Sermon on 1 Corinthians 15:12-34 – “All Because of the Resurrection”
Easter Sunday, April 4th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament: [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 the saints …
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Sermon on Isaiah 6:1-7 – “Seeing the Holy God”
Sermon for Mini Bible Conference, Wednesday Evening, March 31st, 2021 at Grand Island (BPC) Scripture reading: [Isa 6:1-7 ESV] 1 In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up; and the train of his robe filled the temple. 2 Above him stood the seraphim. Each …
The Consent of MOST of the Parts
Many who follow the theology of Cornelius Van Til also support strict subscription to the Westminster Confession of Faith. Examples include Morton H. Smith1and R. Scott Clark.2 Even a whole denomination, the recently-defunct RPCUS (1983-2020) was committed to both Strict Subscriptionism and Van Tillian Apologetics.3 But for all the support of the Westminster Confession among …
Sermon on Acts 1:12-26 – “From Eleven to Twelve”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, March 28th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 1:12-26 ESV] 12 Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day’s journey away. 13 And when they had entered, they went up to the upper room, where they …
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Sermon on Acts 6:14-27 – “The Genealogy of Moses and Aaron”
Sermon for Sunday, March 8th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 6:14-27 ESV] 14 These are the heads of their fathers’ houses: the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi; these are the clans of Reuben. 15 The sons of Simeon: Jemuel, Jamin, …
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Sermon on Exodus 6:1-13 – “God Remembers His Covenant”
Sermon for Sunday, March 7th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 6:1-13 ESV] 1 But the LORD said to Moses, “Now you shall see what I will do to Pharaoh; for with a strong hand he will send them out, and with a strong hand he will drive …
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Mail Bag: Lutheranism and Reformed Theology
[I recently received an email that gave me a chance to write on this subject of Lutheranism and Reformed theology which has been on my mind for many years. I figured I’d share my response here in case it might be of value to others] The email reads in part: “You have mentioned that you …
Sermon on Acts 1:6-11 – “Ascension, Session, Return”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, February 28th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 1:6-11 ESV] 6 So when they had come together, they asked him, “Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel?” 7 He said to them, “It is not for you to know times or …
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Sermon – “Reasons to Believe”
Sermon for Sunday, February 28th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Mic 5:2-4 ESV] 2 But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth …
Scriptural Reference Combined Index of Gordon H. Clark Books
Scriptural Reference Combined Index of Gordon H. Clark Books ACPE – A Christian Philosophy of Education, 1946, 2nd ed. 1988 AT – The Atonement, 1987, 2nd ed. 1996 BP – Biblical Predestination, 1974 CP – An Introduction to Christian Philosophy, 1968, 2nd ed. 1993 EP – Essays on Ethics and Politics, 1992 FC – First …
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Sermon on Exodus 5:1-23 – “Bricks Without Straw”
Sermon for Sunday, February 21st, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 14:1-7 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. 2 The LORD looks down from …
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Sermon on Exodus 4:18-31 – “Moses’s Meetings”
Sermon for Sunday, February 14th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 4:18-31 ESV] 18 Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go …
Sermon on Exodus 4:1-17 – “The Lord Who Made You”
Sermon for Sunday, February 7th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 4:1-17 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 …
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Sermon – “Baptism and the Covenant”
Sermon for Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 59:21 ESV] 21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not depart out of …
Sermon on Acts 1:1-5 – “The Second Book”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 24th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 1:1-5 ESV] 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through the …
Sermon for Artie Jones Memorial
“Living God, Living Hope” Jan 24th, 2021 THE GOD OF THE BIBLE is called the Living God. While the nations worshipped dead idols made of stone or silver or gold, the people of God worshipped the Living God, who could not be fashioned in any image nor carved in any statue. The living God made …
Sermon on Exodus 3:1-22 – “God’s Calling”
Sermon for Sunday, January 24th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 3:1-22 ESV] 1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. …
Sermon on Exodus 2:11-15 – “The Maturing of Moses”
Sermon for Sunday, January 17th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 2:11-25 ESV] 11 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. 12 He looked this …
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Anthropopathism and God’s Desire of Salvation
Anthropopathism and God’s Desire of Salvation By Douglas J. Douma and Benjamin Wong THESIS: The doctrine of divine anthropopathism provides a sufficient though not necessary reason for denying the well-meant offer; the teaching that God desires the salvation even of the reprobate. A disagreement regarding the extent and nature of God’s desire of salvation which …
There are no Briggs-ites
There are no Briggs-ites, no Janssen-ites, no Fosdick-ites, and no DeWulfites. When liberals are removed from the church, it is done so under the category of heresy. Having no ground to stand on, they are unable to produce movements. Error, like a parasite, cannot exist on its own, but requires a large church organization to …
Sermon on Exodus 2:1-10 – “A Parent’s Faith”
Sermon for Sunday, January 10th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 2:1-10 ESV] 1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine …
Sermon on Exodus 1:15-22 – “The Virtue of Disobedience”
Sermon for Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 1:15-22 ESV] 15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and see them on …
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The Only Truth
One of Francis Schaeffer’s greatest contributions was to warn Christians about what we now call Postmodernism, that truth-denying relativistic philosophy which in the last fifty years has had considerable and increasing sway over society. Schaeffer did well to warn us of it. For at least two hundred years the rationalistic philosophy of Modernism plagued the …
A Terror to Good Works
Christian ministers and theologians commonly note that our obligation to obey the magistrate ends whenever morality is concerned. That is, while the Christian is to “be subject to the governing authorities” (Romans 13:1), this is limited by the necessity to “obey God rather than men.” (Acts 5:29) But recently I’ve been considering whether there are …