A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: Good News for Israel and Judah (Jer. 30)

Subtitle: Jeremiah

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 11/29/2015

Bible: Jeremiah 30

Length: 37 min. (16kbps)

Overview: Let's start with the big picture. What is Jeremiah promising- First, he is promising return from exile - 70 years later. Second, he is promising the coming of the Davidic King - 600 years later. Third, he is promising the restoration of all things - which we still anticipate.----Even though Jeremiah is speaking directly to a 6th century B.C. audience, he is also speaking to us.-----Jeremiah uses the themes of exile, sickness, and storm - among others - as metaphors for the fundamental problems that afflict the people of God - and indeed, all humanity.----As you experience exile - loneliness and depression - as you experience sickness and affliction - as you experience storms and disasters - God's promise meets you in the midst of your troubles.-----I am with you to save you, declares the LORD.- This season of the year we celebrate the coming of Immanuel - God with us - because the Word became flesh and dwelt among us. God had promised for centuries, -I am with you to save- - but the salvation by the judges didn't last- the salvation by the house of David faded away.----In order for the promises of Jeremiah to be fulfilled, we need a Son of David who never dies....

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: Taking Refuge Under the Wings of the LORD (Ruth 1:22-2:23)

Subtitle: Ruth

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 12/6/2015

Bible: Ruth 1:22-2:23; Luke 1:26-38

Length: 43 min. (16kbps)

Overview: -Sung Psalm- 129-----When Naomi came to Bethlehem she said, -Do not call me Naomi. Call me Mara.- Call me -bitter.- For the Almighty has dealt bitterly with me.----Naomi does not accuse God of being unjust. She simply says that God has brought calamity upon her. We need to learn to be that honest with God - and with each other.----The Psalms are very useful for this- Because the Psalms come from the same source as the book of Ruth.----Much of our hymnody tends to put a happy face on. -And it's okay to be happy-- But if we want to learn how to be honest with God and with one another in the rough times of life, then we need to learn to sing and pray the Psalms.

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: The New Covenant: from Weeping to Joy, Part 1 (Jer. 31:1-26)

Subtitle: Jeremiah

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 12/6/2015

Bible: Jeremiah 31:1-26

Length: 36 min. (16kbps)

Overview: So how do you think of yourself- As the son of God- Or as the bride of Christ-----Jeremiah 31 calls you to think of yourself in both ways. You are a son. And you are a bride- You are a daughter - and for that matter, you are a sheep.----I think that God did this because he wanted us to see how all our gendered relations reflect the relationship between God and his people...

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: An Excellent Wife: or, A Woman of Valor! (Ruth 3)

Subtitle: Ruth

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 12/13/2015

Bible: Ruth 3; Luke 1:39-56

Length: 39 min. (16kbps)

Overview: -Sung Psalm- 111-----We saw last time that Boaz is called a -mighty man of valor- - a -gibbor khayil- -2-1-. That is the same phrase used of Gideon in Judges 6, and of the mighty men of valor in the armies of Israel in the book of Joshua.----The ESV translates it -worthy man- in 2-1 - but that weakens the very comparison that the author is making.----Boaz is a mighty man of valor- We don't know about his -might- in war - but in terms of his godly character he is mighty in word and in deed- He is what a godly Israelite man should be.----But there was another reason why we highlighted that point last week. Because in our text today Ruth is called an -eshet khayil.- A woman of valor.----Khayil is a term usually applied to men. It usually refers to military strength and ability.----But an -eshet khayil- is a woman of valor - a woman of strength. And that phrase is only used in two other places in scripture- Proverbs 12-4 and Proverbs 31-10.----Yes, -eshet khayil- is the phrase translated -an excellent wife- in Proverbs 31-----Boaz, the -gibbor khayil- - the mighty man of valor - says to Ruth the Moabite - -all my fellow townsmen know that you are a woman of valor.-----Do you want to know what a Proverbs 31 woman looks like- Look at Ruth- She is a woman of valor-----In the same way that Boaz is everything that an Israelite man should be, Ruth is everything that an Israelite woman should be-----And yes, that means that an escapee of Sodom - a Moabite - is the ideal Israelite woman-----God seems to enjoy turning our expectations on their heads-

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: The New Covenant: from Weeping to Joy, Part 2 (Jer. 31:27-40)

Subtitle: Jeremiah

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 12/27/2015

Bible: Jeremiah 31:27-40

Length: 42 min. (16kbps)

Overview: Jeremiah 31-31-34 is one of the most famous passages in the OT. As such it requires us to slow down a bit and reflect on what it is doing----What does it mean that God will make a -new covenant------There was a problem with the first covenant. It wasn't a problem of content. It was a problem of the heart.----God has promised that he will restore the fortunes of Israel - he will bring the captives back and unite Israel and Judah again under the throne of David.----But there's a problem. What guarantee do we have that next time it will be different- So what if God restores Israel- What will make next time different from last time-----The difference is that God will change our hearts-----This is what the new covenant is all about- Three times the LORD says -Behold, the days are coming- -v27, v31, and v38-. And there is a pattern to these three statements that follows from part one -verses 1-26-------First, I will build up and plant- -the first theme of 31-1-14-,-----Second, I will make a new covenant- -using the theme of 31-15-22-----and -Third, the city shall be rebuilt--using the theme of 31-23-26-----In one sense, all of this -new covenant- language is simply drawing on and fulfilling the first covenant - because the difference between the new covenant and the old covenant is not really a difference in content but a difference in power and glory...

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: Jesus Alone (Matt. 26:30-56)

Subtitle: Matthew

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 10/4/2015

Bible: 2 Samuel 15:13-37; Matthew 26:30-56

Length: 41 min. (16kbps)

Overview: -Sung Psalm- 88-----Now the battle begins at the Mount of Olives.----But Jesus must first battle against the misunderstanding of his own disciples- Peter vehemently protests against such a thought. I would die with you before I would deny you- And all the disciples sound forth in a chorus of assent.----Let us not be too hard on the disciples. They do not understand what they are up against.----I do not doubt that they meant what they said. And if this was any other battle o if this was any other foe o then they surely would have gone to their deaths with him.----But they have no more chance of surviving this battle o nay, they have no more chance of entering this battle o than did Davidos brothers have a chance against Goliath.----Think back to David and Goliath. Goliath is bigger, stronger, and meaner than anyone else. No one in all of Israel can tangle with Goliath. If Eliab, or any of Davidos brothers, had volunteered to go out against Goliath, they would have been squashed like a bug. ONLY David o and David alone o can go out against Goliath. -Which makes the whole oyou can defeat Goliath if you trust God like David dido utterly ridiculous------Do you think that you could have succeeded where Peter failed-----No.--No one will be able to go with Jesus to face Goliathos master.----ONLY Jesus o and Jesus alone o can go out to fight against sin, death, and the devil.

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: Jesus Alone: Before the Council (Matt. 26:57-27:10)

Subtitle: Matthew

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 10/11/2015

Bible: Leviticus 24:10-23; Matthew 26:57-27:10

Length: 42 min. (16kbps)

Overview: -Sung Psalm- 35-----Here, in the midst of his helplessness o as he has apparently been defeated by his foes o we hear the clearest statement of who Jesus is- the three titles of Messiah o Son of God o and Son of Man are all applied to Jesus o and he accepts them.----In the first part of our passage Matthew weaves together the story of Jesus before the Sanhedrin and the story of Peter before the servants.----In the second part of our passage, Matthew contrasts the verdict against Jesus with the self-proclaimed verdict against Judas...

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: Olivet Discourse: When Will the Temple Be Destroyed? (Matt. 24:1-35)

Subtitle: Matthew

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 8/30/2015

Bible: Daniel 9; Matthew 24:1-35

Length: 41 min. (16kbps)

Overview: -Sung Psalm- 100-----As we-ve seen throughout Matthew-s gospel when Matthew talks about -fulfilling- the Old Testament, he doesn-t mean -this was intended as a prediction about Jesus.- Rather, Matthew is keying off of Jesus- words in the Sermon on the Mount- -Do not think that I have come to abolish the Law or the Prophets- I have not come to abolish them but to fulfill them.---The life and teaching of Jesus is constantly fulfilling the Old Testament. Everything in the OT points to him.----And for this we give thanks-

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: Seventy Years of the Cup of Wrath (Jer. 25:1-38)

Subtitle: Jeremiah

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 8/30/2015

Bible: Jeremiah 25:1-38

Length: 46 min. (16kbps)

Overview: So far in Jeremiah, we have heard Jeremiah-s sermons against Jerusalem and Judah. Tonight we come to Jeremiah-s first sermon against the nations.----Our text tonight is all about Babylon and Jerusalem. And it is passages like this one in Jeremiah 25 that set up the NT use of the image of Babylon as the -city of man.- So as we hear about Babylon and Jerusalem in our text tonight, we need to see how judgment begins with the household of God - but if it begins with us, what will become of those who do not obey the gospel- -1 Peter 4-

A new MP3 sermon from Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church is now available on SermonAudio.com with the following details:

Title: What Do You Do When You Don’t Know When? (Matt. 24:36-25:30)

Subtitle: Matthew

Speaker: Peter J. Wallace

Broadcaster: Michiana Covenant Presbyterian Church

Event: Sunday Service

Date: 9/6/2015

Bible: Genesis 6:9-7:24; Matthew 24:36-25:30

Length: 44 min. (16kbps)

Overview: -Sung Psalm- 29-----Jesus will say that his coming will be like the days of Noah. In the days before the flood, they were eating and drinking - marrying and giving in marriage. Sure, they probably knew about that crazy Noah out there building this massive boat- They knew that Noah had said that God was coming in judgment to destroy the world. But they didn-t care. After all, my best friend is getting married next Saturday-----In the same way people today know about Jesus - the Son of Man. They know that Jesus said that he would come again to judge the world at the last day. But they don-t care. After all, my best friend is getting married next Saturday-----Whose voice matters to you- The voice of your friends- Or the voice of the LORD-