Posts from July 2023

Sermon for Sunday Evening, July 30th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 19:21-41 ESV] 21 Now after these events Paul resolved in the Spirit to pass through Macedonia and Achaia and go to Jerusalem, saying, “After I have been there, I must also see…

Sermon for Sunday, July 30th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Pro 24:30-34 ESV] 30 I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, 31 and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, July 23rd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 19:11-20 ESV] 11 And God was doing extraordinary miracles by the hands of Paul, 12 so that even handkerchiefs or aprons that had touched his skin were carried away to the sick, and their…

Sermon for Sunday, July 23rd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 119:25-32 ESV] 25 [Daleth] My soul clings to the dust; give me life according to your word! 26 When I told of my ways, you answered me; teach me your statutes! 27 Make me understand…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, July 16th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 19:1-10 ESV] 1 And it happened that while Apollos was at Corinth, Paul passed through the inland country and came to Ephesus. There he found some disciples. 2 And he said to them,…

Sermon for Sunday, July 16th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Jer 1:4-8 ESV] 4 Now the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 5 “Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, July 9th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 18:24-28 ESV] 24 Now a Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, came to Ephesus. He was an eloquent man, competent in the Scriptures. 25 He had been instructed in the way of the Lord.…

Sermon for Sunday, July 9th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Dan 11:36-39 ESV] 36 “And the king shall do as he wills. He shall exalt himself and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak astonishing things against the God of gods. He…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, July 2nd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 18:18-23 ESV] 18 After this, Paul stayed many days longer and then took leave of the brothers and set sail for Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila. At Cenchreae he had cut his hair,…

Sermon for Sunday, July 2nd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Eze 28:1-10 ESV] 1 The word of the LORD came to me: 2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, Thus says the Lord GOD: “Because your heart is proud, and you have said, ‘I…