Countering Contentious Wifery [2026.02.04 Midweek Sermon in Proverbs 21:10–18]

A godly wife keeps the home as a place of peace and thriving for her husband, but a contentious wife robs her house of both of these.

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God's Patience with Jonah [Family Worship lesson in Jonah 4]

What is God doing with Nineveh? Jonah 4 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eleven verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God is showing us that He delights to show mercy. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Humble Souls Nourished by Hope [Family Worship lesson in Psalm 131]

How does true humility happen? Psalm 131 looks forward to the opening portion of morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that humility comes by hope. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Self-Destructive Response to Preaching [Family Worship lesson in Amos 7:10–17]

What responses to God’s judgment should we watch against? Amos 7:10–17 looks forward to the hearing of God’s Word, publicly read, in the holy assembly on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eight verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that we should watch against any murmuring or complaining against God’s judgment or those who preach it.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Husband Who Delivers His Bride [Family Worship lesson in Numbers 30]

How much weight does God give to fatherhood and a husband’s authority in marriage? Numbers 30 looks forward to the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these sixteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God’s statutes about vows and oaths display the great weightiness of the authority of fathers and husbands.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Lifesaving Instruction [2024.12.18 Midweek Sermon in Proverbs 7]

To keep from self-destruction, we must internalize and apply biblical instruction

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Kiss the Son [2024.10.13 Evening Sermon in Numbers 22:36–24:25]

You are either with Christ, or against Him; this is the choice between eternal life and eternal death.

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What 'Thy Will Be Done' Means [Children's Catechism 115—Theology Simply Explained]

Pastor walks his children through Children’s Catechism question 115—especially explaining how submission to God’s will includes submission both to His providence and to His commandments.

Q115. What do we pray for in the third petition? That men on earth may serve God as the angels do in heaven.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Let Every Soul Be Subject to Christ [2024.04.10 Midweek Sermon in Romans 13:1–7]

God, Who rules in all authority, rules over and through each individual authority, demanding that we do good—both in authority and under it.

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Faithless People, and a Faithful God and Savior [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 49:14–50:11]

What is the solution to Zion’s lack of faith? Isaiah 49:14–50:11 prepares us for the first serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these twenty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God answers His people’s lack of faith with His own faithfulness and the perfect faith of the Servant, their Substitute. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Prayer as a Means of Grace [2024.03.10 Morning Sermon in Matthew 6:7–15]

Prayer is a means of God's grace by which He gives us to embrace His will in submission, and to learn His will as we pray according to Scripture.

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Christ-ian Prayer Is a Means of Grace [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 6:7–15]

How should we pray to a Father Who knows what we need? Matthew 6:7–15 prepares us for the morning sermon on the Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that when you pray to a Father Who knows what you need, prayer is an embracing of His will.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Treasuring Christ Above All, and His Treasured Saints for His Own Sake [2023.06.18 Morning Sermon in Acts 21:1–14]

When we treasure Christ, we submit to His providential will, because we know that will is bringing praise to His Name and perfect blessedness to His people.

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Spectacles to Correct How We See God's Ways and Our Own [Family Worship lesson in Proverbs 21:1–2]

Pastor teaches his family a selection from “the Proverb of the day.” In these two verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us to be humble about the goodness of God’s ways and the error in our own.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Parents as God's Starter Pack for Responding to His Glory and Goodness in Submission to Authority (2022.06.05 Evening Sermon in Exodus 20:12)

The Lord starts us out with the best of authorities, so that we will learn to honor authorities as part of His means of bringing us into the blessings that He has promised us.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Word of the LORD Reigns Supreme over the World and Over Our Lives (Family Worship lesson in 1Kings 13:1–10)

What is God’s point in the strangeness of this event and this account of it? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 1Kings 13:1–10 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that even when it looks like men are reigning powerfully in their sin, Yahweh’s Word is reigning in His almighty power and perfect righteousness. So, let us have confidence in Yahweh to stand with Him before men, and commitment unto Yahweh to obey Him in the everyday choices of our life.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Christian Fathers in the Home (2022 Winter Theology Conference, Session 2 in Ephesians 5:22–6:4)

As God's representative in and over the home, the Christian father must fulfill his role as God has given it to him, and do so in a manner that reflects the God who gave it.

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Submitting to Christ on the Question of a Wife's Submission to Her Husband (2020.11.08 Evening Sermon in Ephesians 5:22–24)

In these three verses, we find the glorious role God has given Spirit-filled wives in displaying the power and reign of King Jesus.