Category: Sermons

  • Promise and Greeting: “Grace, Mercy and Peace to You”

    Promise and Greeting: “Grace, Mercy and Peace to You”

      Scripture Readings: Psalm 129:8; John 20:19; 1 Corinthians 1:1-3 (text); 1 Timothy 1:2 May 11, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Beloved Congregation of Christ: When we meet friends at the office, school or church, we greet them, “Hi” or “Hello” or “Kumusta” (“How are you”?). In our former home church, the pastor usually opened…

  • Oh Come, Let Us Worship the LORD

    Oh Come, Let Us Worship the LORD

      Scripture Readings: Psalm 95:1-11 (text); Exodus 17:1-7; Hebrews 3:7-11 * May 4, 2014 * Pasig and Trinity Covenant Reformed Church Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved Congregation of Christ: For many evangelicals, liturgy is one of those Roman Catholic leftovers in a few liberal churches, while “led by the Spirit” is their pride. They…

  • Christ Prays that the Father Keep the Church from the Evil One

    Christ Prays that the Father Keep the Church from the Evil One

      Scripture Readings: John 17:14-17 (text); Psalm 119:153-160 Canons of Dort V, Rejection of Errors, Paragraph 9 April 27, 2014 • Pasig Covenant Reformed Church • Download PDF sermon Introduction Beloved Congregation of Christ: On this Lord’s Day, we come to the end of our sermon series on the Canons of Dort, better known as…

  • New Sermon Series: A Walk-Through Our Worship Service

    New Sermon Series: A Walk-Through Our Worship Service

    Since the Triune God reveals himself to us in his written Word, we read the Word, preach the Word, pray the Word, sing the Word, and see the Word (in the sacraments). What does this mean? Why did the minister say that? Why do they have such Roman Catholic things as Confession of Sin, Apostles’…

  • “It Was the Will of the LORD to Crush Him” and “Prolong His Days”

    “It Was the Will of the LORD to Crush Him” and “Prolong His Days”

      Scripture Readings: Isaiah 52:13-15; 53:10-12 (text); Luke 24:1-12; Hebrews 7:15-16, 23-25 April 20, 2014 Easter Sunday (Imus and Pasig) ”¢ Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved Congregation of Christ: Our text is excerpted from the last of the four Servant Songs of Isaiah, a very well-known passage often quoted during the time of Good…

  • “Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit”

    “Into Your Hands I Commit My Spirit”

    Luke 23:46 (text); Psalm 31:5; 1 Peter 4:19 April 17-18, 2014 (Pasig and Trinity Covenant Reformed Church) • Download sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved congregation of Christ: Our Christian faith is summed up in the gospel: Christ lived, died, and was raised on the third day for the forgiveness of sins so we may be declared…

  • Contrasting Those Who Have Fallen Away and Those Who Belong to Salvation

    Contrasting Those Who Have Fallen Away and Those Who Belong to Salvation

      Hebrews 6:4-12 (text); Hebrews 3:12-4:2; Isaiah 5:1-7; Canons of Dort V Articles 3, 6, 7 © April 13, 2014 (Pasig and Trinity Covenant Reformed Church) • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved congregation of Christ: Last week, we began the study of the Fifth (and last) Head of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort. We…

  • The Works of the Good Shepherd

      Text: John 10:25-29 Scripture Readings: John 10:1-15; Zechariah 13:7-9; Jeremiah 23:1-3 Confessional Reading: Canons of Dort V Articles 7, 9 © April 6, 2014 (Pasig Covenant Reformed Church) •  Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved congregation of Christ: Thus far, we have studied the first Four Heads of Doctrine of the Canons of Dort. From…

  • “Confirm Your Calling and Election”

    “Confirm Your Calling and Election”

    2 Peter 1:3-12 (text); Deuteronomy 31:6-8; Canons of Dort I: 12, 13, 17 © January 26, 2014 (Pasig Covenant Reformed Church) • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Beloved congregation of Christ: Last Lord’s Day, we learned that God, before the creation of the world, elected a fixed number of people for salvation. And this election was…

  • “Every Intention of the Thoughts of [Man‘s] Heart was Only Evil Continually”

    “Every Intention of the Thoughts of [Man‘s] Heart was Only Evil Continually”

    Genesis 6:5-14 (text); Psalm 53:2, 3; Hebrews 11:7; Canons of Dort III/IV:1-3 March 9, 2014 (Pasig Covenant Reformed Church) Here’s a preview of the sermon: Download the image in PDF here.