Tomorrow, by God's grace, I will open up Philippians 3:17-21, "The Christ-Focused Church" and we will celebrate the Lord's Supper. After our worship and Sunday school, we will have an all-church fellowship lunch.

Here is an outline of tomorrow's sermon (and FB link to same)

I. Watching Christ’s Work
A. Follow Toward Jesus
B. Leading To Jesus

II. Wrestling with the World
A. Characteristics of the World
B. Consequences of the World

III. Waiting for Christ
A. Christ Our Savior
B. Christ Our Lord

Questions for Lunch: (1) Why is it so important to remember Christ is the Lord as well the Savior of His People? (2) What things most hinder your walk toward, and with, Christ? (3) How can you be daily more focused on Christ? How can you help your children, your church family, your neighbors and friends be more focused on Christ?

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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 am preaching on Mark 7:1-8... Audio should be available when I get back.

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

Deo Vindice

I'm preaching on the same text today. Weird.

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Patrick
MDiv, RTS Jackson
Pastor, Grace Presbyterian Church (OPC), Lisbon, NY

"He does well, that discourses of Christ; but he does infinitely better, that by experimental knowledge, feeds and lives on Christ." Thomas Brooks.
"Let us not please ourselves that we have deep understandings, but let us shew our understandings by our practice." Richard Sibbes

Perhaps someday we could arrange a Puritan "prophesying"--where a handful of pastors are assigned the same text, prepare their sermons independently, and then present them in conference. It could be done long-distance on something like Sermon Audio.

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Wayne Sparkman, Th.M.
Director, PCA Historical Center, St. Louis, MO
Blogs: The Continuing Story and PCA History Blog

Aisquith Presbyterian Church Sermons (A Loyal Community - Robert E. Bell)
Hebrews 13:7-9

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Rich Brown
Deacon/Webmaster
Aisquith PCA
Parkville, MD

Here is the audio as promised.

Mark 7:1-8

For some reason the recording is quite faint, but it is clear. Next week I'll be taped "professionally" so the quality will be perfect.

This morning I preached the forty-third sermon in a series through Exodus on The Benefits of the Priesthood (Exodus 28).

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

The Helmet of Salvation, focusing on Christ's provision and eternal security.

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For the Glory of our King,
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

I didn't preach. The flu got me.

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Rev. R. Kevin Carroll
Pastor Elect
Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA)
Wheat Ridge, CO
Blog: Reformed and Loving It

AM - Hallowing God's Name, Mt. 6:9.

The holy Name
The holy Life
The holy Prayer

PM - The Christian in the World, 1 Jn. 5:18, 19.

Born of God
Kept from the Wicked
Not of the World

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Yours sincerely,


"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."

I began a two parter on The Apostles, Their Ministry in Scripture and Today.

Don't worry. The argument is that the only Apostles are those commissioned directly by Jesus Christ and there ministry continues in the faithful preaching of their doctrine. There are an awful lot of new 'apostles' popping up around here lately.

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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
My Blog - Imprimis

"Come, Hear and Do"

Luke 6:46-49

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"Preparing a sermon is like cooking a meal. You need pots and pans and utensils, but you don't bring them out to the table where people are eating." Derek Thomas


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We continued our series on the Life of David with an assistant pastor preaching on II Samuel 12:1-20, focusing on the aftermath of David's sin.

The two main points were: 1. Christians are often horrible imitators of Christ, such as David in his sin with Bathsheba. We should be sensitive to hypocrisy and seeds of sin in our own lives, since anyone can fall into grievous sin. 2. It is intellectually dishonest to reject Christianity because of the bad behavior of Christians. Christ is the Way, and we should focus on that rather than how imperfectly Christians behave along that way.

The concluding point is that God's grace is evident throughout the episode, including God's forgiveness of David by removing His sin on the cross, and His giving Bathsheba the grace to forgive and marry her husband's murderer.

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Mason
Member, Redeemer Presbyterian Church (PCA)
New York, NY

"Come now, and let us reason together," says the Lord, "Though your sins are like scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they are red like crimson, they shall be as wool." - Isaiah 1:18

AM
Proverbs 13:20-25
Ethically Examining Earthly Gain - 3


PM
Deut.18:15-19; 34:10-12; Acts 7:37-40,52; Heb.3:1-6
Proclaiming the Lord's Death - 8 - A Better Mediator (Communion)

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


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Wanted to go to church immensely today. I had to do nursery so I'll have to catch his sermon on our site. I still feel like I didn't go to church tho....draining feeling!

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sarah
WI
OPC
My Pastor's Sermons: Mark Jenkins...he's awesome!!!

The Pastor, still in the text of Matthew 5:27-32, preached the introductory message on Marriage. What an excellent word it was:

SermonAudio.com - Christ Covenant Reformed Presbyterian

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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