Westminster Reformed Presbyterian Church Sermons episodes:

• April 06, 2025Don't Call It a Comeback

  Sermon Series:            “Be Bold & Courageous: The Gospel According to Joshua”

  Sermon Text:               Joshua 8:1-35

  Sermon Title:               “Don’t Call It a Comeback”

  Sermon Slides:

  
  

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Joshua 7:8-9 – “O Lord, what can I say, when Israel has turned their backs before their enemies! For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?”

  SLIDE 3 – Today’s Big Idea:    God’s Grace Not Only Takes Us In … But Keeps Us Going. So Don’t Call it a Comeback … Call it a Covenant.

   

  SLIDE 4 – Point 1: God Renews His Covenant with Israel … and They Defeat Ai. (vv. 1-29)

  SLIDE 5 – Principle (from vv. 1-9): “We must consult God about everything, and trust God with everything. This attitude strengths faith and brings repentance.”

  SLIDE 6 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 7 – 1st Principle (from vv. 10-29): “Trusting in God leads to trapping our enemies, namely, this fallen world, our flesh, and the devil.”

  SLIDE 8 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 9 – Genesis 9:22-26 – “And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father and told his two brothers outside … When Noah awoke from his wine and knew what his youngest son had done to him, he said, ‘Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.’ He also said, ‘Blessed be the Lord, the God of Shem; and let Canaan be his servant.”

  SLIDE 10 – Psalm 105:23 – “Then Israel came to Egypt; Jacob sojourned in the land of Ham.”

  SLIDE 11 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 12 – 2nd Principle (from vv. 10-29): “God has mercy on whomever He chooses and blesses whomever He wants. Both are by grace, not works.”

  SLIDE 13 – Conclusion: “When we disobey, even the smallest of sins can overtake us. But when we obey, even the greatest of sins will be trapped and killed. What a difference obedience makes.”

   

  SLIDE 14 – Point 2: Israel Renews Her Covenant with God … and They Return to their Mission. (vv. 30-35)

  SLIDE 15 – Romans 12:1 – “I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship.”

  SLIDE 16 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 17 – Principle (from vv. 30-35): “God’s warnings are directed at God’s people, not someone else.”

  SLIDE 18 – Conclusion: “When Israel stumbled, they didn’t pick themselves up – God did. But once they’re up, they take back up their covenant commitments. Real repentance avoids dangerous repeats and brings Godly renewal.”

  
  

  SLIDE 19 – General Sermon Uses: Three to Help Us Grow in Boldness and Courage.

  SLIDE 20 – Jericho Represents our Justification … Ai Represents our Sanctification.

  SLIDE 21 – We Must Deal with Idolatry to Advance in Ministry.

  SLIDE 22 – Just Like Israel … We Need to Renew Ourselves in God’s Covenant.

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• March 30, 2025Save Yourself and Others

  Sermon text: Joshua 6:27, 7:1-26

  Sermon title: Save yourself and others

  
  

  Today’s Big Idea:

  In God’s covenant community, which is the church, we rise & fall together. Therefore, watch your life & doctrine to save yourself & others.

  
  

  1. The Character Of The Crisis

  The crisis affects everyone, it’s caused by a great sin, and it intensifies as God withdraws Himself.
  

  
  

  2. The Correction Of The Crisis

  God himself executes church discipline through his godly-praying leaders and a repentant church, and how lovely when it’s well received by the sinner.
  

  
  

  3. Conclusion (what should Achan have done differently?)

  
  

  1 Timothy 4:16

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• March 23, 2025Joshua Didn't Fight the Battle of Jericho

  Sermon Series:            “Be Bold & Courageous: The Gospel According to Joshua”

  Sermon Text:               Joshua 6:1-27

  Sermon Title:              “Joshua Didn’t Fight the Battle of Jericho”

  Sermon Slides:

  
  

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea:    Joshua Didn’t Fight the Battle of Jericho … God Did. Therefore, both the Victory and the Spoils … Are His.

   

  SLIDE 3 – Point 1: God Gives the Victory over Jericho … Israel Walks Obediently Around Her. (vv. 1-16)

  SLIDE 4 – Joshua 5:13-14 – “When Joshua was by Jericho, he lifted up his eyes and looked, and behold, a man was standing before him with his drawn sword in his hand … And he said … ‘I am the commander of the army of the Lord.’”

  SLIDE 5 – 1st Principle (from vv. 1-16): “Our faith must grow to overcome bigger obstacles.”

  SLIDE 6 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 7 – 2nd Principle (from vv. 1-16): “Israel won’t have to draw their swords, because God already has. Therefore, put your faith in Him and He will fight for you.”

  SLIDE 8 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 9 – 3rd Principle (from vv. 1-16): “God will eventually encircle our enemies. What God begins by grace through faith, He finishes by grace through faith.”

  SLIDE 10 – Hebrews 11:30 – “By faith the walls of Jericho fell down after they had been encircled for seven days.”

  SLIDE 11 – 1 John 5:4 – “For everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world—our faith.”

  SLIDE 12 – Conclusion: “By faith alone we also must lay hold of God’s sword, which is God’s Word, and by doing so, we also will gain the victory.”

   

  SLIDE 13 – Point 2: God Decides the End for Jericho … Israel Exacts Judgment Upon Her. (vv. 17-27)

  SLIDE 14 – 1st Principle (from vv. 17-27): “The curse upon Jericho is a vivid and terrifying picture of the real nature of our sin, and shows what we all truly deserve: God’s fierce, righteous, and perfect justice.”

  SLIDE 15 – 2nd Principle (from vv. 17-27): “The curse upon Jericho also reveals how sin, if left unchecked, is not stagnant but grows. When it reaches full maturity, it is judged.”

  SLIDE 16 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 17 – Leviticus 19:2 – “You shall be holy, for I the Lord your God am holy.”

  SLIDE 18 – 3rd Principle (from vv. 17-27): “God does not have a double-standard for sinners.”

  SLIDE 19 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 20 – 4th Principle (from vv. 17-27): “God does not have a double-standard to become saints.”

  SLIDE 21 – Exodus 33:19 – “And I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”

  SLIDE 22 – Conclusion: “YHWH, not Joshua, not Israel, is revealed as the brilliant commander and victorious conqueror of Jericho. Therefore, God decides its fate, exacting justice on the rebellious, and extending mercy to all who believe.”

  
  

  SLIDE 23 – General Sermon Uses: Four to Help Us Grow in Boldness and Courage.

  SLIDE 24 – The Fall of Jericho … Provides a Warning to the Unrepentant.

  SLIDE 25 – Our Spiritual Warfare … is Primarily About Obedience to God.

  SLIDE 26 – God’s Ways Look Strange to the World … Worship Anyway.

  SLIDE 27 – God’s Justice and Mercy … are Ultimately Intertwined at the Cross.

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• March 16, 2025A Rest Stop on a War Path

  Sermon Series:            “Be Bold & Courageous: The Gospel According to Joshua”

  Sermon Text:               Joshua 5:1-15

  Sermon Title:               “A Rest Stop on a War Path”

  Sermon Slides:

  
  

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea:    The Sacraments … are Spiritual Rest Stops on the Spiritual War Path. They Provide Rest from our Travels and Provide Fuel for our Battles.

   

  SLIDE 3 – Point 1: The Sacraments … Provide Rest from our Spiritual Travels. (vv. 1-12)

  SLIDE 4 – Exodus 4:24-25 – “At a lodging place on the way the Lord met him [Moses] and sought to put him to death. Then Zipporah took a flint and cut off her son's foreskin and touched Moses' feet with it and said, ‘Surely you are a bridegroom of blood to me!”

  SLIDE 5 – 1st Principle (from vv. 2-9): “God rewards obedience with rest and punishes disobedience with wandering.”

  SLIDE 6 – 2nd Principle (from vv. 2-9): “While forgiveness is painful, it’s also healing. Thus, God’s saving work always wounds us, but it also restores us to relationship.”

  SLIDE 7 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 8 – Principle (from vv. 10-12): “Israel is longer under God’s wrath but a recipient of His mercy. They are no longer His enemies, but now His friends.”

  SLIDE 9 – Conclusion: “The sacraments give spiritual rest to sinful travelers like us, because they remind us of what God has done with our sin (He has removed it!), and what God has done with us (He has embraced us!).”

   

  SLIDE 10 – Point 2: The Sacraments … Provide Fuel for our Spiritual Battles. (vv. 13-15)

  SLIDE 11 – Principle (from vv. 13-15): “God doesn’t always fulfill our wishes, but always fights for His people … when we trust Him.”

  SLIDE 12 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 13 – Conclusion: “The sacraments give strength to weak soldiers because they reveal our strong Savior … who causes our enemy to lose heart.”

  
  

  SLIDE 14 – Sermon Uses: Three to Grow Us in Boldness and Courage.

  SLIDE 15 – The Sacraments … Should be Used Well and Not Neglected.

  SLIDE 16 – The Sacraments Provide Assurance of Salvation … Not Salvation.

  SLIDE 17 – The Sacraments are our Rest Stop … That Points to our Final Destination!

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• March 09, 2025Here I Raise My Ebenezer

  Sermon Series:            “Be Bold & Courageous: The Gospel According to Joshua”

  Sermon Text:               Joshua 4:1-24

  Sermon Title:               “Here I Raise My Ebenezer”

  Sermon Slides:

  
  

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – 1 Samuel 7:12 – “Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, ‘Till now the Lord has helped us.’”

  SLIDE 3 – Rev. John Trapp (1601-69) – “This is an ancient practice to propagate and perpetuate the memory of special mercies … that they grow not stale … and excite us to duty.”

  SLIDE 4 – Today’s Big Idea:    We Also Must Raise Our Ebenezer … for God is our Helper. For God Has Lifted Us Up … So That We Might Lift Him Up.

   

  SLIDE 5 – Point 1: The Purpose of the Ebenezer … Celebrating Inside the Promised Land. (vv. 1-19)

  SLIDE 6 – Principle 1 (from vv. 1-13): “Fidelity is a Prerequisite for Victory. We won’t have spiritual victory … if we fail to follow intentionally.”

  SLIDE 7 – Principle 2 (from vv. 1-13): “Unity is a Prerequisite for Fidelity. Unity is the foundation … but divisions cause decay.”

  SLIDE 8 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 9 – Galatians 5:15 – “But if you bite and devour one another, watch out that you are not consumed by one another.”

  SLIDE 10 – Principle 3 (from vv. 1-13): “We can’t win against the enemy if we keep inflicting friendly fire.”

  SLIDE 11 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 12 – Principle 1 (from vv. 14-19): “The Law can’t take you into the New Creation, it can only break you. Only the Gospel can bring you in.”

  SLIDE 13 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 14 – Conclusion: “The raising of this Ebenezer is an enduring sermon which celebrates Israel’s Obedient Participation, Joshua’s Full Elevation, but most importantly, God’s Covenant Salvation which led them into Canaan.”

  SLIDE 15 – Rev. Dale Ralph Davis (1944-Present): “The greatest enemy of faith may be forgetfulness.”

   

  SLIDE 16 – Point 2: The Meaning of the Ebenezer … Lifting Up our Promise-Keeping God. (vv. 20-24)

  SLIDE 17 – Sermon Use 1: We Lift God Up … by Teaching His Truth.

  SLIDE 18 – The Ebenezer Principle: Truth must be taught to all believers in general, but particular attention must be given to ourselves and our children.

  SLIDE 19 – Insert a Copy of Sermon Use #1

  SLIDE 20 – Sermon Use 2: We Lift God Up … by Showing His Character.

  SLIDE 21 – The Ebenezer Principle: The Gospel is to be used not only by unbelievers for their salvation, but by believers for their sanctification.

  SLIDE 22 – Sermon Use 3: We Lift God Up … by Worshipping His Name.

  SLIDE 23 – The Ebenezer Principle: Our hope is not in lifeless stones, but in the living God.

  
  

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• March 02, 2025Land Me Safe on Canaan's Side

  Sermon Series:            “Be Bold & Courageous: The Gospel According to Joshua”

  Sermon Text:               Joshua 3:1-17

  Sermon Title:               “Land Me Safe on Canaan’s Side”

  Sermon Slides:

  
  

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea:    Because of God’s Secure Presence … We Can Safely Place All our Fears and Anxieties … into His Strong Hands.

   

  SLIDE 3 – Point 1: Israel Faithfully Prepares … To Cross the Jordan River. (vv. 1-13)

  SLIDE 4 – Principle (from vv. 1): “Part of our preparation to do God’s work, is to be humbled by God to such an extent until we realize we have nothing to offer but our mess. Thus, without God, we are impotent.”

  SLIDE 5 – Principle (from vv. 2-5): “Idols can’t love you back, but they can blind you to what is false.”

  SLIDE 6 – Exodus 19:10 – “The Lord said to Moses, ‘Go to the people and consecrate them today and tomorrow, and let them wash their garments.’”

  SLIDE 7 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 8 – Conclusion: “So, Israel (and we) must trust God for a fresh work of miraculous grace. We must learn to adapt and trust God anew. God won’t pour new wine into old wineskins.”

   

  SLIDE 9 – Point 2: Israel Follows Obediently … To Land Safely on Canaan’s Side. (vv. 14-17)

  SLIDE 10 – Principle 1: “Following God is always restricted to one way.”

  SLIDE 11 – Principle 2: “Following God is never conventional.”

  SLIDE 12 – Principle 3: “Following God always means dying to self.”

  SLIDE 13 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 14 – Conclusion: “What God is saying to Israel (and to us) is don’t look to the left, don’t look to the right, don’t look down, and don’t look back … but look right here … eyes on me.”

  
  

  SLIDE 15 – Sermon Uses: Three to Help Us Grow in Our Boldness and Courage.

  SLIDE 16 – What Failures, Fears, and Worries … Do You Need to Give to God?

  SLIDE 17 – We Must Still Expect the Miraculous Grace of God.

  SLIDE 18 – Will We Walk Forward Like Israel … or Sink Down Like Peter?

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• February 23, 2025Rahab and the Scandal of the Gospel

  Sermon Series:            “Be Bold & Courageous: The Gospel According to Joshua”

  Sermon Text:               Joshua 2:1-24

  Sermon Title:               “Rahab and the Scandal of the Gospel”

  Sermon Slides:

  
  

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea:    The Gospel is a Scandal. It Makes Notorious Sinners … into Noteworthy Saints.

   

  SLIDE 3 – Point 1: Rahab’s Personal Conversion … Her Entrance into Saving Relationship with God. (vv. 1-11)

  SLIDE 4 – Proverbs 21:1 – “The King's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.”

  SLIDE 5 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 6 – Conclusion: “Before the Spies arrived, Rahab had been excluded, outside God’s People, beyond God’s Gracious Covenant. But as she confessed boldly and obeyed courageously … Rahab entered saving relationship with God.”

  SLIDE 7 – 1 Thessalonians 1:9-10 – “For they themselves report concerning us the kind of reception we had among you, and how you turned to God from idols to serve … the true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven … who delivers us from the wrath to come.”

   

  SLIDE 8 – Point 2: Rahab’s Full Salvation … Her Escape from Coming Judgment of Jericho. (vv. 12-21)

  SLIDE 9 – Genesis 38:28-30 – “When [Tamar] was in labor, one put out a hand, and the midwife took and tied a scarlet thread on his hand, saying, ‘This one came out first.’ But as he drew back his hand, behold, his brother came out … his name was called Perez. Afterward his brother came out with the scarlet thread on his hand, and his name was called Zerah.”

  SLIDE 10 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 11 – Exodus 12:22 – “Take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and touch the lintel and the two doorposts with the blood that is in the basin. None of you shall go out of the door of his house until the morning.”

  SLIDE 12 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 13 – Romans 5:9-10 – “Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life.”

  SLIDE 14 – Conclusion: “Like Rahab, we must be bold and courageous, not only to follow God with obedience, with to stay in Christ with perseverance, for only Jesus can rescue and protect us from the wrath to come.”

  
  

  SLIDE 15 – Sermon Uses: Three to Help Us Grow in Our Boldness and Courage.

  SLIDE 16 – Obedience Provides Four Benefits: Evidence, Assurance, Victory, and Glory.

  SLIDE 17 – Let’s Be Quick to Obey God … Not Slow to Follow Him.

  SLIDE 18 – The Gospel is Still a Scandal … And Will Still Make Us Uncomfortable.

  SLIDE 19 – Matthew 1:2-6, 16 – “Abraham was the father of Isaac, and Isaac  … Jacob, and Jacob … Judah … and Judah the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar … and Nahshon … Salmon, and Salmon the father of Boaz by Rahab, and Boaz the father of Obed by Ruth, and Obed … Jesse , and Jesse the father of David the king … and Jacob the father of Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom Jesus was born, who is called Christ.”

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• February 16, 2025With Every Step

  Sermon Series:            “Be Bold & Courageous: The Gospel According to Joshua”

  Sermon Text:                Joshua 1:1-18

  Sermon Title:               “With Every Step”

  Sermon Slides:

  
  

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea:    Our Salvation Has Already Been Victoriously Won for Us by God. But We Must Battle Boldly and Courageously … With Every Step.

   

  SLIDE 3 – Point 1: The Promised Land … is God’s Gracious Gift to Israel.

  SLIDE 4 – “Moses dies, but God’s promise lives on.” – Rev. Dale Ralph Davis

  SLIDE 5 – Matthew 28:20 (NLT) – “And be sure of this: I am with you always, even to the end of the age.”

  SLIDE 6 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 7 – Initial Conclusion: “The Promised Land is Both Given (God) and Taken (Israel). But the Land can only be taken by a unified effort of God’s People.”

  SLIDE 8 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 9 – Final Conclusion: “The Promised Land was God’s Gift to Israel, thus, part of the Gospel in the OT. It would bring Israel a physical place of rest, a political peace from warfare, and most importantly, the personal presence of God to dwell with them.”

   

  SLIDE 10 – Point 2: The Path to Securing Rest … is Our Obedience to God’s Word.

  SLIDE 11 – Hosea 6:6 – “For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.”

  SLIDE 12 – Matthew 6:33 – “But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.”

  SLIDE 13 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 14 – Conclusion: “God warns Israel, just as He did 40 years earlier on the edge of the Promised Land, that backsliders should beware. A rebellious heart which turns away from God won’t reap the blessings of the Gospel, but will fall short of it.”

  
  

  SLIDE 15 – Sermon Uses: Three to Help Us Grow in Our Boldness and Courage.

  SLIDE 16 – Talk is Cheap … Obedience is Costly.

  SLIDE 17 – A Charge to our Leadership and our Membership.

  SLIDE 18 – The Path is Tough … But Every Step is in the Shadow of the Cross.

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• February 09, 2025A Missional Ministry: Fulfilling All of the Great Commission

  Sermon Series:            “Westminster Church: Who We Are”

  Sermon Text:               Matthew 28:16-20

  Sermon Title:               “A Missional Ministry: Fulfilling All of the Great Commission”

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  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea:    Being a Missional Church … Means Fulfilling the Great Commission. But to Fulfill It … We Must Take Up All of It, Not Just Some of It.

   

  SLIDE 3 – Overview Statement for our Series: “Westminster is a Reformed, Presbyterian, Evangelical, and Missional Church. We are Reformed in our Theology, Presbyterian in our Polity, Evangelical as a Community, and Missional in our Ministry.”

   

  SLIDE 4 – Point 1: God’s Sovereignty … is Overseeing All of the Great Commission.

  SLIDE 5 – Matthew 11:27 – “All things have been handed over to me by my Father, and no one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and anyone to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.”

  SLIDE 6 – John 6:37, 40 – “All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out … For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who looks on the Son and believes in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”

  SLIDE 7 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 8 – Matthew 24:14 – “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”

  SLIDE 9 – Conclusion: “King Jesus reminds us His sovereign power began this work. So, this compels us to go. But His sovereign power also completes the work. This comforts us to keep going. It’s His work, before it’s our work.”

   

  SLIDE 10 – Point 2: Our Responsibility … is Fulfilling All of the Great Commission.

  SLIDE 11 – Luke 24:44-45 – “Then he said … ‘These are my words that I spoke to you while I was still with you, that everything written about me in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms must be fulfilled.’”

  SLIDE 12 – Insert a Copy of Point #2 of Sermon

  SLIDE 13 – Conclusion: “To faithfully fulfill the Great Commission, we must take responsibility for Personal Evangelism, Christian Discipleship, and Local/Global Missions. We must take up all of it, not just some of it.”

  
  

  SLIDE 14 – Sermon Uses: Six to Help Us Grow in Our Church’s Identity.

  SLIDE 15 – Being Missional … Should Bring Urgency, But Not Anxiety.

  SLIDE 16 – Evangelism, Discipleship, Missions … are Ministry Compliments, Not Competitions.
  

  SLIDE 17 – Being Missional … Means We Must Be Trained to Personally Evangelize.

  SLIDE 18 – Being Missional … Means We Must Be Training Others as Disciplemakers.

  SLIDE 19 – Being Missional … Means We Must Each Discern Our Mission Field.

  SLIDE 20 – The Great Commission is God’s Glorious Means to a More Glorious End.

  
  

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• February 02, 2025An Evangelical Community: People of the Gospel

  Sermon Series:            “Westminster Church: Who We Are”

  Sermon Text:               1 Corinthians 1:18-31

  Sermon Title:               “An Evangelical Community: People of the Gospel”

  Sermon Slides:

   

  SLIDE 1 – Sermon Title Slide

  SLIDE 2 – Today’s Big Idea:    As Evangelicals, We Trust in God’s Power … Not in Human Efforts, Tradition, or Strength. This Power is the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

   

  SLIDE 3 – Overview Statement for our Series: “Westminster is a Reformed, Presbyterian, Evangelical, and Missional Church. We are Reformed in our Theology, Presbyterian in our Polity, Evangelical as a Community, and Missional in our Ministry.”

  
  

  SLIDE 4 – Point 1: The Gospel … Creates and Transforms a Particular People for God.

  SLIDE 5 – Romans 7:18, 21 – “For I know that nothing good dwells in me, that is, in my flesh. For I have the desire to do what is right, but not the ability to carry it out … So I find it to be a law that when I want to do right, evil lies close at hand.”

  SLIDE 6 – Romans 8:1-2 – “There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus. For the law of the Spirit of life has set you free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death.”

  SLIDE 7 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 8 – Romans 1:21-22 – “For although they knew God, they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking, and their foolish hearts were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools.”

  SLIDE 9 – Galatians 3:2-3 – “Let me ask you only this: Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith? Are you so foolish? Having begun by the Spirit, are you now being perfected by the flesh?”

  SLIDE 10 – Insert a Copy of Point #1 of Sermon

  SLIDE 11 – Conclusion: “As Evangelicals, we confess that the Gospel is the explosive and exclusive Power of God to effectively create God’s People and to change God’s People … into the very Image of Christ.”

   

  SLIDE 12 – Point 2: The Gospel … Sets Us Apart as a Peculiar Community to the World.

  SLIDE 13 – Conclusion: “While God’s Gospel offends many, God uses the same Gospel to win many to Himself, who see the grace of God in the Cross and in us, who are being lifted up with Christ … as trophies of God’s grace!”

  
  

  SLIDE 14 – Sermon Uses: Four to Help Us Grow in Our Church’s Identity.

  SLIDE 15 – As Evangelicals … We Must Preach the Gospel to Unbelievers for their Conversion.

  SLIDE 16 – As Evangelicals … We Must Preach the Gospel to Ourselves for our Transformation.

  SLIDE 17 – The Gospel is Offensive … Don’t Change It or Add Insult to Injury.

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