Trinitarian Congregational Church - Sermons and Teaching - Sunday Sermons

October 13, 2019  Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

Deuteronomy 9:6-12

6 “Know, therefore, that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness, for you are a stubborn people. 7 Remember and do not forget how you provoked the Lord your God to wrath in the wilderness. From the day you came out of the land of Egypt until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the Lord. 8 Even at Horeb you provoked the Lord to wrath, and the Lord was so angry with you that he was ready to destroy you. 9 When I went up the mountain to receive the tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant that the Lord made with you, I remained on the mountain forty days and forty nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water. 10 And the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone written with the finger of God, and on them were all the words that the Lord had spoken with you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire on the day of the assembly. 11 And at the end of forty days and forty nights the Lord gave me the two tablets of stone, the tablets of the covenant. 12 Then the Lord said to me, ‘Arise, go down quickly from here, for your people whom you have brought from Egypt have acted corruptly. They have turned aside quickly out of the way that I commanded them; they have made themselves a metal image.’

Titus 3:3-7

3 For we ourselves were once foolish, disobedient, led astray, slaves to various passions and pleasures, passing our days in malice and envy, hated by others and hating one another. 4 But when the goodness and loving kindness of God our Savior appeared, 5 he saved us, not because of works done by us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, 6 whom he poured out on us richly through Jesus Christ our Savior, 7 so that being justified by his grace we might become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

October 13, 2019  Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

October 6, 2019 Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

September 29, 2019  Rev. Kyle Smethurst is the Pastor of Families Ministries.

September 22, 2019 Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

Deuteronomy 5:12-15; Matthew 11:28-30

“‘Observe the Sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the Lord your God commanded you. 13 Six days you shall labor and do all your work, 14 but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female servant, or your ox or your donkey or any of your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates, that your male servant and your female servant may rest as well as you. 15 You shall remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out from there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. Therefore the Lord your God commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.”

September 15, 2019  Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

Deuteronomy 4:15-24; Romans 2:1-4

“Therefore watch yourselves very carefully. Since you saw no form on the day that the Lord spoke to you at Horeb out of the midst of the fire, 16 beware lest you act corruptly by making a carved image for yourselves, in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female, 17 the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the air, 18 the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth. 19 And beware lest you raise your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, all the host of heaven, you be drawn away and bow down to them and serve them, things that the Lord your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole heaven. 20 But the Lord has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of his own inheritance, as you are this day. 21 Furthermore, the Lord was angry with me because of you, and he swore that I should not cross the Jordan, and that I should not enter the good land that the Lord your God is giving you for an inheritance. 22 For I must die in this land; I must not go over the Jordan. But you shall go over and take possession of that good land. 23 Take care, lest you forget the covenant of the Lord your God, which he made with you, and make a carved image, the form of anything that the Lord your God has forbidden you. 24 For the Lord your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.

Therefore you have no excuse, O man, every one of you who judges. For in passing judgment on another you condemn yourself, because you, the judge, practice the very same things. 2 We know that the judgment of God rightly falls on those who practice such things. 3 Do you suppose, O man—you who judge those who practice such things and yet do them yourself—that you will escape the judgment of God? 4 Or do you presume on the riches of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that God's kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?

September 8, 2019  Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

Deuteronomy 1:34-36; John 15:5

34 “And the Lord heard your words and was angered, and he swore, 35 ‘Not one of these men of this evil generation shall see the good land that I swore to give to your fathers, 36 except Caleb the son of Jephunneh. He shall see it, and to him and to his children I will give the land on which he has trodden, because he has wholly followed the Lord!’

5 I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in him, he it is that bears much fruit, for apart from me you can do nothing.

September 1, 2019  Dr. Jim Singleton

35 And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. 36 When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; 38 therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.”

August 25, 2019  Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

“The end of every meaningful conversation with God is doxology, to give God all the glory. The Doxology becomes one of our most profound expressions of worship. We worship for His attributes, who He is and what belongs to Him (and not to us): Yours is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever! Yours is the “greatness, power, glory, victory, majesty!” (1 Chronicles 29:11).  The final word in the Bible is also way we end every conversation with God: “Amen,” our way of saying that we agree and believe in all His promises, the goodness of His character and that He alone saves: “Salvation belongs to our God who sits upon the throne and to the lamb!” (Revelation 7:10)

Revelation 7:9-17; 1 Chronicles 29:11-13

9 After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, 10 and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”11 And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, 12 saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.”

13 Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” 14 I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

15 “Therefore they are before the throne of God,

    and serve him day and night in his temple;

    and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.

16 They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;

    the sun shall not strike them,

    nor any scorching heat.

17 For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,

    and he will guide them to springs of living water,

and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

11 Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty, for all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, O Lord, and you are exalted as head above all. 12 Both riches and honor come from you, and you rule over all. In your hand are power and might, and in your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. 13 And now we thank you, our God, and praise your glorious name.

August 18, 2019  Rev. Dr. Tom Petter is the Senior Pastor.

Psalm 77

1 I cry aloud to God,

    aloud to God, and he will hear me.

2 In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord;

    in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying;

    my soul refuses to be comforted.

3 When I remember God, I moan;

    when I meditate, my spirit faints. Selah

4 You hold my eyelids open;

    I am so troubled that I cannot speak.

5 I consider the days of old,

    the years long ago.

6 I said,[a] “Let me remember my song in the night;

    let me meditate in my heart.”

    Then my spirit made a diligent search:

7 “Will the Lord spurn forever,

    and never again be favorable?

8 Has his steadfast love forever ceased?

    Are his promises at an end for all time?

9 Has God forgotten to be gracious?

    Has he in anger shut up his compassion?” Selah

10 Then I said, “I will appeal to this,

    to the years of the right hand of the Most High.”[b]

11 I will remember the deeds of the Lord;

    yes, I will remember your wonders of old.

12 I will ponder all your work,

    and meditate on your mighty deeds.

13 Your way, O God, is holy.

    What god is great like our God?

14 You are the God who works wonders;

    you have made known your might among the peoples.

15 You with your arm redeemed your people,

    the children of Jacob and Joseph. Selah

16 When the waters saw you, O God,

    when the waters saw you, they were afraid;

    indeed, the deep trembled.

17 The clouds poured out water;

    the skies gave forth thunder;

    your arrows flashed on every side.

18 The crash of your thunder was in the whirlwind;

    your lightnings lighted up the world;

    the earth trembled and shook.

19 Your way was through the sea,

    your path through the great waters;

    yet your footprints were unseen.[c]

20 You led your people like a flock

    by the hand of Moses and Aaron.