Community Presbyterian Church - Louisville, KY

1st Advent sermon by Rev. Lawrence

Fourth sermon by Rev. Lawrence on Haggai.

16 Nov 2025

Third sermon by Rev. Lawrence on Haggai.

9 Nov 2025

Sermon by Rev. Lawrence. Haggai shows the centrality of the church in the work of God in His world, the significance of the bride of Christ in the economy of salvation.

2 Nov 2025

The beginning of the 19th century was a time of societal and cultural upheaval. The Industrial Revolution had created massive changes in daily life, and in the culture. The Church of Scotland was moribund. In that milieu, not unlike our own, God moved Thomas Chalmers, a young pastor, inspired by his experience of the grace and glory of life in a small rural Fifeshire parish, to import the beauties of parish life into a completely foreign environment--the burgeoning city of Glasgow. The result was a transformation of the city and a revival/reformation that overwhelmed the church, and all of Scotland.

In this four part series, Dr. Grant teach how life in a committed community can become a place of grace for the lonely and disconnected around us, and how that community can be used by God to transform our city one person, and one family at a time as a vehicle to fulfill the Great Commission, and see the Kingdom of God grow in and around us.

The beginning of the 19th century was a time of societal and cultural upheaval. The Industrial Revolution had created massive changes in daily life, and in the culture. The Church of Scotland was moribund. In that milieu, not unlike our own, God moved Thomas Chalmers, a young pastor, inspired by his experience of the grace and glory of life in a small rural Fifeshire parish, to import the beauties of parish life into a completely foreign environment--the burgeoning city of Glasgow. The result was a transformation of the city and a revival/reformation that overwhelmed the church, and all of Scotland.

In this four part series, Dr. Grant teach how life in a committed community can become a place of grace for the lonely and disconnected around us, and how that community can be used by God to transform our city one person, and one family at a time as a vehicle to fulfill the Great Commission, and see the Kingdom of God grow in and around us.

The beginning of the 19th century was a time of societal and cultural upheaval. The Industrial Revolution had created massive changes in daily life, and in the culture. The Church of Scotland was moribund. In that milieu, not unlike our own, God moved Thomas Chalmers, a young pastor, inspired by his experience of the grace and glory of life in a small rural Fifeshire parish, to import the beauties of parish life into a completely foreign environment--the burgeoning city of Glasgow. The result was a transformation of the city and a revival/reformation that overwhelmed the church, and all of Scotland.

In this four part series, Dr. Grant teach how life in a committed community can become a place of grace for the lonely and disconnected around us, and how that community can be used by God to transform our city one person, and one family at a time as a vehicle to fulfill the Great Commission, and see the Kingdom of God grow in and around us.

The beginning of the 19th century was a time of societal and cultural upheaval. The Industrial Revolution had created massive changes in daily life, and in the culture. The Church of Scotland was moribund. In that milieu, not unlike our own, God moved Thomas Chalmers, a young pastor, inspired by his experience of the grace and glory of life in a small rural Fifeshire parish, to import the beauties of parish life into a completely foreign environment--the burgeoning city of Glasgow. The result was a transformation of the city and a revival/reformation that overwhelmed the church, and all of Scotland.

In this four part series, Dr. Grant teach how life in a committed community can become a place of grace for the lonely and disconnected around us, and how that community can be used by God to transform our city one person, and one family at a time as a vehicle to fulfill the Great Commission, and see the Kingdom of God grow in and around us.

The beginning of the 19th century was a time of societal and cultural upheaval. The Industrial Revolution had created massive changes in daily life, and in the culture. The Church of Scotland was moribund. In that milieu, not unlike our own, God moved Thomas Chalmers, a young pastor, inspired by his experience of the grace and glory of life in a small rural Fifeshire parish, to import the beauties of parish life into a completely foreign environment--the burgeoning city of Glasgow. The result was a transformation of the city and a revival/reformation that overwhelmed the church, and all of Scotland.

In this four part series, Dr. Grant teach how life in a committed community can become a place of grace for the lonely and disconnected around us, and how that community can be used by God to transform our city one person, and one family at a time as a vehicle to fulfill the Great Commission, and see the Kingdom of God grow in and around us.

Rev. Lawrence's introductory sermon to Haggai.