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Psalm 3 begins with David's fear as he flees Absalom, but moves toward trust as he remembers the Lord as shield, glory, and lifter of his head. Trials become occasions for fear to turn into faith through prayer and God's word.

Concluding the study of Matthew 5:27-30, the message presses the impossibility of meeting God's standard of righteousness in one's own strength and points the guilty to the new birth as the only remedy, since only a heart made new in Christ

New Birth

Drawing on Proverbs 23:29-32, the sermon paints Solomon's unflinching portrait of the drunkard who lingers over wine and chases stronger drink, and urges families to confront this sin honestly rather than hide it as a private shame.

Opening a series on alcohol from Proverbs 20:1, the sermon shows how Solomon pictures wine and strong drink as mockers and brawlers, then traces the ruin drunkenness brought on Noah, Lot, and the Corinthian church to warn against its

Working through Matthew 5:27-28, the exposition presses past the outward act of adultery to Jesus' teaching that lustful intent is itself adultery of the heart, leaving every hearer guilty and in need of the mercy Christ showed the

Finishing Psalm 2, this message points to Christ's future reign as King over all nations and kings, and calls hearers gripped by pandemic-era fear to find security not in circumstances but in the certainty that God reigns.

God's Sovereignty

Opening a study of Psalm 2 during the early days of a global pandemic, this message shows how rulers and nations rage against God's rule, and presses the unconverted to see their own rebellion mirrored in the psalm and to turn to Christ in

God's Sovereignty

Matthew 5 teaches that angry, contemptuous sinners cannot offer acceptable worship while refusing reconciliation. A murderer can worship only in Christ, who fulfills the law and makes sinners new creations.

Examining Matthew 5:21-22, the message shows that Jesus locates murder in the anger and contempt of the heart rather than merely the external act, exposing every hearer as guilty before God's true standard and in need of a savior.

New Birth

Jesus fulfills the Law and speaks with final authority over the righteousness of His kingdom. The Sermon on the Mount presses believers beyond external religion to heart-level obedience under Christ's standard.