Posts from May 2023
Sermon on Acts 17:10-15 – “Examining the Scriptures”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, May 28th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 17:10-15 ESV] 10 The brothers immediately sent Paul and Silas away by night to Berea, and when they arrived they went into the Jewish synagogue. 11 Now these Jews were more noble than…
Sermon on Ruth 1:1-22 – “Return and Repentance in Ruth”
Sermon for Sunday, May 28th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 45:1-17 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster: according to Lilies. A Maskil of the Sons of Korah; a love song. My heart overflows with a pleasing theme; I address my verses to the king; my tongue…
Sermon on Acts 17:1-9 – “Turning the World Right Side Up”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, May 21st, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 17:1-9 ESV] 1 Now when they had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a synagogue of the Jews. 2 And Paul went in, as was his custom, and on…
Sermon on 1 Corinthians 10:31 – “The Meaning of Life”
Sermon for Sunday, May 21st, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 73:23-28 ESV] 23 Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. 24 You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. 25 Whom have I in…
Sermon on 2 Timothy 2:22-26 – “The Virtue of Gentleness”
Sermon for Sunday, May 14th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [2Sa 22:32-51 ESV] 32 “For who is God, but the LORD? And who is a rock, except our God? 33 This God is my strong refuge and has made my way blameless. 34 He made my feet like the feet…
Sermon on Acts 16:25-40 – “Faith in Philippi”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, May 7th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 16:25-40 ESV] 25 About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them, 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the…
Sermon on 1 Timothy 2:8-10 – “The Virtue of Modesty”
Sermon for Sunday, May 7th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Gen 3:1-7 ESV] 1 Now the serpent was more crafty than any other beast of the field that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, “Did God actually say, ‘You shall not eat of…
Sermon on Acts 16:16-24 – “A Good Deed Punished”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, April 30th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 16:16-24 ESV] 16 As we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a slave girl who had a spirit of divination and brought her owners much gain by fortune-telling. 17 She followed…
Sermon on 1 Timothy 1:12-17 – “The Virtue of Patience”
Sermon for Sunday, April 30th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Pro 25:15-28 ESV] 15 With patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone. 16 If you have found honey, eat only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and…