Pleasant View in His Word

As we continue through 2 Peter, Peter emphasizes the fact that God always does what is right. Pastor Sean explains how he does that as both judge and redeemer in today's passage.

As people make claims contrary to the apostles' teachings, Peter reminds us that what He has taught them is born of God and he personally witnessed. Pastor Sean reminds us that we do not have a blind faith, but we can have confidence in the claims for the Bible, which brings us hope because those claims are true! What do you believe?

As we continue to look at 2 Peter, we see that Peter doubles down on his initial remarks. He shows the importance of what God grants as we grow and understand His guarantees. As a gospel community we need to remind each other of those truths, stirring up the desire to leave a lasting legacy of faith. How will P.V. as a church be remembered? How will we as individual believers be remembered?

As we continue through 2 Peter, Pastor Sean looks at verses 3-11 looking at the difference between God's indicatives (what God does) and His imperatives (what He commands). He unpacks three truths in this passage: what God grants us as believers; how we grow as believers; and what He guarantees us.

We begin a series looking at 2nd Peter this week. Pastor Sean looks at the greeting to introduce Peter's letter generally accepted to be written to a non-Jewish audience. He emphasizes three things in this brief greeting. 1. He is a servant and apostle. 2. There is no hierarchy of faith, the same faith is for all who receive it as a gift from God through Jesus Christ. 3. Grace and peace are multip...

We finish our series on worship this week. Pastor Sean looks at how worship evokes emotions, leads to a response, and should be done in the context of a Gospel Community. When we come together, let's be prepared to worship!

This week as Pastor Sean looks throughout the scriptures to examine what God prescribes for elements in congregational worship in the scriptures. 1. Reading of the scriptures. 1 Timothy 4:13 2. Preaching and teaching the scriptures. Nehemiah 8 3. Prayer. 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 4. Song. Ephesians 5:19 5. Confession of Faith. 1 Timothy 6:12-13 6. Sacraments. 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 7. Offerings 1 Co...

As we continue to look at Worship, Pastor Sean looks at the rules of worship.

We begin a four-week series about Worship this week. This week we look at John 4:23-24 to see what it means to worship in Spirit and Truth.

As we look at Psalm 103, we are reminded of the lesson from Habakkuk... Remember, Repeat, and Rejoice in all that God has done for us. Pastor Sean reminds us of the importance of the Gospel and the importance of not just being convinced and convicted, but being converted by putting faith in Jesus Christ! 

This week, as we look at Psalm 32, we look at Forgiveness, Confession, and Repentance through Davids point of view. Kevin highlights 6 takeaways from this passage. 1. Forgiveness is available. 2. Unforgiveness is painful. 3. Confession is Simple. 4. Confession is a conversation. 5. Repentance is required. 6. Repentance is rewarded. Are you experiencing the blessed joy of forgiveness?

We continue to look at the Psalms, this week focusing on Psalm 27. Pastor Sean looks at David to see how we can get to a place of praising God in all situations. When we focus on who God is and what he can do, we can be confident in our pursuit of Him always and upon Him trusting that we will persevere. 

Habakkuk's response to God after questioning His ways was to praise Him. We know who to praise; Pastor Sean looks at Psalm 150 to see the where, why, how and who will praise Him!

As we finish our study through Habakkuk, Pastor Sean breaks down chapter 3. Habakkuk remembers the goodness and sovereignty of Yahweh, He repeats his goodness through song, and he rejoices in spite of his circumstances. Let's not allow our circumstances to dictate the goodness of our God. God is good all the time, let's praise Himi!

The Lord answers Habakkuk's honest question about what He has shown him. Pastor Sean unpacks chapter two focusing on the Lord's answer in His perfect timing and our need to completely trust His wisdom, even when we do not understand.

This week, we begin a series on Habakkuk, who receives an oracle from God and questions His plans. The story highlights that it’s natural to express honest emotions during uncertainty, and that God can handle our honesty and doubts.

Dr. Jeff Kephart, the director of the East Central Region of the Missionary Church brings greetings from the region and a challenge; Are we pursuing the mission to love like Jesus and live like missionaries? The harvest is plentiful, and the resources are available... Are we committed to the mission at PV?

We take a detour into Ephesians 6:10-20 this week. A biblical understanding of Spiritual Warfare rests in v. 10 " Be strong in the Lord and the strength of His might." Kevin unpacks this as we dig into Ephesians 6:10-20. We need to 1. be Strong in the Lord 2. Put On the Armor of God 3. Take Up the Armor of God 4. Pray 5. Proclaim the Gospel. Do we trust God and equip ourselves with His armor to en...

Pastor Sean finishes our study through the book of Ruth this week.

Pastor Sean breaks down the encounter between Boaz, Mr. so and so, and the elders in this passage. We see that this is beautiful foreshadowing of our redeemer, Jesus! Like Ruth, we come to the relationship with nothing to offer, but Jesus, like Boaz, out of His great love for us offers us redemption... Have you been redeemed?

This week's sermon by Pastor Sean focuses on Ruth chapter 3, highlighting Naomi's plan, Ruth's obedience and initiative, and Boaz's faithfulness, drawing parallels between Boaz's role for Ruth and Jesus as our ultimate redeemer who offers unconditional love and redemption despite our shortcomings.

We continue our series through Ruth. Pastor Sean breaks down chapter 2:14-23 this week.

As we continue through Ruth, we see God's providence throughout. Pastor Sean looks at how God' character is reflected in Ruth in her sense of honor, sacrifice, work ethic, humility and gratitude, as well as in Boaz as he is seen as generous, compassionate and God focused. God works out their meeting using their own choices for His divine purposes providentially. How well do we understand the chara...

As we finish chapter 1 of Ruth, Pastor Sean dives into three major themes... 1. God's providence 2. The Lamenting of Naomi 3. The Loyalty of Ruth. As we look at Ruth, we need to be reminded of our God. What we know about God will determine how we see Him in our circumstances both good and bad, and our beliefs are revealed during times of testing, tragedy, and trials. What does God have to say abou...

As we begin our series through Ruth, we look at some background information, seeing similarities to other themes in the Bible. Although these first few verses are filled with tragedy, we see God's providence in this situation and how we can relate that to our lives. Taking a brief look forward we see how God works all things out for His glory. He still does that with us today!