Sermon for Sunday, July 26th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 33:12-23 ESV] 12 Moses said to the LORD, “See, you say to me, ‘Bring up this people,’ but you have not let me know whom you will send with me. Yet you have said, ‘I know you …
Sermon on John 16:1-15 – “The Son and the Spirit Speak” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 19th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Gen 1:1-5 ESV] 1 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. 2 The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering …
Sermon on John 15:26-27 – “The Witness of the Spirit” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 12th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 91:1-16 ESV] 1 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say to the LORD, “My refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom …
Sermon on John 15:18-25 – “Persecuted Like Christ” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, July 5th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Deuteronomy 7:6-11 ESV] 6 “For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his treasured possession, out of all the peoples who are on …
Sermon on John 15:12-17 – “Jesus Shows His Love for Us” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, June 28th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 80:1-19 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Testimony. Of Asaph, a Psalm. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock. You who are enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth. …
Sermon for Sunday, June 21st, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Joe 2:28-32 ESV] 28 “And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men …
Sermon on John 14:15-31 – “The Comfort of the Holy Spirit” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, June 14th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Ezr 1:1-11 ESV] 1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, …
Mailed out for: Sunday, June 7th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 33:1-22 ESV] 1 Shout for joy in the LORD, O you righteous! Praise befits the upright. 2 Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings! 3 …
Sermon on John 14:1-14 – “Take Comfort in the Lord” Read More »
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 31st, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Lev 19:9-18 ESV] 9 “When you reap the harvest of your land, you shall not reap your field right up to its edge, neither shall you gather the gleanings after your harvest. 10 And you shall not …
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 24th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 41:1-13 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David. Blessed is the one who considers the poor! In the day of trouble the LORD delivers him; 2 the LORD protects him and keeps him alive; …
Sermon on John 13:18-30 – “Jesus Foretells Judas’ Betrayal” Read More »
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 17th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Gen 18:1-15 ESV] 1 And the LORD appeared to him by the oaks of Mamre, as he sat at the door of his tent in the heat of the day. 2 He lifted up his eyes and …
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 10th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 51:1-6 ESV] 1 “Listen to me, you who pursue righteousness, you who seek the LORD: look to the rock from which you were hewn, and to the quarry from which you were dug. 2 Look to …
Sermon on John 12:44-50 – “The Word of God is Eternal Life” Read More »
Mailed out for: Sunday, May 3rd, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: Isaiah 53:1-6 [Isa 6:8-13 ESV] 8 And I heard the voice of the Lord saying, “Whom shall I send, and who will go for us?” Then I said, “Here I am! Send me.” 9 And he said, …
Sermon on John 12:35-43 – “In the Light of Jesus” Read More »
Mailed out for: Sunday, April 26th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 53:1-6 ESV] 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like …
Sermon on John 12:27-36 – “The Death of Christ is the Plan of God” Read More »
Mailed out for: Sunday, April 19th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 66:15-24 ESV] 15 “For behold, the LORD will come in fire, and his chariots like the whirlwind, to render his anger in fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire. 16 For by fire will the …
Mailed out for: Sunday, April 12th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) As this is a rare (for me) topical sermon, there is no particular sermon text. But on the theme of the resurrection I have chosen Old Testament, New Testament, and Gospels readings for today. Old Testament: [Psalm 71:19-24 ESV] 19 …
Mailed out for: Sunday, April 5th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Where a church calendar is followed, this Sunday is Palm Sunday. On this day the Triumphal Entry of Jesus into Jerusalem is remembered. Incidentally, it is that very passage we now reach in our series on John’s Gospel. To …
Mailed out for: Sunday, March 29th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [John 12:1-11 ESV] 1 Six days before the Passover, Jesus therefore came to Bethany, where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead. 2 So they gave a dinner for him there. Martha served, and Lazarus was …
Sermon on John 12:1-11 – “The Value of the Lord” Read More »
March 15th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [Psa 1:1-6 ESV] 1 Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 2 but his delight is in the law of the LORD, …
Sermon on Psalm 1:1-6 – “Yielding Fruit in its Season” Read More »
March 8th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [2Ch 34:8-21 ESV] 8 Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had cleansed the land and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz, the …
Sermon on 2 Chronicles 34:8-21 – “A Scroll is Found” Read More »
March 1st, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [Jhn 11:45-57 ESV] 45 Many of the Jews therefore, who had come with Mary and had seen what he did, believed in him, 46 but some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. 47 So the …
Sermon on John 11:45-57 – “Two Unwitting Prophecies” Read More »
February 23rd, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [Jdg 2:11-19 ESV] 11 And the people of Israel did what was evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. 12 And they abandoned the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land …
February 16th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [Jhn 11:1-44 ESV] 1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was …
Sermon on John 11:1-44 – “The Resurrection and the Life” Read More »
February 9th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [Jhn 10:22-42 ESV] 22 At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23 and Jesus was walking in the temple, in the colonnade of Solomon. 24 So the Jews gathered around him and said to him, …
Sermon on John 10:22-42 – “No Power Can Stand Against God” Read More »
February 2nd, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [Jhn 10:1-21 ESV] 1 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who does not enter the sheepfold by the door but climbs in by another way, that man is a thief and a robber. 2 But he who enters by the door …
