Sermons by Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven (Page 22)
The Book of Ezekiel (26): The Depths of a Sinful Heart
Ezekiel 22:1-31 describes the reason for the coming judgment: the princes destroyed each other’s lives and they profaned God. Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven proclaims why a judgment is coming: the two-fold abomination of sin, the shedding of blood according to one’s power, and the defilement of…
The Book of Ezekiel (25): The LORD has Drawn His Sword
In Ezekiel 21:1-32, the prophet groans with a breaking heart at the judgment of the Lord upon the sins of his people. Yet, a far greater judgment is coming upon all the wicked of the world as they stand condemned before the Judge, Jesus Christ the Lamb of God. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven…
The Heidelberg Catechism (19): The Resurrection Power of the Real Gospel [Lord’s Day 17]
The so-called gospel that fills our land is a gospel of forgiveness without the power to transform—in short, it is a gospel without the power of the resurrection. The Heidelberg Catechism Lord’s Day 17 teaches, as the…
The Book of Ezekiel (24): Face to Face with God on Judgment Day
Are you ready for Judgment Day? In Ezekiel 20:1-49 God tells the prophet Ezekiel that though he stayed his hand from pouring out his wrath on Israel, there was coming a day when he will execute judgment on his people for their sin. There is coming a day when God will finally pour forth the fury of…
The Book of Ezekiel (23): Escaping the Spiritual Wilderness
In Ezekiel 19:1-14, the prophet Ezekiel is to take up a lament for Israel and her princes and kings for their sin against God and others. They are desolated and placed in a wilderness for their sin. Christians, too, can find themselves in a spiritual wilderness in their heart when they grieve the…
The Witness of the Spirit
The Holy Spirit Himself bears witness with the spirit of the true Christian that they are children of God. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches from Romans 8:16 on the false witnesses of salvation and on the True Witness of salvation, the Holy Spirit, who liberates from sin and death, who leads in a new direction, who provides a new mind, and who Himself bears…
The Book of Ezekiel (22): The Meaning of True Repentance
In Ezekiel 18:21-32, God makes the grand statement: “all souls are mine” and calls sinners to true repentance. Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven proclaims two kinds of people before God, the false repentance that leads to death, the true repentance that leads to life, and the passionate cry of God’s…
The Heidelberg Catechism (18): Why Did Christ Have to Die? [Lord’s Day 16]
In Leviticus 9:22-10:7, we begin to discover the holiness of God and to understand the meaning of sin. Rev. Paul van Engelenhoven describes the holiness of God, the horror of sin, the necessity of death, and the necessity of new birth. “This is what the Lord has said: ‘Among those who are near me I…
The Book of Ezekiel (21): God’s Riddle to Israel and the World
In Ezekiel 17:1-24, God gave Ezekiel a riddle which describes the rebellion of Israel against the will of God and the prophetic riddle that anticipates the coming of a new King, about Jesus Christ and God’s great plan of salvation. Rev. Paul van Engelenhoven proclaims the riddle of failure and…
Motto Text Sermon (2022): The Call to the Presence of God
James 4:1-10 provides the path to the presence of God where holiness, peace and love abound. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches on the contrast between the adultery of worldliness and humility before God, drawing near to God in purity, and the promise of God’s presence in this 2022…