Sermons

How does the Old Testament point to Jesus as the new temple? What does that mean for us?

Peter helps us to see just how privileged we are to live in the age of fulfillment.

Christians are often exhorted to "love one another". What does this mean? What is the significance of "brotherly love" in the life of a Christian?

The churches in Galatia had begun to think that Christ alone wasn't enough for salvation. Were they right? Pastor Saunders walks us through this passage and shows us where we can be tempted in the same ways.

What does it mean to be born again? Why is it something that God must cause?

The first two verses of 1 Peter introduce the author, the recipients and the God who saved them both.

This long section of Genesis deals with a somewhat out of place story (Reuben's sin) and Esau's really long genealogy. Why is this sort of thing in the Bible? What does it even matter? What does this have to do with me? As we study this passage we seek to grow in our understanding of how to read the Bible.

After Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection he ascended into the heavens to sit at God's right hand. What is the significance of this event?

How ought Christians to grieve?

In Genesis 35 we get a repeat of a lot that God has already done for Jacob. Why is this necessary? Because God's grace is dispensed liberally and repeatedly. In Genesis 35 we see four characteristics of God's grace that never change.

Jacob is a new Adam, but he's not THE new Adam, he's just another Adam. Jacob's sinful passivity and wrongful resting led to disaster for his family.

Jacob's growth in the faith, his sanctification, was incremental, not complete. Our growth as Christians is similar.

What does it mean that all who belong to Christ are "one" in Christ? How should we think about race and gender and rank within the body of Christ? Additionally, Pastor Saunders helps us to consider our inheritance in Christ.

Jacob fears Esau more than God. God responds accordingly.

God's protection of Jacob's family, in spite of Laban's pursuit, reveals to us that God protects those who belong to him. We see in this passage the roots of the doctrine of the preservation of the saints.

The Bible is a series of "Exodus-es," from Abraham, to Isaac, to Jacob, to Israel, to the church the way the Lord works in redeeming us follows a Gospel pattern.

The nature of the believer's union with Christ and its relation to the ordinance of baptism

By the end of Jacob's time in Paddan Aram it seems as if he has abandoned the faith, but has he really? Jacob helps us see how faith may express itself in folks with really messy lives.

The births of 11 sons and 1 daughter to Jacob and his 4 wives is an interesting story but what is it about? In this sermon we'll see the narrative arc from Rachel's barrenness to Rachel's birth of Joseph and what exactly the LORD was teaching this young woman. Through this "humiliation of Rachel" we learn a little more about how God brings us to trust in Him and not ourselves.

God uses Laban to show Jacob what a sinner he is. God uses Jacob's sin to bring the son of the promise.

Esau shows us what unbelief looks like. Rebekah shows us what it means to be as wise as a serpent and innocent as a dove. Isaac teaches us about repentance. Christians have much to learn about Christian doctrine from Old Covenant Saints and Sinners