I preached this morning on Philippians 4:8-9, The Excellent-Minded Church (audio link)

I. Thinking Biblically
A. The Habit of Our Thoughts
B. The Objects of Our Thoughts
C. The End of Our Thoughts

II. Growing Biblically
A. Instruction
B. Pattern
C. Application

This evening it was Job 11-13, "Hope in a Sovereign God"

I. Zophar’s advice (11)
A. Less than you deserve (11:1-6)
B. God is incomprehensible (11:7-12)
C. Except where I know Him (11:13-20)

II. Job’s Response (12)
A. Your advice is not helpful (12:1-6)
B. Your knowledge is not unique (12:7-25)

III. Job’s Hope (13)
A. No easy answers (13:1-12)
B. Faith in God (13:13-28)

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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)

Fred,

I wish that my family and I could attend your church.

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

Hebrews 11:1-3
Finding Faith

I. Faith is Assurance

A. Guarantees Must be Based on Trust
B. Biblical Guarantees are Unconditional

II. Faith is Confidence

A. Confidence Does Not Require Constant Affirmation
B. Confidence Breeds Action

III. Faith is Understanding

A. Biblical Faith is Not “Blind Faith”
B. Biblical Faith is Not the Faith of Our Fathers

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Curt Lovelace
Pastor, Covenant Baptist Church (CBA)
Acton, Maine
Director, Lifework Forum
Sermons at SermonAudio.com/CBCActon
Blogging at Coffee with Curt

Congratulations to WSCAL and RBTS for the work they are doing! We had the privilege of hearing MDiv student Micah Renihan preach from Ps 51 this morning. He did a great job. Even my own 8 year old son said, "He did a good job because he explained everything he was talking about." Doh! Well, out of the mouth of babes, right?

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Message: "Rescue from Wrath“ ~ 1 Thess. #8 ~ 1:10

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Rich Koster
1689'er
Browns Mills NJ USA
Often Goofy Reformed Eccentric
Romans 7:14-25

A.M. -- Forgiveness of Sins, Matthew 6:12.

1. The debt requiring forgiveness.
2. The act bestowing forgiveness.
3. The effect following forgiveness.

P.M. -- The Nurture of the Church, 2 John 4.

1. Her offspring.
2. Her rejoicing.
3. Her labouring.

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Yours sincerely,


"Illum oportet crescere me autem minui."

The Price of Redemption
Exodus 30:11–16

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

We do love our IRBS students. That was an excellent sermon you heard this morning, and we prayed for you, your church, and Micah before our own service this morning, so it is good to hear the report.

My church had another of our IRBS students preach this morning on I Thessalonians 4:13-18. It was the first sermon I've heard on the return of Christ from a Reformed perspective, and it was a great blessing to hear the focus on the right place.

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Jennifer Petrik
Member, Grace Reformation Church
Associate Member, Escondido Reformed Baptist Church
Student, Westminster Seminary California (M.A.H.T.)
Woodland/Escondido, CA
per caliginem

I guess Micah preached the same sermon recently at your church and it is available on Sermonaudio: SermonAudio.com - Escondido Reformed Baptist Church

We also enjoyed having Jeremy Mendenhall preach earlier this year.

1 Samuel 30: "Encouraging Ourselves in the Lord." Preached by Brian Najapfour of PRTS while our minister is on vacation.

It was wonderful. So very *encouraging* in pointing out that the Lord IS all we need!

(I wish we'd had some way of taping Mr. Najapfour today... He is an excellent preacher. And so is our own minister.)

Margaret

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Margaret
Free Church of Scotland [Continuing]
Michigan

Aisquith Presbyterian Church Sermons (A Linked Community - Robert E. Bell)
Hebrews 13:18-21
Last in a long series.

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Rich Brown
Deacon/Webmaster
Aisquith PCA
Parkville, MD

Phil 4:8-9 Enjoying the God of peace

I. Christian Meditation vs. 8
II. Christian Imitation vs. 9a
III. God's Consolation vs. 9b

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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

"Pure Milk for New Born Babes" Rev. Tim Phillips, Midlane Park ARP Church
1 Peter 2:1-3

Great reminder that we are to:
1. Crave God's Word.
2. Grow up, by the Word, through God.
3. Taste the kindness of the Lord.

The Lord IS good>He WILL deliver>Take comfort in Him!

Great job Tim! Thanks!

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Seeking Godly Wisdom,

Melissa
Baptist>Seeking Reformed Church Home
Louisville, Ky

I preached this morning on Philippians 4:8-9, The Excellent-Minded Church (audio link)

Fred thank you for posting audio link enjoyed your message. My pastor also preached from same text this evening.

God bless.

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John Komenda
Symphony Bible Church
Conservative Baptist
Buffalo, New York

Before they call I will answer; while they are yet speaking I will hear. Is.65:24 ESV

I preached on Ephesians 4:26-27 in the morning

I. We Are to Have a Righteous Anger
II. We Are to Forsake all Sinful Anger

and 2 Samuel 4:1-12 in the evening

I. Weakness Camouflaged
II. Redemption Brought

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Rev. Andrew J. Barnes
Husband of Dena
Father of Oliver
Master of Bruce
Pastor of Tchula Presbyterian Church

What can I say, I like blogs!

Old Testament Reading: Genesis 40
New Testament Reading: 1 Corinthians 3
Sermon: Christ the Only Foundation (1 Corinthians 3:11)

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Rev. Andy Eppard
Associate Minister
First Cumberland Presbyterian Church
Springfield, MO

Concerning the 9th Commandment

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

We started a new series on biblical hope, starting with "Ultimate Hope" in Ephesians 1:7-12.

I. Why we need hope
II. What hope is
III. How hope transforms our lives
A. How hope transforms us
1. Personally
2. Materially
B. How we get that hope

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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