Veritas Church Sermons

BIG IDEA: Our promised Messiah is truly divine and mighty to save. OUTLINE: 1. Jesus Is Our Promised Messiah 2. Jesus Is Our Divine Deliverer 3. Jesus Is Our Mighty Champion Resources: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Isaiah by Derek Thomas; The Book of Isaiah: A Commentary by Edward Young; Creeds, Confessions, & CatechismsL A Readers Edition ed. Chad Van Dixhoorn

BIG IDEA: To live and die well, we must remember that… OUTLINE: 1. Death Will Certainly Come 2. Death Is Not All That Will Come 3. Death Has Been Overcome RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: The Beginnings of God’s Plan of Salvation by Richard P Belcher Jr; The Welwyn Commentary Series:...

BIG IDEA: Jacob’s blessings spoken over his sons reminds us that our choices carry weight, we are blessed by belonging to God’s beloved, and that our hope rests in Judah’s Son who brings salvation. OUTLINE: 1. Our Character & its Consequences 2. Our Belonging & the Blessing 3. Our Salvation & the Son RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Reformed Expository...

BIG IDEA: We should live every day by faith in God’s Promised Future Inheritance because it is… OUTLINE: 1. Of Surpassing Worth 2. Received Not Earned 3. Divinely Secured RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis to Deuteronomy by Matthew Henry; Genesis by Derek Kidner, Genesis by Richard P Belcher Jr; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by H.C. Leupold; Genesis...

BIG IDEA: God’s people are blessed and a blessing in exile, even as they long for the land to come. OUTLINE: 1. Blessing (vs. 13-26) 2. Blessed (vs. 27-28) 3. Burial (vs. 29-31) RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; An Expositional Commentary: Genesis by James Montgomery Boice; God At Work: Your Christian Vocation In All Of Life by Gene Edward Vei...

OUTLINE: 1. God Stands His Pilgrim-People Before The World    - Bringing The Blessing    - Broken In Blessing 2. God Sustains His Pilgrim-People In The World    - We Are God's Household    - This Is Not Our Homeland RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis vol 2 by Richard Philips; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by Leupold, Matthew Henry's Commentary; Genesis by Richard P. Belcher Jr;...

OUTLINE: 1. Reunion 2. Separation 3. Association RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors: Reading An Old Story In A New Way by Voddie Baucham; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Joseph: His Arms Were Made Strong by David C. Searle; Faith of Our Father: Expositions of Genesis 12-25 by Dale Ralph Davis; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phill...

BIG IDEA: God turns famine into fullness, restoring, assuring, and forming his people. OUTLINE: 1. God’s Plan (45:16-28) 2. God’s Presence (46:1-4) 3. God’s People (46:5-27) RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; ESV Expository Commentary: Genesis by Iain Duguid; Living in the Light of Inextinguishable Hope: The Gospel According to Joseph by Iain Duguid and Matthew Harmon; The Unchanging God Cheering Jacob I...

BIG IDEA: God’s providence gives us peace and empowers us to forgive and reconcile with those who have wronged us. OUTLINE: Providence > Pardon > Peace RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series; Genesis by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Forgive: Why Should I and How Can I? by Timothy Keller

BIG IDEA: God’s grace transforms and his mercy surprises with a welcome. OUTLINE: Part 1: A Brother’s Sacrificial Pledge Part 2: A Father’s Reliant Resignation Part 3: A Lord’s Surprising Welcome RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Exposition of Genesis by H.C. Leupold; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Living In Light of Inext...

BIG IDEA: Sin has real personal and relational costs, but God’s providence ensures his promises. OUTLINE: 1. The Consequences of Sin & Betrayal 2. The Constancy of God’s Promises RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; From Eden to Egypt: A Guided Tour of Genesis by Alex Duke; The Golden Treasury of Puritan Quotations ed. I.D.E. Thomas

BIG IDEA: God’s providence brings blessing to his people and, through them, blessing to the world in Christ. OUTLINE: 1. The Plenty of Providence 2. The Perils of Plenty 3. The Provision for the Peoples RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Preaching Christ From Genesis by Sidney Greidanus; Joseph and the Gospel of Many Colors by Voddie Baucham; W...

BIG IDEA: The Sovereign God rules all, gives gifts, and saves his people. OUTLINE: 1. God is the King of Kings 2. God is the Giver of Gifts 3. God is the Sovereign Savior RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; Genesis: Beginning and Blessing (Preaching the Word) by Kent Hughes

BIG IDEA: When God seems to be moving slowly, remember: OUTLINE: 1. We Are Not Futile 2. We Are Not Fatalists 3. We Are Not Forsaken RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis - The Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 39:1-23 BIG IDEA: In every place, in every temptation, and in every descent, we belong to and are blessed by God in Christ. OUTLINE: 1. God’s Presence In Every Place 2. God’s Possession In Temptation 3. God’s Providence In Descent RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Welwyn Commentary Series: Genesis by Philip Eveson; Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture: Genesis 1...

BIG IDEA: Because of our Sympathetic Savior, we can… OUTLINE: 1. Possess Confidence In Prayer 2. Enjoy Communion In Prayer 3. Receive Care Through Prayer RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Evangelical Biblical Theology Commentary: Hebrews by Thomas Schreiner; Crossway Classics: Hebrews by John Owen; Reformed Expository Commentary: Hebrews by Richard Phillips; Holiest of All: A Commentary on the Book of H...

BIG IDEA: Being devoted to the Lord’s Supper moves us out of malpractice and into proper practice of the Lord’s Supper. OUTLINE: 1. MALPRACTICE Problem (vv 17-22) - The Context  - The Conduct 2. PRACTICE Pattern (vv 23-26) - Passover  - Ponder - Proclamation  Partake (vv 27-34)  - Discernment - Discipline - Delight

BIG IDEA: Baptism is God’s covenant sign of our salvation in Christ. OUTLINE: 1. Baptism Swears 2. Baptism Signifies 3. Baptism Summons 4. Baptism Seals 5. Baptism Sets Apart RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible by John Gill; ESV Expository Commentary: Acts by Brian Vickers; Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible by Matthew Henry; The Water & the Blood: How the Sa...

BIG IDEA: The Word of God is a means of grace whereby God causes his people to be born again and brought up in maturity. OUTLINE: The Word of God… 1. Grants the New Birth To Enduring Life (1:22-25) 2. Gives Us Nourishment To Spiritual Maturity (2:1-3) RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Christian Standard Commentary: 1 & 2 Peter and Jude by Thomas Schreiner; Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testamen...

BIG IDEA: The gospel of Jesus Christ rescues us into communities that are devoted to God and to his means of grace. OUTLINE: 1. A Gospel Community 2. A Devoted Commitment 3. A Nourishing Communion RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Acts Commentary by Martyn Lloyd-Jones; John Gill’s Exposition of the Bible by John Gill; ESV Expository Commentary: Acts by Brian Vickers; Preaching the Word: Acts by Kent Hug...

Pastor Brian Drake TEXT: Genesis 31:17-55 BIG IDEA: When I am afraid, I put my trust in Jesus. OUTLINE: 1. The Folly of Trusting in Idols 2. The Fragility of Trusting in Self 3. The Freedom of Trusting in Jesus

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 30:25-31:16 BIG IDEA: God is faithful to bless his opposed and obtuse people. OUTLINE: 1. God Blesses Us Despite Our Foes 2. God Blesses Us Despite Our Folly 3. God Blesses Us Because He Is Faithful RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis