Posts by Doug Douma
Sermon on Exodus 5:1-23 – “Bricks Without Straw”
Sermon for Sunday, February 21st, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Psa 14:1-7 ESV] 1 To the choirmaster. Of David. The fool says in his heart, “There is no God.” They are corrupt, they do abominable deeds; there is none who does good. 2…
Sermon on Exodus 4:18-31 – “Moses’s Meetings”
Sermon for Sunday, February 14th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 4:18-31 ESV] 18 Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And…
Sermon on Exodus 4:1-17 – “The Lord Who Made You”
Sermon for Sunday, February 7th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 4:1-17 ESV] 1 Then Moses answered, “But behold, they will not believe me or listen to my voice, for they will say, ‘The LORD did not appear to you.’” 2 The LORD…
Sermon – “Baptism and the Covenant”
Sermon for Sunday, January 31st, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 59:21 ESV] 21 “And as for me, this is my covenant with them,” says the LORD: “My Spirit that is upon you, and my words that I have put in your mouth, shall not…
Sermon on Acts 1:1-5 – “The Second Book”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, January 24th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Scripture reading: [Act 1:1-5 ESV] 1 In the first book, O Theophilus, I have dealt with all that Jesus began to do and teach, 2 until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commands through…
Sermon on Exodus 3:1-22 – “God’s Calling”
Sermon for Sunday, January 24th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 3:1-22 ESV] 1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law, Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the…
Sermon on Exodus 2:11-15 – “The Maturing of Moses”
Sermon for Sunday, January 17th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 2:11-25 ESV] 11 One day, when Moses had grown up, he went out to his people and looked on their burdens, and he saw an Egyptian beating a Hebrew, one of his people. 12 He looked…
Sermon on Exodus 2:1-10 – A Parent’s Faith
Sermon for Sunday, January 10th, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 2:1-10 ESV] 1 Now a man from the house of Levi went and took as his wife a Levite woman. 2 The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine child, she hid…
Sermon on Exodus 1:15-22 – “The Virtue of Disobedience”
Sermon for Sunday, January 3rd, 2021 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 1:15-22 ESV] 15 Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, one of whom was named Shiphrah and the other Puah, 16 “When you serve as midwife to the Hebrew women and…
Sermon on Exodus 1:1-14 – “God’s People, Bottomed Out”
Sermon for Sunday, December 27th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Exo 1:1-14 ESV] 1 These are the names of the sons of Israel who came to Egypt with Jacob, each with his household: 2 Reuben, Simeon, Levi, and Judah, 3 Issachar, Zebulun, and…
Sermon – “True Meaning” (Christmas)
Sermon for Thursday, December 24th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) PASTORAL PRAYER Lord, most heavenly Father, it is in the name of Jesus Christ and through the Holy Spirit in us that we come to you in prayer this day. You are most glorious, eternal, and full of wisdom.…
Sermon – “The Unity of Scripture”
Sermon for Sunday, December 20th, 2020 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament reading: [Isa 45:14-17 ESV] 14 Thus says the LORD: “The wealth of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, and the Sabeans, men of stature, shall come over to you and be yours; they shall…