Grace & Peace PGH

This is a sermon from the guest preacher, Derek Bates.

“The letter to the church at Philadelphia invites us to ask ourselves: Am I walking through the doors that Jesus has opened for me to share the gospel?” – Nancy Guthrie, Blessed: Experiencing the Promise of the Book of Revelation, 82

This week's open discussion.

This is a sermon from guest preacher, Nameun Cho.

Travis' comments on the Letter to the Church of Sardis: "Yet you have still a few names in Sardis, people who have not soiled their garments, and they will walk with me in white, for they are worthy." - Revelation 3:4 Sardis is one of two churches in Revelation 2-3 that receives only a rebuke and no commendation. Some folks wonder if that is correct? Isn't 3:4 a commendation of this church? That i...

Some challenges of idolatry for the modern believer: Far from idolatry being a relic of the distant past of paganism, idolatry is an ever present temptation and struggle for believers in every age, including our materialistic, rationalistic, and scientific one.

"Seven churches, different in so many ways from one another. Seven churches, similar in so many ways to the churches in which we live and serve Jesus. What one thing do all these churches need to fortify them against the enemy's frontal assaults, to make them savvy to his subtle stratagems, and to make them loyal to God and compassionate toward their oppressors? They need to hear Jesus' voice... H...

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." —Jim Elliot

"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." —Jim Elliot

"A church can continue only for so long on a loveless course. Continuing on that course means ceasing to be a church. Its lampstand is removed." —Leon Morris

Note: This recording had an error part way through and ended abruptly. Apologies for the delayed upload and partial sermon.

"From this point onwards, the centrality of Christ is the ruling theme of Revelation. All things depend on their relation to him." —Michael Wilcock

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine." —R.E.M.

"When a sinner turns to God, heaven throws a party. The prospect of such joy keeps Jesus associating with sinners." —Darrel L. Bock

This week's sermon from guest preacher Gavin Breeden.

"In sum: 'to be saved' in the Pauline view means to become part of the people of God, who by the Spirit are born into God's family and therefore joined to one another as one body, whose gatherings in the Spirit form them into God's temple. God is not simply saving diverse people and preparing them for heaven; rather he is creating a people for his name, among whom God can dwell and who in their li...

This week's sermon is the first of a two-part series from Derek Bates out of Ephesians.

Today's sermon from guest speaker Nameun Cho on the Tower of Babel and how it relates to Pentecost.

"Kindness, which is an ability to serve others practically in a way which makes me vulnerable, comes from having a deep inner security. Its opposite is envy, which leaves me unable to rejoice in another's joy. And its fake alternative is manipulative good deeds, doing good for others so I can congratulate myself and feel I am 'good enough' for others or for God." —Tim Keller

The next part of guest speaker Gavin Breeden's series on King David.

"...[O]ne of the main themes of the biblical story and stories is that even some of the ablest human beings who have ever lived, such as Abraham and David, could not rise above the brutality of their own cultures nor the self-centeredness of their own hearts. But by clinging to the wondrous promise that God's grace is given to moral failures, they triumphed." —Timothy J. Keller

"These modern beliefs—that we must all be committed to equal rights and justice but that there are no God-given moral absolutes—undermine each other. Modern secular education teaches every child that they must be true to themselves, that they must identify their deepest desires and dreams and pursue them, no letting family, community, tradition, or religion stand in their way. Then it calls for ju...

The second sermon on God's Kingdom from Matthew 13 in guest speaker Rodger Woodworth's four-part series.

"The gospel comes from that kingdom, and conducts to that kingdom; the word of the gospel is the word of the kingdom; it is the word of the King, and where that is, there is power; it is a law, by which we must be ruled and governed. This word is the seed sown, which seems a dead, dry thing, but all the product is virtually in it. It is incorruptible seed (1 Peter 1:23); it is the gospel that brin...

This week's sermon from guest speaker Gavin Breeden begins his mini series on David.