Services from the year 2025
This sermon, based on John 15, focuses on the metaphor of Christ as the true vine, with believers as the branches, emphasizing the importance of spiritual fruitfulness through connection to Christ and the pruning work of the Father. The message explores how pruning, though sometimes painful, is necessary for growth, corrects sinful attitudes, and fosters humility and obedience in the Christian life.
This sermon, based on 2 Thessalonians 3:6-13, emphasizes the importance of diligence and hard work as Christian virtues, contrasting them with laziness, which Paul describes as disorderly behavior. The preacher highlights that idleness leads to sin, such as gossip or fornication, and can foster a sense of entitlement, which is contrary to the Christian ethic of stewardship and service. Using examples like the Protestant work ethic, the preacher underscores that diligence, not laziness, brings blessings and benefits others. The sermon concludes with a call to identify and correct areas of laziness through God’s grace, prioritizing responsibilities and serving faithfully.
Based on Galatians 5:14-18, this sermon focuses on the call to walk in the Spirit, to live a life pleasing to God, and avoid fulfilling the lusts of the flesh. It emphasizes that the Christian life is a journey requiring spiritual progress, not stagnation. Walking in the Spirit means living under the Holy Spirit’s guidance, trusting God’s Word rather than human understanding, and relying on His enabling power. The preacher warns that neglecting the Spirit’s leading results in unfruitful lives that negatively affect others, while yielding to the Spirit brings blessings and enables believers to love their neighbors, fulfilling the law (Galatians 5:14).
This sermon, draws the hearer’s attention to on Ruth chapter 1, explores the story of Naomi, her family, and Ruth, emphasizing themes of faith, hardship, and God’s providence. The message encourages believers to trust God’s sovereignty in hardships, avoid bitterness, and seek His guidance through His Word and prayer. It emphasizes that trials are meant to draw people to God, not push them away. It concludes with a call to maintain tender hearts, turn to the “house of bread” (Bethlehem/God’s Word), and trust in God’s restorative grace, as exemplified by Ruth’s commitment and Naomi’s eventual renewal.
In this sermon, the preacher emphasizes the importance of hearing God’s voice through His Word, using Hebrews 3 as a foundation to discuss faith and obedience. Drawing from the example of the Israelites’ failure to trust Godâs promises, the preacher urges the congregation to avoid hardening their hearts and to seek Godâs guidance with humility and confession of sin. Practical steps like being still, meditating on Scripture, and trusting Godâs direction amidst worldly confusion are highlighted as essential for spiritual growth.
The preacher draws his message from Hebrews 1 on the unchanging nature of Christ. Drawing from various scriptures, the preacher emphasizes God’s eternal, immutable character amidst a world of constant change, urging believers to find hope and stability in Him. The sermon reflects on God’s consistent love, justice, and judgment of sin, encouraging the congregation to trust solely in the Lord rather than in fleeting human or worldly elements.
This sermon focuses on the sin of anger, exploring its different forms as described in the New Testament, and emphasizes the importance of being slow to wrath, quick to listen, and allowing God to shape and purify believers through life’s trials. The preacher urges Christians to manage anger by submitting to God’s will, trusting in His justice, and responding with meekness and patience rather than retaliation.
In this Sunday evening sermon, the preacher focuses on James 4:5-6, addressing the sin of pride and the spirit of envy that dwells within us, urging believers to seek God’s grace to overcome these tendencies. The preacher emphasizes the importance of humility before God, highlighting that God resists the proud but gives grace to the humble, enabling victory over sinful desires. Through various scriptural references and personal reflections, the message encourages a life of submission to God to experience His abundant grace.
In this sermon, the preacher addresses the sin of bitterness, drawing from Ephesians 4:31-32 to urge the congregation to put away all bitterness and embrace kindness and forgiveness. The preacher likens bitterness to a destructive acid or a deep root that grows over time, emphasizing the need to uproot it through faith and trust in God, even amidst life’s storms. The message encourages patience, endurance, and reliance on the Lord to transform bitter spirits into sweet, fruitful lives reflective of the fruit of the Spirit.
In this sermon, the preacher delves into the sin of malice, emphasizing its destructive nature and the biblical call to put it away as seen in Ephesians 4:31-32 and other scriptures. The preacher contrasts the malicious intent of a sinful world with the kindness and forgiveness that should characterize a believer’s life, urging the congregation to receive God’s word with meekness to overcome such sinful tendencies. The message highlights the importance of loving one another and walking in the light of Christ to maintain right relationships within the church and beyond.