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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The Cure for All Fear [2024.08.11 Morning Sermon in Matthew 10:24–33]

The bigger that God is to you, the smaller other fearful things will be to you, in many different ways

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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)

A King in Whom Almighty God Is With Us [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 7:1–9:7]

What hope is there against great enemies and even against our own sin? Isaiah 7:1–9:7 looks forward to the first public reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these fifty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Christ alone is the forever-King Who is righteous before God and redeems a remnant whom He makes righteous like Himself. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Don't Fear or Envy Wealthy Conglomerates [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 23]

How does the Lord judge those who trust in riches? Isaiah 23 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these eighteen verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that the Lord judges those who trust in riches by drying up their wealth, by bringing disaster that wealth cannot escape, and even by allowing them to stockpile wealth that will serve the Lord’s own people. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

Freed from Fear by Faith in Christ [2023.07.30 Morning Sermon in Acts 24]

Faith in Christ frees us from all fears, unto all true living.

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A King in Whom Almighty God Is With Us [Family Worship lesson in Isaiah 7:1–9:7]

What hope is there against great enemies and even against our own sin? Isaiah 7:1–9:7 looks forward to the first serial reading in morning public worship on the coming Lord’s Day. In these fifty-four verses of Holy Scripture, the Holy Spirit teaches us that Christ alone is the forever-King Who is righteous before God and redeems a remnant whom He makes righteous like Himself. (click here to DOWNLOAD mp3/pdf files of this lesson)

God's Grace through Our Fellowship—and Sometimes Despite It [2023.06.25 Morning Sermon in Acts 21:15–30]

As believers share their lives, they share in service, in worship, and in dependence on God to keep them from harming one another spiritually.

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Working Out Salvation with Right Fear, Great Fear, and Great Confidence (2021.04.16 Family Worship in Philippians 2:12–13)

How should we respond to Jesus’s Lordship being displayed in His salvation? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. Philippians 2:12–13 prepares us for the evening sermon on the coming Lord’s Day. In these two verses of Sacred Scripture, we learn to pursue holiness with the right fear (for God’s eyes, not men), and with great fear (trembling at the greatness of what is being done as we are sanctified), and with great confidence (knowing that the God for Whose glory we pursue holiness is the God by Whose grace we pursue holiness).

Conduct Worthy of the Gospel: Standing Unitedly, Fearlessly, Thankfully (2021.03.21 Evening Sermon in Philippians 1:27–30)

Stand fast unitedly in doctrine and practice. Stand fearlessly, showing your enemies' destruction but your salvation. Stand thankfully, for the gifts both of faith and of suffering for Jesus's Name.

God Who Humbles the Proud and Exalts the Lowly (Family Worship in Genesis 41:1–45)

What are we to learn from Joseph’s meteoric rise from prison to palace? Pastor leads his family in today’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. In these forty-five verses, we learn that the Lord lifts Joseph up in such a way that he and we will know that our God is One who lifts up the lowly like Joseph while simultaneously bringing down the proud like Pharaoh and Egypt. This is His pattern in history, and even more so in redemption, in an ultimate way.

The Lord Is on His Own Side. Are You? (Family Worship in 1Samuel 26)

Is Yahweh on David’s side or Saul’s? Pastor leads his family in tomorrow’s “Hopewell @Home” passage. In these twenty-five verses, we learn that since the Lord is on His own side, we need to obey His instructions rather than try to accomplish His plans, trust His justice rather than provoke His discipline, and look to please Him who rewards us rather than hoping that men will be pleased enough to reward us.