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God introduces himself to Moses in the most dramatic fashion. He comes and not only gives him the task to release his people, he also discloses his name for the first time in the history of the world. As we learn his name, we learn so much about the one true God.

John 6:44-59 Jesus offers the bread of life. Will you take him up on his offer and feast?

This morning we turn to one of the most fiercely debated texts in the Bible. Romans 9:7-21 is a focal point of the debate on divine sovereignty and human freedom. Most Pastors avoid this text like the plaque. Others engage in what one Pastor called “interpretive abortions” to try to get the text to explain…

The Westminster Confession of Faith March 24, 2023 Season Eight | Edition 55: WCF 9.3

During the last several weeks we have been working our way through the difficult and controversial words of the last part of Romans 8 and all of chapter nine. In these chapters we have had to wrestle with the issues of divine sovereignty (especially in regard to our definition of predestination) and…

Christians declare that there is a God and He (being an involved Creator) is in charge. His power is absolute. In fact, if there was some area over which God was not in charge, He would not be God because at least in that one area there would in a sense be a power that was over Him (thus making itheshe…

The Westminster Confession of Faith March 23, 2023 Season Eight | Edition 54: WCF 9.1-2

Last Sunday we began a study of what has been called the golden chain of salvation as it is found in Romans 8:29,30. John Stott calls these five items the five undeniable affirmations. We are told that a person is foreknown, predestined, called, justified, and then glorified. Each of those who are foreknown…

The Westminster Confession of Faith March 27, 2023 Season Eight | Edition 56: WCF 9.4-5

Our wills are locked in the depravity of sin until the Spirit works to convict our hearts of sin, righteousness, and judgment: making us believe them deeply / creating faith. Only then do we willingly seek to worship God, and this worship is centered on doing his will and therefore upholds the law.

Here Paul is attempting to make clear to us a beautiful thing: now that we are in Christ, we are no longer under the law. Find out more about God's eternal plan to create willing worshipers, those created in his image but also recreated to live it out.

A few years back, the sub shop Quizno’s showed a commercial with four men standing in the middle of nowhere. Three of them were naked except for the bushes they used to cover their private parts. One man wore pants. The others marveled at the man’s strange leg coverings. He explained, “These are pants!…

Focus- Focused Faith in a Blurred World Why do you let us do bad things? Recruiting/Saturday Night Services/Pizza & Pastors Allow me to tell you three short stories which carry a common theme! To drive in the much-faster carpool lane in New York, you obviously have to be carpooling. (That is you have…

By Pastor Glenn Pease One of the principle characters in the book Darkened Doors is Adrian Mallard, who is a brilliant but skeptical lawyer and sportsman. He learns that he is the victim of a serious heart disease. His friend, Professor Boyd, a distinguished psychologist, was one day singing the praises…

Sovereignty of God. At the tender age of six, not having long been in this country, we went down south. Dad was speaking at a Vic Hudson camp at Gunn’s Bush. After the camp, seeing we hadn’t seen much of New Zealand yet, we did a little bit of a tour around and stayed at Duntroon, right next the mighty…

TEXT: John 10:27-29 TOPIC: God's Grace and Our Assurance Baptist Faith and Message Sermon 8, Written by Calvin Wittman May 11, 2009 Introduction: I read a little story this week which reminded me of precisely why this series on doctrine is necessary. While I think it was fictitious, it made a very good…

Hell as a Kindness September 13, 2009 Main Point(s) of sermon: · The ultimate choice we make is “Thy will” or “My will,” to love God and Jesus, or hate them (15:23) · Biblical descriptions of Hell are symbols to help us understand its undesirability, and it is best understood as the place where God is…

An honest and contextual response to one of the biggest arguments and most used Bible verses against Reformed theology: “The Lord is not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance.” 📖 2 Peter 3:9 (ESV)

Introduction What does it mean to be a part of the growing number of Calvary Chapel Fellowships? There are certain distinctions that cause us to stand out among other evangelical churches. We could point to our shared commitment to systematic Bible teaching or the emphasis upon love that transcends all…

Tonight’s readings speak a lot about stormy seas. They make me think about Hurricanes Katrina and Rita that brought so much destruction and death to Louisiana and Texas last year. Why did the God of Job, as described in our first reading, “not shut and fasten the doors of the sea” that swept over the…