Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. This morning we will be taking a break from our sermon series in the book of Nehemiah. This being Reformation Sunday, I wanted to preach on one of the five solas , which are the five distinctives of the Reformation, or the five claims or propositions that lie…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We will continue our series in the Book of Nehemiah this morning. We will finish the sixth chapter of Nehemiah today. The text for the sermon this morning will begin at verse 15, and go to verse 4 of Chapter 7. You can find it on Page 473 of the Bibles in your…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We will continue our series in the Book of Nehemiah this morning. We are in the sixth chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning will begin at verse 10, and go to verse 14. You can find it on the bottom of Page 472 of the Bibles in your pews.…
Introduction This morning’s sermon will be different. We are pausing our series in Nehemiah today, because I am convinced that we are in an important moment, and there are some hard things that we have to talk about. If you are a visitor this morning, I am sorry. Come back next week for our regular menu.…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We will continue our series in the Book of Nehemiah this morning. We are in the sixth chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning will begin at verse 1, and go to verse 9. You can find it on Page 472 of the Bibles in your pews. B. Sermon Text…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. We will continue our series in the Book of Nehemiah this morning, and we are still in Chapter 5. We will begin at verse 14. So, please turn with me in your Bibles to the fifth chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning will begin at verse 14,…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. Please turn with me in your Bibles to the fourth chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning will bein at verse 15, and continue through the rest of the Chapter. You can find it on Page 471 of the Bibles in your pews. B. Review By way of review,…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. Please turn with me in your Bibles to the fourth chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning is verses 1 through 14. You can find it on Page 469 of the Bibles in your pews. I would like to extend my thanks to Eddie Ramer for his able preaching…
blessed Are the Poor in Spirit Bible Passage: Matthew 5:3–5 Summary: In the Beatitudes, Jesus outlines the characteristics of those who are blessed in the Kingdom of Heaven, emphasizing humility, mourning over sin, and the meekness that aligns with God's will. Application: This sermon encourages believers…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. Please turn with me in your Bibles to the third chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning is the entirety of the third chapter, which we will read selections from this morning. You can find it on Page 469 of the Bibles in your pews. Where we…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. Please turn with me in your Bibles to the second chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning is verses 1 thru 8. You can find it on Page 46X of the Bibles in your pews. We’ve come to the point of the story of Nehemiah’s arrival in Jerusalem. The…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good Morning. Please turn with me in your Bibles to the second chapter of Nehemiah. The text for the sermon this morning is verses 1 thru 8. You can find it on page 468 of the Bibles in your pews. B. Review While you are turning there, permit me to do some review of what’s…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Welcome to the start of our sermon series on the Book of Nehemiah. We wrapped up our sermon series on the book of Ezra recently. And you might be wondering why we are now moving to Nehemiah, since it is usually my preference to move back and forth between the Old and New…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. Well, as I’m sure most of you know, last Sunday, we tied up our sermon series on Ezra. And right now I am planning to proceed to Nehemiah. That is not my practice ordinarily. Ordinarily, I try to switch back and forth between an Old Testament Book and a New…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue and will conclude our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 10 today. The first half of the chapter is narrative, and the second half or so is a list of names, so I will focus mainly on the first seventeen…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. Today’s sermon will be a brief diversion from our series on Ezra, in order to celebrate Trinity Sunday. In my weekly emails to all of you, we have been going over our Mission Statement delivered by the Session earlier this year. And I want us to start by saying…
Introduction A. Preliminaries Good morning. We continue our sermon series on the book of Ezra this morning, and we find ourselves in Chapter 9 today. There are only 10 chapters in Ezra so we are nearing the end. We’ll have another week or two in Ezra. So by way of reminder, Ezra has arrived in Jerusalem…