This is the first sermon in the new Eastertide preaching series, “For Good,” preached on April 28, 2019. Read the first chapter of Joseph’s story in Genesis 37. This sermon series, based on Joseph’s life, is about our strong hope in the character of God, in His constant work “for the good.” Joseph trusted God, …
Category Archives: Sunday’s Sermon
“Open Eyes, Burning Hearts”
This sermon was preached Resurrection Sunday, April 21, 2019. Read for yourself in Luke 24:13-35. Alleluia! Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia! The resurrection of Jesus changed everything, once it was revealed. Once Christ’s followers witnessed the truth of Jesus’ new life, they could not go back to life as it was. They …
“Sacrifice”
This is the final sermon in ERC’s Lenten series, CO▽EN△NT, on God’s relationship with Abraham. The sacrifice that God asks of Abraham is shocking. To give up his son, his only son, Isaac, would have been heartbreaking. And to give up the son of the promise, God’s chosen means to save the entire world, must …
“Sons”
This is the fourth sermon in ERC’s Lenten series, CO▽EN△NT, on God’s relationship with Abraham. Recommended readings: Genesis 16, Genesis 21:1-21, Galatians 4:21-31, Galatians 5-6.(Sorry for the abrupt ending on this audio file: the communion liturgy followed immediately afterward.) God’s story with Abraham intersects with the stories of others in Abraham’s life: Sarah, Hagar, Ishmael. …
“Sign”
This is the third sermon in ERC’s Lenten series, CO▽EN△NT, on God’s relationship with Abraham. The covenant relationship is founded on an agreement or commitment, filled with promises, and marked by a sign. God has committed to being Abram’s God, and God has promised to bless Abram and multiply him into multitudes. Now God gives …
“Offspring”
This is the second sermon in ERC’s Lenten series, CO▽EN△NT, on God’s relationship with Abraham. God makes His covenant with Abram in Genesis 15. The central promise God makes in this covenant relationship is offspring for Abram, as many as the stars. But the powerful hinge of this chapter is verse 6: “And he believed …
“Go”
This is the first sermon in ERC’s Lenten series, CO▽EN△NT, on God’s relationship with Abraham. At 5:33, my batteries died. Sorry for the clicking and silence. You can read God’s call of Abram in Genesis 12:1-9. Out of all the people in the world, out of “every tribe and language and people and nation” (Revelation …
“Restart”
Let today be your restart, your new beginning with God through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy Spirit. He has removed your sin in the death of His Son Jesus, and just as Jesus rose again to new life, so can you.
“Generations”
In the genealogy of Adam’s descendants, we see the beginnings of God’s victory over death in Christ Jesus.
“Made to Worship”
God finds us where we are, and invites us to repent: to change our lives by changing our minds. God welcomes us back to Him with love, not wrath, ready to show us His unfathomable mercy.
EMMANUEL REFORMED CHURCH 