Small Town Theologian

STRENGTHENED BY THE SUPPER : Join me on an exciting journey to look more closely at the nourishment God provides His people in the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is not an empty ritual but a means of grace God gives to nourish and strengthen the faith of His beloved children. I hope this series helps you come to Christ's table with more anticipation, expectation, and confidence. NEW...

STRENGTHENED BY THE SUPPER : Join me on an exciting journey to look more closely at the nourishment God provides His people in the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is not an empty ritual but a means of grace God gives to nourish and strengthen the faith of His beloved children. I hope this series helps you come to Christ's table with more anticipation, expectation, and confidence. NEW...

STRENGTHENED BY THE SUPPER : Join me on an exciting journey to look more closely at the nourishment God provides His people in the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is not an empty ritual but a means of grace God gives to nourish and strengthen the faith of His beloved children. I hope this series helps you come to Christ's table with more anticipation, expectation, and confidence. NEW...

STRENGTHENED BY THE SUPPER : Join me on an exciting journey to look more closely at the nourishment God provides His people in the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is not an empty ritual but a means of grace God gives to nourish and strengthen the faith of His beloved children. I hope this series helps you come to Christ's table with more anticipation, expectation, and confidence. NEW...

NEW PODCAST! I pastor a historic independent Reformed church in Manheim, PA. Check out our sermon ministry @ ⁠Jerusalem Church Sermons⁠ ! PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gra...

NEW PODCAST! I pastor a historic independent Reformed church in Manheim, PA. Check out our sermon ministry @ Jerusalem Church Sermons ! PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gratitude...

NEW PODCAST! Check out the pulpit ministry of Jerusalem Church on various podcast platforms - Jerusalem Church Sermons !  PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gratitude for His...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gratitude for His provision through your church. Article 28: Belgic Confession of Faith: I apologize. Anchor.fm is not allowing me to paste Artic...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gratitude for His provision through your church. Article 28: Belgic Confession of Faith: I apologize. Anchor.fm is not allowing me to paste Artic...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gratitude for His provision through your church. Article 28: Belgic Confession of Faith: I apologize. Anchor.fm is not allowing me to paste Artic...

The following message is for my fellow brother pastors/preachers. It was delivered to about 20 pastors (and some visitors) at an Ephrata Ministerium meeting held at Ephrata Bible Chapel in Ephrata, PA. It is an encouragement to pastors to do faithful law and gospel preaching for the well-being and comfort of their congregations. Perhaps you know a pastor who would profit from this message. Please...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gratitude for His provision through your church. Article 28: Belgic Confession of Faith: We believe that since this holy assembly and congregatio...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Are you thankful for your local church? Have you thanked God recently for your church? Your church is God's gracious gift to you and through it, He cares for you, body and soul. May the Lord increase your gratitude for His provision through your church.   Article 28: Belgic Confession of Faith: We believe that since this holy assembly and cong...

Dr. Barry York offers some really helpful comments on preaching for the person in the pew and the pastor. Tune in to better understand what the Holy Spirit is doing in preaching and how you can draw comfort, hope, and strength from the preaching God provides you every Lord's Day. Where Dr. York Serves : RPTS & River Valley Reformed Church (church plant) Where Dr. York Blogs : gentlereformation...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . What would you say to a professing Christian who doesn't want to be part of a local church? Sure, they confess their allegiance to Christ, but they don't seem to make the connection between love for Christ and the local church. Tune in to learn more about the necessity and blessing of belonging to a local church. Article 28: Belgic Confession of Fa...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . Is there comfort in Christ found outside of local churches? I think there is a trend of Christians devaluing God's means of grace or the means God uses to give grace to His beloved people. Belonging to a local church gives us the expectation that God will use His means to save and sanctify us.  Support : I don't ask for your money. I do ask th...

Rev. Keith Evans has helpful and comforting words for you today on the topic of anxiety. Tune in to better understand your anxiety and how to address it in your life. Check out more of Rev. Keith Evans' work at rpts.edu and gentlereformation.com . Also, check out Keith's article titled "Fear of a Changing World" in the March 2020 issue of Tabletalk Magazine (Ligonier Ministries) and his June 14, 2...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . If all food tasted the same, it would be pretty boring and bland. What if all people and cultures were the same? We should rejoice in the ethnic diversity of the catholic (or universal) church through the ages. Ethnic and cultural diversity is a marvelous thing and evidence of God's creativity. Harvey Cedars Bible Conference : hcbible.org   Su...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . To belong to Christ is to belong to those who also belong to Christ. Salvation is not an individualistic thing, it is ultimately a corporate thing. We are saved into union with Christ and his precious church, his body. We belong to one another. We are united to one another in Christ. Rejoice in this beautiful truth! Support : I don't ask for your m...

Steve Estes is the senior pastor of Brick Lane Community Church in Elverson, PA. He's been there for around 40 years. He obtained an undergrad degree from Columbia Bible College (now Columbia International University) and a post-grad degree from Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS). He's on the board of CCEF (Christian Counseling & Educational Foundation) and has taught a course on preaching...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . The church was from the beginning. Throughout history, God has been redeeming a people by Himself for Himself. To belong to Christ is to belong to Christ's church. The existence of the church is comforting because it reminds us that Christ is redeeming his people, gathering them, defending them, preserving them, protecting them, and ever loving and...

Timothy Brindle is not only a hip-hop recording artist and author, he is the Assistant Pastor at Olive Street Presbyterian Church in Coatsville. His message from Psalm 42 has much to offer you and will be worth your time. Give Timothy your ear and find out more about him at timothybrindleministries.com .  Children's Books from Timothy & Dr. Jonathan Gibson: The Acrostic of Salvation ; The...

PLEASE LEAVE A SINCERE 5-STAR RATING IF YOU CAN . It is not uncommon that professing Christians live estranged from local churches. They confess Christ and love for him, yet they do not submit themselves to a local church. Why is this? How could someone claim to love Christ while consciously and intentionally refusing to love the Bride of Christ? This series is meant to help you be more faithful,...

In this episode, Peter Bell unpacks Galatians 1:1-10 for his first sermon at Santa Ana Reformed Church. The gospel is a simple message about the life, death, burial, and resurrection of Jesus Christ the Lord. This gospel is the rock upon which the church stands. Tune in for Peter's encouragement from God's Word.  Check out Santa Ana Reformed Church and listen to some more of Peter's sermons....

I think we all long to truly rest, but do we know how? Do we know how to use the Lord's Day to maximize our comfort and rest in Christ? Perhaps many of our societal problems would be diminished if Christians knew how to truly rest, how to draw more comfort from the Lord's Day. Maybe God is calling you to reevaluate how you use the Lord's Day and how to better use it.  Please find "Small Town...