Sermon 642: The Snotty Nose Effect (1 Corinthians 5)

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1 Corinthians 5

Sexual Immorality Defiles the Church

5 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is not tolerated even among pagans, for a man has his father’s wife. 2 And you are arrogant! Ought you not rather to mourn? Let him who has done this be removed from among you. 

3 For though absent in body, I am present in spirit; and as if present, I have already pronounced judgment on the one who did such a thing. 4 When you are assembled in the name of the Lord Jesus and my spirit is present, with the power of our Lord Jesus, 5 you are to deliver this man to Satan for the destruction of the flesh, so that his spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. 

6 Your boasting is not good. Do you not know that a little leaven leavens the whole lump? 7 Cleanse out the old leaven that you may be a new lump, as you really are unleavened. For Christ, our Passover lamb, has been sacrificed. 8 Let us therefore celebrate the festival, not with the old leaven, the leaven of malice and evil, but with the unleavened bread of sincerity and truth. 

9 I wrote to you in my letter not to associate with sexually immoral people— 10 not at all meaning the sexually immoral of this world, or the greedy and swindlers, or idolaters, since then you would need to go out of the world. 11 But now I am writing to you not to associate with anyone who bears the name of brother if he is guilty of sexual immorality or greed, or is an idolater, reviler, drunkard, or swindler—not even to eat with such a one. 12 For what have I to do with judging outsiders? Is it not those inside the church whom you are to judge? 13 God judges those outside. “Purge the evil person from among you.” 

Sermon 641: Be Imitators (1 Corinthians 4:14-21)

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1 Corinthians 4:14-21

14 I do not write these things to make you ashamed, but to admonish you as my beloved children. 15 For though you have countless guides in Christ, you do not have many fathers. For I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel. 16 I urge you, then, be imitators of me. 17 That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church. 18 Some are arrogant, as though I were not coming to you. 19 But I will come to you soon, if the Lord wills, and I will find out not the talk of these arrogant people but their power. 20 For the kingdom of God does not consist in talk but in power. 21 What do you wish? Shall I come to you with a rod, or with love in a spirit of gentleness? 

Sermon 640: The Scum of the World (1 Corinthians 4:1-13)

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1 Corinthians 4:1-13

The Ministry of Apostles

4 This is how one should regard us, as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God. 2 Moreover, it is required of stewards that they be found faithful. 3 But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you or by any human court. In fact, I do not even judge myself. 4 For I am not aware of anything against myself, but I am not thereby acquitted. It is the Lord who judges me. 5 Therefore do not pronounce judgment before the time, before the Lord comes, who will bring to light the things now hidden in darkness and will disclose the purposes of the heart. Then each one will receive his commendation from God. 

6 I have applied all these things to myself and Apollos for your benefit, brothers, that you may learn by us not to go beyond what is written, that none of you may be puffed up in favor of one against another. 7 For who sees anything different in you? What do you have that you did not receive? If then you received it, why do you boast as if you did not receive it? 

8 Already you have all you want! Already you have become rich! Without us you have become kings! And would that you did reign, so that we might share the rule with you! 9 For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men. 10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but you are wise in Christ. We are weak, but you are strong. You are held in honor, but we in disrepute. 11 To the present hour we hunger and thirst, we are poorly dressed and buffeted and homeless, 12 and we labor, working with our own hands. When reviled, we bless; when persecuted, we endure; 13 when slandered, we entreat. We have become, and are still, like the scum of the world, the refuse of all things. 

Sermon 639: BYOInfluencer: Many to Follow, Few Worth Following (1 Thessalonians 2:1-12)

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Pastor Jeremy Preaches

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1 Thessalonians 2:1-12

Paul’s Ministry to the Thessalonians

2 For you yourselves know, brothers, that our coming to you was not in vain. 2 But though we had already suffered and been shamefully treated at Philippi, as you know, we had boldness in our God to declare to you the gospel of God in the midst of much conflict. 3 For our appeal does not spring from error or impurity or any attempt to deceive, 4 but just as we have been approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel, so we speak, not to please man, but to please God who tests our hearts. 5 For we never came with words of flattery, as you know, nor with a pretext for greed—God is witness. 6 Nor did we seek glory from people, whether from you or from others, though we could have made demands as apostles of Christ. 7 But we were gentle among you, like a nursing mother taking care of her own children. 8 So, being affectionately desirous of you, we were ready to share with you not only the gospel of God but also our own selves, because you had become very dear to us. 

9 For you remember, brothers, our labor and toil: we worked night and day, that we might not be a burden to any of you, while we proclaimed to you the gospel of God. 10 You are witnesses, and God also, how holy and righteous and blameless was our conduct toward you believers. 11 For you know how, like a father with his children, 12 we exhorted each one of you and encouraged you and charged you to walk in a manner worthy of God, who calls you into his own kingdom and glory. 

Sermon 638: You are God's Temple (1 Corinthians 3:10-23)

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1 Corinthians 3:10-23

10 According to the grace of God given to me, like a skilled master builder I laid a foundation, and someone else is building upon it. Let each one take care how he builds upon it. 11 For no one can lay a foundation other than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ. 12 Now if anyone builds on the foundation with gold, silver, precious stones, wood, hay, straw— 13 each one’s work will become manifest, for the Day will disclose it, because it will be revealed by fire, and the fire will test what sort of work each one has done. 14 If the work that anyone has built on the foundation survives, he will receive a reward. 15 If anyone’s work is burned up, he will suffer loss, though he himself will be saved, but only as through fire. 

16 Do you not know that you are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? 17 If anyone destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him. For God’s temple is holy, and you are that temple. 

18 Let no one deceive himself. If anyone among you thinks that he is wise in this age, let him become a fool that he may become wise. 19 For the wisdom of this world is folly with God. For it is written, “He catches the wise in their craftiness,” 20 and again, “The Lord knows the thoughts of the wise, that they are futile.” 21 So let no one boast in men. For all things are yours, 22 whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future—all are yours, 23 and you are Christ’s, and Christ is God’s. 

Sermon 637: God Gives Growth (1 Corinthians 3:1-9)

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1 Corinthians 3:1-9

Divisions in the Church

3 But I, brothers, could not address you as spiritual people, but as people of the flesh, as infants in Christ. 2 I fed you with milk, not solid food, for you were not ready for it. And even now you are not yet ready, 3 for you are still of the flesh. For while there is jealousy and strife among you, are you not of the flesh and behaving only in a human way? 4 For when one says, “I follow Paul,” and another, “I follow Apollos,” are you not being merely human? 

5 What then is Apollos? What is Paul? Servants through whom you believed, as the Lord assigned to each. 6 I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth. 7 So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God who gives the growth. 8 He who plants and he who waters are one, and each will receive his wages according to his labor. 9 For we are God’s fellow workers. You are God’s field, God’s building. 

Sermon 636: You've Got Spirit (1 Corinthians 2:6-16)

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1 Corinthians 2:6-16

Wisdom from the Spirit

6 Yet among the mature we do impart wisdom, although it is not a wisdom of this age or of the rulers of this age, who are doomed to pass away. 7 But we impart a secret and hidden wisdom of God, which God decreed before the ages for our glory. 8 None of the rulers of this age understood this, for if they had, they would not have crucified the Lord of glory. 9 But, as it is written, 

“What no eye has seen, nor ear heard, 

nor the heart of man imagined, 

what God has prepared for those who love him”— 

10 these things God has revealed to us through the Spirit. For the Spirit searches everything, even the depths of God. 11 For who knows a person’s thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God. 12 Now we have received not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might understand the things freely given us by God. 13 And we impart this in words not taught by human wisdom but taught by the Spirit, interpreting spiritual truths to those who are spiritual. 

14 The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. 15 The spiritual person judges all things, but is himself to be judged by no one. 16 “For who has understood the mind of the Lord so as to instruct him?” But we have the mind of Christ. 

Sermon 635: True Revival (1 Thessalonians 1)

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1 Thessalonians 1

Greeting

1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, 

To the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: 

Grace to you and peace. 

The Thessalonians’ Faith and Example

2 We give thanks to God always for all of you, constantly mentioning you in our prayers, 3 remembering before our God and Father your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. 4 For we know, brothers loved by God, that he has chosen you, 5 because our gospel came to you not only in word, but also in power and in the Holy Spirit and with full conviction. You know what kind of men we proved to be among you for your sake. 6 And you became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you received the word in much affliction, with the joy of the Holy Spirit, 7 so that you became an example to all the believers in Macedonia and in Achaia. 8 For not only has the word of the Lord sounded forth from you in Macedonia and Achaia, but your faith in God has gone forth everywhere, so that we need not say anything. 9 For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, 10 and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, Jesus who delivers us from the wrath to come.

Sermon 634: Acting Faith and Acting in Faith (Matthew 17:14-27) [Matt Stuver]

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Matt Stuver (Under Care of Presbytery) Preaches

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Matthew 17:14-27

Jesus Heals a Boy with a Demon

14 And when they came to the crowd, a man came up to him and, kneeling before him, 15 said, “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he has seizures and he suffers terribly. For often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to your disciples, and they could not heal him.” 17 And Jesus answered, “O faithless and twisted generation, how long am I to be with you? How long am I to bear with you? Bring him here to me.” 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him, and the boy was healed instantly. 19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?” 20 He said to them, “Because of your little faith. For truly, I say to you, if you have faith like a grain of mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.” 

Jesus Again Foretells Death, Resurrection

22 As they were gathering in Galilee, Jesus said to them, “The Son of Man is about to be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they will kill him, and he will be raised on the third day.” And they were greatly distressed. 

The Temple Tax

24 When they came to Capernaum, the collectors of the two-drachma tax went up to Peter and said, “Does your teacher not pay the tax?” 25 He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, Jesus spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings of the earth take toll or tax? From their sons or from others?” 26 And when he said, “From others,” Jesus said to him, “Then the sons are free. 27 However, not to give offense to them, go to the sea and cast a hook and take the first fish that comes up, and when you open its mouth you will find a shekel. Take that and give it to them for me and for yourself.” 

Sermon 633: Wisdom and Grace (Psalm 90) [Pastor John Lee]

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Continuing the Summer Psalms Series

Pastor John Lee Preaches (Planting Pastor of new Song KC)

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Psalm 90

From Everlasting to Everlasting

90 A Prayer of Moses, the man of God. 

1  Lord, you have been our dwelling place 

in all generations. 

2  Before the mountains were brought forth, 

or ever you had formed the earth and the world, 

from everlasting to everlasting you are God. 

3  You return man to dust 

and say, “Return, O children of man!” 

4  For a thousand years in your sight 

are but as yesterday when it is past, 

or as a watch in the night. 

5  You sweep them away as with a flood; they are like a dream, 

like grass that is renewed in the morning: 

6  in the morning it flourishes and is renewed; 

in the evening it fades and withers. 

7  For we are brought to an end by your anger; 

by your wrath we are dismayed. 

8  You have set our iniquities before you, 

our secret sins in the light of your presence. 

9  For all our days pass away under your wrath; 

we bring our years to an end like a sigh. 

10  The years of our life are seventy, 

or even by reason of strength eighty; 

yet their span is but toil and trouble; 

they are soon gone, and we fly away. 

11  Who considers the power of your anger, 

and your wrath according to the fear of you? 

12  So teach us to number our days 

that we may get a heart of wisdom. 

13  Return, O Lord! How long? 

Have pity on your servants! 

14  Satisfy us in the morning with your steadfast love, 

that we may rejoice and be glad all our days. 

15  Make us glad for as many days as you have afflicted us, 

and for as many years as we have seen evil. 

16  Let your work be shown to your servants, 

and your glorious power to their children. 

17  Let the favor of the Lord our God be upon us, 

and establish the work of our hands upon us; 

yes, establish the work of our hands!

Sermon 632: Whole Hearted Worship (Psalm 138)

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Psalm 138

Give Thanks to the Lord

138 Of David. 

1  I give you thanks, O Lord, with my whole heart; 

before the gods I sing your praise; 

2  I bow down toward your holy temple 

and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, 

for you have exalted above all things 

your name and your word. 

3  On the day I called, you answered me; 

my strength of soul you increased. 

4  All the kings of the earth shall give you thanks, O Lord, 

for they have heard the words of your mouth, 

5  and they shall sing of the ways of the Lord, 

for great is the glory of the Lord. 

6  For though the Lord is high, he regards the lowly, 

but the haughty he knows from afar. 

7  Though I walk in the midst of trouble, 

you preserve my life; 

you stretch out your hand against the wrath of my enemies, 

and your right hand delivers me. 

8  The Lord will fulfill his purpose for me; 

your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. 

Do not forsake the work of your hands.

Sermon 631: Sad Seeds, Happy Harvest (Psalm 126)

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Psalm 126

Restore Our Fortunes, O Lord

126 A Song of Ascents. 

1  When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, 

we were like those who dream. 

2  Then our mouth was filled with laughter, 

and our tongue with shouts of joy; 

then they said among the nations, 

“The Lord has done great things for them.” 

3  The Lord has done great things for us; 

we are glad. 

4  Restore our fortunes, O Lord, 

like streams in the Negeb! 

5  Those who sow in tears 

shall reap with shouts of joy! 

6  He who goes out weeping, 

bearing the seed for sowing, 

shall come home with shouts of joy, 

bringing his sheaves with him. 

Sermon 630: I Love the Lord (Psalm 116)

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Continuing the Summer Psalms Series

Pastor Jeremy Preaches

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Psalm 116

I Love the Lord

116 I love the Lord, because he has heard 

my voice and my pleas for mercy. 

2  Because he inclined his ear to me, 

therefore I will call on him as long as I live. 

3  The snares of death encompassed me; 

the pangs of Sheol laid hold on me; 

I suffered distress and anguish. 

4  Then I called on the name of the Lord: 

“O Lord, I pray, deliver my soul!” 

5  Gracious is the Lord, and righteous; 

our God is merciful. 

6  The Lord preserves the simple; 

when I was brought low, he saved me. 

7  Return, O my soul, to your rest; 

for the Lord has dealt bountifully with you. 

8  For you have delivered my soul from death, 

my eyes from tears, 

my feet from stumbling; 

9  I will walk before the Lord 

in the land of the living. 

10  I believed, even when I spoke: 

“I am greatly afflicted”; 

11  I said in my alarm, 

“All mankind are liars.” 

12  What shall I render to the Lord 

for all his benefits to me? 

13  I will lift up the cup of salvation 

and call on the name of the Lord, 

14  I will pay my vows to the Lord 

in the presence of all his people. 

15  Precious in the sight of the Lord 

is the death of his saints. 

16  O Lord, I am your servant; 

I am your servant, the son of your maidservant. 

You have loosed my bonds. 

17  I will offer to you the sacrifice of thanksgiving 

and call on the name of the Lord. 

18  I will pay my vows to the Lord 

in the presence of all his people, 

19  in the courts of the house of the Lord, 

in your midst, O Jerusalem. 

Praise the Lord! 

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Sermon 629: Hail to the Lord's Anointed (Psalm 72)

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Continuing the Summer Psalms Series

Pastor Jeremy Preaches

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Psalm 72

Give the King Your Justice

72 Of Solomon. 

1  Give the king your justice, O God, 

and your righteousness to the royal son! 

2  May he judge your people with righteousness, 

and your poor with justice! 

3  Let the mountains bear prosperity for the people, 

and the hills, in righteousness! 

4  May he defend the cause of the poor of the people, 

give deliverance to the children of the needy, 

and crush the oppressor! 

5  May they fear you while the sun endures, 

and as long as the moon, throughout all generations! 

6  May he be like rain that falls on the mown grass, 

like showers that water the earth! 

7  In his days may the righteous flourish, 

and peace abound, till the moon be no more! 

8  May he have dominion from sea to sea, 

and from the River to the ends of the earth! 

9  May desert tribes bow down before him, 

and his enemies lick the dust! 

10  May the kings of Tarshish and of the coastlands 

render him tribute; 

may the kings of Sheba and Seba 

bring gifts! 

11  May all kings fall down before him, 

all nations serve him! 

12  For he delivers the needy when he calls, 

the poor and him who has no helper. 

13  He has pity on the weak and the needy, 

and saves the lives of the needy. 

14  From oppression and violence he redeems their life, 

and precious is their blood in his sight. 

15  Long may he live; 

may gold of Sheba be given to him! 

May prayer be made for him continually, 

and blessings invoked for him all the day! 

16  May there be abundance of grain in the land; 

on the tops of the mountains may it wave; 

may its fruit be like Lebanon; 

and may people blossom in the cities 

like the grass of the field! 

17  May his name endure forever, 

his fame continue as long as the sun! 

May people be blessed in him, 

all nations call him blessed! 

18  Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel, 

who alone does wondrous things. 

19  Blessed be his glorious name forever; 

may the whole earth be filled with his glory! 

Amen and Amen! 

20  The prayers of David, the son of Jesse, are ended. 

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Sermon 628: Ancient Words, Hearts on Fire (Psalm 119:137-152)

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Psalm 119:137-144

Tsadhe

137  Righteous are you, O Lord, 

and right are your rules. 

138  You have appointed your testimonies in righteousness 

and in all faithfulness. 

139  My zeal consumes me, 

because my foes forget your words. 

140  Your promise is well tried, 

and your servant loves it. 

141  I am small and despised, 

yet I do not forget your precepts. 

142  Your righteousness is righteous forever, 

and your law is true. 

143  Trouble and anguish have found me out, 

but your commandments are my delight. 

144  Your testimonies are righteous forever; 

give me understanding that I may live. 

Sermon 627: A Mighty Fortress is Our God (Psalm 91)

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Continuing the Summer Psalms Series

Pastor Jeremy Preaches

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Psalm 91

Great Is Your Steadfast Love

My Refuge and My Fortress

91 He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High 

will abide in the shadow of the Almighty. 

2  I will say to the Lord, “My refuge and my fortress, 

my God, in whom I trust.” 

3  For he will deliver you from the snare of the fowler 

and from the deadly pestilence. 

4  He will cover you with his pinions, 

and under his wings you will find refuge; 

his faithfulness is a shield and buckler. 

5  You will not fear the terror of the night, 

nor the arrow that flies by day, 

6  nor the pestilence that stalks in darkness, 

nor the destruction that wastes at noonday. 

7  A thousand may fall at your side, 

ten thousand at your right hand, 

but it will not come near you. 

8  You will only look with your eyes 

and see the recompense of the wicked. 

9  Because you have made the Lord your dwelling place— 

the Most High, who is my refuge— 

10  no evil shall be allowed to befall you, 

no plague come near your tent. 

11  For he will command his angels concerning you 

to guard you in all your ways. 

12  On their hands they will bear you up, 

lest you strike your foot against a stone. 

13  You will tread on the lion and the adder; 

the young lion and the serpent you will trample underfoot. 

14  “Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; 

I will protect him, because he knows my name. 

15  When he calls to me, I will answer him; 

I will be with him in trouble; 

I will rescue him and honor him. 

16  With long life I will satisfy him 

and show him my salvation.”

The Psalms are the hymnbook of the people of God. One of the best ways to benefit most fully from the Psalms is to sing them. Singing them instills the words in your heart and forms the sentiment of the song in you in a way that just reading them does not. Give these two a listen, they have been the go-to versions in writing this sermon!

Sermon 626: A Scattered Heart (Psalm 86)

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Psalm 86

Great Is Your Steadfast Love

86 A Prayer of David. 

1  Incline your ear, O Lord, and answer me, 

for I am poor and needy. 

2  Preserve my life, for I am godly; 

save your servant, who trusts in you—you are my God. 

3  Be gracious to me, O Lord, 

for to you do I cry all the day. 

4  Gladden the soul of your servant, 

for to you, O Lord, do I lift up my soul. 

5  For you, O Lord, are good and forgiving, 

abounding in steadfast love to all who call upon you. 

6  Give ear, O Lord, to my prayer; 

listen to my plea for grace. 

7  In the day of my trouble I call upon you, 

for you answer me. 

8  There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, 

nor are there any works like yours. 

9  All the nations you have made shall come 

and worship before you, O Lord, 

and shall glorify your name. 

10  For you are great and do wondrous things; 

you alone are God. 

11  Teach me your way, O Lord, 

that I may walk in your truth; 

unite my heart to fear your name. 

12  I give thanks to you, O Lord my God, with my whole heart, 

and I will glorify your name forever. 

13  For great is your steadfast love toward me; 

you have delivered my soul from the depths of Sheol. 

14  O God, insolent men have risen up against me; 

a band of ruthless men seeks my life, 

and they do not set you before them. 

15  But you, O Lord, are a God merciful and gracious, 

slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness. 

16  Turn to me and be gracious to me; 

give your strength to your servant, 

and save the son of your maidservant. 

17  Show me a sign of your favor, 

that those who hate me may see and be put to shame 

because you, Lord, have helped me and comforted me. 

Sermon 625: Rooted (Psalm 1)

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Beginning of Summer Psalms Series

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Psalm 1

The Way of the Righteous and the Wicked

1 Blessed is the man 

who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, 

nor stands in the way of sinners, 

nor sits in the seat of scoffers; 

2  but his delight is in the law of the Lord, 

and on his law he meditates day and night. 

3  He is like a tree 

planted by streams of water 

that yields its fruit in its season, 

and its leaf does not wither. 

In all that he does, he prospers. 

4  The wicked are not so, 

but are like chaff that the wind drives away. 

5  Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, 

nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous; 

6  for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, 

but the way of the wicked will perish. 

Sermon 624: Not a TED Talk (1 Corinthians 2:1-5)

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1 Corinthians 2:1-5

2 And I, when I came to you, brothers, did not come proclaiming to you the testimony of God with lofty speech or wisdom. 2 For I decided to know nothing among you except Jesus Christ and him crucified. 3 And I was with you in weakness and in fear and much trembling, 4 and my speech and my message were not in plausible words of wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power, 5 so that your faith might not rest in the wisdom of men but in the power of God.

Sermon 623: The Missing World of the Present (Titus 1:1-5) [Jon Dunning]

Today’s Bulletin

RUF Campus Minister Jon Dunning Preaches

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Titus 1:1-5

1 Paul, a servant of God and an apostle of Jesus Christ, for the sake of the faith of God’s elect and their knowledge of the truth, which accords with godliness, 2 in hope of eternal life, which God, who never lies, promised before the ages began 3 and at the proper time manifested in his word through the preaching with which I have been entrusted by the command of God our Savior; 

4 To Titus, my true child in a common faith: 

Grace and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Savior. 

Qualifications for Elders

5 This is why I left you in Crete, so that you might put what remained into order, and appoint elders in every town as I directed you—