Sermons — Page 76

Examining Eli's failure in 1 Samuel 2 and 4, the message warns fathers that honoring children above God and tolerating sin at home will drive the next generation away from the Lord.

Eli's HypocrisyHonoring Sons Over God

From Nehemiah's response to devastating news about Jerusalem, the message shows how spiritual maturity produces genuine grief over the brokenness of God's people and a hunger to see the church restored.

Nehemiah's GriefHoly Brokenness

Working through the Shema in Deuteronomy 6, the message calls fathers and mothers to love God wholeheartedly and to weave that love into the ordinary rhythms of teaching their children at home.

The ShemaFamily Discipleship

Nehemiah begins with a clear-eyed assessment of Jerusalem’s broken condition and a grief that moves toward prayerful leadership. Rebuilding, renewal, and obedience are framed as God’s work through burdened servants.

Nehemiah's GriefHoly BurdenPrayerful Leadership

Drawing on Job and Psalm 127, the message reminds parents that children are a gift entrusted by God, calling fathers and mothers to receive, love, and disciple them rather than push them away.

Children as a GiftNot Exasperating Children

Concluding this study of family obstacles, the message warns husbands against both passivity and domineering leadership, calling them to serve their households out of love for Christ and to answer to God for their homes.

Husbandly LeadershipFatherly AccountabilityServant Motivation

Turning to Titus 2 and Proverbs 31, the message calls Christian wives to purity, self-control, and a home-centered life that stands against the culture's competing vision of womanhood.

Titus 2 WomanhoodKeepers at HomeSelf-Control

Continuing this study of family obstacles, the message applies 1 Peter 3 to a Christian married to an unbeliever, calling wives to quiet submission and husbands to a sacrificial, Christlike love.

Marriage to an UnbelieverQuiet SubmissionChristlike Love

The sermon discusses Christ's work in believers through difficulties and challenges. It references the importance of His role in completing the work begun in us, drawing from verses in 1 Corinthians 7.

God's sovereignty in family lifeperseverance through challenges

Ezra leads the assembled people to deal seriously with their sin, confess before God, and take costly steps of obedience. Biblical repentance is not sentiment alone; it accepts responsibility and acts according to the Word.

Costly RepentanceConfessionObedient Reform