Mid Cities OPC

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Mid Cities OPC episodes

  • The Sixth Trumpet (Revelation 9:13-21)

    On Sunday, November 17, 2024, Pastor Joe Troutman preached "The Sixth Trumpet" from Revelation 9:13-21.


    "The sixth trumpet shows that only the gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ has the power to save sinners."


    Fallen Angels Released (vs. 13-16)

    Killed and Wounded (vs. 17-19)

    Warnings Ignored (vs. 20-21)

    36 min
  • Completion, Clarity and Spirit-Illumination of the Holy Scriptures (WCF 1.6)

    On Sunday, November 17, 2024, Elder Wayne Wylie lead a discussion on the completion, clarity and Spirit-illumination of the Holy Scriptures.


    6. The whole counsel of God concerning all things necessary for his own glory, man’s salvation, faith and life, is either expressly set down in Scripture, or by good and necessary consequence may be deduced from Scripture: unto which nothing at any time is to be added, whether by new revelations of the Spirit, or traditions of men. Nevertheless, we acknowledge the inward illumination of the Spirit of God to be necessary for the saving understanding of such things as are revealed in the Word: and that there are some circumstances concerning the worship of God, and government of the church, common to human actions and societies, which are to be ordered by the light of nature, and Christian prudence, according to the general rules of the Word, which are always to be observed.

    47 min
  • Westminster Confession on the Authority and Self-Attestation of Scripture (WCF 1.4,5)

    On Sunday, November 10, 2024, Elder Wayne Wylie lead a discussion on sections 4 and 5 of chapter 1 of the Westminster Confession of Faith.


    4. The authority of the Holy Scripture, for which it ought to be believed, and obeyed, dependeth not upon the testimony of any man, or church; but wholly upon God (who is truth itself) the author thereof: and therefore it is to be received, because it is the Word of God.

    5. We may be moved and induced by the testimony of the church to an high and reverent esteem of the Holy Scripture. And the heavenliness of the matter, the efficacy of the doctrine, the majesty of the style, the consent of all the parts, the scope of the whole (which is, to give all glory to God), the full discovery it makes of the only way of man’s salvation, the many other incomparable excellencies, and the entire perfection thereof, are arguments whereby it doth abundantly evidence itself to be the Word of God: yet notwithstanding, our full persuasion and assurance of the infallible truth and divine authority thereof, is from the inward work of the Holy Spirit bearing witness by and with the Word in our hearts.

    56 min
  • Westminster Confession on the Apocrypha (WCF 1.3)

    On Sunday, November 3, 2024, Elder Wayne Wylie lead a discussion on the Westminster Confession of Faith, Chapter 1, "Of the Holy Scriptures," Section 3 about the Apocrypha.

    3. The books commonly called Apocrypha, not being of divine inspiration, are no part of the canon of the Scripture, and therefore are of no authority in the church of God, nor to be any otherwise approved, or made use of, than other human writings.

    44 min
  • The Word Became Flesh (John 1:3-18)

    On Sunday, October 27, 2024, Pastor Joe Troutman preached, "The Word Became Flesh" from John 1:3-18.


    "The word became flesh so that all who believe in his name would become children of God."


    1. In the Beginning (vs. 3-5)

    2. The Messenger and the Light (vs. 6-13)

    3. Th Offense of the Nativity (vs. 14-18)


    31 min
  • The Genius of the Reformation (Psalm 15)

    On Sunday, October 20, 2024, Dr. Alan Strange preached "The Genius of the Reformation" from Psalm 15.

    The doctrine of justification is key in all of our gospel witness and must clearly be grasped in our proclamation.



    50 min
  • 03 All Things to All People (1 Corinthians 9:19-23)

    On Saturday, October 19, 2024, Dr. Alan Strange delivered his third lecture, "All Things to All People" from 1 Corinthians 9:19-23 at the 2024 DFW Reformation Conference.

    Summary:
    We are to be all things to all people positively and not negatively, to give way to the partisan siren songs in our churches as reflected in The New Christendom, and Christian Nationalism.
    Outline:
    We are to be all things to all people, not coercive Christians making them fit our mold.
    I. Paul declares his freedom in 1 Cor. 9.
    A. Paul is, in fact, "the apostle of the heart set free."
    1. He knows this, first, for himself.
    2. Paul does not have "freedom without form," however.
    B. Rather, this flexibility involves a freedom that chooses to become servants of all for the purpose of winning some.
    1. We see that to do so Paul engages in personal discipline and self-denial.
    2. Recognize the servanthood to which we are all called.
    II. This will take for us, as with Paul, form/fitness, discipline.
    A. Paul develops this by the metaphor of the athlete
    1. Paul's hearers know such an appeal well.
    2. He argues from the greater to the lesser: if so in sports, how much more so in heavenly pursuits?
    B. Paul disciplines himself in this as ought we.
    III. Douglas Wilson, Mere Christendom, and Stephen Wolfe, The Case for Christian Nationalism advocate for a revived Christendom and Christian Nationalism.
    A. These proud programs are not the answer for those called to "turn the other cheek" in this time of humiliation.
    B. Will we live the Christian life or attempt to grab power with a "this-world" focus?

    2 hr 9 min

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The sermons of Pastor Joseph L. Troutman and other guest preachers, Sunday School lessons, and DFW Reformation Conference audio from Mid Cities Presbyterian Church in Bedford, Texas. mcopc.org