Luke 1:1-25

For the Advent season beginning with this Lord's Day, Luke's Gospel provides the sermon texts. The introduction that Luke is inspired to give to his gospel also serves well as an introduction to our observance of the Lord's Supper.

Psalm 136

Despite my misstatement in the opening of this sermon, it was preached not in the morning, but in a Thanksgiving Eve service of our church. In a unique manner, this psalm celebrates the never-failing love of God for his covenant people.

Psalm 118

Psalm 118, often quoted in the New Testament, calls us to confess the goodness and steadfast love of God that is revealed in its fullness in Jesus Christ our Lord.

Daniel 7

In this sermon series on the interpreting of the various genres of Scripture, Daniel serves as the paradigmatic example of apocalypse. Portions of Daniel and other Old Testament books serve as the background for the New Testament book of Revelation.

Ecclesiastes 11.7-12.14

Concluding a series of sermons on the Bible's teaching concerning itself, this message looks at the literal interpretation of Scripture: how the Bible transforms us, reveals to us truth, and unites us as the people of God. The book of Ecclesiastes provides a text that is as beautiful as it is true, or, we might say, it beautifully communicates truth. As we appreciate that beauty and acknowledge that truth, God's Word is a source of life for us.

Luke 24.13-35

This sermon continues a series on the doctrine of Scripture with a passage that clearly teaches the sufficiency of Scripture. The Bible provides us with all that we need in order to come to a saving knowledge of God in Jesus Christ.

Second Timothy 3

Last Lord's Day, the sermon focused on the teaching of the sufficiency of Scripture. To say the Scripture is sufficient would not be of help to us as ordinary believers were it not for the fact that God has made his Word understandable to us. This doctrine is known as the clarity of Scripture.

Deuteronomy 32:44-47; John 14:15-26

This sermon opens a series on the Bible's teaching concerning itself with a focus upon what is referred to as the doctrine of sola Scriptura, or Scripture alone. The Bible, and the Bible alone is the standard, the authoritative Word of God for his people.