Second Street PCA

In order for the church to speak with the prophetic voice to civil government (or to the world) in a more meaningful way, there first will need to be a greater unification of the churches. This can only be done by the work of the Holy spirit, bringing truth by the Holy Spirit-inspired Scriptures.

The relationship of weaker and stronger brothers in the faith.

We live in the last days. We must not live in a moral and spiritual slumber.

The neverending debt to love others. The law defines love and love is the law's inspiration. (John Stott).

Paul calls the civil authorities His servants. All people are called to submit to their authority. How is the Christian and the Church to respond when civil government oversteps its proper authority or when it commands the evil?

As Paul calls the church to submit to the governing civil authorities we first take a look at the nature of authority and submission and why we have so much trouble with it.

How is the transformed Christian to respond to the world? Our different way of thinking will transform our interactions.

Love should define the relationships amongst the people of God. What should this love look like?

Romans 12: 1- 2 told us to be transformed by the renewing of our minds. Versus 3-8 tell us how we are to think about our spiritual gifts which are to be used building up of the church.

Pastor Rick Clayton. It's not the quality of our faith, but the object of our faith, Jesus Christ, which matters.

What does it take to not be confirmed to the pattern of this age?

The life of Christian belongs to Christ. Paul implores us to live lives of total submission. He does not call us to die for Him but to live for Him who has died for us.

Our theology should drive our doxology and our doxology should drive us to theology. The knowledge of God, in faith, drive us to praise. Knowledge without love is cold, dead religion. Love with our knowledge is idolatry. Both result in self-worship.

Anyone who is saved is saved by God's mercy alone. This should humble us and drive us to praise God.

The New Testament church is not a new creation out of nothing. The gentiles in the New Testament church, according to Romans 11:17, have been grafted into the Old Testament root. This Old Testament root (The Abrahamic promises) nourishes the New Testament church. Therefore, all the promises to spiritual Israel are either fulfilled in or still promised to the New Testament church. The warnings to f...

The privileges of being a Christian. Our close relationship to the Father. That it is possible for the believer to do works which are good in his sight.

Divine retributive justice and the grace of God.

The Christian is no longer under a covenant of works or law, but of grace in Jesus Christ. The law pointed to Jesus Christ. The law was fulfilled in Jesus Christ. And now the law is written on the heart of the believer.

All have sinned and are fallen and yet all have grace available to them for whosoever shall call upon His name shall be saved. We must call upon Him with faith and know and trust that He is God.

A look at the sovereignty of God and the issue of election.

How the believer is to pursue righteousness without legalism and without pursuing in the flesh.

God's justice and mercy in the salvation of sinners and His justice in their condemnation.

God is sovereign over His mercy and yet He tells us where to go to get it.

Paul had great sorrow continual anguish of his heart over the lost over the Jews. We too should feel this great anguish over the lost. It should motivated us to greater worship and evangelism.

A brief explanation of paedobaptism. ("Abraham is not Moses" means that the Old Covenant is not the same thing as the Abrahamic Covenant and the Mosaic Covenant is different from the Abrahamic Covenant.)