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Calvary on SermonAudioDesiring the GospelA new MP3 sermon from Zion Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:
Title: Desiring the Gospel
Subtitle: Exposition of 1 Peter
Speaker: Romesh Prakashpalan
Broadcaster: Zion Presbyterian Church
Event: Sunday - AM
Date: 8/4/2024
Bible: 1 Peter 1:10-12
Length: 58 min.2024-08-0558 minDoctrines of Grace on SermonAudioKept by the Power of GodA new MP3 sermon from Zion Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:
Title: Kept by the Power of God
Subtitle: Exposition of 1 Peter
Speaker: Romesh Prakashpalan
Broadcaster: Zion Presbyterian Church
Event: Sunday - AM
Date: 7/21/2024
Bible: 1 Peter 1:3-5
Length: 58 min.2024-07-2258 min
Gospel WorshipThe Ordinance of HeadcoveringWe conclude our Gospel Worship series by considering the ordinance of males having their head uncovered and the female's hair being covered with a fabric covering during public worship from 1 Corinthians 11:2-16. We find that Paul's arguments deal with nature, heaven, and the covering of the woman's glory - and none of the argumentation made by the apostle deal with culture. And so, we find an ordinance that abides even today, and consider the history of its removal from the church - due to the advent of feminism.2024-04-141h 03Gospel WorshipThe Sabbath Is Not a Day for FootballIn light of the Super Bowl, we consider the practice of Sabbath keeping, and how worldly pleasures are to be put away so that we might find our delight in Christ.2024-02-111h 09
Christian FamilyChristian Family - Preparing Children for Communicant MembershipWe return to our series on the Christian Family and consider how children are to be brought to maturity to the point where they might enter into the communicant membership of the Church. We consider what they need to know in order to discern the Lord's body and blood, how we may discern faith and the fruit of repentance in them, as well as an exhortation that children show godly maturity before taking their place at Christ's Table and as communing members of the congregation. All with the goal that the Lord would lead all of our children to the...2023-10-2258 minChristian FamilyChristian Family: EducationWe continue our series on the Christian family and consider the theme of Education. We find that the education of covenant children must be God-centered, for they belong to Him. All education is moral and so our youth must be educated with a curriculum that posits that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. Education has several aims including the imparting of morals and the creation of citizens. The question is what kingdom our children will be educated to become citizens of. Proverbs 9:10 and other pertinent texts. DUE TO...2023-10-0856 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 11 - Divorce and RemarriageWe return to our series on the Christian Family and deal with a theme that is sadly necessary in a world of sin - divorce. We find the Lord's teaching is challenging in a day of no fault divorces and see the Lord's allowance for Biblical divorces as well as under what parameters one can remarry in the Lord. In addition, the congregation will be exhorted to always remember that divorce must not be sought out by Christians apart from the counsel of the Church, as "the corruption of man be such as is apt to study arguments, unduly to...2023-09-1754 minChristian FamilyChildren - 7 - Gaining their heartWe continue our series on The Christian Family and consider the vital need to gain our children's heart as we consider the Proverb, "my son, give me thine heart". As a child's heart will lead them, we must not see our aim in parenting as behavior management, but instead, to draw the heart of a child to the Lord Jesus, understanding that a child whose heart seeks to be compliant to Christ's will is the goal in parenting. Proverbs 23:13-26.2023-07-1655 minChristian FamilyChildren - 6 - DisciplineWe return to our series on the family, and open up the immense topic of discipline. We consider the need for discipline especially in a day where children seem to rule the roost at home and are unruly. We find that godly discipline, according to God, is an expression of love. We will consider several of the tools available to the Christian parent out of the Word of God, and how discipline is to be balanced through a variety of means suited for each child's temperament and stage of life. Will be preached from Hebrews 12:4-11.2023-07-0259 min
The Blue BanterRomesh PrakashpalanIn this episode, Joe and Aaron interview Romesh Parkashpalan, pastor of Dallas Reformed Presbyterian Church in Dallas Texas.
2023-06-2357 minChristian FamilyChildren - 5 - Sharpening our childrenWe return to our series on the family and having considered our need to evangelize our children, we consider our need to disciple them by the Word of God, a process that the Lord likens to "sharpening" them as one might sharpen an arrow or a blade. We see the totality of how the Word of God is meant to fill their lives from an early age and some of the ways that we are called to not only sharpen them, but keep them from growing dull. Deuteronomy 6:4-12.2023-06-1858 minChristian FamilyChildren - 4 - Evangelizing your childrenWe return to our Christian Family series and hear of the duty parents have to evangelize their own covenant children. That they are to remind their covenant children that they "must be born again". Not presuming their children are regenerate but instead ensuring they constantly hear of their need to turn to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation. The text is John 3:7.2023-05-2858 minGospel WorshipPrimacy of PreachingWe return to our Gospel Worship series and turn to the primary element in the worship of God - which is the preaching of the Word. Above all other elements in the worship service, it is the preached Word that Christ has given the highest place. We seek to understand how the "conscionable hearing" the preached Word is an act of worship we offer to God. The text is 1 Corinthians 1:17-31.2023-05-2859 minGospel WorshipCarefulness in WorshipWe return to our Gospel Worship series and having considered our need for reverent conduct in a prior sermon, we consider next our need for carefulness in public worship. That we must prepare carefully to come into the House of God, to listen intently to the voice of God, to pray with thoughtfulness, and to pay our vows - all done by faith that God is and is the rewarder of them that diligently seek Him. Otherwise, the Bible says that we offer the sacrifice of fools and we do not please God. Ecclesiastes 5:1-7.2023-05-2159 minGospel WorshipThe Stewards of the SacramentsIn the baptismal service, we briefly return to our Gospel Worship series and consider why it is that only ministers of the gospel (pastors) should administer the sacraments. That Christ has called and ordained certain men to be stewards of the gospel mysteries found in His Word, and so, has also made them the stewards of His sacraments which are His Word made visible. We will also consider the great gospel mysteries in the Scripture that are revealed to us that we might understand how baptism portrays the washing away of our sins. 1 Corinthians 4:1.2023-04-3054 minChristian FamilyChildren - 3 - Love thy childrenWe continue our sub-series on raising children in the Christian Family series and turn our attention to the fountain of parents' duties to their children in the Lord: to love them. Biblical, not worldly, love. This means that there is a self-sacrificial nature to loving children - even when loving them might cause them to turn on you. (1 Thess. 2:7-8; 2 Cor. 12:14-15).2023-04-161h 01Christian FamilyChildren - 2 - Honor thy parentsWe continue our series on the Christian Family and consider the primary 2nd Table duty that children have - which is to give honor to their parents in the heart, in their speech, and their outward obedience. Will be preached from Ephesians 6:1-3.2023-04-0957 minChristian FamilyChildren - 1 - The LORD's blessingWe return to our series on the Christian Family and begin our sub-series on Children. Before looking at specific duties in child-rearing and duties children owe to parents, we start this sub-series by considering a theology of children that we might better understand our duties to the Lord in having and raising children in future sermons. Preached from Psalm 127.2023-04-0253 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 10 - PreparationWe continue to our series on the family and consider some ways to prepare for marriage, including how to redeem the time of singleness, whether it is for a time or for a lifetime. In addition, we see some of the parameters that might make for a godly match between candidates for marriage, and how consent works, along with practical planning. Will be preached from 1 Cor. 7.2023-02-0557 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 9 - UnityWe continue our series on the Christian family and our sub-series on Marriage. We look at the need for married couples to nurture the strength of their marriage bond. That they must grow in love, reconciliation, and intimacy to each other, because their flesh is very prone towards schism and its end: divorce, which is contrary to the design of their marriage, which is to be one flesh and to glorify God in it. Preached from 1 Corinthians 7.2023-01-2958 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 8 - The wife as holy helpmeetWe continue our series on Marriage and see the wife's role as a holy helpmeet to her husband. She must first consider her walk before the Lord in holiness and then apply her holiness to being her husband's helper and in the management of her home. Proverbs 31:10-31 and Titus 2:1-5.2023-01-221h 00Christian FamilyMarriage - 7 - The wife's Church-like reverenceWe continue our series on marriage and come to the duties of wives. When considering the need for wives to submit to their own husbands in all things not sinful (Eph. 5:22) we find that the precondition for godly submission is a wife's respect for her husband (Eph. 5:33). Wives must grow in them a respect for their husband when considering his position in their home.2023-01-151h 02Christian FamilyMarriage - 6 - The husband as leaderWe continue our series on the Christian family and hear from the Word that husbands are the heads or leaders of their home under Christ as their own head. They are to set the course of the home and lead it well in godliness. They must lead their wife, but not lord over her, and are to counsel, consider, commend, and correct her and the children. Preached from 1 Corinthians 11:3 and 1 Timothy 3:4-5.2023-01-0858 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 5 - The husband as providerWe return to our series on the Christian Family and continue to investigate the duties of the husband in marriage and find that husbands are to provide for the needs of their wife in both soul and body, reflecting the truth that Christ as the savior of his Bride has provided all things that we need for blessedness. Preached from Eph. 5:22-29.2023-01-0157 minGospel WorshipUnauthorized Holy DaysWe return to our gospel worship series by turning to Exodus 32 to see that the imposition of new holy days (Exodus 32:5) by church leaders and not God is outside the power of the church. In the New Testament, only a single holy day remains - the weekly Sabbath. Leaders in the Church must extirpate all other impositions, as men like Moses and Hezekiah removed the corruptions of worship that entered the Church in their time. Preached from Exodus 32:5.2022-12-181h 07Christian FamilyMarriage - 4 - The husband's Christ-like loveWe continue our series on the family and consider the husband's reflection of Christ's love for his bride. We consider several aspects of Christ's love and how a godly husband is to, by God's grace, model the love of Christ towards his own wife. Preached from Ephesians 5:22-33.2022-10-1656 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 3 - Heirs together of graceWe continue our series on the family and consider Peter's counsel to husbands and wives - how both are to live together as heirs of the grace of life with the wife submitting to her husband and the husband honoring her as the weaker vessel. Preached from 1 Peter 3:1-92022-10-0952 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 2 - Ruin and RedemptionWe continue our series on the Christian Family and seek to understand what troubles the ruin of mankind in the fall has caused to our roles in marriage and how our redemption in Christ shows us what ought to be as we also consider the roles of husband and wife. Preached from Genesis 3:16 and Ephesians 5:21-33 on Sabbath PM 10/02/22.2022-10-0254 minChristian FamilyMarriage - 1 - InstitutionWe continue our new series on the Christian family and consider what applications for marriage arise out of marriage's institution in Genesis 2:18-25. The creation of the two sexes, their union, and the design for starting a new home together will be another foundational piece to lay on applications for marriages and the home as the series continues to unfold. Preached Sabbath PM on 09/25/22.2022-09-2551 minChristian FamilyFamily - Intro: Fear that blesses a homeWe begin a series on the Christian family by turning to Psalm 128 and finding the fountain of happiness for the home - the fear of the Lord. With this foundation - which roots our home in the gospel - and is the beginning of wisdom - we will find a foundation on which to lay all of the particular doctrines concerning the home in future sermons.2022-09-1851 minGospel WorshipReverent Conduct in WorshipWe return to our series on Gospel Worship and consider our conduct in public worship. That our conduct in worship must be a reflection and acknowledgement of Who God is - the Judge of All and a Consuming Fire. That the gospel administration of the covenant of grace requires not less reverence, but more reverence, than the administration of the covenant at Sinai and by faith, our conduct in public worship, should have reverence and godly fear of meeting with an all-consuming God that we can approach through Jesus Christ our Mediator. Will be preached from Hebrews 12:18-29.2022-08-0754 minGospel WorshipPublic ThanksgivingWe return to our Gospel Worship series and consider the warrant to have special days of Thanksgiving where we are called to praise and bless the LORD for His special deliverances in the course of His Providence towards us. We will consider that from both Psalm 107 and Esther 9:20-22.2022-07-0352 minGospel WorshipLord's Supper: Joint participationWe consider the communion, or joint participation, we have in Christ shown in the common table, common bread, and common cup shared by those who partake of the Supper. We find that sharing the table, bread, and cup has spiritual significance and we should not go away from Christ's institution. Preached from 1 Corinthians 10:16-22 on Sabbath PM 02/20/22.2022-02-2052 minGospel WorshipLord's Supper: FrequencyWe continue our series on the Lord's Supper and seek to understand the General Rules of the Word that determine frequency for a congregation. Preached from 1 Corinthians 11:23-34 on Sabbath PM 02/13/22.2022-02-1354 minGospel WorshipLord's Supper: PreparationWe continue our series on worship and investigate our need to prepare for the Lord's Supper, considering the underlying principles that make preparation necessary for the sacrament, as well as the practice of preparation and the goal of preparation - to meet intimately with Jesus Christ and to receive great blessings from Him. Preached from 1 Corinthians 11:17-34.2022-02-0658 minGospel WorshipLord's Supper: Real PresenceWe continue our series on worship and consider the real presence of Jesus Christ in the Supper. We reject that blasphemous view of the Supper found in Rome's transubstantiation but embrace the presence of Christ in the Supper by His Spirit as the Word of God teaches. Preached from 1 Corinthians 10:1-22 Sabbath PM on 01/30/222022-01-3048 minGospel WorshipLord's Supper: SignificanceWe return to our series on gospel worship and consider the significance of the Lord's Supper in both its institution and the elements the Lord ordained. In order to better commune and receive the benefits of Christ, we must see the significance of the Lord's Supper. Preached from Luke 22:14-20 on Sabbath PM 01/23/22.2022-01-2349 minGospel WorshipPublic fastingin our series on gospel worship, we consider an extraordinary part of the worship of God - public fasting. In preparation for our upcoming public day of fasting we will hear instruction on it before we seek the Lord as a congregation. Preached from Joel 2:12-19 on Sabbath PM 01/09/22.2022-01-0954 minGospel WorshipThe SacramentsWe return to our series on gospel worship and consider the sacraments. We learn how the Lord has designed these means of grace and their place in the worship of God and the Christian's life. That doctrinal sermon was preached from Romans 4:11-12 and 1 Corinthians 10:16-17 on Sabbath PM 12/21/21.2021-12-1952 minGospel WorshipAcapella praiseAs our series on gospel worship continues, we consider what accompanies the singing of the psalms and find that God prescribes only the human voice in the gospel era. That the instruments of worship were tied to the Levitical priesthood and that the instruments of the Old Testament were abolished when the sacrifices were abolished. But now, the Lord wants the Church to sing acapella - the sacrifice of praise being the fruit of our lips that comes as the product of plucking the strings of our heart. We also survey church history to find that the Christian Church has...2021-10-2456 minGospel WorshipExclusive Psalmody - 3 - Songs of the SpiritIn our third sermon on Exclusive Psalmody we discover the author of the psalms is not David but the Holy Spirit. As the author of the psalms is perfect and infallible so too are the words that He has composed. That no mere man can compare to the divine composer of the psalms. In addition, we see how the psalms are new songs after the advent of Jesus Christ and to sing a new song is a command to sing the psalms with the light of the gospel shining upon them. Finally, our psalm singing is of no use, if...2021-10-1759 minGospel WorshipExclusive Psalmody - 2 - Christ's PresenceAs our series on Worship continues, we consider the first major objection to singing psalms exclusively - that we do not sing the name 'Jesus' in worship. We discover what the name of Jesus portends - that He is the LORD - and that something better than the bare name of Jesus is found in the psalms: His very presence. We experience Jesus Christ when we sing the psalms with His Spirit and have fellowship with Him. Preached Sabbath PM from Colossians 3:16, and Philippians 2:5-11 on 09/19/21.2021-09-1949 minGospel WorshipExclusive Psalmody - 1 - Exegesis and HistoryAs our series on worship continues, we begin to investigate the individual elements of worship. We begin with the element of worship that is sung praise. We ask what God has instructed us to sing in the public worship of God. The answer is: His 150 inspired psalms.
In this sermon, we consider how the exclusive psalmody position fits the pillars of worship we have considered thus far. We also consider how the exclusive psalmody position is derived from the Scripture. Lastly, we remember that this was the historic practice of the church from the time of the Jewish Synagogue up...2021-09-1253 minGospel WorshipWorship: Elements and CircumstancesAs our series on gospel worship continues, we are exhorted to know what distinguishes elements of worship and circumstances of worship. We find that the lack of clarity on this has led to chaos in the worship of the churches of God. But God has said that He is not the author of confusion but of peace and wants all things done decently and in order. To understand the distinction between elements and circumstances allows us to be confident that we are not offering strange fire - but instead are doing all according to the apostolic rule: "do all things...2021-06-1351 minGospel WorshipThe Regulative Principle of WorshipAs our series on worship continues, we consider the rule for worship - what is called the Regulative Principle. A principle that comes from the Bible - which teaches that whatever is not commanded is forbidden in worship. In this sermon we are exhorted to hear of the heart of the principle and also discover how the principle glorifies God and protects the conscience of the worshiper. Preached on Sabbath PM 05/02/21.Of the Regulative Principle of Worship…I. Its doctrine.II. Its heart.III. Its King.2021-05-0255 minGospel WorshipPublic worship is necessary!As our series on worship continues, we consider the public worship of God. We hear what distinguishes it from secret and family worship. The great glory it brings to God. The great glory that the worship enters into - "the holiest" through the blood of Jesus. Public Worship is most necessary - as its neglect leads to apostasy. As well, we see that Christ gives leadership of Public Worship to church officers and not civil magistrates or the unordained.Public worship:I. Is most glorifying and most glorious.II. Has certain requirements.III. Is not to be neglected.2021-04-2555 minGospel WorshipSanctify the LORD in worship!In the first sermon in our series on worship, we are exhorted to understand the gravity of worship. That through the charred bodies of Nadab and Abihu - we recognize that we are to draw near to a holy God by hallowing Him. This is the foundation of worship and is necessary before we even consider His prescriptions for worship. Preached Sabbath PM on 04/18/21 from Leviticus 10:3.Outline:I. A definition of worship.II. The holiness of worship.III. Our conduct in worship.2021-04-1856 min
Gospel on SermonAudioThou hast destroyed thyself; butA new MP3 sermon from Dallas Reformed Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details:Title: Thou hast destroyed thyself; butSubtitle: HoseaSpeaker: Romesh PrakashpalanBroadcaster: Dallas Reformed Presbyterian ChurchEvent: Sunday - PMDate: 3/14/2021Bible: Hosea 13Length: 53 min.2021-03-1553 min