In this message, Pastor Matt describes three things God accomplishes through our sin. 1. God works through our sins to reveal his grace 2. God works through our sins to draw us to Christ as our intercessor 3. God works through our sins to draw us to Christ’s sufficiency
In this message, Pastor Ben takes us through Deuteronomy 8, and three signs of God’s covenant grace. 1. The discipline of the wilderness 2. The abundance of the Promised Land 3. The warnings against pride Remembrance: What Does It Mean to Truly Remember? What Does It Mean to Truly Remember? Remembering in Scripture is not…
In this message, Pastor Ben describes three key attributes of God’s covenant love. 1. God’s love tolerates no rivals for his people’s affection 2. God sanctifies and blesses those he loves 3. God empowers those he loves for obedience Thanks be to God for the reading of His Word. If you have a bulletin, there…
Deuteronomy 6 – Getting God’s Law into Your Heart Okay, Deuteronomy 6. Very simple message today: getting the law into your heart — or, said another way, getting God’s way of how to live into your heart. The Ten Commandments and the Covenant Last week we learned that the Ten Commandments are not primarily “law”…
Introduction: The “Ten Words” and the Decalogue Last week I explained how the Ten Commandments can give the impression that they’re just a list of rules. I suggested trying to think of them as the “Ten Words.” Then, on Monday morning, I realized there’s already a name for that: the Decalogue. “Deca” means ten, and…
In this message, Pastor Matt informs us how the Ten Commandments are the basis for how the redeemed people of God must live. 1. They contain the gospel 2. They are spiritual (concerned with our hearts and our actions) 3. They teach us how to love. Are the Ten Commandments Bad? That is actually the…
In this message, Pastor Matt discusses the three things we want from our idols (control, deliverance, transcendence), and how these things are only found in worshipping and serving the one true God. Introduction and Approach to Deuteronomy As we continue through Deuteronomy, I am not going to explain every single thing in every single verse—that…
In this message, visiting missionary Mitch Michie speaks about his ministry with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Papua New Guinea and about God’s sovereign plan to bring every tribe, tongue, and nation to faith in Jesus Christ.
In this message, Pastor Ben speaks about four tactics for fighting the good fight of faith. 1. Know what God has promised you 2. Trust completely in the Lord your God 3. Do not fight alone, but together with your fellow-soldiers 4. Encourage Joshua Good morning. Good morning. In 1987, there was a band you…
In this message, Pastor Matt explains two ways God strengthens our hearts that we might bear the good fruit of faith and godliness. 1. God strengthens our hearts by the promises of his Word 2. God strengthens our hearts by his constant faithfulness One idea I consistently return to in my life is this: Why…