8 sermons · All speakers
The Blessing of Knowing God
Psalm 91:1–2 presents four distinct names for God — El Elyon (Most High), El Shaddai (Almighty), Jehovah (LORD), and Elohim — each disclosing a different facet of the divine character: absolute supremacy, all-sufficiency, covenant faithfulness and redemptive love, and creative power. The sermon argues that knowing God by these names is the believer's chief comfort and greatest need in a world of rival truth-claims, competing gods, and the constant assault of the world, the flesh, and the devil upon intimate fellowship with him. The application presses every hearer — especially those who have grown up in Christian homes without personal faith — to personal repentance and trust in Christ, so that they may say with the psalmist, 'He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in him I will trust.'
Words to Live By
Four terse imperatives close Paul's first letter to Corinth — 'be watchful, stand firm in the faith, act like men, be strong' — and each one names an indispensable quality of the Christian life. This sermon works through 1 Corinthians 16:13-14 by unpacking vigilance, faithfulness, courage, and strength as the four great principles believers must pursue, set against the twin dangers of a deceitful heart and a culture bent on denying God's reality and authority. The exposition concludes with 1 Corinthians 13, showing that all four watchwords must be permeated by love, lest strength become harshness and courage become aggression.
Only Christ Satisfies
Isaiah 55:4–5 presents Christ as witness, leader, and commander to the peoples — the sufficient Savior in whom every need of the soul is met. This sermon expounds the free offer of the gospel in Isaiah 55:1–3, showing that the unrestricted call to all thirsting sinners is the means by which God effectually gathers his elect from every nation through Christ's sovereign work. Drawing on the covenant of redemption, the sermon traces Christ's witness from the Old Testament prophets through his incarnation, resurrection, and present reign at the Father's right hand. Hearers are called to cast off self-sufficiency, submit to Christ's authority over the church in worship and practice, and live in contented obedience as those whom he will never leave nor forsake.
The Amazing Son of David
Matthew 12:22–23 presents a man who is demon-possessed, blind, and mute — and whom Jesus heals instantly and completely, prompting the crowd to ask whether he could be the Son of David. This sermon argues that the miracle is not merely a historical curiosity but a divinely ordered proof of Christ's messiahship and a living picture of every sinner's spiritual condition before grace: blind to God, mute in his praise, and enslaved to Satan. The exposition moves from the messianic significance of the healing, to the spiritual blindness and muteness that characterise all natural men, to the sufficiency of Christ's atoning work to deliver the most desperate of sinners. Hearers are called to come to Christ without delay, assured that no case is too hopeless for the Son of David.
A Leper Came to Him
Matthew 8:1–4 records a leper approaching Christ and receiving both cleansing and the declaration 'I am willing' — a text that serves as a lens through which to examine what it means to come to Christ in desperate need. The sermon establishes the theological purpose of Christ's miracles: not merely physical restoration, but the authentication of Jesus as Messiah and an illustration of man's spiritual condition as a sinner who is unclean, outcast, and incapable of self-cleansing. The law, like the Levitical regulations for lepers, can diagnose but cannot cure; only the great high priest, Christ Jesus, can accomplish what law, religion, and self-effort cannot. The central application is that sinners must come to Christ just as they are, resting on the warrant of the gospel — 'repent and believe' — assured that He is not only a powerful Savior but a willing one.
A Centurion Came to Him
Matthew 8:5–13 presents a Roman centurion whose faith Jesus described as unparalleled in Israel, and this exposition draws out six marks of that saving faith: it seeks mercy, confesses unworthiness, rests on Christ's word alone, recognises his sovereign authority, finds hope outside superstition and ceremony, and is always rewarded by God. The sermon opens by distinguishing miracles that illustrate sovereign regeneration from those that illustrate the reception of sinners who come in faith, placing this healing firmly in the second category. A closing contrast with Mark 6:1–6 — where Jesus marvelled at the absence of faith in his own hometown — presses the application: privilege without faith forfeits blessing, while humble confidence in Christ's word is always honoured.
Justification
Romans 3:24 stands as the doctrinal heartbeat of the gospel: guilty sinners are declared righteous before a holy God freely, as a gift, on the sole ground of the redemption accomplished by Christ Jesus. The sermon expounds each word of that verse — 'justified,' 'freely,' 'by his grace,' and 'through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus' — to show that justification is a forensic declaration of changed status, not a moral transformation, and that it rests entirely on Christ's atoning blood and imputed righteousness, received through faith alone. A running contrast is drawn between earthly judges who rightly condemn the guilty and the divine Judge who justifies the ungodly without compromising his justice, because the penalty was fully borne by the Son. The sermon closes by tracing the necessary fruit of justification — humility, assurance, and a transformed life bearing the likeness of Christ — while guarding the distinction between justification and sanctification.
The Believer's Inheritance
What does the believer's inheritance consist of, and how is it secured against every threat? Expounding 1 Peter 1:4–5, this sermon examines the three negative descriptions of the believer's heavenly inheritance — incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading — before turning to the divine preservation that guarantees the heir will actually receive it. The inheritance is secured not by the believer's own resolve but by the power of God working through the gift of faith, so that even amid persecution, trial, and the triple enmity of the devil, the world, and the flesh, the Christian presses on in confident, heavenward hope.