Sermons — Page 68

Christian holiness must be pursued both individually and corporately, with Romans 14 helping believers navigate diversity without breaking unity. The church is a collage of redeemed people learning to pursue holiness together under Christ.

Church Unity

Studying Hannah's prayer in 1 Samuel 1-2, this message holds her sacrificial devotion and overflowing praise up as a pattern for worship, urging the church to prepare their hearts all week so that Sunday singing flows from genuine delight

1 Samuel 2 warns through Hophni and Phinehas that corrupt leadership, impure worship, and public scandal dishonor God and wound his people. The church is called to put sin to death, protect its reputation, and pursue purity in worship and

Christian holiness requires obedience to clear biblical commands while also learning wisdom in areas where Scripture gives no simple rule. The pursuit is personal, but it is lived in the local church where each believer’s holiness affects

2 Corinthians 7:1 calls believers to cleanse themselves from every defilement of body and spirit while perfecting holiness in the fear of God. Christian holiness is expected because God has made His people His dwelling place and His

2 Corinthians 6 and 7 examine Christian holiness as separation from sin and usefulness to God, not legalism or outward respectability. Holiness is expected in the church because God’s people belong to Him and live for His glory.

Tracing Nehemiah's persistent reforms in Jerusalem, the message calls elders and God's people to remain under the teaching of the Word and to persevere in the work of rebuilding and revival without growing weary or compromising with

Concluding a study through Luke 11 and Luke 18 on prayer, this message uses the friend seeking bread and the persistent widow to explain why sinful, created beings have the right to bring bold, persistent requests to a sovereign God whose

God's Sovereignty

The joyful dedication of Jerusalem's rebuilt wall, carried out by priests, Levites, and singers gathered from every quarter, is preached as proof that no believer's part in the Lord's work is insignificant, since even the smallest

Continuing through Luke 11:5-13, the message unpacks the progression of asking, seeking, and knocking as persistent, ongoing prayer, illustrated by the fervent prayer life of missionary David Brainerd.