Sermon for Sunday, May 29th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Pro 15:16-33 ESV] 16 Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it. 17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with …
Sermon on James 5:13-20 – “Instructions for Life’s Ups and Downs” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday Evening, May 22nd, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 6:8-15 ESV] 8 And Stephen, full of grace and power, was doing great wonders and signs among the people. 9 Then some of those who belonged to the synagogue of the Freedmen (as it was called), and …
Sermon on Acts 6:8 – 7:60 – “The Martyr Stephen” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, May 22nd, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 37:1-11 ESV] 1 Of David. Fret not yourself because of evildoers; be not envious of wrongdoers! 2 For they will soon fade like the grass and wither like the green herb. 3 Trust in the LORD, and …
Sermon for Sunday, May 15th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jer 9:23-26 ESV] 23 Thus says the LORD: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let …
Sermon for Sunday, May 8th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Pro 27:1-10 ESV] 1 Do not boast about tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring. 2 Let another praise you, and not your own mouth; a stranger, and not your own lips. 3 A …
Sermon for Sunday, May 1st, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Mal 3:6-15 ESV] 6 “For I the LORD do not change; therefore you, O children of Jacob, are not consumed. 7 From the days of your fathers you have turned aside from my statutes and have not kept …
Sermon for Sunday, April 17th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading [Psa 16:1-11 ESV] 1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for …
Sermon on Luke 24:1-49 – “Reactions to the Resurrection” Read More »
Sermon for Friday, April 15th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [1Co 2:1-5 ESV] 1 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ …
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 2:1-5 – “Near the Cross” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, April 10th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Zec 9:9-13 ESV] 9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout aloud, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your king is coming to you; righteous and having salvation is he, humble and mounted on a donkey, on a colt, …
Sermon on Luke 19:28-40 – “Upon the Triumphal Entry” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, April 3rd, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 39:1-13 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster: to Jeduthun. A Psalm of David. I said, “I will guard my ways, that I may not sin with my tongue; I will guard my mouth with a muzzle, so long …
Scripture reading: [Act 6:1-7 ESV] 1 Now in these days when the disciples were increasing in number, a complaint by the Hellenists arose against the Hebrews because their widows were being neglected in the daily distribution. 2 And the twelve summoned the full number of the disciples and said, “It is not right that we …
Sermon for Sunday, March 27th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Gen 22:1-14 ESV] 1 After these things God tested Abraham and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” 2 He said, “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the …
Sermon on James 2:14-26 – “James’s Definition of Faith” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, March 20th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Deu 1:9-18 ESV] 9 “At that time I said to you, ‘I am not able to bear you by myself. 10 The LORD your God has multiplied you, and behold, you are today as numerous as the stars …
Sermon for Sunday, March 13th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Pro 10:18-32 ESV] 18 The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. 19 When words are many, transgression is not lacking, but whoever restrains his lips is prudent. 20 The tongue …
Sermon on James 1:19-27 – “Swift to Hear, Swift to Do” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, March 6th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Pro 2:1-8 ESV] 1 My son, if you receive my words and treasure up my commandments with you, 2 making your ear attentive to wisdom and inclining your heart to understanding; 3 yes, if you call out for …
Sermon for Sunday Evening, February 27th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 5:12-42 ESV] 12 Now many signs and wonders were regularly done among the people by the hands of the apostles. And they were all together in Solomon’s Portico. 13 None of the rest dared join them, but …
Sermon on Acts 5:12-5:42 – “The Wisdom of Man and the Wisdom of God” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, February 27th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 40:34-38 ESV] 34 Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 35 And Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on …
Sermon on Exodus 40:34-38 – “Filling the Tabernacle” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, February 20th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 34:29-35 ESV] 29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face …
Sermon on Exodus 34:29-35 – “The Shining Glory of God” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, February 13th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 34:1-28 ESV] 1 The LORD said to Moses, “Cut for yourself two tablets of stone like the first, and I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. 2 …
Sermon on Exodus 34:1-28 – “The Mercy and Grace of God” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, February 6th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 33:1-23 ESV] 1 The LORD said to Moses, “Depart; go up from here, you and the people whom you have brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land of which I swore to Abraham, …
Sermon on Exodus 33:1-23 – “The Presence of God” Read More »
Sermon for Sunday, January 30th, 2022 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 31:1-11 ESV] 1 The LORD said to Moses, 2 “See, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, 3 and I have filled him with the Spirit …
Sermon on Exodus 32:1-35 – “Who is On the Lord’s Side?” Read More »
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 »
