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Renew EPC: Sermons"Grace Alone" - 1 Corinthians 15:8-11 & Ephesians 2:1-10 - Dr. Nathan EdwardsHow does Grace Alone set us free from fear?
Outline: Three truths about grace alone that secure us in the good news:
I. We are saved wholly undeservedly (Eph 2:1-3) “. . . by nature children of wrath.” (v. 3)
II. We are saved by God's determination (vv. 4-7) “But God, being rich in mercy . . .” (v. 4)
III. We are saved entirely as a gift (vv. 8-10) “We are his workmanship” (v. 10)
Personal Reflection Questions:
1. Have you had a time where you experienced it’s not me holding on to God, but God holding on...2025-05-2744 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCOrdinary Means of Grace Many of you know I am taking this summer as a sabbatical, in large part to make significant progress on my doctoral dissertation. Maybe you even know that the focus of my work is on C.S. Lewis. What you might be wondering is how all this ties directly to my ministry with St. Patrick. Well, to put it simply, what I love about Lewis is what I love about St. Patrick. If you’ve never dug deeper into Lewis’ thought and writing than his children’s stories and popular theology, you might be surprised to learn...2025-05-1140 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCInto God's Hands One would think that once all the external adversaries are put to rest, things would get easier for the Israelites, but as we see in our text this week (and in other texts throughout the Bible), the real adversary is usually not out there—some external threat—but rather the real threat is internal. I tell people all the time that I sleep with the devil, and I don’t mean Teri! As G. K. Chesterton said years ago in response to a question posed by a newspaper, What is wrong with the world?, Chesterton wrote back, "Dear Sir, 'I am.' Y...2025-03-2332 minSt. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCThe Way of the King We are really suspicious of grace these days. And kindness and forgiveness. Maybe in a more civil world these would not be outliers. But then again, people have always had a hard time with grace. Centuries before Jesus came, we see this play out when one king (David) offers an overture of kindness and condolence to the son of an old king who had shown him love when he was an outlaw and outcast. The son, being aided by his echo chamber of fools and sycophants, can’t even conceive of this act of kindness. Ins...2025-03-0936 min
Edgington EPCRuth: Sheltered By Grace (Ruth 4:13-22)Ruth: Sheltered By Grace (Ruth 4:13-22) by Edgington EPC2025-03-0325 min
St. Andrew Sermons PodcastGrace & Gratitude - St Andrew Stories Grace & GratitudeSt. Andrew StoriesSaint Andrew ChurchAuburn, IndianaCCLI# 1357907CCLI# 20112034 2024-11-1757 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCThe Serious Business of Heaven A couple of weeks ago, I (like many of you) packed my van and headed to the beach. At other places around the state Tennessee and in Mississippi, others were doing the same thing. Our destination was a hallowed beach in Florida where all my children and their children make an annual pilgrimage to be together for a week. It is a lot of work but, really, we do this for joy. We do nothing productive while we’re there—we build sand castles, lay out on the beach and read, swim, eat delicious food, play card games, make signatu...2024-10-2030 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCBy Grace Through Faith A stroll through Hebrews 11 would be similar to going to an ancient castle: beautiful and austere; something out of another world on the outside and, as you enter, you would see the story of the place as you walked through in the form of tapestries and pictures, relics of another world. It is the world of the people who once inhabited the place and fought to keep it in the family for hundreds of years. Heroes, if you will, folk of renowned. Hebrews 11 is the story of Israel in the Old Testament; it is also our story. It...2024-06-0232 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCThe Big Idea of Generosity That we will be talking about generosity for the next three weeks after a couple of weeks of extreme neediness is not lost on me. As I have turned my attention to our subject, I feel like one who has been bathed and marinated in generosity. My family is blessed beyond measure, and our hearts are full of gratitude for the overwhelming outpouring of love during the time of my father’s convalescence and death. Cards, notes, texts, phone calls, food, flowers—so many people I have yet to thank keep popping into my head. Words are too cheap to e...2024-01-2857 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCWhat Makes A Feast? We’re wrapping up a whole semester of sermons haunted by the prophecy of Habakkuk. His potent and provocative image of a world “filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord” has influenced our own vision statement: “Saturating our neighborhoods with feasting families who tell a better story by setting tables of God’s grace for the lonely.” So, as our energy turns toward family holidays over the next several weeks, I think it would be helpful for us to consider just what exactly elevates a shared meal to the status of a feast. There...2023-11-1939 minRenew EPC: Sermons”Death to Life By Grace” - Eph. 2:1-10 - William BakerWilliam Baker, Renew's Family Ministries Director, preaches the immeasurable riches of God's grace that we have in the gospel presented to us in Ephesians 2:1-10.
2023-11-1732 min
EPC JYForgiveness Pt.2: Embracing God’s Grace | John 18:15-27 | 08.13.2023Paul Appiah | Forgiveness Pt.2: Embracing God's Grace | John 18:15-27 | 08.13.2023
Peter's denial of Jesus was an act of betrayal, but he experienced the transformative power of forgiveness when Jesus restored him. This sermon will focus on accepting God's grace and forgiving ourselves for past mistakes.
2023-08-1839 min
PlantedSpiritual Formation Part 5There is more to the grace of God than the salvation of our souls. In this episode Pastor Matt walks us through some practical means of grace in our lives.-Thank you for joining us. Please submit any questions or requests to:Pastor Matt’s email: mgrimm@cstoneepc.comThadd’s email: thadd@truth316.comPlanted intro/outro:Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC B...2023-08-181h 00
Edgington EPCDisgrace & Grace (Genesis 34)Disgrace & Grace (Genesis 34) by Edgington EPC2023-05-0735 min
Edgington EPCWeek 4 - "Fields of Grace" - RuthNancy Guthrie's Ten-Week Bible Study for the Spring 2023 Women's Study at Edgington EPC.
Note: these audio recordings were purchased through the license holder (Crossway.com) and are shared through the Edgington EPC podcast for use only by bible study participants.2023-02-0940 minPlantedIrresistible GracePastor Matt Grimm leads the discussion on the fourth letter of our Reformed acrostic T.U.L.I.P. "I" for Irresistible Grace.Questions/Comments to mgrimm@cstoneepc.com or thadd@truth316.com-Planted intro/outro:Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.comMusic promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.comAttribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/2022-11-111h 07PlantedUnconditional ElectionWe continue our Doctrines of Grace investigation of Calvinism's TULIP. Today we discuss the "U" of Unconditional Election. We would love to hear your feedback or requests for clarification on any portion of this podcast. Please direct your inquiries to Pastor Matt's email mgrimm@cstoneepc.com Cornerstone EPC Church website: www.cornerstonebrighton.com-Planted intro/outro:Straight Through by Groove Bakery | https://groovebakery.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)https://cr...2022-10-281h 10
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCLife in the Spirit This week I got to sit down with the first class of St. Patrick's Residency Program. This has been a dream of ours ever since Jim and I sat in a workshop on developing next generation leaders at the General Assembly meetings in Sacramento over five years ago. Our original goal was to launch in 2020, but we all know that was the year dreams went to die. And yet, we are a resurrection people! So here we are, welcoming in three young disciples to learn the ways of disciple-making at St. Patrick. People have categories for a...2022-08-2125 min
EPC Grace House PodcastLight of The World 2 - Pastor MuyiwaLight of The World 2 - Pastor Muyiwa2021-11-141h 10EPC Grace House PodcastLight of The World - Min DolaLight of The World - Min Dola2021-11-1454 minEPC Grace House PodcastLight of The World - Pastor MuyiwaLight of The World - Pastor Muyiwa2021-11-1457 minEPC Grace House PodcastChoose The LightChoose The Light2021-11-141h 01EPC Grace House PodcastThe Light Overcoming darknessThe Light Overcoming darkness2021-10-301h 01EPC Grace House PodcastLight of the World 3Light of the world2021-10-3045 minEPC Grace House PodcastJesus The Light of the World - Pastor Yinka OlamilehinJesus The Light of the World - Pastor Yinka Olamilehin2021-10-1251 minEPC Grace House PodcastFantastic Four: The Brave New Church - Pastor Gbenro OgundipeFantastic Four Series2021-10-061h 43
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCSacraments: Heavenly Participation I suppose we are fortunate: the first generation of humans to experience a pandemic in a digital age. I mean, there are now teenagers walking the earth (my house, even) who have never lived in a world without iPhones! We have apps for buying groceries and video chatting with grandmothers and managers, and can even glean insights from the greatest minds in the world. Unlike our forebears, we have countless robust ways to communicate and interact that don’t depend at all on close proximity. So, for us, quarantine and sheltering-in-place often only requires “creative logistical pivots” instead of all-ou...2021-10-0343 minEPC Grace House PodcastFantastic Four: Evangelism 26-09-2021Fantastic Four: Evangelism 26-09-20212021-09-281h 30EPC Grace House PodcastFantastic Four: Excellence In The New Workplace - 12-09-2021Fantastic Four: Excellence In The New Workplace - 12-09-20212021-09-281h 31St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCThe Soul Room: Friendship with God There was a day not so long ago when, if we started talking about the practice of daily prayer and the importance of it, I would bristle. About twelve years ago, I had a reckoning with this. God showed me my own gifts were not enough. About that time, I hired a coach and, of all the things he taught me, the one that changed my life forever was the habit of daily prayer. As one writer says (and I totally believe): “Without exception, the men and women I have known who’ve made the most rapid, consistent, and evid...2021-09-1937 minEPC Grace House PodcastFantastic Four: More Money More Problems?Fantastic 4 Sundays to get Christ-led answers on how Christians should engage in a post-pandemic world.2021-09-091h 34EPC Grace House PodcastGod is goodA series on The True God2021-09-091h 05
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCThe Everlasting God St. Patrick Family, We find ourselves 18 months into a strange and terrible providence, surrounded by a frenzy of hurt and worry. Now, our own senior pastor and his wife are battling COVID-19. As the Session of Elders called to shepherd the flock of St. Patrick, we understand the unique and urgent anxiety of this moment requires a direct and compassionate pastoral response from us, urging members to draw near to Christ and move toward one another through concrete acts of grace. We hope humbly to model this posture for you. Therefore, the Session of St...2021-09-0543 min
Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsMy Story, Our Story1 Thessalonians 1:1-10
1 Paul, Silas[a] and Timothy,
To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ:
Grace and peace to you.
Thanksgiving for the Thessalonians’ Faith
2 We always thank God for all of you and continually mention you in our prayers. 3 We remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
4 For we know, brothers and sisters[b] loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not simply with words bu...2021-09-0500 minSt. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCNot One Is Missing I’m sure many of you are concerned for Jim. Coronavirus is no joke, and he’s a priceless treasure to us. But I’ve been on several hours of phone and zoom calls with the boss this week and I’ve gotta tell you, he’s fine – aside from looking like a caged animal. The man is extroverted with a capital EXTRA, and the ultimate go-getter, so for him to be quarantined at the beginning of the season (especially when he feels so good) is just torturous. Still, he’s being a good and conscientious patient, so I’m up to bat for...2021-08-2931 minEPC Grace House PodcastThe True God 5 - Pastor MuyiwaA series on The True God2021-08-261h 02EPC Grace House PodcastThe True God 4 - Pastor Yinka OlamilehinA series on The True God2021-08-1859 minEPC Grace House PodcastThe True God 3: An Angry God? - Min PeterA series on The True God2021-08-181h 10EPC Grace House PodcastThe True God 2 - Min DolaA series on The True God and Correcting misconception about God2021-08-1158 minEPC Grace House PodcastThe True God 1A series on The True God and Correcting misconception about God2021-08-101h 19EPC Grace House PodcastAugust Thanksgiving ServiceEPC GRACE HOUSE Thanksgiving Service2021-08-0835 minEPC Grace House PodcastJuly Questions and Answers - EPC GRACE HOUSEQuestions and Answers on the Series of Eternal Life2021-08-011h 40EPC Grace House PodcastEternal Life Part 4 - Pastor Yinka OlamilehinA series on Eternal Life2021-07-2653 minEPC Grace House PodcastEternal Life in Jesus part 2 - Pastor Yinka OlamilehinA series on Eternal Life2021-07-211h 07EPC Grace House PodcastEternal Life in JesusA series on Eternal Life2021-07-1358 minEPC Grace House PodcastEternal Life - Pastor YinkaA series on Eternal Life2021-07-061h 03EPC Grace House PodcastChristian Ministry - Min AdedolaChristian Ministry2021-06-2352 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsGlory, Grace, GoodnessDeuteronomy 10:12-11:9
Circumcise Your Heart
12 “And now, Israel, what does the Lord your God require of you, but to fear the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, to serve the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the Lord, which I am commanding you today for your good? 14 Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it. 15 Yet the Lord set his heart in love on your fathers and ch...2021-06-1339 minEPC Grace House PodcastThe Ministry of Christ 1 - Pastor MuyiwaA series on The Ministry of Christ2021-06-0855 minEPC Grace House PodcastThe Revelation of Jesus - Pastor Yinka OlamilehinThe Revelation of Jesus2021-05-251h 14EPC Grace House PodcastGifts of the Spirit - Pastor Yinka OlamilehinA series: Living in the Spirit 42021-05-181h 11EPC Grace House PodcastLiving in the Spirit 3 - Pastor Muyiwa. May 9th, 2021A series Living in the Spirit2021-05-111h 03Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsOur Foundation1 Corinthians 3:5-11
5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God's fellow workers. You are God's field, God's building.
10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is...2021-03-2833 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCGrace and Peace Man, it was a welcome change to cancel things for reasons other than the pandemic! This was a week filled with surprises and adventure for our family, which is another way of saying, inconveniences and extreme discomfort. It’s always both, isn’t it? The thrill and wonder of record-breaking flurries alongside the burdens of heartache and grief. Snow angels and frostbite. Our family lost a dear mentor this week as well as a cousin in his early twenties, just days apart. We were unable to travel and mourn with family and friends the way we wanted to...2021-02-2140 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCOur Sins, They Are Many - His Mercy Is More We hear often we are tempted by “the world, the flesh and the devil.” There is warrant for that in the Bible. Jesus’ temptations mirror this and St. Paul uses these categories to talk about our proclivity to sin. Genesis does the same, but inverts the categories—the devil, the flesh, and the world. Eve in the garden is tempted by Satan. This week, Cain’s sin against his brother Abel is the flesh. Then what follows in the next few chapters of Genesis, when men begin to build cities, is obviously the world around us. The burden of...2021-02-0735 min
Cornerstone RhythmsCornerstone Rhythms: Interview with Shirley GabrielChurch & Community Life Director Sally Jo Friday sits down to talk with Shirley Gabriel and explore the 7th week of the series: Grace & Grit.2021-01-281h 34
Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsIt Comes Down To This1 Peter 5:6-14
6 Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God so that at the proper time he may exalt you, 7 casting all your anxieties on him, because he cares for you. 8 Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. 9 Resist him, firm in your faith, knowing that the same kinds of suffering are being experienced by your brotherhood throughout the world. 10 And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace, who has called you to his eternal glory in Christ, will himself restore, confirm, strengthen...2021-01-1040 minCornerstone RhythmsCornerstone Rhythms: Interview with Ava JenkinsSally Jo Friday sits down with Ava Jenkins to catch up and continue working through "Grace & Grit."2021-01-051h 03Cornerstone RhythmsCornerstone Rhythms: Interview with Mallory IngramCornerstone Church & Community Life Director Sally Jo Friday sits down with Mallory Ingram to continue the series "Grace & Grit."2020-12-291h 17
Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsShepherd Leadership1 Peter 5:1-5
Shepherd the Flock of God
5 So I exhort the elders among you, as a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, as well as a partaker in the glory that is going to be revealed: 2 shepherd the flock of God that is among you, exercising oversight, not under compulsion, but willingly, as God would have you; not for shameful gain, but eagerly; 3 not domineering over those in your charge, but being examples to the flock. 4 And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory. 5 Likewise, you who are younger, be...2020-12-2725 min
Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsBuilt On A Foundation1 Peter 1:1-12
Greeting
1 Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ,
To those who are elect exiles of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 2 according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood:
May grace and peace be multiplied to you.
Born Again to a Living Hope
3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the...2020-11-0139 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCHope in the Wasteland We find ourselves in a strange situation these days. We are cut off from all the normal means of grace that we have taken for granted for years. Worship is sparse. Community Groups are not meeting much, and those that are wonder what our mission is—now that we can’t host Special Friends, or help with children’s ministry, or essentially do much of anything as a group. Sonshine isn’t meeting. I mean seriously, everything that we have depended on to help us grow seems to be gone and will be for the near future. How do we move...2020-07-1939 min
Edgington EPCGrowing in Grace (Psalm 131)Growing in Grace (Psalm 131) by Edgington EPC2020-06-1427 min
Cornerstone Brighton SermonsA Grace Abounding Pastor Winans shares part two in our Pilgrim's Progress sermon series.2020-05-3133 minEPC JYThe Grace Prayer - 6.28.19In this message, we breakdown the popular grace prayer we typically say at the end of church gatherings. As believers, we must understand why we do what we do. "May the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God and the sweet fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with us now and forevermore. Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow us all the days of our lives and we shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever and ever. Amen."
2020-03-2340 min
Grace Chapel, EPC“Kick Us Out, Lord” Matthew 9:35-38, EPC Missionary2020-01-1900 min
Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsSuffering Is About JesusRomans 5:1-11
Peace with God Through Faith
5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we[a] have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith[b] into this grace in which we stand, and we[c] rejoice[d] in hope of the glory of God. 3 Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, 4 and endurance produces character, and character produces hope, 5 and hope does not put us to shame, because God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has...2019-12-2236 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCOut of the Depths Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn wrote the book, The Gulag Archipelago, his memoir about being a political prisoner in the Russian jail (gulag). He writes this: "It was granted to me to carry away from my prison years on my bent back, which nearly broke beneath its load, this essential experience: how a human being becomes evil and how good. In the intoxication of youthful successes I had felt myself to be infallible, and I was therefore cruel. In the surfeit of power I was a murderer and an oppressor. In my most evil moments I was convinced that I...2019-11-1037 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCExcellence in Giving Excellence is arresting. Like beauty, it stops you in your tracks, and you look at it with wonder. We celebrate excellence in music, sports, art, drama, etc. We actually pay money to witness excellence, to listen to excellence, and most of us (if things have gone well with us) have been shaped by some form of excellence in parenting and nurturing. We don’t think of excellence in terms of care, but we should. There is another place we don’t usually think about excellence and that is in giving. I hadn’t either, till I was ponder...2019-10-1336 minSt. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCThe Joy of Giving We are not born givers. In fact, quite the opposite! A child comes into the world totally “my life for me.” Young parents are at the beck and call of their newborn—gladly! So, for the first three months or so, everyone adapts to the schedule of this eight-pound little consumer. They cry and everyone comes running. And this is as it should be. Bereft of this attentiveness on the part of the parents, attachments do not form and a child starts way behind the baseline. But after about three months, a child begins the long, slow, hard process of see...2019-10-0634 min
Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsA Vision of ChristRevelation 1
1 The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants[a] the things that must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, 2 who bore witness to the word of God and to the testimony of Jesus Christ, even to all that he saw. 3 Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear, and who keep what is written in it, for the time is near.
Greeting to the Seven Churches
4 John to the seven churches that are in...2019-09-0845 min
Edgington EPCPilgrim GraceAn exposition of Genesis 21:22-34 in the series "Faith of our Father: The Life of Abraham"2019-06-1736 min
Edgington EPCThe Covenant of GraceThe ninth sermon in the series "Faith of our Father: The Life of Abraham" from Genesis 17:1-8.2019-03-1039 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCWe Become What We Behold As we celebrated both Valentine’s Day and her birthday this past week, I had the occasion to dwell for a while on the glory of my wife, full of grace and truth. Because my wife is a flesh and blood human being who has given me intimate access to her life, body and soul, she has become for me my most subjective, immanent experience of objective, transcendent beauty. I like poetry, but I love my wife. I’m a human being: I need more than just a painting or a cloud to stare at if I’m really going...2019-02-1732 min
Kishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsChrist's Presence In Our FleshJohn 1:14-18, Colossians 1:24-28
14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
15 (John testified concerning him. He cried out, saying, “This is the one I spoke about when I said, ‘He who comes after me has surpassed me because he was before me.’”) 16 Out of his fullness we have all received grace in place of grace already given. 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ. 18 No one has ever see...2018-12-2441 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCNew Creation! Sometimes it just all hits you at once. I have the honor of leading the memorial service for our sweet Carol Pope tomorrow while Jim is on the other end of life’s stage, welcoming a new grandbaby into the world. Then, mere hours later, I’ll officiate the wedding of a young couple, part of a whole gaggle of youth on whom I had the pleasure of learning how to pastor. “Marrying and burying,” as they call it, is the erstwhile business of parish ministry - now too often abdicated to uncles with online ordination certificates. It is possible...2018-07-2935 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsFinal WordsRomans 16
Personal Greetings
16 I commend to you our sister Phoebe, a deacon[a][b] of the church in Cenchreae. 2 I ask you to receive her in the Lord in a way worthy of his people and to give her any help she may need from you, for she has been the benefactor of many people, including me.
3 Greet Priscilla[c] and Aquila, my co-workers in Christ Jesus. 4 They risked their lives for me. Not only I but all the churches of the Gentiles are grateful to them.
5 Greet also the church that meets at their house.
Greet my dear friend...2018-05-2745 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsTo Guard and To Trust2 Timothy 1:1-14
1 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, in keeping with the promise of life that is in Christ Jesus,
2 To Timothy, my dear son:
Grace, mercy and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Thanksgiving
3 I thank God, whom I serve, as my ancestors did, with a clear conscience, as night and day I constantly remember you in my prayers. 4 Recalling your tears, I long to see you, so that I may be filled with joy. 5 I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and...2018-05-2035 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsJesus Is On The MoveRomans 15:14-33
Paul the Minister to the Gentiles
14 I myself am convinced, my brothers and sisters, that you yourselves are full of goodness, filled with knowledge and competent to instruct one another. 15 Yet I have written you quite boldly on some points to remind you of them again, because of the grace God gave me 16 to be a minister of Christ Jesus to the Gentiles. He gave me the priestly duty of proclaiming the gospel of God, so that the Gentiles might become an offering acceptable to God, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.
17 Therefore I glory in Christ Jesus in...2018-05-1340 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCThe Second Hardest Thing You Ever Do It started with a question. The timing of the question is ironic, to say the least, given what had transpired over the past few days. There is a point in Jesus’ life where he sets his face in the direction of Jerusalem; and when he does this, the die is cast. He has a date with destiny and will enter the city public enemy number one in the eyes of the religious leaders. In the eyes of the Roman overlords, he will be deemed a subversive—a threat to the complete control that is Rome. Jerusalem means death!T...2018-03-1129 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCWith My Whole Heart I Cry Out to You In the now-classic film Groundhog Day, Bill Murray plays a man cursed to repeat his least favorite day of the year over and again until he “gets it right.” Experts calculate that the exact number of consecutive Groundhog Days meteorologist Phil Connors endures is 12,403, or nearly 34 years. That means he spent pretty much my entire lifespan thus far re-experiencing a single day until he lived it flawlessly, all so that he could win the love of his producer, Rita.As strenuous an effort as that seems, according to the Scriptural testimony this is a very optimistic estimation of a...2018-02-0432 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsGiftedRomans 12:3-8
3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4 For just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, 5 so in Christ we, though many, form one body, and each member belongs to all the others. 6 We have different gifts, according to the grace given to each of us. If your gift...2018-01-2131 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsChildJohn 1:1-18
The Word Became Flesh
1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was with God in the beginning. 3 Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. 4 In him was life, and that life was the light of all mankind. 5 The light shines in the darkness, and the darkness has not overcome it.
6 There was a man sent from God whose name was John. 7 He came as a witness to testify concerning that light, so that through him all might believe. 8 He...2017-12-2436 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsThat Question About IsraelRomans 11:1-32
The Remnant of Israel
11 I ask then: Did God reject his people? By no means! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God did not reject his people, whom he foreknew. Don’t you know what Scripture says in the passage about Elijah—how he appealed to God against Israel: 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets and torn down your altars; I am the only one left, and they are trying to kill me”? 4 And what was God’s answer to him? “I have reserved for myself seven thousand who have not bowed th...2017-11-2650 min
St. Patrick Presbyterian Church, EPCGrace and Generosity This Sunday we will be talking about money, buildings, and generosity. We start a four week conversation about our vision and values, and how these are fleshed out by brick and mortar. The way we are going to talk about money and the buildings we need will be in the context of our values. There is no reason whatsoever to build and to ask people to make huge sacrifices and investments if it is not to fulfill the family values of St. Patrick. So we will talk about grace, family, feasting, and making heaven local. It ought to be...2017-10-2241 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsFree to be Righteous, Part 2Romans 6:12-1912 Therefore do not let sin reign in your mortal body so that you obey its evil desires. 13 Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to him as instruments of righteousness. 14 For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace. 15 What then? Shall we sin because we are not under law but under grace? By no means! 16 Don't you know that when...2017-07-3037 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsFree to Be RighteousRomans 6:1-11Dead to Sin, Alive in Christ6 What shall we say, then? Shall we go on sinning so that grace may increase? 2 By no means! We are those who have died to sin; how can we live in it any longer? 3 Or don’t you know that all of us who were baptized into Christ Jesus were baptized into his death? 4 We were therefore buried with him through baptism into death in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may live a new life.5 For if we have be...2017-07-2337 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsOne Story, Two HumanitiesRomans 5:12-21Death in Adam, Life in Christ12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, and so death spread to all men because all sinned— 13 for sin indeed was in the world before the law was given, but sin is not counted where there is no law. 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those whose sinning was not like the transgression of Adam, who was a type of the one who was to come.15 But the free gift is not like the trespass. For if many died through one ma...2017-07-1636 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsOur Peace, God's GloryRomans 5:1-2Peace with God Through Faith5 Therefore, since we have been justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. 2 Through him we have also obtained access by faith into this grace in which we stand, and we rejoice in hope of the glory of God.2017-06-1843 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsFumbling for Faith13 It was not through the law that Abraham and his offspring received the promise that he would be heir of the world, but through the righteousness that comes by faith. 14 For if those who depend on the law are heirs, faith means nothing and the promise is worthless, 15 because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law there is no transgression.16 Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may be by grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law but also to those who have the...2017-06-1134 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsThe Gifts of GraceRomans 4:1-12Abraham Justified by Faith4 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wages are not counted as a gift but as his due. 5 And to the one who does not work but believes in[a] him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is counted as righteousness, 6 just as David also spea...2017-06-0437 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsGod's Great Grace, Part 2Romans 3:21-31Righteousness Through Faith21 But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been made known, to which the Law and the Prophets testify. 22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, 23 for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, 24 and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement, through the shedding of his blood—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate hi...2017-05-1437 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsGod's Great Grace, Part 1Romans 3:9-20No One Is Righteous9 What shall we conclude then? Do we have any advantage? Not at all! For we have already made the charge that Jews and Gentiles alike are all under the power of sin. 10 As it is written:“There is no one righteous, not even one;11 there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.12 All have turned away, they have together become worthless;there is no one who does good, not even one.”13 “Their throats are open graves; their tongues practice deceit.”“The poison of vipers is on their lips.”14 “Their mouths are ful...2017-05-0744 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsAn IntroductionRomans 1:1-71 Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle and set apart for the gospel of God— 2 the gospel he promised beforehand through his prophets in the Holy Scriptures 3 regarding his Son, who as to his earthly life[a] was a descendant of David, 4 and who through the Spirit of holiness was appointed the Son of God in power[b] by his resurrection from the dead: Jesus Christ our Lord. 5 Through him we received grace and apostleship to call all the Gentiles to the obedience that comes from[c] faith for his name’s sake. 6 And you...2017-01-0842 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsThe Wonder of Knowing JesusIsaiah 44:1-5, John 10:14-18, Ephesians 3:7-11 “But now listen, Jacob, my servant, Israel, whom I have chosen. 2 This is what the Lord says— he who made you, who formed you in the womb, and who will help you: Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant, Jeshurun,[a] whom I have chosen. 3 For I will pour water on the thirsty land, and streams on the dry ground; I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring, and my blessing on your descendants. 4 They will spring up like grass in a meadow, like poplar trees by flowing streams. 5 Some will say, ‘I belong...2017-01-0125 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsThe King of the WorldLuke 2:22-40Jesus Presented in the Temple22 When the time came for the purification rites required by the Law of Moses, Joseph and Mary took him to Jerusalem to present him to the Lord 23 (as it is written in the Law of the Lord, “Every firstborn male is to be consecrated to the Lord”[a]), 24 and to offer a sacrifice in keeping with what is said in the Law of the Lord: “a pair of doves or two young pigeons.”[b]25 Now there was a man in Jerusalem called Simeon, who was righteous and devout. He was waiting for the consolat...2016-12-2530 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsCreated for CommunityColossians 4:7-18Final Greetings7 Tychicus will tell you all the news about me. He is a dear brother, a faithful minister and fellow servant[a] in the Lord. 8 I am sending him to you for the express purpose that you may know about our[b] circumstances and that he may encourage your hearts. 9 He is coming with Onesimus, our faithful and dear brother, who is one of you. They will tell you everything that is happening here.10 My fellow prisoner Aristarchus sends you his greetings, as does Mark, the cousin of Barnabas. (You have received instructions about him; if he...2016-07-2437 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsLooking OutwardColossians 4:2-6Further Instructions2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.2016-07-1735 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsWhat Are We Known For?Colossians 1:1-121 Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother,2 To God’s holy people in Colossae, the faithful brothers and sisters[a] in Christ:Grace and peace to you from God our Father.[b]Thanksgiving and Prayer3 We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, when we pray for you, 4 because we have heard of your faith in Christ Jesus and of the love you have for all God’s people— 5 the faith and love that spring from the hope stored up for you in heaven and about which you ha...2016-05-1538 minKishwaukee Community Presbyterian Church SermonsGrowing Up In ChristEphesians 4:1-8, 11-16 As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace. 4 There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to one hope when you were called; 5 one Lord, one faith, one baptism; 6 one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.7 But to each one of us grace...2016-05-0130 min