Posts by Doug Douma

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 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 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 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 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 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 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…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, April 23rd, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 16:11-15 ESV] 11 So, setting sail from Troas, we made a direct voyage to Samothrace, and the following day to Neapolis, 12 and from there to Philippi, which is a leading city of the…

Old Testament reading: [Psa 51:1-12 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2 Wash me thoroughly from…

Sermon for Sunday Evening, April 16th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text [Act 16:6-10 ESV] 6 And they went through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia. 7 And when they had come up to Mysia, they…

Sermon for Sunday, April 16th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 16:1-11 ESV] 1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in you I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you.” 3 As for the saints…

Sermon for Sunday, April 9th, 2023 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Job 19:23-29 ESV] 23 “Oh that my words were written! Oh that they were inscribed in a book! 24 Oh that with an iron pen and lead they were engraved in the rock forever! 25 For I…