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This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
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The doctrine of the trinity is a fascinating doctrine. We teach that God is one God and three persons. How can God be one and three at the same time? Why would we want to teach this doctrine if it is so complicated? Why is this doctrine necessary for us to believe as a church?
Christ makes the promise that he will be with us until the end of the age. How can Christ deliver on this promise when Christ is up in heaven and we are down here on earth? How can the incarnation teach us about the significance of the trinity, and God's desire to redeem?
Christians are called to be informed by the light of God. How does the light of God give us comfort? How does it empower us in our struggle through this world and against our own sin?
The Apostle Paul is in a position to defend his faith once again. He has an opportunity to defend his faith, and so what does Paul say? Where does Paul put his assurance and confidence that the word of God is true? What is our assurance and confidence as we live out the gospel in Christ?
The word of God is the power and means God uses to call his people. If this scripture is written by men and inspired by the Spirit how do we know that the books of the Bible we have are true? Our confession says that we do not embrace the apocrypha, but it does not forbid us from reading it. How do we view these apocryphal writings, how do we know that they are not inspired?
The apostle Paul is one who goes from place to place preaching the word of God or to be precise the canon of Scripture. As he preaches from place to place he encounters various agitators. Agitators in Paul's context are people who deny that Christ is the messiah. How can we be confident that Paul is really an apostle sent from God? How can we be confident that Christ is the Messiah? How do we know that his words are the words from God?
The Lord is invisible, but he has not hidden himself. The Lord shows himself by His self revelation. The Lord leaves his signature in this creation, and the Lord gives us his word. While we as humans can never know God exhaustively we can still know God, and more importantly God knows us. So, if the Lord gives us his word how do we know that his word is certain? How do we know that the Lord can use the gifts of the man without contaminating his word?
I marvel at how the Lord works through various men in history. Consider the sermon preached by Jonathon Edwards titled “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God.” Jonathon Edwards supposedly preached that sermon in a monotone fashion, but it sparks the great awakening. John Owen is not someone known for a lot of contemporary rhetoric or contemporary oratory winsomeness, but yet the Gospel went out in power. Many today would say Owen is complicated, technical, and maybe even boring. You think of Calvin being sickly, technical at times, and yet the Gospel goes out. The Lord still uses these men despite contemporary advancements in our human wisdom. What is the power behind this message? Is it the man or is it the message? What about this message is so powerful?
The Belgic confession begins with the truth that our God is one God. Is this something that is just important for Guido De Bres, the writer of the confession, or is this important for us today? Is this an essential truth for us as Christians to embrace? How can this truth truly impact our lives and orient us through this age?
John has a majestic vision of us entering into the Lord’s rest. We might wonder how many casualties of war will there be? Are we going to be triumphant when we consider our current circumstances? It seems that there are a lot of forces that come against the saints, but how do we know that we will enter into the holy city of God?
When we close our prayers by saying, “Amen” we might just think that it is a simple word. We might not think about all the implications of the word "amen", but saying "amen" is a rather profound way to close our prayers. Why is “Amen” such a strong word? What grounds the word “Amen?”
Our Lord commands us to pray that God would not lead us into temptation. This is strange considering that James tells us that when we face temptation that God does not tempt anyone. What does our Lord mean? How can our Lord lead us into temptation?
Our Lord commands us to ask the Lord to forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors. This is a strange command for our Lord to give us that every day we are asking for forgiveness and the grace to forgive. Why does the Lord want us to first and foremost ask him for forgiveness? Hasn’t Christ already forgiven us? Why would we then continually need to ask for this forgiveness? What assurance do we have that the Lord really does forgive us our debts?
It is easy to think that the Lord may in the best case scenario provide our food, but we need to be assertive to secure additional physical blessings. It is tempting to think that the Lord takes care of the spiritual blessings, but we better get busy to secure the physical blessings. However, our Lord commands us to pray that our Lord would provide our daily bread. Why our daily bread? What does daily bread have to do with physical blessings? How does our request for our daily bread challenge us to see the bigger picture of God's provision?
We are called to do the will of God. We can see in Scripture the commandments that God gives to us challenging us to follow him. However, what does David tell us in Psalm 103? What does it mean that even the angels of heaven are to do the will of the Lord? What is the significance of us praying to do the Lord’s will?
There are many things that we can say about the Kingdom of God, but one thing we must remember is that the kingdom takes residence within us. How do we realize the Lord's kingdom in the midst of turmoil and struggle? How does one gain the wisdom while walking in the Kingdom of God? Does one just study the Scriptures more? Does one just try to mysteriously encounter God more? How does one live out this request that the Lord instructs us to ask our Father in heaven?
Our God is a God who created this world, is above this world, and the one who sustains this world. If all this is true then how can we approach such a Holy God? Can we really draw near to a God who is so exalted and dwelling in heavenly glory? Moses gives us the assurance that when we call upon the Lord’s name we find that the Lord is not distant at all. So, what does the holiness of God’s name tell us about our God?
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When we lay out what Scripture teaches about our God we show from Scripture that God is the one who created this world. As God is the one who created this world does that mean that he simply made. It, walked away, and allows the world to sustain itself? If this is the case then it means that our God is rather impersonal. However, if we make God merely a being who just communes with us then how is he distinct from this creation?
When we lay out what Scripture teaches about our God we show from Scripture that God is the one who created this world. As God is the one who created this world does that mean that he simply made. It, walked away, and allows the world to sustain itself? If this is the case then it means that our God is rather impersonal. However, if we make God merely a being who just communes with us then how is he distinct from this creation?
It is easy to think that God is distant or that God does not care about the here and now. However, when we learn about prayer the opposite is rather true: we are those who have life in the Lord and we can talk to our Lord. Is prayer something that is merely a psychological thing or does the Lord really hear our prayer? How does our prayer continue to ground us in the Lord?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
