The Sign God Gives Is His Son [2024.11.24 Morning Sermon in Matthew 12:38–50]

If we do not receive Jesus as God, and rejoice to live as God's adopted children in Him, we are condemned as evil and adulterous

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Fight Fear with Fear [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 10:24–33]

How can we resist fear of man? Matthew 10:24–33 looks forward to the morning sermon in public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these ten verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that fear of God cures fear of man. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Spirit's Witness to the Son [Family Worship lesson in 1John 5:6–11]

What has God testified? 1John 5:6–11 prepares us for the second serial reading in public worship on the Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that God has testified that God has given us eternal life in His Son, Jesus.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Telling Your Story When It's About Jesus's Glory [2023.07.09 Morning Sermon in Acts 22:1–21]

Believers know themselves as Christ’s creatures, redeemed enemies, and commissioned subjects—and this is how they should tell their story.

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Ministers’ (and all Christians’) Call to Gracious Persuasion [Family Worship lesson in 2Timothy 2:23–26]

When mustn’t a minister or Christian argue, and why mustn’t he be argumentative when he does? 2Timothy 2:23–26 looks forward to the second serial reading of in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that a minister is a slave, put in place to teach opponents who are willing to hear it, in hope that God will grant them the repentance necessary to know and escape the Satanic danger that they are in.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Using the Truth Helpfully, Diligently, and Rightly [Family Worship lesson in 2Timothy 2:14–16]

Why must ministers of the Word work so hard? 2Timothy 2:14–16 looks forward to the second reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these three verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that ministers of the Word must be diligent workers, so that they can guide hearers straightly through life-giving truth, rather than ruining them with empty noise.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Proclaiming a Singular Christ to Pluralistic Sinners [2023.01.01 Morning Sermon in Acts 17:19–34]

The Living God, Who created us for Himself, has made Himself known in the Risen Jesus—before Whom we all must stand, and to Whom we are all commanded to turn.

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Pummeling Pluralism: Paul's Preaching of Creation, the Judgment, and the Need to Repent and Believe in Jesus before We Have to Stand before Him [Family Worship lesson in Acts 17:19–34]

What is the message of the gospel in a place like Athens? Acts 17:19–34 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nineteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the message of the gospel is that the One True God Who created the world and all things is alone worthy of praise, the One True God Who doesn’t need our service is trustworthy of our faith, and the One True God Who will surely judge the world in righteousness has assured this not by the rising and falling of nations but by the resurrection of Jesus Christ the Judge and only Savior. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Living in Light of Christ's Glory (Family Worship lesson in Luke 9:18–26)

How do we keep from being ashamed in the last day? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Luke 9:18–26 prepares us for the second serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses, the Holy Spirit teaches us that by living in light of the glory of Christ on the last day, we will cling to Him more than to life itself and not be ashamed of Him or His Word.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

From Raging to Rejoicing by Submission to Christ (2021.01.13 Prayer Meeting Lesson in Psalm 2)

Kings, nations, and people rage because they are resisting Christ's unthwartable reign. But those for whom He prays and whom He subdues by His Word and power go from trembling in rage to trembling with awe as they rejoice in the sweetness of submitting to Him and belonging to Him.

Light that Walks Fruitfully, Studies Diligently, and Exposes Fearlessly (2020.10.18 Evening Sermon in Ephesians 5:8–14)

By God's Spirit of adoption in us, we are to walk fruitfully as children of light. This requires studying diligently to know as much as we possibly can of what pleases the Lord. And, when living this way threatens to be uncomfortable because it exposes those who are darkness, we must be willing to do that exposing—both grateful for our own having been exposed at some point and hoping that by exposing others through us, Christ will be transforming others from being darkness into being light.

Darkness Exposed by Light and Changed into It (Family Worship in Eph 5:8–14)

Why should believers so eagerly both find out and do whatever pleases the Lord? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. In these seven verses, we learn that Christ exposes that we are darkness to make us into darkness-exposing light.

A Theology of Faces: Unmasking the Defacing of God's Image in Christ and the Redeemed (2020.08.23 Evening Sermon in 2Cor 3:12–4:6)

Why do we have faces at all? What has God intended to communicate, by our faces, about Himself and about His purposes in our creation and redemption? What is lost if we must cover our faces, and what is being cheaply sold if we willingly yield to it without good warrant for it?

Expectation Reorientation (Family Worship in Lk 7:18–35)

Pastor leads his family in today's Hopewell @Home passage, Luke 7:18–35. Whenever our expectations chafe against the Lord or His Word, it is we who need an expectation reorientation. Many are unable to get over when God is not as they expect, but Jesus says, "blessed is he who is not offended because of Me."