Preparatory and Communion Sermons (Page 2)
A Call to Reinvest
Isaiah 55:1-7 presents the offer of salvation, explaining what we must do to gain the priceless reward. Rev. Paul van Engelenhoven proclaims the way: come, buy, and eat; incline your ear; seek the Lord and call upon Him; for God speaks no empty words.
“Seek the Lord while he may be found; call upon him while he is near; …for he will abundantly pardon.”
Prepare to Meet Your God
In Amos 4:1-13, the prophet gives a stern warning to the people of Israel calling the people to repentance. In this preparatory Sunday message, Rev. Paul van Engelenhoven focuses on the call of Amos to flee from moral abuse and false worship to and to pursue a closer walk with God.
“Prepare to meet your God, O Israel!”
Christmas and Communion
Listen as Rev. Tom VandenHeuvel preaches from 1 John 3:1-5 on “Christmas and Communion.”
“You know that [Jesus Christ] appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin.”
From Here to Eternity
Listen as Dr. Tim Trumper preaches on Romans 8:31-39 the sermon “From Here to Eternity” in this Preparatory Sermon for Communion.
“For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Christ Jesus…
Preparing to Participate in the Lord’s Supper (2)
Listen as Dr. Tim Trumper preaches on 1 Corinthians 11:27-34 in the second sermon of the series “Preparing to Participate in the Lord’s Supper”.
“Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup. For anyone who eats and drinks without discerning the body eats and…
Preparing to Participate in the Lord’s Supper (1)
Listen as Dr. Tim Trumper preaches on 1 Corinthians 11:17-22 the first sermon in the series “Preparing to Participate in the Lord’s Supper”.
“But in the following instructions I do not commend you, because when you come together it is not for the better but for the worse. For, in the first…
Coming Together for the Better
Listen as Dr. Tim Trumper preaches on 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 for this Lord’s Supper sermon for the last Lord’s Day of 2007 titled “Coming Together for the Better”.
“So then, my brothers, when you come together to eat, wait for one another—if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home—so that when you come together it will not be for judgment. About the other things I will…
The Crux of the Matter
What is the cross of Jesus Christ? What happened on the cross? Listen as Dr. Tim Trumper preaches on the cross of Jesus Christ from Isaiah 53:5.
“But he was pierced for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his wounds we are healed.”
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