Posts from October 2023

Sermon for Sunday, October 29th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [1Sa 4:1-22 ESV] 1 And the word of Samuel came to all Israel. Now Israel went out to battle against the Philistines. They encamped at Ebenezer, and the Philistines encamped at Aphek. 2…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, October 22nd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Introduction Luke is back with Paul here as he write “WE had come to Jerusalem.” They’ve made it. This was their destination, to reach Jerusalem. And despite the hardships of travel in the ancient…

Sermon for Sunday, October 22nd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [1 Samuel 3:1-21 ESV] 1 Now the boy Samuel was ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli. And the word of the LORD was rare in those days; there was no frequent vision. 2 At that…

Sermon for Sunday, October 15th, 2023 at Tuscarora Inn Scripture reading: [John 14:27 ESV] 27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid. Introduction The peace of a Christian is a beautiful…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, October 8th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Acts 21:1-16 ESV] 1 And when we had parted from them and set sail, we came by a straight course to Cos, and the next day to Rhodes, and from there to Patara. 2 And having found a ship…

Sermon for Sunday, October 8th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [1Sa 2:27-36 ESV] 27 And there came a man of God to Eli and said to him, “Thus says the LORD, ‘Did I indeed reveal myself to the house of your father when they were in Egypt subject to…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, October 1st, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Mar 6:1-6 ESV] 1 He went away from there and came to his hometown, and his disciples followed him. 2 And on the Sabbath he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were…

Sermon for Sunday, October 1st, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [1Sa 2:18-26 ESV] 18 Samuel was ministering before the LORD, a boy clothed with a linen ephod. 19 And his mother used to make for him a little robe and take it to him each year when she…