Sermons from Christ Presbyterian Church in Burke, VA

During this service, our pastor preached on the parable of the seed and the soils in Luke 8:1-15. He talked about faith, the necessity of being born again, and we prayed for revival in our hearts, our families, our church, our city, and our nation. We sang Psalm 23 (a more traditional version set the […]

During this service, our pastor preached on one of the two most beloved parables in the Gospel of Luke: the parable of the two debtors in Luke 7:36-50. Like the parable of the prodigal son, we saw the extravagant grace of God for sinners; and, in this one we saw the extravagant response of love […]

Our sermon passage was a reminder that, in the Christian’s Life, “waiting” is often the rule and not the exception. In Luke 7:18-35, we found John the Baptist in prison, waiting to see if Jesus will open his prison as the prophet Isaiah indicated the Messiah would (Isaiah 61:1). We saw that John had doubts […]

A guest preacher, PCA Chaplain Mark Moore, preached from Psalm 56 on what we should do when we are afraid. We considered the causes of our fears and the reasons that we should turn to the Lord who can relieve our fears. During the service, we sang Psalm 98 “Sing a New Song to Jehovah,” […]

Our pastor preached on Jesus’ greatest miracle–a work He did only 3 times–raising a person from the dead. In this miracle we see Jesus display the Divine power to give life. We considered Jesus’ compassion for the person’s widowed mother who had been left alone with no one. We also considered Jesus’ compassion for us […]

During this service, our pastor preached on the faith of the Roman Centurion from Luke 7:1-10 and how he surprisingly illustrates the ethics and values of God’s Kingdom that Christ preached about in the ‘Sermon on the Plain.’ We also sang The LORD is My Light (Psalm 27 set to the Christmas tune by George […]

Our pastor preached on the conclusion of Jesus’ ‘Sermon on the Plain’ from Luke 6:42-49. We considered the power of God to change us so that we can love people the way He is calling us to love them. We also sang Psalm 40 and the traditional hymns: Breathe on Me Breath of God and […]

This is the livestream of the worship service of thanksgiving we had on the 5th Anniversary of our launching worship. Dr. Peter Lee, Professor of Old Testament and Dean of Students at Reformed Theological Seminary Washington, D.C., was our special guest preacher. He preached from Matthew 16:18 and reminded us that Christ is the one […]

During this worship service, we confessed our Faith in the Trinitarian God using the Athanasian Creed. In this sermon, our pastor preached on perhaps Jesus’ hardest and most counter-cultural law in His Kingdom: that we love our enemies. What does He mean? What does that look like? We considered these questions and praised Him for […]

Pentecost Sunday is that 50th day after Easter when we remember God the Father and God the Son pouring out the Holy Spirit on God’s people (Acts 2:17-18, 33) as He promised to in Joel 2:28-29. During the service we remembered how the Spirit gave Peter’s preaching the power to convert 3,000 souls in one […]

On Ascension Sunday, we remember that our Savior physically ascended into the heavens and returned to his Father. We sang the 8th Century hymn, A Hymn of Glory Let us Sing, written by the Venerable Saint Bede as a retelling of the ascension from Acts 1:6-11. We also confessed Heidelberg Catechism 46, 47, and 49, […]

Our pastor preached on Jesus’s first Beatitude in his Sermon on the Plain, “Blessed are you who are poor, for yours is the kingdom of God.” from Luke 6:20 and 24. After last week’s introduction to Jesus’ Sermon on the Plain and how the ethics of Christ’s kingdom turned the ancient world upside down, we […]

During this service we rejoiced to receive 12 new members. We also rejoiced in the baptism of one of those young members as he received the sign and seal of being one of God’s Covenant people. Then our pastor preached an introduction to Christ’s ‘Sermon on the Plain’ from Luke 6:17-26. This passage marks a […]

Christ gave his church 2 sacraments, Baptism and the Lord’s Supper. Both serve as pictures of how Christ saves us. During this worship service, we got to participate in both. We rejoiced in seeing parents bring their daughter to the waters of baptism as the sign of their faith in God’s Covenant promise to be […]

Our pastoral intern, Robert, preached from Luke 6:1-11 on the Lord’s blessings that flow from resting and worshiping the Sabbath Day.

On Easter Sunday, we rejoiced to receive 18 new members, 6 of whom professed faith for the first time and received their first Lord’s Supper. Our pastor preached on the resurrection of Jesus Christ using John 20, and we considered how Jesus moved his Disciple, Thomas, from disbelief to belief in verses 19-29.

On Palm Sunday, the children processed into the service waiving palm fronds as the congregation sang the 9th Century hymn, All Glory, Laud, and Honor. Our pastor preached from Luke 5:33-39 in which Jesus uses the Pharisees to show how hard it is for us to give up control and surrender to God the things […]