CTK Lord's Day Worship

The Death of Death In Esther 7, Haman's gallows were built to end God's people. Instead, they ended Haman. Two thousand years ago, the same reversal happened at Calvary: what the enemy meant for destruction, God meant for redemption. Christ became the curse, bore the wrath, and walked out of the grave — so that death has nowhere left to go. The tomb is empty. Victory is certain. He is risen. Title...

Does the 7th Commandment only forbid the physical act of adultery? Christ pierces deeper—into the thoughts and affections of your heart. This law homily exposes the small seeds of unfaithfulness that grow into even greater sin, calling us to honestly examine ourselves. But don’t forget to lift up your head, there's mercy waiting. “Thou shalt not commit adultery.” — Exodus 20:14 Title: Seeds of Adu...

Proverbs 6:6–11 invites you to look closely at one of God’s smallest teachers: the ant. This tiny creature is used to expose our laziness, model quiet diligence, and point us toward a life of wise, God-honoring work. Learn what it means to prepare in season, to labor without applause, and to see daily tasks as service to the Lord rather than mere survival. If you’ve ever felt stuck in apathy, dist...

“Thou shalt not kill.” — Exodus 20:13 Series: Law Homilies Preacher: Derrick Taylor For more information about Christ the King Reformed Church please visit our website: https://ctkreformed.com

While Haman sharpened his plans and the gallows stood ready, God governed a pagan king's sleepless night, opened the right page in a royal archive, and turned the entire story — without a single miracle. His providence is not often loud, but it is never absent. "He that keepeth Israel shall neither slumber nor sleep." — Ps. 121:4 Preacher: Derrick Taylor Title: He That Keepeth Israel Series: Esthe...

God prepares His people in secret and calls them to act in public. In Esther 5, the king's sceptre is extended not because Esther was fearless, but because the Lord governs even the eyes and hand of a pagan king. His providence works on the hinges between days — and pride, for all its schemes, can only build the instrument of its own destruction. Preacher: Derrick Taylor Title: A Time for Action S...

“Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” — Exodus 20:12 Series: Law Homilies Preacher: Derrick Taylor For more information about Christ the King Reformed Church please visit our website: [https://ctkreformed.com](https://ctkreformed.com)

Preacher: Derrick Taylor Title: For Such a Time as This Series: Esther: The Invisible Hand of Providence Main Passage: Esther 4 For more information about Christ the King Reformed Church, please visit our website: https://ctkreformed.com

"Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work: But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates: For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that in them is, an...

Taking the Lord’s name in vain reaches far beyond casual profanity to include vows, promises, and spiritual speech that treat God as light, distant, or a tool for our own purposes. Drawing from Ecclesiastes 5, the message exposes the danger of “vows of vanity” in worship, church membership, marriage, parenting, and crisis prayers—words that sound pious but are careless, manipulative, or quickly fo...

Pride is never satisfied. In Esther 3, Haman couldn't tolerate one man's refusal to bow—so he plotted genocide against an entire people. But here's the irony: the very lots he cast to time Jewish destruction gave God 11 months to orchestrate their deliverance. When evil seems to be winning, Christians know that God is working for their good. Preacher: Derrick Taylor Title: Pride & Destruction,...

The Second Commandment charges us not only to flee obvious idols but also to guard against every corruption of God’s appointed worship. It reveals how God jealously opposes false religion and appoints officers to maintain purity and discipline in His house. Furthermore, it binds His people to tear down monuments of idolatry, submit to lawful shepherds, and seek a congregation where Word, sacrament...

Every generation inherits a battlefield. Will we fight with faith, or follow the failures of those before us? In Esther 3, what looks like a petty court conflict is actually cosmic warfare—the ancient enmity between God's people and His enemies resurfaces when Haman the Agagite rises to power. Centuries earlier, King Saul spared Agag in half-hearted obedience, and now his descendants face the cons...

When are we to honor authority, and when should we resist it? Mordecai gives us an example in the art of moral discernment. Mordecai saved the king's life one day, but refused to bow to evil the next. That's not contradiction — that's wisdom. Biblical faithfulness means knowing when to honor authority and when to resist it. When doing right seems costly, remember: God sees, records, and will vindi...

This Sunday we concluded our first walk through the Ten Commandments by examining what may be the most penetrating of them all: "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house... nor any thing that is thy neighbour's" (Exodus 20:17). While the first nine commandments deal primarily with outward actions, this final commandment goes straight to our inner life. As the Apostle Paul testified in Romans 7,...

"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour." — Exodus 20:16 (KJV) Series: Law Homilies Preacher: Derrick Taylor For more information about Christ the King Reformed Church please visit our website: https://ctkreformed.com

Is God really at work when powerful schemes make things seem upside down? In Esther 2, we see how God overturns wicked plans and uses messy situations through surprising instruments, such as vulnerable women in pagan courts. This pattern of ironic providence reveals how enemy schemes backfire and God flips the script against stacked odds. What does this mean for us in today's world of political ma...

"Thou shalt not steal." — Exodus 20:15 Series: Law Homilies Preacher: Derrick Taylor For more information about Christ the King Reformed Church please visit our website: https://ctkreformed.com

When leaders refuse to rule themselves, their sin snowballs—cowardice, abdication, and chaos follow in homes, churches, and nations. In Esther 1 we see a king try to fix his failures with a decree of divorce, broadcasting bad news to the empire, but God quietly uses even this folly to move Esther toward the throne and preserve His people. True, biblical leadership is not about self-preservation bu...

"Thou shalt not commit adultery." — Exodus 20:14 Series: Law Homilies Preacher: Derrick Taylor For more information about Christ the King Reformed Church please visit our website: https://ctkreformed.com

On Baptism of the Lord Sunday, we explore the first of Isaiah’s Servant Songs and see how God marks His Servant, Jesus Christ, with the Spirit and declares His delight in Him. Through Christ's perfect obedience and fulfilling all righteousness, He has purchased these promises for His people, empowering us to carry forth His mission, bringing His judgment to the isles. As servants of the Lord, mark...

To properly build anything, the Church must be rooted and grounded in Jesus Christ, her Lord, and the people of God within a local church must be bought in—willing to move forward with the vision being set and trusting that this is God’s means to care for them and their posterity, not just the church’s ideas for the best ways to build a following, stay relevant, pay the bills, and so on. What you...

God demands a new song not because He's chronologically needy, but because the Incarnation is so staggeringly excellent that our old hymns won't cut it—Christ Himself is the unwonted praise-song that warrants our most ardent attempts at worship, even though they'll all fall short. This isn't about novel tunes or fresh sentiment; it's about hearts regenerated by sovereign grace finally able to sing...

Simeon's song "Now let depart" reveals the ultimate freedom of dying to self—a man so captivated by seeing God's salvation in the infant Christ that he can release his grip on life itself with perfect peace. This Advent sermon explores how true faith conquers not just the fear of death, but our desperate clinging to self-preservation, teaching us that when you have nothing to fear from death, the...

On the night Jesus was born, God didn't send angels to palaces or temples—He sent them to ordinary shepherds working the night shift. Heaven broke into the darkness with news of great joy: "Unto you is born this day a Savior, which is Christ the Lord." The shepherds didn't stay in the fields wondering. They ran to Bethlehem, saw the Christ, and couldn't stop talking about what God had done. Same w...