Sermons from 2022 (Page 2)
The Key to Gospel Thanksgiving
The Apostle Paul lived in almost continuous hardship, yet he always rejoiced. He describes one of the keys to gospel thanksgiving in 2 Cor 1:3–7. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven describes thanksgiving that lasts forever, the uncertainty of earthly thanksgiving, the certainty of eternal thanksgiving, and the opposite life of living for others.
“Blessed be the God…
Christ’s Address to His Persecuted Church
Jesus commands his people to rejoice when they are persecuted. This is a shocking command! Why should his people rejoice? Listen as Mr. Brandt Barnard preaches on Jesus’ comforting address to his persecuted church: Christ’s evaluation, Christ’s identification, and Christ’s exhortation.
“Blessed…
The Total Depravity of Man
Romans 1:28–32 reveals the last step of mankind’s descent in depravity. Because mankind chose to remove God from their life, God removes his goodness from their life. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches on the barren land (debased mind), the weeds of wickedness (filled with unrighteousness), the love of poison (approval of evil), and the need for a…
The Centrality of Worship in the Christian Life
The righteous love to worship the Lord and so they keep themselves from wickedness. Worship is the heart of the Christian life. Listen as Mr. Israel Quaresma preaches from Psalm 26 on the Christian’s integrity, association, and worship.
“O LORD, I love the habitation of your house and the place…
A Strangely Passionate World
We live in a world with strange passions. God’s wrath against the sinfulness of man is revealed in giving mankind over to their unnatural sinful passions: men and women engaging in homosexuality. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches on Romans 1:26–27 on dishonorable passions, the world being ruled by unnatural desires, and how Christians are to respond.
“For…
A World of Impurity
Because man rejected God, God withdrew His restraining grace from them. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches on Romans 1:24–25 on God giving man up because of man’s sin, God removing his restraining hand from man, and the vital need for a new heart.
“Therefore God gave them up in the lusts of their hearts to impurity, to the dishonoring of their bodies among…
The Blessing of Godly Parents
In Ephesians 6:1–3, the apostle Paul refers to the 5th commandment, connecting it to the children of believers. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches on Ephesians 6:1–3 on the promise of the 5th commandment in Moses’ and Jesus’ time, and the call to obey your parents and find eternal life. “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.”
Rest in God
Joshua did not give the people of God rest. Nor David. But Christ, the son of David, the son of God, having completed his work of redemption, has entered his rest, initiating the eternal Sabbath rest for the people of God. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches from Hebrews 3:12–4:11 on the failure of Moses and of Joshua to give rest, the victory of Christ on the…
The Great Departure
Man was made by the one true God to worship God alone. But fallen man has exchanged the living God for lifeless idols. Thus God is provoked and his wrath is revealed from heaven. Listen as Pastor Paul van Engelenhoven preaches from Romans 1:22-23 on the principle of worship, the worship of fools, and the worship of the wise.
“Claiming to be wise, they became fools, and…
The Religion of Self
The religion of “self” cares for no one or anything else but “self,” and will even sin in order to get what “self” wants. But what does the Bible have to say about this false religion and those who practice it? Listen as Mr. Ben Bessett preaches on Proverbs 23:1–5 on the religion of self.
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s…