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Sermon on Acts 17:1-9 – “Turning the World Right Side Up”
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 on 1 Corinthians 10:31 – “The Meaning of Life”
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 on 2 Timothy 2:22-26 – “The Virtue of Gentleness”
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 on Acts 16:25-40 – “Faith in Philippi”
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 on 1 Timothy 2:8-10 – “The Virtue of Modesty”
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 on Acts 16:16-24 – “A Good Deed Punished”
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 on 1 Timothy 1:12-17 – “The Virtue of Patience”
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 on Acts 16:11-15 – “Women in Church History”
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…
Sermon on 1 Thessalonians 5:19-22 – “Keep the Fire Alive”
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 on Acts 16:6-10 – “Children Go Where I Send Thee”
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 on 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18 – “Constant Joy, Prayer, Thanksgiving”
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 on John 20:24-29 – “Resurrection Reactions”
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…