We live in a world of tension...the best of times, the worst of times. How are we to handle that tension as Christians? Rejoice in the midst of trials! 1) gospel of salvation by grace: continuity with the past; 2) suffering and joy; 3) prophets and angels.

The strangest bedfellows - 1) the strangeness of joy and grief; 2) the strangeness of the crucible, refining our faith; 3) the strangeness of loving the unseen - how to redeem this tension - seeing and loving the unseen.

A new you. 1) new life; 2) life of worship; 3) life of living hope...while living in the last days.

Sermon delivered to meeting of the Southwest Presbytery of the PCA, Fall 2016, at Christ the King Presbyterian Church of El Paso, by candidate for ordination Wesley Holmes, Director of Youth and Family Ministry at Church of the Resurrection, Flagstaff, Arizona.

First in series from 1 Peter..."to the elect exiles...according to the foreknowledge of God...in the sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience to Jesus Christ and for sprinkling with his blood. May grace and peace be multiplied to you." 1) Sanctification of Spirit; 2) Obedience to Jesus; 3) Sprinkling of blood. Listen.

The prayers of two men detailed in a few verses within Luke 18:9-14 show us a lot more than we might think. Listen...

Last in the series from the book of Joel, Living in the Last Days. 1) God's people; 2) God's judgement; 3) God's challenge; 4) God's presence.

As you are going, make disciples. 1) Doubts; 2) Dominion; 3) Direction; 4) Decree.

Continuing in the series, and in the writings of the prophets, even as they wrote to a contemporary audience, there is something there that speaks to us as well as we live in the last days. Joel spoke an oracle of 1) blessing, 2) judgement and 3) salvation from this passage found in Joel 2:28-32.

Continuing in the series Living in the Last Days.