Renaissance Church PGH - Sermons

Listen as Pastor Rob continues his teaching on anxiety. TEXT: Matt 6:28-30 TITLE: Anxiety Pt. 2 OUTLINE:  THE CREATOR AND CLOTHES THE CREATION AND CLOTHES THE COVERING OF CLOTHES RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; Books: Dictionary of Biblical Imagery; The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer; Spiritual Depression, by Lloyd-Jones; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing...

Listen as Pastor Rob speaks on Jesus's teachings on anxiety. TEXT: Matthew 6:25-27 TITLE: Anxiety Pt. 1 OUTLINE: WHAT NOT TO DO HOW NOT TO DO IT WHY NOT TO DO IT RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; Books: Dictionary of Biblical Imagery; The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; Side by Side, by Welch; The Divine Con...

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on where our treasures truly are.

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on the practice of fasting.

Listen as Pastor Rob revisits the topic of forgiveness. TEXT: Matt 6:14-15 TITLE: Forgiveness OUTLINE: THE FORGIVEN THE UNFORGIVEN RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; Books: The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; The Divine Conspiracy, by Willard; Instruments in The Redeemer's Hands, by Tripp; The Fading of Forgi...

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on temptations. Temptations TEXT: Matthew 6:13 OUTLINE: "The sinner who’s evil in the past has been forgiven longs to be delivered from its tyranny in the future." - J. Stott Romans 7:18 OUR TEMPTATIONS Matthew 6:13 James 1:13 Deuteronomy 8:2 Matthew 4:1 1 Corinthians 10:13 Genesis 3:6 OUR TEMPTERS Matthew 6:13 Matthew 18:7 James 1:14-15 RESOURCES: Commentaries used: B...

TEXT: Matt 6:12 TITLE: FORGIVENESS41:12 OUTLINE:  OUR DEBTS OTHERS' DEBTS Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; Books: The Cost of Discipleship, by Bonhoeffer; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; The Divine Conspiracy, by Willard; Instruments in The Redeemer's Hands, by Tripp; Ragamuffin Gospel, by Manning; Race & Justice Essays, by Keller Main point: Forgiven pe...

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on how God provides that in which we cannot provide for ourselves. TEXT: Matthew 6:11 TITLE: Our Daily Bread OUTLINE: WHAT WE ASK FOR Matthew 6:11 Proverbs 30:8-9 1 Timothy 6:7-8 WHO WE ASK FOR Matthew 6:11 "No Christian can be content to have too much while others have too little." - D. Bruner WHY WE ASK FOR IT Matthew 6:11 RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-...

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on how our future through Jesus affects us today. References:  “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name. Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil. - Matthew 6:9-13 THIS IS THE WORD…. __...

Listen as Pastor Luke reminds us that we can pray "our Father in Heaven" because Jesus perfectly praised our Father in Heaven.

Listen as Joshua Page teaches on how we are instructed to pray. TEXT: Matthew 6:5-13 TITLE: Prayer: Communion with the Creator OUTLINE:  An Authentic Relationship With God An Intimate Relationship With God An Exclusive Relationship With God

Listen as Pastor Andrew preaches on how we are to practice righteousness from a heart that does not seek to gain but to give.

TEXT: Matthew 5:43-48 TITLE: LOVE & HATE OUTLINE: THE DISTORTION OF LOVE Matthew 5:43 Leviticus 19:18 Leviticus 19:34 Exodus 23:4-5 THE DEPTH OF LOVE Matthew 5:44-47 Matthew 5:11 THE DIVINE LOVE Matthew 5:48 “Even if you cannot change all the people around you, you can change the people you choose to be around. Life is too short to waste your time on people who don’t respect, appreciate, and value...

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on how believers should view justice. TEXT: Matt 5:38-42 TITLE: Getting Even THE PATTERN & THE PROBLEM Matthew 5:38 Exodus 23:9 THE POWER & THE PARDON Matthew 5:38-42 "Stay right there and do something surprising." - F. Bruner Leviticus 19:18 Micah 6:8 Romans 12:17-21 "The cross is the only power in the world which proves that suffering love can avenge and vanquish evi...

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on the importance of our words. TEXT: Matthew 5:33-37 TITLE: WORDS MATTER OUTLINE: THE WORDS OF MOSES Matthew 5:33 Leviticus 19:12 Deuteronomy 23:23 Exodus 20:7 THE WORDS OF MEN Matthew 5:34-35 Matthew 26:23-24a Matthew 23:19-22 THE WORDS OF THE MASTER Matthew 5:37 James 5:12 “There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who...

Listen as Pastor Rob teaches on what Jesus says about divorce during the Sermon on the Mount. TEXT: Matthew 5:31-32 TITLE: Marriage and Divorce WHAT WAS SAID Matthew 5:31 Matthew 19:1 Deuteronomy 24:1 Matthew 19:2-6 Matthew 19:7 WHAT JESUS SAID Matthew 5:32 Matthew 19:8-9 "For he that is meek, and a peacemaker, and poor in spirit, and merciful, how shall he cast out his wife? He that is used to re...

Listen as Joshua teaches on how we are called to address sin in our lives. TITLE: Cut Off Your Hand TEXT: Matthew 5:27-30 REFERENCES:  Matthew 5:27-28 1 Thessalonians 4:3 Matthew 5:29-30 Genesis 2:25

Listen as Pastor Rob tells us of the fulfillment of the 6th Commandment. WHAT NOT TO DO Matthew 5:21 Matthew 5:22 Ephesians 4:26 James 1:19-20 WHAT TO DO INSTEAD Matthew 5:23-24 Matthew 5:25 WHY THIS MATTERS Matthew 5:26 Matthew 25:41

Listen as Pastor Will Baker continues teaching through our Sermon on the Mount series.

TITLE: Salt & Light TEXT: Matt 5:13-16 OUTLINE: THE SALT OF THE EARTH THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD RESOURCES: Commentaries used: Bruner, Lloyd-Jones, Stott; The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing, by Pennington; The Divine Conspiracy, by Willard; How to Reach the West again, by Keller, The Patient Ferment of the Early Church: The Improbable Rise of Christianity in the Roman Empire, by A. Kreider

TEXT: Matthew 5:10-12 TITLE: The Cost & Reward of Discipleship MAIN POINT: because our reward is great in heaven, we can rejoice even when persecution weighs us down OUTLINE: “When Christ calls a man, he bids him come and die.” - D. Bonhoeffer, The Cost of Discipleship WHERE WE ARE HEADED Matthew 5:10 Revelation 21:1-5 WHAT WILL HAPPEN Matthew 5:10-11 Suffering, then, is the badge of true disciple...

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that the way we relate to others is a mirror image of how we think God relates to us. JUST MERCY "He has shown you, O mortal, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God." Micah 6:8 FLOURISHING ARE THE MERCIFUL Matthew 5:7 Matthew 18:35 FLOURISHING ARE THE PURE IN HEART Matthew 5:8 Psalm 24:4...

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that Jesus emptied himself to make us full. THE STATE OF KINGDOM CITIZENS Romans 7:7 Psalm 1:1-2 THE NEED OF KINGDOM CITIZENS Matthew 5:3 Matthew 5:4 2 Corinthians 7:10 Matthew 5:5 Matthew 5:3-6 Philippians 2:5-8

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that Jesus invites us to stop trying to climb up the mountain to God and receive the Grace that has come down to us. THE TWO MOUNTS Matthew 7:28-29 Matthew 4:25 Matthew 5:1 Exodus 19:23-24 THE TWO PROPHETS Matthew 5:2 Matthew 5:48 John 1:14-17

Listen as Pastor Rob reminds us that Jesus invites us to come and see Him, before we go and tell others about Him. COME AND SEE Matthew 28:4 Matthew 28:5-7 COME TO ME Matthew 28:8 Matthew 28:9 Matthew 28:10