Brookville Baptist Church

What we normally call the Lord's prayer is actually a model prayer in which Jesus teaches us to pray to God our Father for His Glory and Our Good. In this sermon pastor David exams this pattern we should follow in prayer. Matthew 6:9-15 Pray then like this: “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. 10 Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. 11 Give us this day our da...

Jesus doesn’t want His followers to miss the point of prayer, so He identifies mistakes to avoid in prayer. In the sermon, Pastor David examines these warnings not to pray hypocritically, repetitiously or arrogantly. Matthew 6:5–8 “And when you pray, you must not be like the hypocrites. For they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, that they may be seen by others. Tr...

It's possible to do the right things for the wrong reasons. Jesus warns against giving to the needy in a hypocritical way. He certainly wants us to help those in need, but not to do it to build our own reputation. In this sermon, Pastor David explains that true charity does not seek the approval of men, but it's glad to simply help without anyone noticing. Matthew 6:1–4 “Beware of practicing your...

Today, our guest Kurt Traugott continues our study of the Sermon on the Mount. In Matthew 5: 43-48 we hear some more countercultural commands such as loving our enemies and praying for our persecutors. Kurt shows us that the cultural trend may have been to hate your enemy, but that isn't a command of Scripture, only a saying of the religious leaders of the time. If we want to be children of our Fa...

How should Christians respond when they are mistreated? In this sermon, Pastor David looks at Christ's astounding call to repay evil with good. Matthew 5:38–42 “You have heard that it was said, ‘An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth.’ 39 But I say to you , Do not resist the one who is evil. But if anyone slaps you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if anyone would sue you a...

What is the New Covenant and how is it different from the Old Covenant? The New Covenant that Christ brings is far superior to the Old Covenant. In this sermon, Pastor David examines, both the Old and the New to explain why the New Covenant is so much better. In the New Covenant, God promises to transforms sinners from the inside out, to bring them into a personal relationship with Him and to forg...

So what does the Bible teach about divorce and remarriage? God established marriage as a lifelong commitment. Marriages are not meant to fail, but there are some situations when the Bible allows for divorce and remarriage. In this sermon, Pastor David explains God’s plan from the very beginning was lifelong monogamous marriage between one man and woman with no divorce, but because of sin God has m...

Jesus address the seriousness of sexual sin and said that even lustful looks deserve the fires of hell. In this sermon, Pastor David explains how to fight for sexual purity and avoid lustful desires while looking to the Savior who rescues and purifies even those stained by sexual sin. Matthew 5:27–30 “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall not commit adultery.’ 28 But I say to you that everyo...

The Law of Christ begins at the heart of anger. It's not enough to refrain from killing, Christians must refrain from angry thoughts. In this sermon, Pastor David explains that the Gospel frees Christians to love rather than hate. Matthew 5:21–26 “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.’ 22 But I say to you that everyo...

Do Christians just pick and choose to obey some of the Bible’s laws while ignoring others? The answer is no, that’s not what Christians do. In this sermon, Pastor David explains how Christians determine what laws apply to us today and why are Old Testament commands no longer binding.

How should Christians relate to the unbelieving world around us? The answer that Jesus gives is that we are to be like salt and light. In this sermon, Pastor David explains that in word and deed we are to help preserve the earth from spiritual and moral decay and we are to shine the light of the Gospel into the world of darkness.

The Sermon on the Mount begins with a list of blessings. It is a description of the truly converted. It's what it looks like to really be one of God's people. This is Christ’s own description of what it looks like to follow Him. The list is often referred to as the beatitudes. The first four beatitudes address our need before God, the final four beatitudes call us to action. It’s the duties of the...

The most well-known words of the world’s greatest teacher are written in Matthews 5-7. It’s often called the Sermon on the Mount and it’s the manifesto of Jesus Christ. It’s history’s most famous speech and although it was given 2000 years ago, these profound words are still shockingly relevant to our lives today. In this sermon, Jesus is telling us what it looks like for believers to live in the...

Christ is coming back to accomplish two goals. For some, His Second Coming will be wonderful, but others will see it as terrible. In this sermon, Pastor David explains the twofold purpose of Christ’s glorious return. When Christ returns it will cause both celebration and devastation as He brings both wrath and rescue. When Christ comes back He will give vengeance to unbelievers and deliverance to...

Christ’s first coming was private, in humility and weakness, but His second coming will be outstandingly public, in glory and power. In this sermon, Pastor David looks forward to how Christ will return. 1 Thessalonians 4:14–18 For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep. 15 For this we declare to you by a word fr...

Throughout the Old Testament, God’s people wondered when the Messiah would come, and now Christians are curious when He will come again. In this sermon, Pastor David examines Jesus’ answer to the question of when He will come and what we need to do to get ready.

The people of God are waiting for Christ to come. In this sermon, Pastor David explains how people in both the Old and New Testament were eagerly anticipating the coming of Christ and how we still are today. The long awaited Savior has come and gone so now we are waiting for Him to come again. Titus 2:11–14 For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, 12 training us to ren...

It’s not about you, it’s about Jesus. Christ is all, we are nothing. These kind of statements may seem odd to us, but they’re true. In this sermon Pastor David explains why we should follow John’s example of exulting Christ and humbling ourselves.

Jesus had confronted the religious leader Nicodemus with his need to be born again. Nicodemus was puzzled, so Jesus explained that He was talking about spiritual birth and that unless Nicodemus experience it, he would never enter the kingdom of God. Then Jesus explained, how salvation works, how one comes into the kingdom of God: only by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, to the gl...

After dark a man named Nicodemus knocked on the door where Jesus was saying. In their conversation, we learn that the miracle of the New Birth is even more miraculous than Jesus acts of healing the sick and raising the dead. In this sermon Pastor David describes our need for God’s act of regeneration in which the Holy Spirit gives new hearts, enables belief and transforms sinners into saints.

At a wedding in the town of Cana, Jesus miraculously turned water into wine. But why? Preaching from John 2:1-12, Pastor David shows us that every miracle Jesus performed pointed toward the cross. John calls this His first sign and go home event signifies something greater, from His response to His mother’s reaction to the miracle itself, Jesus had the glory of the Gospel in mind. Jesus’ wondrous...

In this sermon Pastor David describes the significance of seven titles given to Jesus in the first few days of His ministry and draws attention to the appropriate response to encountering Jesus, which is trusting Him and telling others the Good News that the Savior has come. Together these titles make a claim that the fully human Jesus is the prophesied messianic king and teacher of Israel and the...

In this sermon Pastor David considers the boldness and humility of John the Baptist as well as the wonder of the Messiah he proclaimed. Jesus is both the just God the merciful means by which our sin can be taken away. Behold the Lamb of God.

In this sermon Pastor David considers how we can’t know God or even see Him on our own, but Jesus reveals the Father to us. It’s the Gospel of Jesus Christ that most clearly reveals God to us.

Jesus is the source of life. All life flows from Him, yet not all joyfully receive Him. In this sermon Pastor David considers how and why people respond to Jesus as they do and then gives us a description of the benefits of receiving and belonging to Jesus and the necessity of being born of God.