God's Truth, God's Grace - New Port Presbyterian Church

Pastor Darrell explores how the Cross Chart from Serge intersects with the story of Jonah—and with our own walk with Christ. As we grow in grace, we become increasingly aware of both God’s holiness and our own sinfulness. Yet that growing awareness doesn’t drive God away. Instead, we see more clearly the greatness of His grace. Like Jonah, we are pursued and shepherded by a patient God who continues His work in us, enabling us to abide in Him through His power at work within us.

In our message today, Pastor Darrell lays the book of Jonah alongside Christ's invitation to us in John 15 to abide in Him.  What can we learn from Jonah about what it looks like to not abide in the Lord?

How are you traveling on the road of redemption in your human body? 2 Corinthians 4:16 – 5:7 reminds us that, though we are wasting away, we do not despair. Take heart, there is hope in Christ.

In this message from Jonah 4, we see Jonah's pitiful response to the revival in Nineveh and the Lord's "pity-full" response to Jonah.

In today's message from Jonah 3, we see how the Lord proves Himself to be the God who is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and who relents from disaster.

When trouble comes, where do you turn first?

Alex Ciot preaches on Jonah 1:17–2:10, where we see that Jonah cries out to the Lord from the depths, reminding us that our greatest refuge is found in God alone. The one we run to in adversity reveals where our trust truly rests. God graciously invites us to call on Him because He is faithful, merciful, powerful, and near to His people.

Most of all, Jonah points us to Jesus, who perfectly entrusted Himself into His Father's hands so that we might find our refuge, hope, and salvation in Him.

Today's sermon passage, Jonah 1:1-17, reminds us that God's sovereignty is not harsh, but a way the Lord lovingly pursued Jonah through the storm, just as He lovingly works through trials in the lives of His children. Trials are not evidence that God has abandoned us—they are a way He produces character, endurance, and hope in our lives (Romans 5:3- 5).

Guest Preacher, Alex Ciot, preached on 1 Peter 4:1-6 where we are called to live for the will of God.

Pastor Darrell preaches on Jonah 1:1-10, reminding us about the realities of sin, grace, repentance, and God's remedies for our gospel insanity.

In John 1:1-10, we see that Jonah runs from God and His calling, a response that is common to all humans since the fall. Some reject God in obvious ways, some in hidden ways of the heart. Yet, God pursues all kinds of people. The righteous and the unrighteous. The rebellious and the dutiful. The outsider and the insider. The hearts that are near to God and those that are far away. What callings might you be fleeing from right now?