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When you make someone your friend, you have granted them influence in your life. As Pastor Nate Harlan says in this third sermon in his Family Life series, this reason is why it is essential for young Christians to choose friends who will help them strive toward godliness. The post Friends with God — James 4:4 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

God is very concerned with wives’ hearts toward their husbands. In this second sermon in his Family Life Series, Pastor Nate Harlan talks to wives — and to women who hope to be wives — about how God the Father wants them to treat their husbands. The post Despise Not Your Husband — 2 Sam. 6:16 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

In this world of sin and death, sorrow is inescapable. Although we deserve sorrow, God does not desire for us to remain in sorrow. His desire is to give us joy. Hear Pastor Nate Harlan’s sermon on Christ’s words in John 16. The post Sorrow’s End — John 16:16‑24 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Pastor Nate Harlan opens his new sermon series on Family Life with a challenge aimed at men: Repent of your passivity, which is the refusal to take up your responsibility as a man. Repentence is hard, but be of good cheer. God is a faithful Father who helps us. The post Repenting of Passivity — Deuteronomy 6:4‑9 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Why do we gather for worship every Lord’s Day? And what should we expect? The answer is vital, for as Pastor Nate Harlan points out, refusing to go to church is a prelude to apostasy.   The post Why We Attend Church — Hebrews 10:19‑25 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

American Christians are far too prone to being individualistic and thinking ourselves as self-sufficient. But we all need to be under godly authority, because without it, we will go astray. Hear the sixth sermon in Pastor Nate Harlan's series on “Life in the Church.” The post Under Authority — Ephesians 4:11‑14 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

What does it mean to be in communion with God and with one another? Pastor Nate Harlan preaches from 1 John to tell us that life in the church is all about repenting from our self-deception. The post Repenting from Self-Deception — 1 John 1:5‑10 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Some Christians say that doctrine is not as important as simply loving God. But as Pastor Nate Harlan points out in his fourth sermon on Life in the Church, lying about someone is not loving. And false doctrine lies about God. The post Contending for the Faith — Jude 1:3‑4 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Life in the church requires a profound sense of clost-knit community with a very well-defined purpose. That purpose is to be purified from all lawlessness. The post God’s Purified People — Titus 2:1‑15 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

What is the communion of the saints? And why does it matter? As Pastor Nate Harlan explains, when God saves us from our sins and reconciles us to Himself through Christ, He also reconciles us to His church. The post The Communion of the Saints — John 17:20‑23 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

There is a significant underappreciation for the church by modern American evangelicals. But in order for us to commune with God, we need one another as brothers and sisters in the church. The post Why Do We Need the Church? — Acts 2:1‑4 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

In this concluding message on the book of Daniel, Pastor Nate Harlan demonstrates how God’s promises are proven true in His judgment of A.D. 70. Thus, God’s people know that He will make good on all of His promises to us. He will remember us. He will be our home.  The post Come, Lord Jesus! — Daniel 12:5‑13 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Pastor Nate Harlan says the first few verses of Daniel 12 remind us that we need a deliverer. “When no one else would fight for you, when all hope seemed to be lost, when your enemies had you surrounded, it was Christ who arose to fight for you.” The post Michael Arises — Daniel 12:1‑4 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

This chapter features an incredibly detailed prophecy of the rise and fall of kings after the time of Daniel — a roadmap to the first coming of Jesus Christ. Hear Pastor Nate Harlan describe many of the highlights of this passage, which let God's people know when to expect the coming of the Messiah. The post The Lord of History — Daniel 11 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

In Pastor Nate Harlan’s sermon on this passage in Daniel, we see that what was true of God then is true now: God is still building His temple, and Satan is still trying to prevent it. The post War in the Heavens — Daniel 10 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

The meaning of the seventy weeks prophesy in Daniel 9 is one of the most debated portions of Scripture among Bible-believing scholars. Pastor Nate Harlan steps through the passage verse by verse to demonstrate how this passage was fulfilled in the life of Christ and the early church. The post The Seventy Weeks — Daniel 9:24‑27 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Christmastime is all about God’s inexhaustible generosity toward his children. The enemy wants us to believe that God is stingy. Thus, one of the keys to being a faithful Christ-follower is to always keep the generosity of God in front of you.  The post You Lack Nothing — Romans 8:32 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

This portion of Daniel, mentioning the prophecy of the 70 weeks, is one of the most hotly debated passages among Bible-believing scholars. What is Daniel talking about? Today's sermon by Pastor Nate Harlan addresses one question that this passage raises: What will the Messiah do? The post God Gives Understanding — Daniel 9:20‑24 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

People commonly consider God in the Old Testament as angry and judgmental. But this passage of Daniel is one of many demonstrating that God is merciful and faithful toward His people. Daniel’s prayer shows how God is always kind and longsuffering and how we sinners are always deserving of judgment. The post Because of God’s Great Mercy — Daniel 9:1‑19 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Pastor Harlan preaches through Daniel’s plea for mercy on behalf of the captive Israel. Listen above or download the audio here. Photo by Deb Dowd on Unsplash The post The Prayer of Daniel — Daniel 9:1-19 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

How do we interpret a vision that even Daniel found appalling? And if the events were fulfilled so long ago, how does it apply to us in 21st-century America? Pastor Nate Harlan walks through this passage and shows how it points us to the coming of Christ. The post The Ram and the Goat — Daniel 8:1‑27 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Four beasts rise out of the sea. The last has teeth of iron and ten horns. And one like a son of man is given dominion. What does Daniel’s strange vision mean? Pastor Nate Harlan shows how these prophesies have already been fulfilled, culminating with the destruction of the temple in Jerusalem in AD 70. The post The Son of Man — Daniel 7:1‑28 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Just like Daniel, we are faced with wicked men who want to silence us for their own gain and for their own power. How are we to respond to these men when they seek to oppress us? We are to respond like Daniel and our Lord Jesus did — not with silence, but with boldness. Hear Pastor Nate Harlan's stirring sermon on Daniel 6. The post In the Lion’s Den — Daniel 6 first appeared on Trinity Reformed C...

Quarreling, jealousy, anger, hostility, slander, gossip, conceit, and disorder. This list of sins in 2 Cor. 12:20 is a cocktail of destruction. But in the center of this list is slander, a sin all too easy to fall into. Hear Pastor John Mergy's teaching on how we can avoid this sin. The post Slander Among the Saints — 2 Corinthians 12:20‑21 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .

Christians, when we read the story of the writing on the wall, we need to recognize that we are like Belshazzar. We know better, but we put our trust in things other than God. We must repent or we too will be weighed and found wanting. Hear the sermon by Pastor Nate Harlan. The post The Writing on the Wall — Daniel 5:1‑31 first appeared on Trinity Reformed Church .