The girl's were both feeling ill this morning so we went to my old PC(USA) church here in town (where I am preaching in two weeks) and heard a sermon that was the next in a sermon series on the Lord's Prayer. Her text was Luke 4:1-13. Well not much to say except when you hear a UMC preach you should expect a UMC sermon.


What did you hear this morning?

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Benjamin P. Glaser, M. Div, Licentiate, Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
Member Fairmount ARP Church
Pittsburgh, PA

Deo Vindice

Aisquith Presbyterian Church Sermons (A Leading Community - Robert E. Bell)
Hebrews 13:4-6 (ESV)
A sermon about contentment

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Rich Brown
Deacon/Webmaster
Aisquith PCA
Parkville, MD

I preached from Hebrews 6:13-20.

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Ben
Chaplain, US Army
Ft. Riley, KS
TE Ohio Valley Presbytery, PCA

I preached on Philippians 3:12-16, "Eyes on the Prize."

I. There is a Race to be Run
A. You Don’t Start at the Finish Line
B. You Can’t Choose Where to Stop

II. Run the Race
A. With Effort
B. With Focus
C. With the Goal in Mind

III. Grace in the Race
A. God Equips Us
B. God Calls Us

Questions for Lunch: (1) What is the danger of being satisfied with our Christian life? (2) What bad things in your past are you tempted to be distracted by? What good things? (3) How can Paul’s thoughts here help us to witness to others?

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Fred Greco
Senior Pastor, Christ Church PCA (Katy, TX)
Christ Church Blog

"The heart is the main thing in true religion...It is the hinge and turning-point in the condition of man's soul. If the heart is alive to God and quickened by the Spirit, the man is a living Christian. If the heart is dead and has not the Spirit, the man is dead before God." (J.C. Ryle)

I preached on 1 Peter 1:3-5 -- "Our Inheritance in Christ: Priceless"

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Tim Phillips
Pastor, Midlane Park Presbyterian Church (ARP)
Louisville, KY
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"Wherever the gospel is preached, it is as if God Himself came into the midst of us." ~ John Calvin

My pastor continued his series on Romans and today the sermon was on Romans 3:21-31.

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Jake; Hold to Original WCF, member of SBC; Greater Atlanta, Georgia Area

The cross does not give us a minor shift or two with regard to a few of our ethical and moral and religious values; the cross radically disrupts the very center and citadel of your life from self to Christ. —Albert N. Martin

The sermon today was on Genesis 37--Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers.

The main idea behind the sermon was that God caused Joseph to be sold into slavery in order to save His people from the famine down the road in the same way that God sent Jesus to suffer so that He could be our deliverer.

Some thoughts from the sermon:

1) God was silent when Joseph called out to his brothers. God does not always answer our prayers with the immediate action that we expect.
2) The story of Jospeh in scripture points to the Christ and His deliverance.

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J Baldwin
Keowee Presbyterian Church, PCA
Pickens, SC
“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind, and your neighbor as yourself.” Luke 10:27

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I preached from Luke 6:12 ff. Today's sermon was Jesus' practice of prayer and what that displays to us regarding a life of prayer.

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We shall not adjust our Bible to the age; but before we have done with it, by God's grace, we shall adjust the age to the Bible. - Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Lawrence Underwood, Jr.
Pastor - Providence Family Fellowship / Mobile, Alabama
1644/46 LBC
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I preached from Mark 3.31-35 this morning, on the wonder of being called the brothers and sisters of Christ, and this evening on Psalm 129, 'God's people never defeated'.

The Lord is RIGHTEOUS - Psalm 129.4

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Jonathan Hunt

Elder holding forth the word of life at:
Cheltenham Evangelical Free Church (Confessionally Based)
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom

Logic is a systematic method of coming to the wrong conclusion with confidence.
-- Thomas Elsworth

In the AM I continued through Exodus with 28:1–2, "The Priesthood of the Lord." My two points were: 1. A Priesthood of the People (v. 1), and 2. A Priesthood Distinct from the People (v. 2). In point one I spoke of the doctrines and uses of the text in terms of God's using the ministry of sinful men to accomplish his purposes. Yet the text speaks of the ceremonial holiness of the priests in their clothing, so it ultimately leads us to a great priest who is without sin, Jesus.

Tonight I am continuing through the Larger Catechism, preaching on Genesis 1:26–31, with the theme of "God's Work in Creating Man" (Q&A 17).

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Rev. Daniel R. Hyde
Pastor, Oceanside United Reformed Church, Carlsbad/Oceanside, California
Th.M. candidate, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary

Psalm 69. The right use of imprecatory Psalms, and when and how Christians are to pray imprecatory prayers.

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Member, Fulton PCA; GPTS Student
Christians are like snow covered dung; it is the purity of the covering which the Father sees. -Luther-
There is nothing more ugly than a Christian orthodoxy without understanding or without compassion.
-Francis Schaeffer-

The Ninth Commandment, with application from the story of Ananias and Sapphira (Acts 5).

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Scott
PCA
North Carolina


"Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised)"
Hebrews 10:23

Proverbs 13:12-19 Ethically Examining Earthly Gain - 2

Philippians 3:1-7 We Are the Circumcision

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Rev. Bruce G. Buchanan
ChainOLakes Presbyterian Church, CentralLake, MI


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Morning Worship

Sermon Title: "Execution of Egypt's Firstborn, Exodus of God's Firstborn"
Text: Exodus 11:1-10, 12:29-42
Outline:

1. Jehovah is the sovereign judge over all the hearts of Egypt
2. Jehovah is the sovereign savior of all the hosts of Israel

Evening Worship

Sermon Title: "A Hard Lesson in Humility"
Text: James 4:1-17
Outline:

1. God opposes the proud who are ruled by self
2. God gives grace to the humble

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Bryan Peters
Providence Reformed Church (URCNA)
Des Moines, Iowa

Doctrinal truth should be preached always, openly, without compromise, and never dissembled or concealed. There is no offence in it; it is the staff of uprightness.
~Martin Luther~

Today's sermon was about the Prodigal Son in Luke 15. I particularly liked the point he made about it being a picture of our salvation.

When the prodigal son came to his senses, there were 3 things he planned to say to his father:

1. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
2. And am no more worthy to be called thy son:
3. Make me as one of thy hired servants.

When he arrived he only said 2 of the 3 things:

1. Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight,
2. And am no more worthy to be called thy son.

Before he could say the third thing, his father spoke to his servants to bring the robe, etc.

Salvation is all of grace, there are no works done on our part to earn salvation.

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B.Howes
Framingham, MA

In the morning service, the Pastor continued his excursus from Matthew 5:27-32 with the Sinfulness of Sin - Part 2. Both last week's and this week's sermons are listed below:

The Sinfulness of Sin - Part 1
The Sinfulness of Sin - Part 2

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Josh Hicks, Chloë's Dad
Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian Church, RPCGA
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It is God that multiplies our sorrows.... God, as a righteous Judge, does it, which ought to silence us under all our sorrows; as many as they are, we have deserved them all, and more: nay, God, as a tender Father, does it for our necessary correction, that we may be humbled for sin, and weaned from the world by all our sorrows; and the good we get by them, with the comfort we have under them, will abundantly balance our sorrows, how greatly soever they are multiplied. - Matthew Henry

Acts 9:1-6
The Life of Saul...Prior to conversion, during conversion, and the Transforming power of Christ, through God's sovereignty, and graciousness.

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Melissa
Baptist>Seeking Reformed Church Home
Louisville, Ky

My pastor preached in John 1 which I completely missed as my boy had a complete meltdown during service so I took him home and allowed my wife to worship without interruption,I also sadly missed my little girl singing today for the first time,but did capture it on video she is in the front row Pink dress/belt I am so proud of her and I love her so much!

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Brian
Grace Bible Church;E.Bridgewater
East Bridgewater MA
http://www.gracebiblehome.org

You should be so proud, Brian. She is so cute, and intently paying attention. Thank God for "video."

Preached on the shield of faith this morning


Watched Paul Washer in KY this evening.

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Joe Johnson
Slave of Christ, husband, father, Preacherboy at Cornerstone Community Church, Escanaba, MI. and TMS graduate. Personal website - SoundLife.org

I do not know, and I do not say, that a person cannot believe in Revelation and in evolution, too, for a man may believe that which is infinitely wise and also that which is only asinine. ~ CHS

About mana and quail, and the needlessness and sinfulness of grumbling. Contentment being a central theme of the mature Christian life.

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Tim Vaughan
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian, OPC,
Santa Maria
California

Sermons Mark 9.14-29

Sermons Job 2.7-10

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Rev. Adam King
Minister in the RPCNA
Pastor,Trinity Reformed Church
Wichita, KS