English-Tagalog Expositional Sermons

“I once was lost, but now am foundWas blind, but now I see.” —John Newton

"Missions exist because worship doesn't" — John Piper

“There are actually two flavors of legalism expressly condemned in Scripture. [1] First is . . . the legalism of the Judaizers . The Judaizers wanted to make circumcision a requirement for salvation. . . [2] But another kind of legalism is the legalism of the Pharisees. It’s the tendency to measure spirituality by a list of manmade rules. . . . At the root of Pharisaical legalism is a belief that...

“Jesus turns a poor man’s lunch into a royal feast. This also points to God’s supply of manna in the wilderness (Exod. 16), and Elisha’s multiplication of twenty barley loaves to feed a hundred (2 Kings 4:42–44). Jesus’s miracle is two hundred times as great (Elisha multiplied the bread fivefold, Jesus a thousandfold). The one greater than Moses, greater than Elijah, is here.”—Grant R. Osborne

Question: What is your only comfort in life and in death? Answer: That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ. He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has delivered me from the tyranny of the devil. He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven;...

"In a sentence, these three matters relate like a thing, an entry sign of the thing, and an ongoing sign of the thing. Though it’s not a perfect analogy, we might think of citizenship (a thing), a birth certificate (an entry sign of the thing), and a passport (an ongoing sign of the thing). Or think of membership on a team, signing the contract, and wearing the jersey." —Jonathan Edward

“What we have in Mark 5 is more than an exorcism and suicidal swine. We have a strong theological message. The Messiah, the Son of God, is not only here to redeem Israel. He is here to begin repossessing the Gentile nations as his own. Reclaiming the nations will require the defeat of the powers of darkness. Jesus’ exorcism of Legion begins that campaign—something he’ll complete when he returns.”...

"God's plan for reaching the nations is not merely through gifted individuals or parachurch organizations, but through local churches. The local church is God's missionary institution. It identifies, equips, sends, supports, and, when necessary, recalls missionaries. Healthy missions begin with healthy churches and aim to establish healthy churches." —Andy Johnson

“When Jesus speaks to the wind and the sea ... they obey him. This is not merely a miracle; it is a revelation of who he is.” “The question is not whether he has authority over storms, but whether we trust him in them.” —John Piper

“The kingdom of God is advancing wherever Christ is honored, and the church is faithful. Jesus serves His people and expands His kingdom as the good news goes forth and lives are transformed.” —Mark Dever

“The effect of the word of God is not the same in every heart. There are different kinds of soil. The same seed is sown, but the condition of the heart determines the effect. And Jesus tells this parable so that we will examine ourselves and ask what kind of soil we are.” –John Piper

“Jesus rules his church through his words and his ordinances. In baptism and the Lord’s Supper he marks off his people and continually calls them to repent and follow him.” —Jonathan Leeman

“The whole Bible is a picture of Christ. He is the sum and substance of it. Every text in Scripture points to him.” —Charles Haddon Spurgeon “We must read the Bible as a whole and see that it is the story of Christ. The Old Testament prepares for him, and the New Testament reveals him. He is the fulfillment of all that the Scriptures promise.” —Edmund Clowney

"If you are a sinner, you are the very person for whom Christ died. He did not come to call the righteous, but to seek and save that which was lost. Do not let your sense of unworthiness keep you back, for it is your very unworthiness that qualifies you for His mercy. To believe that He can forgive everyone else but you is a form of pride; humble yourself and accept that His grace is sufficie...

“The authority of Jesus is the authority of God Himself. When He speaks, demons tremble and flee. When He commands, sickness departs. When He calls men to follow Him, they leave their nets and obey. His authority is not borrowed from human institutions nor derived from tradition; it belongs to Him by divine right. In Christ we see the King who rules not only over the church but over the entire cre...

“The good news is that the one and only God, who is holy, made us in his image to know him. But we sinned and cut ourselves off from him. In his great love, God became a man in Jesus, lived a perfect life, and died on the cross, thus fulfilling the law himself and taking on himself the punishment for the sins of all those who would ever turn and trust in him. He rose again from the dead, showing t...

“Now after the death of these [Peter and Paul], Mark, the disciple and interpreter of Peter, himself also transmitted to us in writing the things preached by Peter.” —Irenaeus (ca. 140-203) “The busy worker pictured in this Gospel was the mighty Servant of Jehovah who, as the Son of God, revealed His power over the visible and the invisible world. . . . Mark’s purpose was not merely to tell the st...

“Evangelical preaching ought to reflect our conviction that God’s Word is infallible and inerrant. Too often it does not. In fact, there is a discernable trend in contemporary evangelicalism away from biblical preaching and drift toward an experience-centered, pragmatic, topical approach in the pulpit.” ---John MacArthur

“Who is this person, pierced through, for whom the people mourn? The most natural reading of the Hebrew is that it is Yahweh himself: ‘They will look on me, the one they have pierced, and they will mourn’ (12:10). At one level the ‘piercing’ can be understood metaphorically … But there is a more literal fulfillment, a more literal piercing (John 19:34, 37).” —D. A. Carson

"Life is unfair. But God is always good." - Tim Berrey

“Expect great things from God; attempt great things for God.” —William Carey

“When Jesus died on the cross, he didn’t just save a bunch of individuals with no relation to each other; he died to save a people. … Jesus shed his blood so that we would become his blood-bought brothers and sisters, adopted as God’s children." - Aubrey Sequeira

“The Spirit’s intercession ensures that the prayers of believers, though weak and inarticulate, are always in harmony with God’s saving purposes.” —Thomas Schreiner

“But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.” —Matthew 6:33

“Jesus rules his church through his words and his ordinances. In baptism and the Lord’s Supper he marks off his people and continually calls them to repent and follow him.” —Jonathan Leeman