Our Curse-Conqueror [2025.01.19 Morning Sermon in Matthew 14:13–21]

Jesus is the Lord over creation, Who conquers the curse and gives Himself to His covenant people

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Knowing Jesus in His Grief [Family Worship lesson in Matthew 14:13–21]

How does Jesus grieve? Matthew 14:13–21 prepares us for the sermon in the morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these nine verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Jesus grieves in fellowship with His Father, but also by compassionately overcoming the Fall for His people. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Responding to Christ’s Power [2025.01.12 Morning Sermon in Matthew 14:1–12]

We must respond to Christ's resurrection power by acknowledging Him, submitting to Him, committing to Him, and hoping in Him

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Happy Mourning (and Happier Comfort!) [2023.11.26 Morning Sermon in Matthew 5:4–5]

Longing for Christ and His kingdom includes profound grief for a time, but they to whom the Spirit gives this longing are blessed already in the sure hope of perfect, eternal blessedness

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Grieving Sacrificially Over the Lost [2023.10.18 Midweek Sermon in Romans 9:1–5]

As grace conforms us increasingly to Christ, our grief over the lost—and specifically over lost relatives and lost Jews—increases.

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God Doesn't Want You to Be Ignorant: the Hope and Comfort of Good and Sound Theology (Family Worship lesson in 1Thessalonians 4:13–18)

Why shouldn’t we be ignorant of theology? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. 1Thessalonians 4:13–18 looks forward to the morning sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these six verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord does not want us to be ignorant, because good theology glorifies Him and assures and comforts us.(click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

True Help for True Grief (Family Worship lesson in 2Samuel 18:33–19:8)

How does God show mercy to David in his intense grief? Pastor leads his family in today's "Hopewell @Home" passage. 2Samuel 18:33–19:8 prepares us for the second serial reading in the morning public worship on the coming Lord's Day. In these nine verses of holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that when our grief is intense, we need to see that we still have the Lord Himself, so that we will not be blind either to all of the blessings that He continues unto us (Him Himself, most of all!), or to the pains of others to whom we ought to be ministering. For David, the Lord gives this sight especially by giving him a true friend who will remind him of this truth, and a soft heart to be able to listen to his friend.(click audio title in player for a page where you can download mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

The Great Comfort of God's Sovereignty in Our Grief, Repentance, and Planning (2021.01.31 Morning Sermon in Genesis 45:1–15)

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The reality of God's overruling sovereignty comforts us by His purposes in our grief, His goodness even through our own sins, and His perfect plan in the midst of our very uncertain ones.