Sermon Video Introduction: I am fond of saying that grace has a backbone, but I think it is time to explain what I mean by that. The context of these remarks is the general and current ongoing ...
Grace and Sweat
Completely Coated in Red Forgiveness
Sermon Video Easter 2022: Introduction: On this festal day, we remember, we commemorate, we celebrate the fact that Jesus Christ our Lord rose from the dead. Death no longer has dominion over ...
Palm Sunday as Powder Keg
Sermon Video Introduction: Over the years, I have mentioned a number of times that there is no good biblical reason to use the hosannas! of Palm Sunday and the crucify him! of the Passion account ...
Do Not Forsake the Work of Your Own Hands/Ps. 138
Sermon Video Introduction: One of the central things we are called to do is praise the works of the Lord. But the glorious thing is that we are also called to remember that we are ourselves the ...
The Rivers of Babylon/Ps. 137
Sermon Video Introduction: This psalm begins with a heartfelt lament, and concludes with a savage benediction. This apparent incongruity has been a trouble to many Christians, and so we need to ...
The Hesed of God/Psalm 136
Sermon Video Introduction: This psalm rotates around the hesed of God, coming back to it every other line. This word hesed can be translated any number of different ways—kindness, faithfulness, ...
Confession of Sin and Forgiveness
Sermon Video Introduction: One very common problem that Christians have in their Christian lives is the problem of spiritual clutter. Many Christians don’t know what to do with various unresolved ...
A Mosaic of Praise/Psalm 135
Sermon Video Introduction: This psalm is untitled, and it is truly a curious composition—it is a scriptural mosaic. Most of this psalm is laid together like tiles from other portions of Scripture. ...
Bless Thee Out of Zion/Psalm 134
Sermon Video Introduction: Our covenantal relationship with God is a relationship that is tied completely around with blessing. The servants of the Lord are called and summoned to bless the Lord, ...
Together in Unity/Psalm 133
Sermon Video Introduction: Christian unity is a dangerous subject because—believe it or not—it is one of the ironic things we are divided over. What is the nature of true unity? Why should ...