the second death, urging believers to share the gospel with urgency. The central focus is on the church at Ephesus, which is commended for its doctrinal soundness and labor but rebuked for losing its f...

This sermon explores the theological significance of Jesus Christ's resurrection, moving beyond the physical event to its implications for the believer's identity and eternal hope. By examining the accounts in Matthew and John, Pastor Bob highlights how the empty tomb and the undisturbed linen wrappings serve as evidence of a bodily resurrection rather than a stolen body. The narrative focuses on...

The sermon argues that God blesses His people through wise leadership, using the life of King Solomon as a primary example. It defines wisdom as the skill for living rightly in God's world and asserts that rulers who govern according to divine standards bring tangible benefits to society. The text highlights three specific outcomes of wise rule: the administration of justice, the promotion of pros...

The sermon centers on the question posed by John the Baptist's disciples to Jesus, using His response as a framework for understanding the necessity of salvation. The preacher explains that Jesus provided both physical and scriptural evidence of His identity by performing miracles that fulfilled Messianic prophecies. Each miracle is interpreted spiritually: the blind seeing represents overcoming s...

Dr. Schmidt examines the necessity of Christians speaking about Jesus continually. Over 8,000 people die a day in America. Over 170,000 people die every day in the world, and most without knowing Jesus Christ as their savior. Therefore, we need to speak about Jesus!

Main Points 1. God judges rebellion with destruction and death. 2. God brings resurrection and life to those who repent and believe in Him. This sermon examines God's judgment against Israel's rebellion and idolatry in Hosea 13, contrasting the nation's former prominence with its spiritual decline and coming destruction. Despite God's faithful provision and repeated warnings, His people forgot Him...

The sermon examines the abuse of the Lord's Supper in the Corinthian church, where social divisions and selfishness undermined the gospel message of unity in Christ. It argues that such factions deny the oneness of believers and defile worship, contrasting the Corinthian behavior with the biblical call to prefer others and maintain scriptural order. The teaching emphasizes that the ordinance is Ch...

Sermon | Esther 8:1-17 | Sunday Evening Service, October 12 2026. Preacher: Rocky Stevenson This sermon examines Esther chapter 8 to illustrate the theological pattern of divine deliverance, where an unchangeable sentence of death is answered by a greater, authoritative decree of life. The exposition highlights that while human law cannot be revoked, God's redemptive history consistently demonstra...

This sermon examines the crucifixion narrative in Mark 15, focusing on the theological significance of Christ's suffering, death, and the tearing of the temple veil. The central argument posits that the veil's rupture from top to bottom signifies God's initiative in removing the barrier between a holy God and sinful humanity, rather than human effort reaching upward. By connecting this event to He...

This sermon explores the theological depth of Isaiah 53:10 by shifting the focus from the human rejection of Jesus to the Heavenly Father's perspective on the crucifixion. It argues that the death of Christ was not an accident but a sovereign plan established before the foundation of the world, where the Father willingly bruised His Son to satisfy divine justice and express mercy. The message high...

This sermon examines the parable of the rich man and Lazarus to illustrate the finality of death and the eternal consequences of rejecting God's grace. It contrasts the worldly security of the ungodly with the spiritual contentment of the believer, emphasizing that earthly wealth cannot save while faith in Christ provides eternal hope. The preacher warns that death seals one's destiny, leaving no...

In John 13:31-38, we see God's glorious love revealed in the sacrificial death of Jesus Christ and reflected in the lives of His people. Jesus commands us to love one another JUST AS HE HAS LOVED US! This is a love that is self-giving, gracious, and extended to the undeserving. We are fully known by our God, and yet we are fully loved! But there is a problem. Like Peter, we often approach spiritua...

1. The Preaching's Message 2. The Preaching's Hearers 3. The Preaching's Validity This sermon explores the theological concept of the 'keys of the kingdom of heaven,' arguing that the public, official preaching of the Gospel is the primary means by which God opens the kingdom to believers and shuts it against unbelievers. Drawing from 2 Corinthians 2 and the Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Days 31, th...

A sermon following multiple trails of grace prompted by John Newton's hymn, Amazing Grace. Grace teaches the heart to fear; grace prompts remembrance of our previous embrace of sin versus grace's embrace of us; grace speaks into our brokenness and prompts us to share in the suffering of others; and the final grace is death which unites us with Christ and each other. Sermon incorporates a brief his...

Read: Hebrews 5:1–10; Hebrews 9:11–14; Philippians 2:4-11 Text: Lord's Day 15 The work of the Spirit in the life and death of Christ who, as true man: 1. learned obedience through what He suffered (Heb 5:8) 2. rendered obedience through the Holy Spirit (Heb 9:14)

This sermon explores Colossians 2:11-15 to explain how God has accomplished the believer's separation from the power of the sin nature. The message argues that this spiritual circumcision is not a physical act but a judicial reality achieved through identification with Christ's death and resurrection. It addresses the human tendency to rely on personal effort, often termed the 'Jesus-plus' mentali...

The death of Elisha and the reign of Amaziah.

This sermon explores the theological distinctions between the millennial kingdom and the eternal state, emphasizing that both represent a continuation of God's redemptive plan rather than a discontinuity. The speaker argues against the annihilation of the earth, proposing instead a renovation during the millennium and a subsequent purification for the eternal state, where sin, death, and suffering...

An exposition of Chapter 32 of the 1689 Second London Baptist Confession of Faith, treating the biblical doctrine of the last judgment under three headings drawn directly from the confession's three paragraphs. The session situates this chapter within the broader framework of eschatology, distinguishing individual eschatology (death, intermediate state, resurrection) from cosmic eschatology (Chris...

1. Introductory Thoughts (vv. 1-3) 2. To Death or Not To Death (vv. 4-16) 3. Revisiting Mary and Martha (vv. 17-27)