Tucker Presbyterian Church Sermons

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Unidentified Flying Objects We’re back to Zechariah this morning. Chapter 5. This is the sixth vision. Some would say the sixth and the seventh vision here in chapter 5, but it’s likely 1 vision with 2 parts. Zechariah 5 is found on page 945 in the church Bibles. Reading of Zechariah 5 Prayer Just last week, the US Pentagon declassified over 1500 pages of documents. The topic of these documents –...

My Redeemer Lives Our sermon text is the book of Job, chapter 19. You can find on page 505 in the church Bibles under the seat in front of you. Don’t stand yet, but our practice is to stand for our sermon text in reverence of God’s Word. The reason we do this comes from Nehemiah chapter 8. That was when the prophet Ezra opened the Scriptures. It had been years since God’s Word had been read. He ha...

Delight in Small Things, Rejoice in Great Things When we started our study of Zechariah, I thought maybe we would get to chapter 9 by Palm Sunday. Chapter 9 verse 9 is the prophecy of Jesus riding on a donkey into the city of Jerusalem – with people aving palm branches. That happened 1 week before his crucifixion. Well, we didn’t make it to chapter 9 – we’re about half-way there. So, we’re going t...

God's Church: His Spirit-Filled Lampstand Well, we are back in our study of Zechariah this morning. Since we took a two-week break from this series, I thought it would be helpful to spend a few minutes up-front reviewing the message so far. The first thing to remember is that Zechariah was prophesying to his generation. They had returned to Jerusalem from the city of Babylon where they were in exi...

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Shepherd the Church This morning and next Sunday, we are taking a brief break from our Zechariah study. Instead, we are going to consider the two main church leadership roles established in Scripture – the elder and the deacon. Sometimes we call those “offices.” The office of elder and the office of deacon. Men who serve are called officers. That is just the traditional way to describe the officia...

Behold, the Branch Outline: The Restored Priesthood Zechariah The Fulfilled Priesthood ● Ceremonial cleansing 3:1-5 ● The robes of Christ’s righteousness given ● Commissioned and charged 3:6-7 ● Jesus’ obedience and our access to God ● The branch – the temple builder 3:8-9a ● The Branch – the great High Priest and King ● The Day of Atonement resumes 3:9b ● Salvation accomplished on the cross ● Pea...

Clothed in the Righteousness of Christ We’ve come to chapter 3 in Zechariah, which is the fourth vision. We’ll be focusing on the first 5 verses, which you will find on page 944 Reading of Zechariah 3:1-5 Our minds are kind of like file folder of movie clips of our lives. Like social media reels inside our head, but of our own life. We each keep track of things that have happened to us. We remembe...

A Promise of People, Protection, and Presence Our sermon text this morning is Zechariah chapter 2. You’ll find that on page 943. This is the third vision given to Zechariah. The first vision was the rider on the red horse among the myrtle trees… and the other horses patrolling the earth. That vision was about God’s all-knowing and all-present nature. Even though the situation in Jerusalem was disc...

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A Picture of Might, A Prayer for Mercy We’re venturing into new territory this morning. Prophetic visions in the Bible. If you’ll look on the back of your bulletin, you’ll see where we are headed. But before we even read our passage this morning, I wanted to familiarize you with how to interpret Biblical visions. We’re more used to other types of Scripture – like history or poetry or letters. Even...

Return to Me Our Scripture reading this morning is from Zechariah chapter 1, found on page 943. Our focus this morning will be on verses 3-6, but I’ll be reading starting at verse 1. Reading of Zechariah 1:3-6 Prayer Introduction In the year 383 AD something happened that has had lasting but unfortunate impact in the church. What happened? Well, a new version of the Bible was published. But wait,...

We’re starting our new series on the book of Zechariah this morning. Our Scripture reading will just be the first 2 verses. We’ll consider the background and some overall themes. You’ll find that on page 941 in the church Bibles. Reading of Zechariah 1:1-2 Prayer Introduction A popular group activity today is the escape room. Maybe you’ve never heard of such a thing. An escape room is a game. You...

Next week, we’ll be jumping into the book of Zechariah. The Old Testament prophet. I think you will really be blessed by that upcoming study. But this morning, we’ve come to the last 3 verses of the book of Romans. This will conclude our brief consideration of Romans 16. And it’s a great conclusion. It’s a doxology – meaning it’s a praise to God. Giving glory to God. That’s what a doxology is. BTW...

This morning, we’re continuing our brief study of Romans 16. Last week, we focused on the apostle Paul’s greetings to the church in Rome. And he ended that section with an encouragement that they should greet one another in the church. Underlying his greeting is the phrase “in Christ” or “in the Lord.” The reason they can greet one another and is that they are united in Christ. They are connected...

Our New Testament reading comes from Romans 15. It’s connected to our sermon text. In fact, we’ll be in the book of Romans for 3 weeks. There are a couple of reasons why. First, you may remember that our very first sermon series was in the book of Romans, chapter 8. We were launching as a church plant at the very beginning of COVID – and what better chapter in the Bible to give us encouragement th...

Waiting for Redemption This is our third advent sermon from the Gospel of Luke, and it’s the third advent song in Luke’s Gospel. We first heard of Mary’s deep faith as she rejoiced in God her Savior. And then last week, we considered Zechariah’s prophetic song as he focused on the fulfillment of salvation. Those first two songs happened before Jesus’s birth. And this third song, which we’re about...

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The End of the Beginning As we come to this last reading in the book of Acts, the apostle Paul had just arrived in Rome after his long journey. Reading of Acts 28:17-37 Introduction I counted and this is our 53rd sermon in the book of Acts. Our final one. We started in September of 2020, and it’s been a journey! Many of you have commented about your appreciation of this series. It’s been helpful....

Malta to Rome: Hospitality and Thankfulness We’ve reached the last chapter in Acts! Chapter 28. You’ll find that on page 1114. I know some of you are thinking, “finally!” As I mentioned last week, rather than wait until January to finish Acts, we’re going to wrap up next week. Then we’ll do a short advent series. Last week, we considered chapter 27 in its entirety - the harrowing account of the sh...

Distress and Deliverance on the Sea I’ve always wanted to go on a Mediterranean cruise. Visit the places where Paul went. I’m waiting for someone to come up with a cruise called “Paul’s Shipwreck cruise.” Sign me up! By the way, if you did go on a Mediterranean cruise, you’d spend about $4-6K per person. Paul, on the other hand, got an all-expenses-paid cruise from Caesarea to Rome. Can you imagin...

Boldness in Our Gospel Witness Our sermon text is the remainder of Acts 26. You can find that on page 1112 in the pew Bible. This is our third week studying the apostle Paul’s hearing with Governor Festus and King Agrippa. Paul had ppealed to Caesar - the Roman emperor. But, if you remember, Festus and Agrippa needed to determine what to write to the emperor. So Paul was brought in. In chains. And...

From Darkness to Light, Satan to God In 1839, the Gospel reached, for the first time, a chain of 80 islands in the South Pacific. We know them oday as the Republic of Vanuatu. Back then, the London missionary society sent out 2 missionaries who landed on the shores one of the islands. Their hope was to share the love of Christ with the natives. However, within minutes of their arrival, they were k...

Testifying Before Kings Here in the first century, during when these events were happening, the Roman empire provided certain cover for Christianity. Because of Rome, persecution against Christianity was limited. However, in Acts 25 here, we’re only about 10 years away from when Rome utterly destroyed Jerusalem. That happened in 70 AD. The Roman empire’s main target were the Jews but they saw Chri...