Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 23rd, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 4:32-5:11 ESV] 32 Now the full number of those who believed were of one heart and soul, and no one said that any of the things that belonged to him was his own, but they had everything …
Sermon on Acts 4:32-5:11 – “Just Say No to Communism” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, January 23rd, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [1Ki 17:17-24 ESV] 17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah, …
Sermon for Sunday, January 16th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 30:1-10 ESV] 1 “You shall make an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. 2 A cubit shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and …
Sermon on Exodus 29:1-46 – “What Does it Take to be Clean?” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, January 9th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 27:9-21 ESV] 9 “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. 10 Its twenty pillars and their …
Sermon on Exodus 28:1-43 – “The Glorious High Priest” Read More »
Sermon on Luke 2:1-7 – “A Christmas Message to Remember” Sermon for Friday, December 24th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Luk 2:1-7 ESV] 1 In those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be registered. 2 This was the first registration when Quirinius …
Sermon for Sunday, December 19th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 27:9-19 ESV] 9 “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. 10 Its twenty pillars and their …
Sermon on Matthew 18:15-20 – “Directions for Corrections” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, December 12th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 27:1-8 ESV] 1 “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. 2 And you shall make horns for …
Sermon on Exodus 26:1-37 – “Seeing Christ in the Tabernacle” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, December 5th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 7:10-17 ESV] 10 Again the LORD spoke to Ahaz: 11 “Ask a sign of the LORD your God; let it be deep as Sheol or high as heaven.” 12 But Ahaz said, “I will not ask, and …
Sermon for Sunday Evening, November 28th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 4:23-31 ESV] 23 When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to …
Sermon for Sunday, November 28th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [2Ch 7:1-6 ESV] 1 As soon as Solomon finished his prayer, fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the LORD filled the temple. 2 And the priests could …
Sermon for Sunday, November 21st, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 24:1-18 ESV] 1 Then he said to Moses, “Come up to the LORD, you and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and worship from afar. 2 Moses alone shall come near to …
Sermon for Sunday, November 14th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 23:1-9 ESV] 1 “You shall not spread a false report. You shall not join hands with a wicked man to be a malicious witness. 2 You shall not fall in with the many to do evil, nor …
Sermon for Sunday, November 7th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Gen 1:26-31 ESV] 26 Then God said, “Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the …
Sermon for Sunday Evening, October 24th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 4:13-22 ESV] 13 Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated, common men, they were astonished. And they recognized that they had been with Jesus. 14 But seeing the …
Sermon on Acts 4:13-22 – “Right in the Sight of God” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 21:33 – 22:15 ESV] 33 “When a man opens a pit, or when a man digs a pit and does not cover it, and an ox or a donkey falls into it, 34 the owner of the …
Sermon on Exodus 21:33-22:15 – “Making Restitution” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, October 17th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 21:1-32 ESV] 1 “Now these are the rules that you shall set before them. 2 When you buy a Hebrew slave, he shall serve six years, and in the seventh he shall go out free, for nothing. …
Sermon on Exodus 21:1-32 – “General Equity of the Law” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, October 10th, 2021 for First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) meeting during Fall Outposts Retreat at Tuscarora Inn, Mt. Bethel PA. [Psa 25:1-22 ESV] 1 Of David. To you, O LORD, I lift up my soul. 2 O my God, in you I trust; let me not be put to shame; …
Sermon for Sunday, October 3rd, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 20:15-21 ESV] 15 “You shall not steal. 16 “You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor. 17 “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or …
Sermon on Exodus 20:15-21 – “Loving Your Neighbor” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday Evening, September 26th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 4:1-12 ESV] 1 And as they were speaking to the people, the priests and the captain of the temple and the Sadducees came upon them, 2 greatly annoyed because they were teaching the people and proclaiming in …
Sermon on Acts 4:1-12 – “No Other Name in History” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, September 26th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 20:22-26 ESV] 22 And the LORD said to Moses, “Thus you shall say to the people of Israel: ‘You have seen for yourselves that I have talked with you from heaven. 23 You shall not make gods …
Sermon on Exodus 20:14 – “Covenant Faithfulness” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, September 19th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 21:12-32 ESV] 12 “Whoever strikes a man so that he dies shall be put to death. 13 But if he did not lie in wait for him, but God let him fall into his hand, then I …
Sermon on Exodus 20:13 – “A Commandment of Life” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, September 12th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 20:12 ESV] 12 “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. New Testament reading: [Eph 6:1-9 ESV] 1 Children, obey your parents …
Sermon on Exodus 20:12 – “Teachings of the Fifth Commandment” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, September 5th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 31:12-18 ESV] 12 And the LORD said to Moses, 13 “You are to speak to the people of Israel and say, ‘Above all you shall keep my Sabbaths, for this is a sign between me and you …
Sermon for Sunday, August 29th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 20:1-6 ESV] 1 And God spoke all these words, saying, 2 “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. 3 “You shall have no …
Sermon on Exodus 20:1-6 – “The First Two Commandments” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, August 22th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 19:1-25 ESV] 1 On the third new moon after the people of Israel had gone out of the land of Egypt, on that day they came into the wilderness of Sinai. 2 They set out from Rephidim …
Sermon on Exodus 19:1-25 – “Prepare to Meet Your Maker” Read More »
