Christ the King Presbyterian Church

Text: Acts 2:42-47 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: What was life in the early church like? What did the early Christians do in worship? How did they care and provide for one another? There is an ongoing desire today to restore the church back to its original form. This is a good desire, and we should always seek to conform our churches to what Scripture teaches. In this passage, we get one...

Text: Acts 2:37-41 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: After Peter finished his Pentecost sermon, the hearers were "cut to the heart" and asked what they must do to be saved. Through their question and Peter's answer, we learn what the proper response to the gospel message is—repentance and faith in Christ and baptism into his name. All this is the work of the Spirit in the lives of believers,...

Text: 1 Peter 2:18-25 | Speaker: Carson Allen | Description: Peter is encouraging the diaspora in the midst of suffering by reminding them that as Christians we are called to suffer. Not only are we called to suffering but it is a Gift from God.

Text: Hebrews 2:1-4 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: The author of Hebrews begins his letter with a beautiful description of the supremacy of Christ over all things. He is the greater, once for all Prophet, who declares God's will to his people. He is the better messenger who speaks the better message of the gospel. But there's a danger for those who hear and respond to the gospel—drifting...

Text: Acts 2:22-36 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: On Pentecost Sunday, Peter preached the first Christ-centered sermon. From it, we learn how all gospel ministers must preach if they are to be faithful witnesses of Jesus. Christ-centered sermons reveal the person of Christ, magnify the work of Christ, show how real sin requires a real Savior, and give glory to the Triune God.

Text: Ephesians 1:3-14 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: The Trinity is the most important biblical truth at the heart of our Christian faith, and yet one of the most undervalued and overlooked. On Trinity Sunday, we pause to reflect more deeply on the majesty of our Triune God as Paul expounds upon this mystery in the beginning of Ephesians. From start to finish, the plan of redemption is a...

Text: Acts 2:1-21 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: What is the gift of tongues? What does it do, and is it still for Christians today? Many questions and preconceived ideas about tongues are brought to this passage in Acts. What actually happened on that day of Pentecost, and what, if anything, does it teach us today? On this important day in redemptive history, we see that Jesus poured out...

Text: Acts 1:12-26 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: After Jesus ascended into heaven, the eleven apostles with the rest of the company of believers gathered in the upper room to pray. Peter tells them the time has come to select a replacement for Judas to bring the apostles back to their full number. Through prayer and the casting of lots, God selects Matthias and brings the number back to...

Text: Acts 1:9-11 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: After Jesus called his disciples to their ministry of witness-bearing and promised them the coming power of the Holy Spirit, he ascended into heaven before their eyes. The ascension can often be overlooked but it is an important point of our faith and a great benefit to us. Because in it, we have an advocate before the Father, we have our o...

In this final lesson in the series we focus on Cultivating Friendship with Christ by examining 4 practical areas.

During this study we finish up our examination of the practical side of friendship by talking about things to avoid. Then we turn our attention to Christ, the true friend.

Text: Acts 1:1-8 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: Jesus has risen from the dead and defeated the grave. That means the kingdom is here! But not in the way the disciples expected. "Will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?" They asked, expecting a war for independence from Rome and an independent Israel with Jesus as King. But his kingdom was far bigger and their calling far great...

In this lesson we focus on wisdom for and practical ways to pursue and strengthen Friendship.

Text: Psalm 20 | Speaker: Zach Simmons

In this lesson we outline the story of redemptive history using friendship as a lens, focusing especially on the connection between friendship and the covenant of grace.

Text: Luke 24:36-53 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: Luke wraps up his gospel with this special meeting as Jesus appears to his disciples. He talks with them, eats with them, then opens the Scriptures again to them that they would believe everything written about him. Then, he leaves them in power as he ascends into heaven. From this passage, we see the proof, purpose, and power of the resu...

Text: Luke 24:13-25 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink

Text: Luke 24:1-12 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: Because of sin we all seek after life in all the wrong places. We try to find purpose in fleeting pleasures and identity in worthless idols. Like the women as they approached the tomb on that glorious Sunday morning, we also are trying to find the living among the dead. But the tomb is empty. In his resurrection, Christ defeated death and...

If God is really my friend, why don't I experience His presence in a more definite, satisfying way? We begin answering this question with Kierkegaard as our guide.

Text: Nehemiah 13:1-31 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: The walls are rebuilt, the covenant is renewed, and the people gathered for worship and revival. What a perfect ending to the story. But that's not the end of Nehemiah. In the final chapter we see that the reforms Nehemiah has put into place have not stuck. The people once again profane the temple, neglect the sabbath, and intermarry w...

In this lesson we discuss 6 ideals characterizing friendship: Affection, Constancy, Transparency, Candor, Empathy and Trust.

Text: Nehemiah 11:1-12:47 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: The wall is finished, the gates are hung, the Temple and altar are rebuilt, restocked, and restaffed. Revival and reform begins to break out among the people. The city is repopulated, the land is retaken, the people are recommitted to proper worship, and there is great rejoicing heard around the world. How is this possible? They wer...

In this lesson we finish our discussion on the benefits of friendship and begin looking at Lesson 4 by defining Friendship.

Text: Nehemiah 10:1-39 | Speaker: Levi Bakerink | Description: After confessing their sins together the people begin the process of putting that repentance into action. They assess the high cost of covenant renewal—it will cost them their freedom, self-sacrifice, and specific obedience. The cost is the same for anyone today who wants to follow Christ. But who can pay such a price? Thankfully, ther...