Sermons from October 2025
Living in Covenant: Faith, Obedience, and God’s Unchanging Promise
This sermon explores the concept of covenant as distinct from a contract, emphasizing its relational, grace-based nature rooted in God’s unchanging commitment to his people. This text highlights three key aspects: covenantal obedience; covenantal immutability; and covenantal warning. We see in these parallels to the New Covenant in Christ, urging believers to live faithfully, obey God’s commands, and trust in His grace, while warning against hypocrisy and calling unbelievers to seek Christ’s mercy.
Trusting God When Obedience Is Hard
This sermon explores the challenges of obeying God’s difficult commands, drawing from the narrative in Deuteronomy 3:12–29 where the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half-Manasseh are instructed to leave their newly acquired land to fight for their brothers’ inheritance, and Joshua is charged to lead courageously despite fearsome enemies. It highlights the temptations to fear and settle for less, using the historical context of Israel’s victories over Sihon and Og and the faithlessness of the previous generation as lessons. The…
Giants in the Land
This sermon explores the biblical accounts of giants, such as the Anakim, Rephaim, and Nephilim, as described in Deuteronomy, Numbers, Joshua, and Genesis, proposing that these were historical figures descended from angelic beings intermingling with humans, as per Genesis 6:1–4. It addresses the reality of the spiritual realm and its impact on the material world. These giants, offspring of fallen angels, are part of a larger, cosmic battle against God’s people. The giants’ defeat by Israel and David, prefigures Christ’s…
Where Does My Help Come From?
In this sermon, we examine the contrasting sources of help for mankind. On the one hand, the world gives a faulty and deceptive offer of help that fails to meet the greatest need(s) of man. On the other hand, the Creator of heaven and earth offers a sure, stable, and lasting hope that never fails and is built on the character of God. The Psalmist asks the question that we all must consider – where does my help come from?