Please join your hearts and mind now in prayer as we ask the Lord’s blessing upon the reading of the sermon text and the sermon to follow and your reception of that word preached to you. Let’s pray once more. Our great God and heavenly Father, we praise you again that you indeed have not…
Heavenly Father, we once more thank you again that you have given us this written word that you have preserved and inscripturated down through time. Lord, we pray that you would illumine our minds and our hearts as we hear it expounded, Lord, as we hear your voice speaking through it. Lord, we pray that…
Take your copy of the Scriptures now back in hand and turn to the New Testament. We’re reading, continue on, John 16, that we started last week. But we’re reading the same passage, the first half now and then the first half in a moment. First John, I’m sorry, not first John, John 16, the…
Turn now our Bibles for our New Testament reading to John chapter 16, John 16. We’re reading the first half, or the first part of this chapter, verses 1 to 15. John 16, starting in verse 1. And I’ll read 15 to 33 before the sermon. John 16 will be the sermon text. But for…
Take your copy of the scriptures now. In turn for our New Testament reading will be our sermon text this morning. Luke chapter 2, starting verse 21. And please, if anyone is able and it feels like they’re about to spontaneously combust, it gets kind of hard in here, hot in here, feel free to…
Take your New Testament now and turn, if you would, to the text for our sermon today, which will be from Luke chapter 2, starting at verse 8. Luke chapter 2, starting at verse 8. Once again, please, your attention, because this is the Word of God. And in the same region, there were shepherds…
Please take your copy of the scriptures. Now, if you would turn to our New Testament reading, Luke chapter 2. In chapter 2, we’ll resume our Mark study in a number of weeks, but there are times where it’s We have the collective focus on certain themes, and it’s good not to ignore those themes…
From Luke’s gospel, if you remain standing, if you are able, Luke’s gospel chapter one, we find the account of the angel coming to Mary to give her the good news that a savior will be born through her. Luke chapter one, beginning in verse 26. The gospel says, In the sixth month the angel…
We do welcome to the pulpit this morning, Reverend Steve Gonzalez. He’s a member of the Great Lakes Presbytery, our presbytery, and the PCA. He serves as pulpit supply in the OPC and the PCA. He was a full-time pulpit supply at an OPC church for a year and a half recently. He’s the manager…
Take your scriptures once more and turn for our New Testament reading to our sermon text, Mark chapter 9. We’ll be finishing Mark chapter 9 this morning, starting verse 42. Yes, Mark chapter 9, starting verse 42. Please, once again, give your full attention. This is the Word of God. Whoever causes one of these…