The Sermon Recap

Don't be conceited or arrogant. Rather, be humble, and praise God!Romans 11:25–36 pulls us into a sweeping mystery that calls for humility rather than pride. Paul warns believers not to become wise in their own eyes, reminding us that every bit of understanding, every gift of grace, and every place we stand in God’s story is something we received, not something we earned. Gentile believers are urged to resist any sense of superiority, because God has not abandoned Israel. His plan still includes them, and His calling remains firm. The passage reveals a God who binds all people in disobedience so He might show mercy to all kinds of people, bringing Jew and Gentile into one redeemed family. In the end, the only fitting response is worship. Paul leads us to marvel at the depths of God’s wisdom and the vastness of His purposes, inviting us to stand in awe of a story far greater than our understanding and to proclaim with him that all things are from God, through God, and for God.

A Faithful God and a Growing FamilyRomans 11 shows us a God who keeps His promises even when His people wander. This passage explains how Israel is not abandoned, how God preserves a remnant by grace, and how He uses their unbelief to bring salvation to the world. Gentiles are brought into God’s family with purpose, adding life and richness to His people, while also stirring Israel to see the beauty of the faith they once rejected. Paul holds together both hope and warning. Hope, because God will one day bring His work to fullness, gathering Jew and Gentile into the life of Christ. Warning, because pride can blind anyone, and presumption can make anyone fall. The heart of the message is simple. You are part of God’s family because of His kindness, and you continue in that kindness by remembering that everything you have is a gift of grace.

Romans 10:5–21 opens a wide door into the heart of the Gospel, showing that salvation is not distant or complicated but close enough to touch. This sermon unfolds how faith begins with knowing who Jesus is, grows as the heart believes He is Lord and risen, and becomes real as we confess Him openly. The word is near, not tucked away in heaven or hidden in the depths, but offered freely to anyone who calls on His name. Yet Paul presses us further, reminding us that people cannot believe in the Christ they have never heard. Faith comes through hearing, and hearing through the word of Christ, which means the church must be a people who go, send, speak, and bear the beauty of the good news wherever it has not yet been heard. Evangelism is not reserved for preachers on platforms but is the joyful work of ordinary believers announcing the hope they themselves have received. This passage invites us to trust Jesus not only for our salvation but also for the courage to step into His mission, believing that His hands are extended to the world and that He calls us to extend them too.

Romans 9:19–10:4 wrestles with one of the hardest questions in faith: how God’s sovereign mercy and human responsibility coexist. This sermon explores Paul’s response to that tension through three truths. God is the potter and we are the clay, reminding us that our questions must be asked with humility before the Creator. God’s actions reveal His character, showing mercy against the backdrop of judgment so that His glory might be known. And God’s mercy reaches further than we imagine, calling both Jew and Gentile, the outsider and the undeserving, into His family. Yet Paul warns that even great zeal for God can miss the heart of the Gospel when it tries to earn righteousness instead of receiving it by faith. The message invites us to trust what we cannot fully explain, to submit to God’s wisdom, and to rest in Christ who is the end of the law and the beginning of true righteousness for all who believe.

This sermon from Romans 9 unfolds in three parts: Paul’s response to unbelief, the meaning of true Israel, and the character of a merciful God. Paul begins with deep sorrow for his fellow Jews who reject Christ, showing that real faith feels compassion for the lost rather than judgment. He then explains that not everyone born into Israel truly belongs to God’s people, for true Israel is defined by faith, not heritage. Finally, the message reveals that salvation depends entirely on God’s mercy, not on human effort or goodness. Though His ways are often beyond our understanding, God remains just and compassionate, freely showing mercy to those He calls. The sermon invites us to humility, gratitude, and a tender heart toward those who do not yet believe.

The message focuses on Jesus’ words in John 6 where He declares that He is the Bread of Life. The pastor compares the joy and fullness of Thanksgiving to the deep satisfaction that only Christ can give. Every person is hungry in their soul, longing for meaning and fulfillment, yet we often turn to temporary things such as relationships, success, or comfort. Jesus invites us to stop chasing what fades away and to feast on Him through belief. True belief is trusting Him as the one who gives life and joy. The sermon encourages listeners to seek Christ daily in worship, community, prayer, and confession, because belief is feasting. As we reach toward Him, we discover that He has already reached toward us. God is the one who seeks, saves, and holds His people forever. Jesus, the Bread of Life, satisfies every hungry heart that comes to Him.

In this message from Romans 8, we are reminded that even in a world marked by pain, futility, and decay, God’s love remains unbreakable. Using the changing season of autumn as a picture of life, the sermon explores how beauty and brokenness coexist, yet hope shines through because God is at work in all things. The Spirit helps us in our weakness, God shapes us through every trial, and Christ’s love secures us forever. No suffering, no loss, and no power can separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus

Romans 8:1–17 opens with one of the most freeing truths in Scripture: there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. This sermon unfolds what that means, revealing the beauty of new life made possible through the power of the Holy Spirit. We are given a new status as those who are no longer condemned but declared righteous before God. We are given a new way of life, freed from the bondage of sin and empowered to walk according to the Spirit. And we are given a new identity as sons and daughters of God, secure in His love, assured by His Spirit, and heirs with Christ. This passage reminds us that Christianity is not about trying harder but about living in the reality of what God has already accomplished. Through the Spirit, we experience freedom, intimacy, and transformation, learning to cry out with confidence, “Abba, Father,” as beloved children who belong forever to Him.

Romans 7:13-25 draws us into the deep tension of the Christian life, the struggle between what we desire to do and what we actually do. In this sermon, we face the painful honesty of Paul’s confession that we are slaves to sin, at war within ourselves, torn between delighting in God’s law and succumbing to our broken flesh. It is the universal human condition, doing what we hate and unable to change ourselves. Yet in that wretchedness, a cry rises: “Who will deliver me from this body of death?” The answer bursts forth with hope, “Thanks be to God through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Jesus steps outside the gates, into the place of exile, becoming a wretch for us so that we might be made whole. To struggle with sin is not failure but the sign of life, the mark of grace at work. This is the good news for every weary believer: you may still be at war, but you no longer fight alone.

Romans 7:1–13 wrestles with a deep question: what is the Christian’s relationship to God’s law? This message unpacks Paul’s marriage analogy, showing that through Christ’s death we have died to the law and now belong to Him. The law itself is holy, righteous, and good, but sin twists it, turning even God’s commands into opportunities for rebellion. The law reveals our need, but it cannot save—it only exposes the depth of our captivity. The good news is that Jesus not only paid for our sins but also broke the power of sin’s dominion. To become a Christian is to enter this new covenant relationship with Christ, freed from condemnation and empowered by His Spirit. The cross assures us that while the law unmasks our helplessness, grace proclaims that help has come near.

Romans 6:15–23 reminds us that neutrality is an illusion. We are always shaped by the master we follow, whether sin that erodes our lives and ends in death, or God whose gift is righteousness and eternal life. This sermon emphasizes that grace does not make obedience optional but makes it possible. Becoming a Christian means a change of masters, moving from slavery to sin into joyful service to God. It is not simply adding religion to life but receiving a new heart that loves righteousness, a new purpose that seeks holiness, and a new end that leads to life with Christ. Though the path of discipleship can feel costly, it is marked by freedom, joy, and the assurance that in Jesus the end is not wages we earn but the gift of eternal life we could never deserve.

This message from Colossians 4:2–6 wrestles with the question of what Christians should truly be known for in the world. Instead of fear, anger, or retreat, Paul calls believers to a life shaped by steadfast prayer, gracious words, and wise actions. The sermon highlights three movements: being active in prayer, being active in deeds and words, and trusting the activity of God. We are reminded that mission is not about shouting louder or retreating deeper, but about loving neighbours through prayerful watchfulness, wise living, and gracious speech. Ultimately, the call to be missional flows out of God’s own mission in Christ, who walked toward outsiders, spoke with grace, and gave His life so that all could be welcomed into His family.

This sermon from 2 Timothy 3 reflects on three central aspects of the Reformed faith: covenantal, Christ-centered, and obedient to the Scriptures. Timothy’s upbringing shows how the covenant promises of God extend to believers and their children, inviting the whole church to share in the nurture of the next generation. At the heart of it all is faith in Christ, the center of life and salvation, reminding us that no system or tradition is greater than Him. Finally, Paul’s words about Scripture being God-breathed call us to let the Word shape both our beliefs and our conduct. To be Reformed is not to boast in distinctives but to be made wise for salvation through Jesus Christ, who remains the foundation, the focus, and the goal of it all.

Psalm 89 carries us into the mystery of living between praise and lament. The psalmist begins with six reminders of God’s steadfast love, His promises to David, His power over evil, and His faithfulness across generations. Yet, with brutal honesty, he turns to complaint, asking how God’s covenant love can coexist with exile, defeat, and humiliation. The sermon highlights that two things can be true: God is good and yet life can be unbearably painful. Like Ethan the Ezraite, we are invited to bring our rawest questions before God, not with neat answers but with honest cries of “How long?” and “Remember me.” The psalm ends in silence, but the fuller story points us to Christ, God’s love embodied, mocked and scorned for our sake, yet faithful to the end. In Him we find not easy resolutions, but a Savior who enters the tension with us, carrying both our praise and our pain into the presence of God.

Psalm 85 is a prayer for revival, reminding us that renewal is not something we can stir up, but something we must ask God to bring down. The psalmist shows us how: by remembering God’s past faithfulness, asking for His present mercy, and believing His promises for the future. True revival is not about big gatherings or emotional moments, but about hearts reignited with love for God, lives restored to joy in His presence, and faith strengthened for the road ahead. This message calls us to confess our sins, seek God Himself above all else, and long for the day when His steadfast love, faithfulness, righteousness, and peace will meet in full. Until then, we pray with confidence, “Revive us again, Lord, that we may rejoice in You.”

Psalm 87 celebrates a city founded, loved, and made glorious by God. Its foundation is not human strength but His presence. What is most surprising is the list of its citizens—Egypt, Babylon, Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—former enemies now welcomed as belonging to Zion. It is a vision of grace where the unlikely and the opposed are given a new identity. The church today shares in this glory, not because of perfection, but because God dwells within. Citizenship is God’s gift, not our achievement, and in Christ even enemies are made family. This psalm invites us to rejoice in a kingdom where grace makes strangers into citizens and all our springs are found in Him.

Psalm 77 gives voice to the storms of the soul, where fear, doubt, and grief press hard against the heart. This sermon reminds us that you have a Good Shepherd who invites you to cry out, to open up, and to speak to Him about everything without fear of rejection. He has already met your deepest need at the cross, rescuing you from sin and death. Remembering His past faithfulness, like His deliverance of Israel through the Red Sea, gives courage and hope in the present. Even when fears become reality, His nail-pierced hands hold you fast, and His love will carry you through.

Psalm 79 gives voice to a people reeling from the consequences of sin and crying out for mercy. In this sermon, we are invited to hold together honest confession and bold hope. The psalm names the wreckage, pleads for forgiveness, and asks God to act not only for our sake but for the sake of His name. It is a prayer for those who feel the weight of guilt yet still believe God hears. In Christ, the judgment we deserve has been carried, and the mercy we seek has already begun. This is a song for the humbled and the hopeful.

Psalm 73 gives voice to the inner disorientation that comes when what we believe about God seems to clash with what we see in the world. Asaph begins with a confession of faith, but quickly admits that envy and injustice nearly led him to abandon it. The wicked thrive while the faithful suffer, and it almost undoes him. Yet his turning point comes not with answers, but with presence. In the sanctuary of God, Asaph’s perspective is reoriented, his desires are reshaped, and his song is renewed. This sermon invites us to be honest about our doubts, to repent of the pride that keeps us silent or bitter, and to shift our gaze back to the God who holds us fast. Even when our footing slips, we are not lost. The hand of our Father is still holding ours. The path may be narrow and steep, but His presence is strong enough to keep us.

Psalm 74 gives voice to a kind of lament that is both honest and holy. In this sermon, we are invited to grieve the destruction of what is sacred, to mourn the state of the church, and to plead for God’s intervention. The psalmist does not hold back sorrow or hard questions. He grieves the loss of the temple, the triumph of God’s enemies, and what feels like God’s silence. Yet even in anguish, he turns to the Lord with trust, remembering who God is, what He has done, and what He has promised. This message draws a straight line from the ancient ruin of Jerusalem to the present brokenness of Christ’s church, urging us to grieve with clarity, believe with confidence, and plead with hope. We are called to remember the covenant, to trust the God who led His people through the sea, and to ask boldly for Him to defend His name and rescue His people once again. This is not complaint without hope, but worship shaped by sorrow, love, and faith.