Coram Deo Church — Bremerton, WA

The doxology we often hear at the end of the Lord's Prayer, "For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen," may not have been part of the original prayer. But it uses language that has calls back to a prayer of King David in 1 Chronicles 29. In this episode of Bible Thoughts, Pastor Rusten takes a look at King David's prayer and considers why we ought to pray doxologies.

Big Ideas 1. Like Jesus, like disciple This story in Acts reads like a retelling of two of Jesus’ miracles found in the Gospels (Matthew 9:18-26, Mark 5:21-43, Luke 8:40-56). Jesus healed a woman who had been sick for twelve years, then brought a young girl back to life. In Acts, Peter healed a man who had been sick for eight years and then brought a dead woman back to life. Luke’s point seems to...

In this episode of the The Blitz, Pastor Jon covers why the COVID vaccine mandates are 100% biblical.

Big Ideas 1. Jesus changes us Paul’s story is a dramatic example of what is true about everyone Jesus saves. Paul experienced a radical transformation so extreme that other believers were reluctant to trust it. How could the man who persecuted Christians now be preaching the Gospel? There is only one explanation: When Jesus saves us, he also changes us. Through faith in Jesus, we are saved from th...

In this episode of the The Blitz, Pastor Jon discusses some concerning comments from John Piper and Tim Keller and offers advice on what to do when your heroes say dumb things.

Why is it that God sometimes rescued his people in obvious and miraculous ways, but at other times God had them take part in battles and conflict? In this episode of Sermon B-Sides, Pastor Jon and Pastor Rusten look at Psalm 44. They consider how God often doesn't deliver us in miraculous ways so he can mature our faith in him. They also consider that, even when God is silent or seems distant, we...

After Jesus teaches his disciples to pray for forgiveness, he teaches them to pray, "Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil." In this episode of Bible Thoughts, Pastor Rusten looks at the last petition of the Lord's prayer and considers what temptation is and why Jesus teaches us to pray for God to deliver us from it.

Big Ideas 1. Jesus changes us Paul’s story is a dramatic example of what is true about everyone Jesus saves. Paul experienced a radical transformation so extreme that other believers were reluctant to trust it. How could the man who persecuted Christians now be preaching the Gospel? There is only one explanation: When Jesus saves us, he also changes us. Through faith in Jesus, we are saved from th...

Sometimes, circumstances and conflict reveal that we've founded our hope on something that isn't solid. In this episode of Sermon B-Sides, Pastor Jon and Pastor Rusten look at Psalms 42 and 43. They discuss how in our trials, conflict, and inner turmoil, we often need to fight for our faith and joy in God rather than fall into a distorted version of lament. These Psalms show us two weapons we have...

When Jesus teaches his disciples to pray, he also teaches them to pray for forgiveness. Did Jesus intend for us to pray this every day? What does Jesus mean by "debts"? Why does this petition comes with a qualification ("As we have forgiven our debtors")? In this episode of Bible Thoughts, Pastor Rusten picks up the series on the Lord's Prayer to consider the petition "Forgive us our debts" and wh...

In our lives, we will inevitably suffer. What do you do with your suffering? What do you learn from it? In this episode of Sermon B-Sides, Pastor Jon and Pastor Rusten consider how Psalm 41 teaches us to bring our sufferings to the Lord and how our sufferings teach us to consider and care for the poor and needy.

In this episode of Bible Thoughts, Pastor Rusten takes a break from the Lord's Prayer to consider an observation from the book of Job and its similarities to the life of Jesus. The suffering of Job and Jesus are both preceded by God's delight in each of them.

In this episode of The Blitz, Pastor Jon considers the growing trend of ordaining women in the Church. He examines the teaching and pattern of leadership throughout the Bible and the distinct roles within the Trinity, then explains why pastors must be men.

Moments of distress and affliction remind us of our need for help and reveal what we are putting our trust in. In this episode of Sermon B-Sides, Pastor Jon and Pastor Rusten look at Psalm 40 and consider how trusting in God may look like overconfidence to the world, while distrusting God may look like humility to the world.

In this episode of Bible Thoughts, Pastor Rusten considers what it means to pray for God to give us our daily bread and how daily bread might remind us of manna in Exodus. When Jesus teaches us to pray "Give us this day our daily bread," is he teaching us to live hand to mouth? Should we not save, or should we wait passively for God to provide for us? Rusten also goes on and on about how much he l...

In this episode of The Blitz, Pastor Jon discusses the recent vaccination mandates and reasons people have for not yet getting the vaccination, and suggests that you can be pro-vax and anti-coercion at the same time.

Everyone's life is shaped by their fears. What you fear will determine how you live, how you speak, and what you love. Every fear outside of the fear of the Lord leads to a self-salvation project that leads to self-destruction and personal dissonance. In this episode of Sermon B-Sides, Pastor Jon and Pastor Rusten look at Psalm 34 and consider how the fear of the Lord delivers us from all other fe...

In this episode of Bible Thoughts, Pastor Rusten considers what it means to pray for God's kingdom to come and his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. How is this prayer consistent with the biblical view of redemption? And what does it look like for God's kingdom to come on earth as it is in heaven in light of the Great Commission?

In this episode, Pastor Jon discusses how Trent Reznor and Johnny Cash can help us better read, understand, and enjoy the Psalms.