1 Peter 3 makes a connection between Christ’s work of salvation and the flood of Noah. In fact, he gets even more specific. He says that Christian baptism has a correspondence to the flood and to Noah’s family being saved through the waters. In

"Leaning on Christ" – Heidelberg Catechism Lord's Days 7–8

2 days ago 25m 26s

Exod.19:7–9 Ps. 71:1–6 Lk 8:9–15 Heb. 4:14–16 John Brown of Haddington was a Reformed pastor in 18th century Scotland, said that a minister who teaches on "faith" wrongly "tends to pervert the glorious gospel." But to grasp what faith is bring

Genesis 6:9–22 "The Ark Architect"

9 days ago 34m 38s

Noah was a “herald of righteousness” (2 Peter 2:5 ) and his ark-building was not just an act of obedience, but a message of condemnation to the unbelieving world and righteousness to those who believe (Hebrews 11:7). In this passage , we are g

Covenant Theology 12: "Life in the Covenant"

9 days ago 24m 29s

Deut. 30:1–6 Jer. 32:36–41 Matt. 5:17–20 Rom. 13:8–14 This series in Covenant Theology comes to a close by looking at three aspects of living in God‘s covenant: how the covenants equip us to read our Bibles wisely, to clarify our daily obedienc

Genesis 6:1–8 "Evil Everywhere All the Time"

23 days ago 35m 13s

This passage describes the generation before the flood that destroyed the earth. Listen to what the Lord Jesus says about this time period, “For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man” (Matt. 24:37). What were those d

Covenant Theology 11: "The New Covenant Consummated"

30 days ago 28m 15s

Deut. 8:7–10 Isa. 65:17–25 Jn. 14:18–24 Rev. 21:1–8 Believers already enjoy the blessings of the New Covenant. But there is still much more to come in what theologians call the "consummation." In this message on Covenant Theology, we learn what

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Pentecost 2024 | Galatians 5:16–26 "Spiritual Step in Time"

30 days ago 32m 1s

Pentecost 2024: in which we meditate together on what "keeping in step with the Spirit" is and is not. Imagine a dance routine in which one of the dancers can’t hear the beat, and so he’s out of step the whole time. In this passage, the Apostle

Covenant Theology 10: "The New Covenant Fulfilled"

May 13th, 2024 25m 22s

Gen. 12:1–3 Ezek. 37:24–28 Lk 22:14–23 Heb. 7:20–28 In New Covenant, God has brought about what he had promised all along, by the life, death, and resurrection of Christ. And the Holy Spirit takes the benefits of these things that Christ has do

Genesis 5:1–32 "Walking with God in the Shadow of Death"

May 12th, 2024 31m 27s

Genesis 5 jumps back in time all the way to Adam (v. 1) and then forward in time as it follows his godly descendants all the way to Noah (v. 28). In other words, ch. 5 tells us why there’s a remnant of godliness in an otherwise wicked world as

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Ascension 2024 | Psalm 24 "Seeking the Absent Jesus"

May 10th, 2024 19m 9s

Psalm 24 is an Old Testament picture of the ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ. It teaches us that our ascent to the presence of God is only through Christ, the Man of clean hands and pure heart. In this homily to commemorate Ascension Day 2024

Covenant Theology 9: “The New Covenant Promised”

May 6th, 2024 22m 55s

Lev. 26:9–13 Jer. 31:31–37 Jn. 6:45–51 Heb. 8:1–13 In this message, we learn what the New Covenant looked like from the perspective of Isaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel. The New Covenant is that unfolding of the grand Covenant of Grace in which

Genesis 4:17–26 "The City of Man"

May 5th, 2024 31m 52s

In this passage, there are two family lines leading to two cities: The city of man is where our earthly citizenship is and the city of God is the heavenly city. And believers must learn to live in both. How do we do that? This passage teaches u

Covenant Theology 8: "The Davidic Covenant"

Apr 28th, 2024 23m 38s

Deut. 17:18–20 1 Chron. 17:1–15 Lk. 1:26–33 Eph. 2:18–22 The Davidic Covenant is the agreement in which God promises an everlasting Kingdom to His righteous King. In this sermon, we apply that description to the three promises we’ve learned in

Genesis 4:1–16 "The First Sibling Rivalry"

Apr 28th, 2024 34m 53s

The story of Cain and Abel highlights the problem of ungodly rivalry among God’s people. There are, of course, harmless rivalries, like between competing teams. But the rivalry that the Bible speaks of has to do with selfish ambition, and the

Covenant Theology 7: "The Old Covenant"

Apr 21st, 2024 25m 48s

Exod. 24 Neh. 1:7–11 Jn 1:14–18 Heb. 9:18–26 The phrase “the old covenant” shows up in the NT in 2 Corinthians 3 and Hebrews 8. It’s important to remember that the Old Covenant actually began at Mount Sinai. It’s an agreement between God and th

Genesis 3:20–24 "The Way to Life"

Apr 21st, 2024 32m 40s

What rings true to most people about Genesis 3 is the description of a painful and toilsome life. You can put so much thought and work into something, only for it to backfire. So that part of the story of Genesis 3 checks out immediately in our

Covenant Theology 6: "The Abrahamic Covenant"

Apr 14th, 2024 23m 30s

Genesis 15 is one of the most important chapters in the whole Old Testament, but it’s not really in children’s storybook Bibles and many lifelong Christians hardly know about it. Why is that? It's an ancient Near Eastern covenant. But by lookin

Genesis 3:14–19 "Fruitfulness & Futility"

Apr 14th, 2024 34m 28s

In this passage, the curses that God pronounces against the serpent, woman, and Adam bring us back to the original callings he placed upon image-bearers. We are to be fruitful, but sin now twists this calling. Ecclesiastes calls the result “van

Covenant Theology 5: "The Covenant of Common Grace"

Apr 7th, 2024 28m 53s

Gen. 8:20–9:17 Jer. 33:19–26 Matt. 5:43–48 1 Pet. 2:13–17In this sermon in our series on the Biblical covenants, we turn to a different kind of covenant—not saving and redemptive, but common and applying to everyone. It was made just after the

Genesis 3:8–19 "Mistakes Were Made"

Apr 7th, 2024 35m 26s

This passage is in two parts: God confronts Adam and Eve (vv. 8–13) and God judges them and the serpent (vv. 14–19), but it’s all held together especially by the promise in v. 15: God’s original gospel promise. This passage teaches us that sin

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Easter 2024 | Luke 24:1–12 "The Nonsense of the Resurrection"

Mar 31st, 2024 30m 40s

In Luke’s record of what happened on the Sunday morning of Jesus’ resurrection we learn the announcement of the resurrection "seemed to them an idle tale, and they did not believe them.” In this Easter 2024 message, we find is that our Lord’s

Covenant Theology 4: "The Covenant of Grace"

Mar 31st, 2024 27m 19s

Gen. 3:14–15 2 Sam. 7:22–26 John 20:1–18 Rev. 21:1–4 In this message we turn to the third overarching biblical covenant, which is typically called the Covenant of Grace. This is one big covenant that develops over history through several small

Get to Know MRC (Week 4 of 4): Worship | Sacraments

Mar 30th, 2024 1h 41m

The "Get to Know MRC" gatherings are Wednesdays meet-ups in March 2024 for people interested in the church, but who want to know more before getting into membership classes.WEEK 4 (final):The doctrine of worshipSacraments as "means of grace" a

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Good Friday 2024 | Luke 23:39–43 "Scoundrels in Paradise"

Mar 30th, 2024 20m 27s

In this Good Friday message, we look at the reactions of two criminals being crucified on either side of Jesus—one hard-hearted, the other repentant. In the end, we find that being with Jesus is all it takes for scoundrels and sinners to make i

Get to Know MRC (Week 3 of 4): The Church | Membership

Mar 24th, 2024 1h 12m

The "Get to Know MRC" gatherings are Wednesdays meet-ups in March 2024 for people interested in the church, but who want to know more before getting into membership classes.WEEK 3:The doctrine of the Church: its institution, its attributes, it