Evergreen Beaverton: Sermons and Lessons

Main Point: Nothing in all creation can separate us from God's unchanging love. Outline: 1. Imminent Threats (8:38-39a) 2. Transcendent Love (8:39b)

Main Point: The believer’s security is rooted entirely in the unchangeable love of  Christ, which transforms every earthly trial from a threat into a tool for our spiritual good. Outline: 1. What Might Separate us? a. Everyday Pressures b. Physical Deprivation c. Lethal Opposition 2. Why They Can’t Separate us

Main Point: Because the LORD lacks nothing and depends on no one, we serve Him by the grace He supplies us. Outline: 1. The LORD Uses Enemy Hands (vv.1–2) 2. The LORD Breaks the Enemy's Hands (vv.3–4) 3. The LORD Remembered in an Enemy Land (v.5)

Main Point: The believer’s security rests entirely on the objective, God-centered reality of Christ’s finished work, which effectively silences every possible accusation from the world, the devil, or even our own hearts. Outline: 1. The Sufficiency of our God 2. The Insufficiency of Human Fear 3. The Sufficiency of Christ

Main Point: Christians know that God is at work in every area of their life because God’s work of redemption begins before they are born and extends all the way beyond their death. Outline: 1. Foreknown (8:29) 2. Predestined (8:29) 3. Called (8:30) a. Outward Calling (Matthew 22:14) b. Inward Calling (John 6:44) c. Regeneration (Ezek. 36:26; John 3:3, 7) d. Faith (Eph. 2:8)/Repentance (Acts 11:18)...

Proposition: Ritual without repentance is presumption. True repentance is a gift from God, born of faith. 1: Right Question, Wrong Answer: A Failure to Repent (vv.1-3) 2: False Confidence: Presumptive Religion Resembles Paganism (vv.3-9) 3: God's Answer: The Love of Defeat (vv.10-11)

I. Providential Imprisonment (v. 1-4) God sovereignly orchestrates the circumstances of our lives. The imprisonment of Pharaoh’s officials was not a mistake, but a divine appointment placing them directly in Joseph’s care. II. Sovereign Revelation (v. 5-19) When the troubled officials dream, Joseph points them away from human wisdom and boldly declares that interpretations belong to God. He faithf...

Main Point: God orders the circumstances in which his people live such that all things cooperate in bringing about the good purposes of delivering his people and creation from the effects of sin. Outline: 1. God’s Goal: Our Good 2. God’s Means: Gifts and Groaning

Pastor Parker introduces A Heart Aflame for God , a book the church is distributing to every family as part of Evergreen's strategic vision for mature discipleship in 2026. He walks through the book's core themes, which include a distinctively Reformed approach to spiritual formation, the "Reformation Triangle" of Scripture, meditation, and prayer, self-examination, the natural world, and Christia...

Main Point: Scripture teaches that God is sovereign over “all things,” and there is nothing that ever happens which is beyond God’s Fatherly control. Outline: 1. Sovereign Over the World Around Us Is. 45:5-7; Job 37:11-12 2. Sovereign Over the Wills Around us Genesis 50:20; Ezra 1:1; 2 Sam. 16:10; Acts 4:27-28; Prov. 21:1 3. Sovereign Over the Works Around us Health Events Psalm 54:4; Deut. 32:39;...

Main Point: Though our specific requests are often flawed by ignorance, we can pray with confidence because the Spirit perfects our prayers to align with God's will. Outline: 1. Our Weakness Before the Father a. We are bad judges of what would help us b. We know the general, but not the particulars   2. His Spirit’s Intercession a. He Initiates b. He instructs   3. The Perfect Answer Acc...

Main Proposition: Because God is our eternal shelter, we number our days with humility, hope, and purpose. I. Live Humbly Before the Lord (v. 12) II. Live Hopefully in His Covenant Promises (vv. 13–15) III. Live Purposefully in His Power (vv. 16–17)

I. Our Eternal Foundation (Psalm 90:1-2) The God of All Generations: God has been a "dwelling place" for His people from the beginning. The Creator’s Stability: Unlike the world, God is not shaped by the elements; He is the shaper of them. He exists "from everlasting to everlasting," which is a stark contrast to our limited perspective. II. Our Mortal Reality: The Curse (Psalm 90:3-6) From Dust to...

Main Point: Because our salvation is not yet fully realized, God calls us to live as a hopeful people, anchored by the certainty of Christ and refined through a patient, eager expectation of the glory to be revealed. Outline: 1. The Nature of Hope 2. The Object of Hope 3. The Experience of Hope

Main Point: Our future glory is so certain and so expansive that it promises not only our own redemption but the total restoration of us and the cosmos. Outline: 1. The Good Household of Creation 2. The Groaning of Creation 3. The Restoration of the Cosmos

Main Point: Because the Spirit who raised Jesus dwells in you as a believer, God guarantees that He will give life to your mortal body. Outline: 1. The Power (8:11a) 2. The Presence (8:11b) 3. The Promise (8:11c)

Main Point: Our present union with the Suffering Servant guarantees our future vision of the Glories of God. Outline: 1. The Path of the Heir (v. 17b) 2. The Reality of the Groan (v. 18a) 3. The Weight of Glory (v. 18b)

Main Point: True assurance is found not by looking inward for mathematical and philosophical certainty, but by listening to the Spirit’s witness, which directs our gaze away from our trembling hearts to the unshakeable sufficiency of Christ. Outline: 1. Assurance is Possible 2. Assurance Can Be Sabotaged Trap 1: Treating Assurance Like a Math Equation Trap 2: Seeking Certainty Instead of Hope Trap...

Main Point: The Spirit of adoption breaks the chains of servile fear, freeing us to relate to God not as a master to be dreaded, but as a Father to be loved. Outline: 1. Sinful Fear (Servile Fear) 2. Godly Fear (Filial Fear)

Main Point: Christians are not slaves, but sons of God by adoption, and now members of God’s household and family. Outline: 1. Children of the King 2. Brothers of the Brethren 3. Heirs of God

Main Point: Because God condemned sin in Christ and gave every believer His Spirit, Christians should set their minds on the Spirit and so walk in new obedience that truly pleases their Father (with resurrection hope). Outline: 1. All Christians Have the Spirit 2. All Christians Are Called to Walk in the Spirit 3. All Christians Are Able to Please God