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This Sunday evening Pastoral Assistant and Intern Steven Tavel preaches from Psalm 103. Steven is currently a student at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Severn Run Evangelical Presbyterian Church is a congregation of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA), devoted to the pursuit of Scripture, prayer, fellowship, and worship as we seek to faithfully reach our community for Christ.

The speaker expresses deep gratitude to Hunt Valley Baptist Church for their support during his tenure, attributing all personal achievements to God's grace. Drawing from Philippians 1, he emphasizes the importance of abounding love, discerning what is excellent, and maintaining sincerity in ministry. He shares his personal testimony of salvation and reflects on the joy of serving alongside a faithful community that values humility and spiritual growth. The message encourages believers to remain authentic and dedicated to their service, ensuring that all efforts bring glory to God rather than seeking human praise. Ultimately, it serves as a farewell tribute that celebrates shared memories and the enduring bonds of fellowship within the body of Christ.

Sunday Evening Service – August 16, 2026 – Pastor Rhon Roberts Sermon: The Cause of God is Built on Sacrifice Scripture: Nehemiah 5 Offertory: "At the Cross" Lyrics by Ralph E. Hudson; Music by Ralph E Hudson/Hugh Wilson Arranged by Paul Jantz, copyright 1992 by Jantz Music Publications Special Music: "Sound the Battle Cry" (w/ "Souls for Jesus") Lyrics and Music by William F. Sherwin; Arranged by Fred and Ruth Coleman; copyright 1998 by SoundForth Hymns used from the following: Great Hymns of the Faith Brentwood Benson Publishing - CCLI License for live streaming Soul Stirring Songs and Hymns - Sword of the Lord Publishers - used by permission from publisher From the Media Ministry of Mukwonago Baptist Church 1610 Honeywell Road Mukwonago, WI 53149 www.mukwonagobaptist.org 262-363-4197

An exposition of 1 Timothy 2:9–10 addressing Paul's apostolic instruction on how women are to adorn themselves in the context of corporate worship. The sermon examines the contrast between external ornamentation and the inward adornment of godliness, drawing out the theological grounding of Paul's directives and their practical implications for women professing faith in Christ. Main points: - the apostolic context: biblical conduct as waging the good warfare - the prohibition: what modest apparel excludes (braided hair, gold, pearls, costly clothing) - the positive command: adorning with good works as befitting women who profess godliness Scripture references: - Proverbs 31:30 - Isaiah 3:16-24 - 1 Timothy 2:1-10 - 1 Peter 3:3-5 Free Grace Baptist Church — https://www.freegrace.ca Full transcript & sermon notes: https://sermons.freegrace.ca/sermons/sermon-1-timothy-2-the-conduct-of-women-in-corporate-worship Description generated by Tyrannus.ai: https://www.tyrannus.ai

This sermon explores the nature and growth of God's kingdom through three parables in Matthew 13, addressing Christian tendencies toward either excessive optimism or pessimism regarding the church's mission. The preacher explains that the kingdom begins insignificantly but expands inexorably through the gospel, ultimately encompassing all nations. It further clarifies that good and evil coexist in the world until the final harvest, where Christ will separate the righteous from the wicked. This dual reality offers comfort to believers about their future glory while issuing a solemn warning of judgment for those outside of Christ. The message concludes with an urgent call to faith and prayer for the expansion of God's kingdom.

In this sermon Pastor Rockhill takes up Jesus' parable of the wicked vinedressers, preached in the shadow of the religious leaders' demand to know by what authority He acted. Pastor Rockhill shows how the Lord answered their challenge not with argument but with a story that laid bare their hardened hearts, revealing that their rejection of Christ simply repeated their fathers' rejection of the prophets God had so graciously sent. The central burden of the message is the peril of knowing the truth yet refusing to bow to it. Pastor Rockhill traces the vineyard imagery back to Isaiah 5, unfolding God as the patient owner, Israel as the vineyard, the prophets as the beaten servants, and Christ as the beloved Son cast out and killed. Here the doctrine of Christ's divine authority stands central, together with God's covenant faithfulness, His just judgment, and His sovereign grace in extending the gospel to the Gentiles. Drawing on Psalm 118 and Romans 11, Pastor Rockhill warns that the stone the builders rejected has become the chief cornerstone, breaking all who fall upon it. He cautions hearers against presuming upon covenant privilege, since natural branches were cut off and others grafted in. The sermon closes with a tender appeal to humble the heart, acknowledge the authority of Christ, turn from sin, and trust in Him alone for salvation.

PM sermons are preceded by a Confessional, Catechism, Historic Creed lesson, or a lesson from the NT (Usually 5 minutes or so) WCF 29:1. Our Lord Jesus, in the night wherein he was betrayed, instituted the sacrament of his body and blood, called the Lord's Supper, to be observed in his Church, unto the end of the world; for the perpetual remembrance of the sacrifice of himself in his death, the sealing all benefits thereof unto true believers, their spiritual nourishment and growth in him, their further engagement in and to all duties which they owe unto him; and to be a bond and pledge of their communion with him, and with each other, as members of his mystical body. 7. Worthy receivers, outwardly partaking of the visible elements in this sacrament, do then also inwardly by faith, really and indeed, yet not carnally and corporally, but spiritually, receive and feed upon Christ crucified, and all benefits of his death: the body and blood of Christ being then not corporally or carnally in, with, or under the bread and wine; yet as really, but spiritually, present to the faith of believers in that ordinance, as the elements themselves are, to their outward senses. 8. Although ignorant and wicked men receive the outward elements in this sacrament, yet they receive not the thing signified thereby; but by their unworthy coming thereunto are guilty of the body and blood of the Lord, to their own damnation. Wherefore all ignorant and ungodly persons, as they are unfit to enjoy communion with him, so are they unworthy of the Lord's table, and cannot, without great sin against Christ, while they remain such, partake of these holy mysteries, or be admitted thereunto.