Sermon for Sunday, July 18th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 17:1-7 ESV] 1 All the congregation of the people of Israel moved on from the wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the LORD, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for …
Sermon on Exodus 17:8-16 – “On the Undefeated Team” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 11th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 15:22-27 ESV] 22 Then Moses made Israel set out from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur. They went three days in the wilderness and found no water. 23 When they came to …
Sermon on Exodus 16:1-36 – “Complaining and Contentment” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 4th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 15:1-21 ESV] 1 Then Moses and the people of Israel sang this song to the LORD, saying, “I will sing to the LORD, for he has triumphed gloriously; the horse and his rider he has thrown into …
In using Old Testament figures for comparisons, the authors of the New Testament considered each of them as historical as the next. Adam, Noah, Abraham, Jonah, Moses, and David were each real people who lived and died on this earth as the Old Testament speaks of them. [1Co 15:22 ESV] 22 For as in Adam …
Sermon for Sunday Evening, June 27th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 2:14-47 ESV] 14 But Peter, standing with the eleven, lifted up his voice and addressed them: “Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and give ear to my words. …
Sermon on Acts 2:14-47 – “Peter’s Sermon at Pentecost” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, June 27th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Job 1:6-12 ESV] 6 Now there was a day when the sons of God came to present themselves before the LORD, and Satan also came among them. 7 The LORD said to Satan, “From where have you come?” …
Sermon for Sunday, June 20th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 105:26-45 ESV] 26 He sent Moses, his servant, and Aaron, whom he had chosen. 27 They performed his signs among them and miracles in the land of Ham. 28 He sent darkness, and made the land dark; …
Sermon for Sunday, June 13th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 13:1-22 ESV] 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “Consecrate to me all the firstborn. Whatever is the first to open the womb among the people of Israel, both of man and of beast, is mine.” 3 …
The following is excerpted from “The History of Sullivan County” by James Eldridge Quinlan, 1873. Rev. Thomas Grier (or Greer) was the founding pastor of each the Westtown and Unionville Presbyterian Churches. Here we find him laboring in a neighboring county. There is ground for belief that Rev. Thomas Greer, a Presbyterian clergyman of …
A story of Rev. Thomas Grier, “Minister of Minisink” Read More »
I’ve been working on piecing together the earliest history of churches in my area and in the process have acquired a number of digital maps of the area. Putting them here in chronological order may be of some benefit to later explaining the history. The following maps are from 1769, 1780, 1829, 1851, 1860, 1875, …
Sermon for Sunday, June 6th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 12:29-51 ESV] 29 At midnight the LORD struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sat on his throne to the firstborn of the captive who was in the …
There are a number of requirements to take communion in a Reformed or Presbyterian church. While specifics may vary from church to church, before participating in communion a person must be baptized, must be of sufficient maturity to “examine yourself,” must not be under church discipline, and must be a member of an evangelical (or …
On the Requirement of Being a Member of an Evangelical Church to Take Communion Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, May 30th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 12:1-28 ESV] 1 The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, 2 “This month shall be for you the beginning of months. It shall be the first month of the year for you. …
Sermon on Exodus 12:1-28 – “Preparations for Passover” Read More »
Scripture reading: [Act 2:1-13 ESV] 1 When the day of Pentecost arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 And suddenly there came from heaven a sound like a mighty rushing wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. 3 And divided tongues as of fire appeared to them and rested …
Sermon on Acts 2:1-13 – “Hearing the Gospel, Proclaiming the Gospel” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 10:21 – 11:10 ESV] 21 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand toward heaven, that there may be darkness over the land of Egypt, a darkness to be felt.” 22 So Moses stretched out …
Sermon on Exodus 10:21-11:10 – “Darkness and Deliverance” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, May 16th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 10:1-20 ESV] 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the heart of his servants, that I may show these signs of mine among them, 2 and …
Sermon on Exodus 10:1-20 – “A Brood of Locusts, a Brooding Pharaoh” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, May 9th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 9:1-35 ESV] 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, “Let my people go, that they may serve me. 2 For …
Voddie Baucham names names in his recent book, Fault Lines, The Social Justice Movement and Evangelicalism’s Looming Catastrophe. He identifies a number of theologians with evangelical or even once-conservative credentials who have bought into at least some of the errors of Wokeism. These theologians include Tim Keller, Russell Moore, David Platt, Mark Dever, J. D. …
Sermon for Sunday, May 2nd, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 8:16-32 ESV] 16 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Say to Aaron, ‘Stretch out your staff and strike the dust of the earth, so that it may become gnats in all the land of Egypt.’” 17 And …
Sermon on Exodus 8:16-32 – “That They May Serve Me” Read More »
Modern bible “scholars” claim that certain Pauline epistles were not written by Paul but were later pseudepigraphal works. The seven letters they “consider genuine” are: First Thessalonians (c. 50 AD) Galatians (c. 53) First Corinthians (c. 53-54) Philippians (c. 55) Philemon (c. 55) Second Corinthians (c. 55-56) Romans (c. 57) (This leaves out Second Thessalonians …
The Pauline Corpus of Modern Scholars and Marcion Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, April 25th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 7:25 – 8:15 ESV] 25 Seven full days passed after the LORD had struck the Nile. 1 Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go in to Pharaoh and say to him, ‘Thus says the LORD, “Let my …
Sermon for Sunday, April 18th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 4:1-9 ESV] 1 Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’” 2 The LORD said to him, “What is …
The question of the number of resurrections of man is central to the question of millennial eschatology positions. The chiliast or premillennial position argues for two separate resurrections, one (the first) for the just and another (the second) for the unjust typically said to have an interval between them of a literal 1000 years. The …
