King's Table Church Sermons

Bryce preaches the second sermon in our series: The Pilgrim's Hymnbook Scripture – Psalm 121

Bryce preaches the first sermon in our series: The Pilgrim's Hymnbook Scripture - Psalm 120

In this conclusion to Paul's beautiful letter to Timothy, the apostle closes with practical instructions and personal greetings. How heartening is it that Paul - who by all means has finished his race and should be ready to put his feet up and wash his hands and tie a bow on this hard life of ministry - is still asking for his books! He still, most of all, wants his parchments! He still wants to d...

These verses begin and end with the same picture - the blessed appearing of Christ our Lord to judge the living and the dead. And in between is an exhortation to preach the Word. Although the reason that Paul gives for committing to the preached Word of the Scriptures is a fascinating one! Paul says to faithfully preach the Word day in and day out because some WON'T listen! Because there is a day...

Paul again points to his own experience to instruct Timothy. He reminds Timothy of his own sufferings - which were likely formational for Timothy seeing as how the ones Paul mentions occurred when he and Timothy first met! And he uses this opportunity to make two things very clear to Timothy: Christians WILL be persecuted. And the Scriptures ARE sufficient to equip you for them. Are you spending m...

Using an illustration that at first glance might be lost on us, Paul reminds Timothy that he has been set aside for a holy calling. In a house, there are some vessels used for honourable things - like serving food to cherished guests. And these vessels have been purified and set aside for such a purpose. But other vessels are not made clean. Instead, they are used for dishonourable things - like t...

This next section of Paul's letter to Timothy carries great significance for Timothy's church in Ephesus. This is not only a personal letter but one that would have been read publicly when all the church was gathered together. And as Paul warns Timothy not to get involved in senseless debates over semantics but instead to preach the Word faithfully, he includes in here an unspoken but rather point...

As Paul invites Timothy to share in suffering, he reminds him of three things. First, remember Christ. He is the son of King David, rightful heir to the throne. And yet, he is one who came and died. But don't only remember Christ, the son of David, as the one who died - but as the one who has been raised from the dead! Paul is calling to mind for Timothy the shape of the gospel - one of hope and g...

This letter continues with an exhortation to be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And more specifically to be strengthened for suffering! Paul gives Timothy three illustrative examples of the types of suffering he is commending Christians to embrace. The first is that of a soldier. He forgoes all the pleasures and distractions of civilian life knowing that they are uneeded entanglements...

Christ is able to guard the good deposit that has been entrusted to Paul until that day of his appearing. Paul knows that this Christ is the one in whom he has believed, and this is why he perseveres in suffering as he does. Because he knows that Christ will guard this deposit. But now Paul turns to Timothy and says, "Your turn." He wants to impress upon Timothy to stick to the plan - to hold to t...

Paul reminds Timothy to fan into flame the gift of God that he has been given - to remember that he has not been spirit of fear but of power and love and sound judgment. And because of this, Paul exhorts Timothy with a very challenging command: Share in suffering. Instead of being ashamed of gospel suffering, Paul tells Timothy to do the work of gospel proclamation and share in the suffering that...

In Paul's opening, he greets Timothy and tells him that he remembers, prays, and longs to see him. He remembers his own ancestors and reminds Timothy about the faith of his own mother and grandmother. Ultimately, Paul is identifying with Timothy and stirring up in him a godly affection. They have both received the faith of those who came before them, and they both long for one another with tears a...

In this final act, the resentful heart of the prophet reveals its true colours. When God relents and shows mercy to Nineveh, Jonah becomes greatly displeased - even furious. And he reveals that this has been the source of his reluctance and rebellion all along. He knew the Lord to be kind and gracious. And he didn't want to see his kindness and graciousness extended to these Assyrians! He didn't w...

The Word of the Lord again comes to Jonah a second time, and the call is virtually identical. Get up. Go. And proclaim. This time, instead, of turning the other direction, the prophet actually goes where he is told to preach the message he has been sent with. Kind of. It seems as if Jonah preaches the bare minimum he can get away with. His sermon is only 5 words in Hebrew, and it mentions no word...

Despite Jonah's latest attempt to undermine God's plan to send him to Nineveh by hurling himself into the sea, the Lord rescues Jonah in perhaps the most unlikely way imaginable! He subverts Jonah's subversion and makes a point to do it in a manner that would allow no mistaking that it was by any hand other than his own! He sends a great fish to swallow Jonah! He preserves the prophet's life in th...

When the Lord comes to the prophet Jonah with a message to take to Nineveh, a singular series of events ensues. From the outset, a pattern of actions and reactions begins between the Lord and this reluctant prophet. Having been previously sent to King Jeroboam with a positive message of Israel's borders expanding (2 Kings) - unlike the messages of rebuke and warning given by Hosea and Amos - Jonah...

Steve preaches the final sermon in our series: The Expanding Mission of an Upside Down Kingdom Scripture - Luke 9:10-17 A sermon from King's Table Church in Dartmouth, NS.

Bryce preaches the sixteenth sermon in our series: The Expanding Mission of an Upside Down Kingdom Scripture - Luke 9:1-9 A sermon from King's Table Church in Dartmouth, NS. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

Luke gives us here two stories of Jesus healing and restoring - one sandwiched between the beginning and the resolution of the other. Jesus departs for the house of Jairus, a leader of the synagogue, to heal his ailing daughter. He is interrupted, however, as a woman with a bleeding disorder reaches out in the crowd to touch him. While her touch seems to almost be superstitious in nature, desiring...

If there is one aspect of the natural world that to the biblical authors represented fear and chaos, it was the sea. And if there's anything that represents fear and chaos even more than the untamed nature of the sea, it would be the even less tamed, more mysterious, and far more deadly supernatural realm of demonic forces. In this passage, Jesus subdues both of them! The response to both occasion...

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Guest preacher Brian Croft teaches out of Titus chapter 2.

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