Tucker Presbyterian Church Sermons

Sermon Manuscript I want you to travel back in time with me. Imagine everything that happened on the journey to Jerusalem. It began with an intentional shift. In the middle of his ministry, the Scriptures say, “he set his face to go to Jerusalem.” The annual spring-time feasts were coming up and he knew he needed to be in Jerusalem. And then, every step. Every movement was intentional. It’s not th...

Introduction A story about integrity has been floating around for a few decades. Some have tried to connect it to specific famous people. Likely, though, it’s just a parable. It involves a well-to-do man. He’s well-travelled; known by the cultural elite; often seen in the theater and high-end establishments. On one particular evening, he found himself engaged in a conversation with a Broadway actr...

Sermon Manuscript On September 28, 1962, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was giving a closing speech at the Christian civil rights organization he led. The small auditorium was packed. About 300 civil right leaders and pastors were hanging on each and every word. What they didn’t realize is that a man seated on the second row grew angrier and angrier. He was part of the American Nazi Party. He snapped...

Sermon Manuscript Well, we’ve made it to last section of Acts. We have 7 chapters left and we’ll wrap up in 3-4 months. Since it’s been a couple of weeks, let me give you some reminders and context. Last time we travelled with Paul on his way to Jerusalem. Paul was with Luke, Luke the author of Acts, and several other believers. They just arrived in Jerusalem. So, this morning’s text focuses on th...

Sermon Manuscript The events in Afghanistan over the last couple of weeks have burdened every one of us. One of the hardest things is knowing that persecution is happening, but that not much can be done about it, except to pray. Just a few days ago a report surfaced that an underground church in Kabul was attacked… and the Christian martyred. It’s hard to know what’s true and not and that story ha...

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Sermon Manuscript Take a moment to think about all the ways in which God’s people are to support one another. • Encouragement in Christ when we’re down. • Godly wisdom in the midst of conflict. • We’re to comfort each other when grieving • Praying for each other. • Help to discern truth (God’s truth) from error. • Challenging one another when tempted to sin or stuck in a pattern of sin. • Helping...

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Sermon Manuscript We’ve all been there. You know the feeling. You’re trying to focus, but your eyes get heavy, your mind can’t focus. You try to fight the sleepiness, but you’re losing. A few months ago, I was sitting in a worship service, and I started to get drowsy during the sermon. So, I positioned the top rim of my glasses between the preacher and my eyeballs. I didn’t want him to notice my e...

Sermon Manuscript Over the centuries, various people have written about three great enemies of the faith: “the world, the flesh and the devil.” Those categories are helpful. The world, the flesh, and the devil. • The world being the social structures of tyranny – sometimes earthly kingdoms that suppress faith. Other times worldly philosophies with organized followers, yet other times cultural idea...

Sermon Manuscript Are you teachable? Someone who is teachable is someone who is always learning and listening and willing to receive instruction. Many proverbs speak to receiving instruction: • fools despise wisdom and instruction • Keep hold of instruction; do not let go; guard her, for she is your life • Whoever heeds instruction is on the path to life; but he who rejects reproof leads others as...

Sermon Manuscript In our journey through Acts we’ve arrived in the great city of Corinth. Many have called it an ancient version of Las Vegas. That’s because it boasted of its immorality. Maybe they said, “What happens in Corinth, stays in Corinth.” A new word was even coined… Korinthiazomai. It referred to someone who was sexually immoral. The Goddess Aphrodite, the love Goddess, was Corinth’s lo...

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Sermon Manuscript Mars Hill Part 2 Since 2008, hundreds of bloggers, journalists, and book authors have written about “The seven deadly sins of social media.” They’ve connected the ills of social media with the traditional seven deadly sins - vanity, envy, gluttony, lust, anger, greed, and sloth. In fact, ten years ago, a Wall Street Journal article noted this: “social networks do best when they t...

Sermon Manuscript “What is a church plant and why would a group of people start one?” A few weeks ago, someone visiting was asking just that. I’ve heard of others with similar questions. Who are these crazy people who would plant a church? And in the midst of a pandemic, nonetheless! I mean, what motivated them to step out in faith? Maybe you’re here to see what this is all about. Well, I can’t an...

Sermon Manuscript Speeches change the world. Think of Ronald Reagan next to the Berlin wall, “Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall” or Martin Luther King’s “I have a dream” or Winston Church Hill’s “never never never give up” And that’s only the 20th century. There’s Lincoln’s inaugural address, or Cicero… the great orator of Rome, and of course Socrates in Athens. Well, we need to include Paul’s add...

Sermon Manuscript If you lived in Philippi in the middle of the first century – and you witnessed these events – it would be quite the experience. Extremes of hostility and peace, extremes of social status that Paul and Silas minister to - a slave girl, a roman prison guard, a wealthy woman. You’d experience a demon being cast out, a mob stirred up, hymns in the night, an earthquake, and lives tra...

Sermon Manuscript What kind of job should I pursue? What school should I attend? Should I move? Which apartment should I rent or house should I buy? What church should I attend? Should I date or marry this person? We seek God’s direction in decisions – big decisions, little decisions. We pray for the Lord to reveal what’s best. But sometimes we become paralyzed. In our desire to know exactly what...

Sermon Manuscript “Why can’t we all just get along?” That quote has made a recent resurgence. It’s now one of the more common social media memes. While it most often is targeted at political battles, it’s also a question for the church. “Why can’t we all just get along?” Different studies have found that disagreement between Christians is common. One recent survey of 14,000 churches found this: 75...

Sermon Manuscript Who is Jesus and how does his humanity and divinity relate? What is Scripture and which writings and letters has God revealed are part of His word? How should we understand the relationship between God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit? Simple questions, right? Well, these difficult questions were the very issues that the church faced in the first four centuries. I...

Sermon Manuscript 30-40 million. That’s the estimated number of local church congregations in the world. Christian congregations. 3.24 billion. That’s the estimated number of people who live in an unreached area or people group - where there is almost no Christian Gospel witness or churches. 41.7% of the world’s population. Despite the millions of churches throughout the world, the Gospel is still...

Sermon Manuscript Who or what do you worship? Worship is when you honor something or someone to the extent that ascribe ultimate worth to it… you put your hope in that person or thing – you orient your life around it. I ask because every single person worships. It’s engrained in us. We can’t escape it. We have this internal draw to worship something. This has been demonstrated over and over throug...

Sermon Manuscript Our scripture text this morning is from Acts 13 and it’s about Easter. If you are joining us for the first time this morning, we’ve been studying the book of Acts for the last few months. Acts comes right after the four books about Jesus life – Matthew, Mark, Luke, John. Acts is the history of what happens after Jesus is resurrected. In God’s providence, this is our next passage....