Soli Church Sermons

Pastor David Deutsch gives a special Reformation Sunday sermon from 2 Corinthians 3:2-3, showing that faithful pastoral ministry is a work of the new covenant in which Christ, through the Holy Spirit and the preaching of His Word, transforms His people into living letters that reflect Him to the world. He reminds the church that God has uniquely joined pastors and their congregations together in love and mutual care, with the church bearing witness to Christ’s transforming work and pastors faithfully shepherding the people God has written on their hearts.

Pastor Jeremy Haynes preaches out of 1 Peter 1:22-25, showing that believers have been born again through the living and abiding Word of God into a new family, the church, where they are called to love one another earnestly. He calls the church to demonstrate the sacrificial, Christlike love that willingly seeks the good of others, even when it is costly, remembering that while everything in this world fades, God's Word and the family He is building will endure forever.

Pastor David Deutsch preaches out of 1 Peter 1:14-21, showing that holiness matters because God is holy, Christ was foreknown as the spotless Lamb, and His precious blood has ransomed His people from their former futile ways. He calls the church to live as obedient children in reverent fear, not to earn the Father’s acceptance, but because they already belong to Him and have been set apart in Christ to reflect His holiness in all their conduct.

Pastor Jon Noyes preaches from 1 Peter 1:13, showing that after twelve verses of grace, Peter’s first command is not to work harder but to fix our hope completely on the grace that will be brought to us when Christ is revealed. He calls the church to stay spiritually awake, clear-minded, and ready as exiles in this world, looking back to the cross, forward to Christ’s return, and living now as people whose visible hope points others to Jesus.

Pastor Jon Meenk preaches out of 1 Peter 1:10-12, showing that the salvation believers now possess is so great that the prophets searched for it, the Spirit testified to it, the gospel announces it, and angels long to look into it. He reminds suffering Christians that their pain must be seen in light of this magnificent salvation, which was planned by God, fulfilled in Christ’s suffering and glory, and placed before us visibly at the Lord’s Table.

Pastor Jeremy Haynes preaches out of 1 Peter 1:6-9, showing that every trial is a crossroad in the wilderness where believers will either be refined by God or put God on trial. He calls the church to rejoice in the secure inheritance, salvation, and new birth they have in Christ, trusting that even grief and testing are being used by the Father to prepare His people for praise, glory, and honor at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

Pastor David preaches out of 1 Peter 1:3-5, showing that Christians are the new Exodus people who have been born again by God’s great mercy through the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He calls the church to live as people of living hope, trusting that their imperishable inheritance is kept by Christ and that God is guarding them by His power until salvation is fully revealed.

Pastor Jon Noyes preaches out of 1 Peter 1:1-2, introducing the letter as a call for Christians to remember that they are chosen exiles: strangers in this world, yet loved by the Father, sanctified by the Spirit, and cleansed by the blood of Christ. He urges the church to resist the pressure to conform, live faithfully in a culture where they do not fully belong, and come to the Lord’s Table remembering they are chosen, cleansed, and kept in Christ.

Pastor Jon Noyes preaches out of Psalm 150, showing that the Psalter ends with praise because darkness, suffering, sin, and death do not get the final word for God’s people. He calls the church to praise God with all of life and every breath, because Christ’s cross and resurrection secure the final hallelujah toward which all creation is moving.

Pastor David Deutsch preaches out of Psalm 115, showing that God’s people must answer the taunts of the nations not by trusting in visible idols or created blessings, but by crying, “Not to us, O Lord, but to your name give glory.” He calls the church to trust the God who is in the heavens and does all that He pleases, and to find all help, security, blessing, and true worship in Christ alone.