Sunday’s Sermon: “If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It”

If You’ve Got It, Flaunt It
March 19, 2023
Sermon by Pastor Dave Buckley
3.19.23
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Scripture Reading: Psalm 150

 [a]Praise [b]the Lord!
Praise God in His sanctuary;
Praise Him in His mighty [c]expanse.
Praise Him for His mighty deeds;
Praise Him according to His excellent greatness.

Praise Him with trumpet sound;
Praise Him with harp and lyre.
Praise Him with tambourine and dancing;
Praise Him with stringed instruments and flute.
Praise Him with loud cymbals;
Praise Him with resounding cymbals.
Everything that has breath shall praise [d]the Lord.
[e]Praise [f]the Lord!

Sunday’s Sermon: “Why of All Things, His Blood?”

Why of All Things, His Blood? 
March 12, 2023
Sermon by Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
3.12.23 

Scripture Reading: Hebrews 10:1-4, 11-12       

   For the Law, since it has only a shadow of the good things to come and not the [a]form of those things itself, [b]can never, by the same sacrifices which they offer continually every year, make those who approach perfect. Otherwise, would they not have ceased to be offered, because the worshipers, having once been cleansed, would no longer have had consciousness of sins? But in [c]those sacrifices there is a reminder of sins every year. For it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.

    
Every priest stands daily ministering and offering time after time the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins; 12 but He, having offered one sacrifice for [a]sins for all time, sat down at the right hand of God,

Sunday’s Sermon: “The Remnant”

The Remnant
March 5, 2023
Sermon by Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
3.5.23

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Scripture Reading: Luke 4:16-30

And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. 17 And the scroll of Isaiah the prophet was handed to Him. And He unrolled the scroll and found the place where it was written:

18 “The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me,
Because He anointed Me to bring good news to the poor.
He has sent Me to proclaim release to captives,
And recovery of sight to the blind,
To set free those who are oppressed,
19 To proclaim the favorable year of the Lord.”

20 And He rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant, and sat down; and the eyes of all the people in the synagogue were intently directed at Him. 21 Now He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your [a]hearing.” 22 And all the people were [b]speaking well of Him, and admiring the [c]gracious words which were coming from His [d]lips; and yet they were saying, “Is this not Joseph’s son?” 23 And He said to them, “No doubt you will [e]quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! All the miracles that we heard were done in Capernaum, do here in your hometown as well.’” 24 But He said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown. 25 But I say to you in truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the sky was shut up for three years and six months, when a [f]severe famine came over all the land; 26 and yet Elijah was sent to none of them, but only to [g]Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, to a woman who was a widow. 27 And there were many with leprosy in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was [h]cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.” 28 And all the people in the synagogue were filled with rage as they heard these things; 29 and they got up and drove Him out of the city, and brought Him to the [i]crest of the hill on which their city had been built, so that they could throw Him down from the cliff. 30 But He passed through their midst and went on His way.

Sunday’s Sermon: “Left Behind”

Left Behind
February 26, 2023
Sermon by: Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
2.26.23
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Scripture Reading: Philippians 3:7-14

But whatever things were gain to me, these things I have counted as loss because of Christ. More than that, I count all things to be loss [a]in view of the surpassing value of [b]knowing Christ Jesus my Lord, [c]for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and count them mere rubbish, so that I may gain Christ, and may be found in Him, not having a righteousness of my own derived from the Law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which comes from God on the basis of faith, 10 that I may know Him and the power of His resurrection and [d]the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to His death; 11 if somehow I may attain to the resurrection from the dead.

12 Not that I have already [e]grasped it all or have already become perfect, but I press on if I may also take hold of that [f]for which I was even taken hold of by Christ Jesus. 13 Brothers and sisters, I do not regard myself as having taken hold of it yet; but one thing I do: forgetting what lies behind and reaching forward to what lies ahead, 14 I press on toward the goal for the prize of the upward call of God in Christ Jesus.

Sunday’s Sermon: “What Exactly Is Worship?”

What Exactly Is Worship
February 19, 2023
Sermon by Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
2.19.23
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Scripture Reading: Revelation 22:8-9

I, John, am the one who heard and saw these things. And when I heard and saw them, I fell down to worship at the feet of the angel who showed me these things. And he *said to me, “[a]Do not do that; I am a fellow servant of yours and of your brothers the prophets, and of those who [b]keep the words of this book. Worship God!”

Sunday’s Sermon: “When Christians Trash Talk”

When Christians Trash Talk
February 12, 2023
Sermon by Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
2.12.23
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Scripture Reading: Exodus 20:7, Matthew 12:37         

Exodus 20:7

“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain, for the Lord will not [a]leave him unpunished who takes His name in vain.

Matthew 12:37

For [a]by your words you will be justified, and [b]by your words you will be condemned.”

Sunday’s Sermon: “Living in the Last Days”

Living in the Last Days
February 5, 2023
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
2.5.23
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Scripture Reading: Revelation 13:16-17

And he causes all, the small and the great, the rich and the poor, and the free and the slaves, [a]to be given a mark on their right hands or on their foreheads, 17 and he decrees that no one will be able to buy or to sell, except the one who has the mark, either the name of the beast or the number of his name.

Sunday’s Sermon: “When You Need a Soul-Wash”

When You Need a Soul-Wash
January 29, 2023
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
1.29.23
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Scripture Reading: Luke 7:36-50

Now one of the Pharisees was requesting Him to eat with him, and He entered the Pharisee’s house and reclined at the table37 And there was a woman in the city who was a [a]sinner; and when she learned that He was reclining at the table in the Pharisee’s house, she brought an alabaster vial of perfume, 38 and standing behind Him at His feet, weeping, she began to wet His feet with her tears, and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and began kissing His feet and anointing them with the perfume. 39 Now when the Pharisee who had invited Him saw this, he said to himself, “If this man were a prophet He would know who and what sort of person this woman is who is touching Him, that she is a [b]sinner!”

Sunday’s Sermon: “When “Medium” is “Well Done”

When “Medium” is “Well Done”
January 22, 2023
Sermon by Rev. Dr. Austin Brinkerhoff
1.22.23
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Scripture Reading: Philippians 2:1-11   

  Therefore if there is any encouragement in Christ, if any consolation of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any [a]affection and compassion, make my joy complete [b]by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose. Do nothing [c]from [d]selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility consider one another as more important than yourselves; do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Have this attitude [e]in yourselves which was also in Christ Jesus, who, as He already existed in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be [f]grasped, but [g]emptied Himself by taking the form of a bond-servant and[h]being born in the likeness of men. And being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death: death [i]on a cross. For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name, 10 so that at the name of Jesus every knee will bow, of those who are in heaven and on earth and under the earth, 11 and that every tongue will confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.