English-Tagalog Expositional Sermons

“‘Twas grace that brought us safe thus far, and grace will lead us home.” —John Newton

“Is it not nevertheless true that by and large we are better at organizingthan agonizing? Better at administering than interceding? Better at fellowship thanfasting? Better at entertainment than worship? Better at theological articulationthan spiritual adoration? Better—God help us!—at preaching than at praying?” —DA Carson

"But Christiana said unto her, Tempt me not, my neighbour. Ihave now a price put into my hand to get gain, and I should be a fool of the greatest size if I should have no heart to strike in with the opportunity. And for that you tell me of all these troubles that I am like to meet with in the way, they are so far off from being to me a discouragement, that they show I am in the right. “The bitter must come before the sweet,” and that also will make the sweet the sweeter." —Christiana in "Pilgrim's Progress"

“True Christianity is not about adding Jesus to my life. Instead, it is about devoting myself completely to Him—submitting wholly to His will and seeking to please Him above all else. It demands dying to self and following the Master, no matter the cost.”

— John MacArthur

“I once was lost, but now am foundWas blind, but now I see.” —John Newton

"Missions exist because worship doesn't" — John Piper

“There are actually two flavors of legalism expressly condemned in Scripture.

[1] First is . . . the legalism of the Judaizers. The Judaizers wanted to make circumcision a requirement for salvation. . .

[2] But another kind of legalism is the legalism of the Pharisees. It’s the tendency to measure spirituality by a list of manmade rules. . . . At the root of Pharisaical legalism is a belief that holiness is achieved by legal means—living one’s life by rigorous rules and restrictions. . . . Like the Judaizer’s brand of legalism, it brings people under a yoke of bondage Scripture has not placed on them.”

—Phil Johnson

“Jesus turns a poor man’s lunch into a royal feast. This also points to God’s supply of manna in the wilderness (Exod. 16), and Elisha’s multiplication of twenty barley loaves to feed a hundred (2 Kings 4:42–44). Jesus’s miracle is two hundred times as great (Elisha multiplied the bread fivefold, Jesus a thousandfold). The one greater than Moses, greater than Elijah, is here.”—Grant R. Osborne

Question: What is your only comfort in life and in death?

Answer: That I am not my own, but belong—body and soul, in life and in death—to my faithful Savior, Jesus Christ.
He has fully paid for all my sins with his precious blood, and has delivered me from the tyranny of the devil.
He also watches over me in such a way that not a hair can fall from my head without the will of my Father in heaven; in fact, all things must work together for my salvation. Because I belong to him, Christ, by his Holy Spirit, also assures me of eternal life and makes me wholeheartedly willing and ready
from now on to live for him.

—Heidelberg Catechism, Question 1

"In a sentence, these three matters relate like a thing, an entry sign of the thing, and an ongoing sign of the thing. Though it’s not a perfect analogy, we might think of citizenship (a thing), a birth certificate (an entry sign of the thing), and a passport (an ongoing sign of the thing). Or think of membership on a team, signing the contract, and wearing the jersey."

—Jonathan Edward