Douglas Douma

Books I read in 2022

Another busy year! And consequently limited opportunity to read. But praise the Lord that our church and mission are active places! And praise the Lord for healthy family and growing kids. I managed to read just the below 25 books this year. Technically, I’m still working on the 25th book, but hope to have it …

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Finding Meeker’s Meeting House, the story of an overlooked Revolutionary War era church near the New York – New Jersey border.

Finding Meeker’s Meeting House, the story of an overlooked Revolutionary War era church near the New York – New Jersey border. By Rev. Douglas J. Douma, Pastor of First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY In the year 1780—or sometime previous—a meeting house was built on the land of Samuel Meeker in northwestern New Jersey near …

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Sermon on Joshua 21:41-45 – “All Came to Pass”

Sermon for Sunday, December 18th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jos 21:41-45 ESV] 41 The cities of the Levites in the midst of the possession of the people of Israel were in all forty-eight cities with their pasturelands. 42 These cities each had its pasturelands around it. So …

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Sermon on Joshua 13:13, 15:63, 16:10, 17:12-13 – “Driving Problems”

Sermon for Sunday, December 4th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Num 33:50-56 ESV] 50 And the LORD spoke to Moses in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying, 51 “Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you pass over the Jordan …

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Sermon on Acts 10:1-48 – “Accepting the Unacceptable”

Sermon for Sunday Evening, Nov 27th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 10:1-48 ESV] 1 At Caesarea there was a man named Cornelius, a centurion of what was known as the Italian Cohort, 2 a devout man who feared God with all his household, gave alms generously to the …

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Sermon on Joshua 12:1-24 – “Counting Our Blessings”

Sermon for Sunday, November 27th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC)   Old Testament reading: [Gen 15:12-21 ESV] 12 As the sun was going down, a deep sleep fell on Abram. And behold, dreadful and great darkness fell upon him. 13 Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your …

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Sermon on Joshua 11:1-23 – “Victory and Rest”

Sermon for Sunday, November 20th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jos 10:29-43 ESV] 29 Then Joshua and all Israel with him passed on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah. 30 And the LORD gave it also and its king into the hand of Israel. And he …

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Sermon on Joshua 10:1-15 – “We are on the Lord’s Side”

Sermon for Sunday, November 13th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Deu 11:18-25 ESV] 18 “You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between …

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Sermon on Acts 9:23-43 – “Snippets from Early Church History”

Sermon for Sunday Evening, Oct 23rd, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 9:23-43 ESV] 23 When many days had passed, the Jews plotted to kill him, 24 but their plot became known to Saul. They were watching the gates day and night in order to kill him, 25 but …

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