Posts by Doug Douma (Page 6)
Sermon on 2 Samuel 3:1-39 – “Abner’s Foolish Death”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, September 7th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [2Sa 3:1-39 ESV] 1 There was a long war between the house of Saul and the house of David. And David grew stronger and stronger, while the house of Saul became weaker and weaker. 2 And…
Sermon on Matthew 9:27-34 – “Blind and the Mute No Longer”
Sermon for Sunday, Sept 7th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Isa 42:1-9 ESV] 1 Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations. 2 He will not cry aloud…
Sermon on Matthew 9:18-26 – “Salvation for Desperate People”
Sermon for Sunday, Aug 31st, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [1Ki 17:17-24 ESV] 17 After this the son of the woman, the mistress of the house, became ill. And his illness was so severe that there was no breath left in him. 18 And she said to Elijah,…
Sermon on Matthew 9:14-17 – “When is the time of fasting?”
Sermon for Sunday, Aug 24th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Joe 1:13-15 ESV] 13 Put on sackcloth and lament, O priests; wail, O ministers of the altar. Go in, pass the night in sackcloth, O ministers of my God! Because grain offering and drink…
Sermon on Matthew 9:9-13 – “Follow the Leader”
Sermon for Sunday, Aug 17th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Psa 147:1-11 ESV] 1 Praise the LORD! For it is good to sing praises to our God; for it is pleasant, and a song of praise is fitting. 2 The LORD builds up Jerusalem; he gathers the outcasts…
Sermon on Matthew 9:1-8 – “Jesus Forgives the Paralytic”
Sermon for Sunday, Aug 10th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Psa 32:1-5 ESV] 1 A Maskil of David. Blessed is the one whose transgression is forgiven, whose sin is covered. 2 Blessed is the man against whom the LORD counts no iniquity, and in whose…
Sermon on 2 Samuel 2:12-32 – “Pride Leads to Death”
Sermon for Sunday Evening, August 3rd, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Sermon Text: [2Sa 2:12-32 ESV] 12 Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ish-bosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon. 13 And Joab the son of Zeruiah and the servants of David went…
Sermon on Matthew 8:28-34 – “Jesus Said to the Demons, GO!”
Old Testament Reading: [Zec 3:1-5 ESV] 1 Then he showed me Joshua the high priest standing before the angel of the LORD, and Satan standing at his right hand to accuse him. 2 And the LORD said to Satan, “The LORD rebuke you, O Satan! The LORD who has chosen Jerusalem rebuke you! Is not this a…
Remembrances from an elder of the church in 1910, found in our Trustee records.
Some Reminiscences + Records of J Harvey Hanford Church association been in existence about 80 years + has had 17 ministers + pastors of whom I remember 11. Has had over 600 members, since 1876 = 130 of them came from the Sunday School. Record Books show in 1879-109 members in Church 1880=103 ::…
Sermon on Matthew 8:23-27 – “Faith Over Fear”
Sermon for Sunday, July 27th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Jon 1:1-6 ESV] 1 Now the word of the LORD came to Jonah the son of Amittai, saying, 2 “Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and call out against it, for their evil has come up…
Sermon on Matthew 8:18-22 – “Hard to Follow”
Sermon for Sunday, July 20th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Isa 53:1-3 ESV] 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry…
Sermon on Matthew 8:14-17 – “Jesus Heals Many”
Sermon for Sunday, July 13th, 2025 at First Presbyterian Church at Unionville, NY (BPC) Old Testament Reading: [Isa 53:1-5 ESV] 1 Who has believed what he has heard from us? And to whom has the arm of the LORD been revealed? 2 For he grew up before him like a young plant, and like a root out of dry…