Second Street PCA

Sermon on drawing near to God.

This sermon looks at hope, not hopefullness, hope. The Christian's hope is external to him/herself. The Christian's only hope is Christ.

This sermon looks at this difficult section of Hebrews. Can a person lose their salvation? Is a warning being made against an event which cannot occur? What is the purpose of this warning? We must pay much closer attention lest we drift away.

In the sermon we explore how Christians need to continually deepen their faith and theological perspectives and understanding. We see that being a victim of persecution or anything else requires us to have a High Priest who deals with us gently but at the same time deals with us as he ought, challenging us to go further.

This sermon is about how Jesus, as our High Priest, is able to sympathize with our weaknesses and able to be genly with the ignorant and wayward. We have a holy God who is able to deal gently with us.

In this sermon we look at the deceitfulness of sin, the need to stay connected to the body of Christ (the Church), and the necessity of examining our hearts today.

The sermon talks about the need for perseverance in the ground for it. Also that we are the House of God and that He, Jesus, is the builder if this house. We are all called brothers. We are all made family in the house of God. This unity, with Christ and with one another is the basis of our strength.

1. Through suffering and death Jesus destroyed the one with the power of death, the Devil. 2. Through suffering and death Jesus propitiated the wrath of God. 3. Through suffering and death Jesus helps His people.

In this sermon we look at the example of Jesus' suffering to give encouragement to those who are now suffering or will suffer. For those in Christ, suffering has redemptive purpose. God reveals Hid very nature in His method of bringing many sons to glory. It demonstrates even more so than creation ex nehilo His power and glory.

The church is still in the world even if not of the world. There will be trials and persecutions. We walk by faith and not by sight. What we will be has not yet been fully revealed but there will be a reversal. We will be rulers with Christ will all things in subjection to Him.

In this sermon we look at God's call for us to clean much more closely to his word. It is our tendency to drift away from what we have heard. We must not only hear but cling to his word. In what ways are you being distracted? What is distracting you? What are you focusing on? We must be careful to pay much closer attention to what we have heard less we drift away from it or it from us.

This sermon focuses on the fact that Jesus is King of all Kings. We explore the implications of this for our lives and how we are to see Satan and the "Ruler of this World" as well as how we are to interact with worldly governments and authorities.

We continue to look at Hebrews to see the Majesty of Jesus Christ. In this sermon we see that he is indeed superior to the angels, and that he is the creator king who is controlled universe. His majesty and might and grace and glory are more than we could possibly imagine. He is greater than any problem we may face.

The Easter 2020 message in the midst of the Corona pandemic. The miracles of Jesus culminate in His resurrection. His resurrection provides for our justification. We are with the disciples on the road to Emmaus as they meet with Jesus (unbeknownst to them at first) and He shows them the necessity of the death and resurrection of the Christ from the Old Testament scriptures.

We begin our series in Hebrews by reading through Habakkuk (of course). Main Theme: What is God doing in the global pandemic? God is Heir, Creator, Sustainer, Redeemer. As such, He uses all things for His own purposes and God has spoken by Son. Gentle and lowly in spirit.

Joshua is now an old man near the end of his life. He leaves his parting words with Israel. We also explore some of the parting words of Jesus and the Apostle Paul. A theme is "A faithless generation can arise right behind a faithful one". How are we to maintain our faithfulness and help to secure the faith of future generations? 1.  Faithfulness to the Written Word of God - "Be very strong t...

Caleb represents for us a believer who followed the Lord with his whole heart. He was promised an allotment of land by Moses. He now comes to Joshua to ask for the promised land. He get it because God honors His promises. What is actually promised to the believer? 1. Christ's presence with us through all circumstances. 2. Trials and tribulations. 3. Heaven, eternal life. The Christian believer is...

Joshua is old and there is still much land left to conquer. Today is a good day to look at our won lives and ask whether we have accomplished much and for us to see there is much yet to do. How are you doing? And as you look at your possible futures, see this, God is already there ahead of you.

Rev. Clayton fills Second Street's pulpit this week! His sermon is on James and John's (sons of Zebedee) request to sit at the right hand of Christ in His kingdom. It is a sermon about discipleship and humility.

This sermon talks about what is called the Gibeonite Deception. In it we see that God actually saves a group of people among those whom He has devoted to destruction out of His mere good grace. He does this by "using sin sinlessly". He uses the lies of the Gibeonites and the hubris and gullibility of the the Isrealite leaders. 1 - The Problem - not seeking the counsel of the Lord in our lives 2- T...

In this sermon we look into another aspect of spiritual warfare. 1. Jesus is a Warrior. (God has three institutions in the world: 1) government 2) the church 3) the household). 2. Our necks should be beneath Christ's feet. 3. Christ places His neck beneath the feet of His Father.

This sermon examines the covenant relationship of the Gibeonites to Israel and the ways in which it parallels the Christian's covenantal relationship to Christ and His church. We can call our God to our aid because He has promised to be on our side but He also covenants to do all things for our good and for His glory.

This sermon is based on the covenant renewal ceremony of Joshua 8. The question before is, where do we stand? We are in the valley between cursing and blessing. Choose life. Choose Christ. He is our blessing. He is our righteousness.

This sermon looks into Joshua's second attempt to defeat the city of Ai. The application for us is to see our gracious God forgiving us and fighting for us as OUR king in that even the physical wars of Israel were, at their heart, spiritual battles.

Joshua 7 is the story of God standing against Israel because of the sin of Achan. This sermon compares Rahab (the Canaanite who was to be devoted to destruction) and Achan (a son of Israel, a child of the covenantal promises). Yet it is Rahab the prostitute who inherits the promise and not the member of the tribe of Judah. This demonstrates that salvation is by faith and that faith demonstrates it...