Is your prayer more afterthought than wrestling match? When you struggle with the Lord at Peniel do you say, “I will not let go until you bless me?” Do you let go easily in prayer? Or hold fast in unshakable faith? Join us as Rev. Bill Holiman leads us to examine Matthew 15:21-28 and consider ‘believing prayer.’
Category Archives: Sermons
08/13/2023 | “Our Daily Bread” | Exodus 25:23-30
Bread, once beloved, is now an enemy. But our anti-gluten, pro-keto war on bread comes at a cost. A cost to our health, pleasure, fellowship. And not insignificantly, our theology. Bread is a big deal in Scripture. God placed it in his own Tent. But why? Join us as we examine Exodus 25:23-30 and consider God’s instructions for a table in the Tabernacle to present the Bread of the Presence and what this bread means for us.
08/06/2023 | “Gaining Access” | Exodus 25:9-22
Tailgating is forbidden at work. Access depends upon our credentials. But access to God is never based on our credentials. It requires tailgating Christ through the door. The badge of his obedience & sacrifice is the only credential that allows us in. Join us this week as we examine Exodus 25:9-22 and consider God’s instructions to Moses regarding the Ark of the Covenant and unpack its promises for us.
07/30/2023 | “The Truth About Giving” | Exodus 25:1-9
By cheerful giving, Christians celebrate the attributes of a giving God – his grace, provision, faithfulness, goodness. Giving is a barometer of our delight in our God and faith in what we profess to believe about Him. Are you a cheerful giver? Join us as we examine Exodus 25:1-9 and consider voluntary, joyful, and Christ-centered giving.
07/23/2023 | “Pattern for Life” | Exodus 24:1-18
Worship has a pattern. It shows how we approach an inapproachable God. How we love and are loved by him. And this pattern; calling, confession, consecration, communion and commission, forms a trajectory for a life with God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. Join us this week as we examine Exodus 24 and consider the pattern God has given us for worship and for life.
07/16/2023 | “Important Reminders” | Exodus 23:20-33
In Exodus, God instructs Israel to apply the moral law to daily life. But ethics are not enough. Only God’s presence & promises make them his people. In Exodus 23 He explains how He will bring them into the land and gives us a map for the Christian life. Join us as we examine Exodus 23:20-33 as we unpack God’s plan to bring His people into promised rest and consider what this plan teaches us about the Christian life.
07/09/2023 | “Pressed Down, Running Over” | Exodus 23:10-19
Pressed down, shaken together, running over, falling into your lap and down the hem of your robe. This is how the Lord delights to give joy, grace, peace, and rest as the communion of the saints takes visible shape in Lord’s Day worship. Are you ready?
Join us as we examine Exodus 23:10-19 and consider the blessings the Lord intends for the worship of the gathered people of God.
06/25/2023 | “Property Values” | Exodus 21:28-22:17
Does our love for our neighbor as ourselves extend to our fences, dogs, shared spaces, care for things borrowed? Does neighborliness identify us as covenant people of God? Or confirm the world’s suspicion that our faith is a hypocritical cover story? Join us as we examine Exodus 21:28-22:17 and examine what the Bible says about our responsibility to love our neighbors by the way we use our things, what happens when we fail to exercise this love, and why it matters.
06/18/2023 | “An Eye for and Eye” | Exodus 21:18-27
An eye for an eye! Moderns assume this is a sanction for revenge. But what if it is a safeguard to keep personal offense from becoming a blood feud. To guard against revenge, not foster it. And to help assess what sin destroys and repentance requires. Join us as we examine God’s law concerning personal injury in Exodus 21:18-27 and consider the important difference between justice and vengeance.
06/11/2023 | “Test Time” | James 1:1-4, 12
Anxiety, fear, palpitations, amnesia, ‘going blank.’ Responses to test-taking are diverse, but rarely pleasant. Whether tests of strength or skill, diagnostic or vocational tests, or final course exams, no one likes to be tested. We may enjoy the results, but never the process. Yet, testing is God’s great means of growth for us. Join us as our guest, Rev. Shannon Stokes, leads us to examine James 1:1-4, 12 in a sermon entitled “Test Time.”
Pottsville Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church 