Mid Cities OPC

On Sunday, April 13, 2025, Elder John West lead a discussion on "Leadership in the Church: Elders and Deacons" based on 1 Timothy 3:1-13.

1. The Noble Task of Oversight (v. 1)

2. Qualifications of Overseers (vs. 2-7)

3. The Role and Character of Deacons (vs. 8-10, 12, 13)

4. The Supportive Role of Deacons' Wives (v. 11)

On Sunday, April 6, 2025, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "The Song of the Lamb" from Revelation 15:1-4.

"We have been delivered by the victory of Jesus from our slavery to sin in order to worship God forever."

1. Seven Plagues (v. 1)

2. Sea of Glass (v. 2)

3. Saints in Song (vs. 3,4)

On Sunday, April 6, 2025, Elder John West lead a discussion on "Prayer and Worship in the Church" from 1 Timothy 2:1-15.

• The Priority and Scope of Prayer (vs. 1,2)
• God's Desire for All to be Saved (vs. 3,4)
• Christ as Mediator and Ransom (vs. 5,6)
• Paul's Role as Preacher to the Gentiles (v. 7)
• Men's Role in Prayer (v. 8)
• Women's Adornment and Good Works (vs. 9,10)
• What is "Quietly"? and Restrictions on Teaching (vs. 11,12)
• Theological Basis in Creation and the Fall (vs. 13,14)
• Salvation through What? (vs. 15)

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "Intensive Trials" from Job 2:1-10.

"Jesus, at every point in his earthly life, blessed God, and yet still died so that all who have cursed God yet believed in his Son would never die."

1. Skin for Skin (vs. 1-6)

2. Six Little Words (vs. 7-9)

3. The Good for the Bad (v. 10)

On Sunday, March 30, 2025, Elder John West began a nine-week study of Paul's first letter to Timothy.

Greeting and Authority (vs. 1,2)

Confronting False Teaching (vs. 3-7)

The Law's Rightful Use (vs. 8-11)

Testimony of Grace (vs. 12-17)

Charge to Persevere (vs. 18-20)

On Sunday, March 23, 2025, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "The Reason for Hope" from 1 Peter 3:13-17.

"Jesus Christ is object of your hope, but he's also the one who gives you hope through his death and resurrection."

1. Harm? (vs. 13,14)

2. Hope (v. 15)

3. Humility (vs. 16,17)

On Sunday, March 16, 2025, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "To Him Who is Able" from Jude 24 and 25.

"God is able to make you stand in the face of opposition and to present you blameless in his sight all to his glory and praise."

1. Blameless (v. 24)

2. The Only God Our Savior (v. 25)

On Sunday, March 2, 2025, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "An Eternal Gospel" from Revelation 14:6-13.

"God judges sinners and those who tempt people to sin, and he causes his people to persevere in the face of persecution."

1. Judgment is Coming (vs. 6,7)

2. Babylon is Falling (vs. 8-11)

3. Endurance is a Blessing (vs. 12,13)

On Sunday, February 23, 2025, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "A New Song" from Revelation 14:1-5.

"While the doctrine of universalism is false, the Bible does teach that the full number of those who are saved will far outnumber our expectations."

1. One Hundred Forty-Four Thousand (v.1)

2. The Voice (vs. 2,3)

3. Redeemed from Mankind (vs. 4-5)

On Sunday, February 23, 2025, Pastor Joe Troutman surveyed Luke 8 in Sunday School.