Gen. 14:17–24 2 Chron. 6:12–21 Matt. 11:25–27 Acts 7:44–50 Confessing that God is infinite means acknowledging that He is not and cannot be contained. In this message, we explore how the Bible rev...

At the beginning of creation, God told humankind to be fruitful and multiply, to fill the earth and subdue it. But in redemption, God has taken that command and turned it into a blessing: “God Almighty bless you and make you fruitful a...

Exod. 3:1–15 Mal. 3:5–7 John 5:25–29 Jas. 1:16–18 The attribute of immutability or unchangeability teaches us that God does not and cannot change. In this message, we ask and ans...

The Christian life is a journey. The way of the Lord is set before. Real spiritual enemies are on every side. And you are called to come and know Christ, and to mature in Him. Jacob gives us a glimpse of this journey. When he comes back in late...

Exod. 33:17–23Judg. 13:15–25 John 1:14–18 1 Tim. 6:13–16It is easy to make religious and theological things sound ridiculous. It’s easy for atheists and doubters to speak about "the invisible man in the sky...

Every Christian wrestles serious uncertainties about the future. In the Jacob and Esau story, Scripture has a warning and an encouragement. The warning is to those who mimic [1] Isaac and Esau. They rebel altogether against God’s plans because ...

Christians—like the patriarch of Genesis—are sojourners, and a sojourner’s top priority is to find water. This reminds of Jesus' powerful message to the woman at the well in John 4:13–14, “…whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will ...

Deut. 29:22–29 Job. 11:7–12 Matt. 16:13–20 Rom. 11:33–36The attribute of God called incomprehensibility is that we cannot know God as He is, but only as He reveals Himself to us. In this messa...

We discover in Genesis 25 that every good gift comes from God. Even unbelievers enjoy the blessings of life, family, and legacy. And those things come from the Lord. But this passage is emphatic that the blessing of salvation also and especiall...

Deut. 33:26–29 Ps. 102:12–28 John 17:1–5 2 Pet. 3:8–10 In this message, we focus the attribute of eternity. This is true of God alone, and so is an incommunicable attribute. As we’ll lear...

At 67 verses, Genesis 24 is the longest chapter in Genesis. But it's important because it signals a kind of changing of the guard from Abraham to Isaac. It's the love story between the chosen son and his faithful bride, Rebekah. In this story, ...

Gen. 22:15­–18  Dan. 4:34–37  John 4:23–26  Heb. 6:13–20  Sometimes we wish that He had just published a glossary with all His attributes listed out with simple definitions. But God is not a textbook. He ...

With the death of his wife Sarah, Abraham realizes for certain that the fulfillment of the Promise Land is still in the future. This is a passage about waiting for God to provide a homeland, a final resting place not in death, but in eternal li...

Exod. 8:8–15 Isa. 40:18–26 Luke 6:32–36 1 Pet. 1:13–21  The doctrine of God is the foundation of all theology. In a very important sense, it is theology. That word “theology” puts two Greek words together and simpl...

Back in the story of the sacrifice of Isaac, and zooming in on God's oath, we learn about the outcome of the spiritual war that has been going on since the serpent arrived in the Garden. God tells Abraham that his descendants will triumph again...

Deut. 30:11­­–14 Joel 2:30–32 Luke 12:8–12 Rom. 10:11–14 Among the many pressing needs among Christians in the west is a better understanding of the main teachings of the Bible. Even we Reformed Christians, who love our doctrine...

One of the essential components of the Christian life is cross-bearing. Jesus says to all who claim to follow Him that it requires self-denial and taking up their cross. In the passage today, Abraham takes the wood of the burnt offering and (v....

We’ve come to a very ordinary section of Abraham’s life. He interacts with a local king, makes a deal, and life goes on. Passages like this can seem a little random to us. But it’s exactly because it tells such an ordinary story that it also sh...

Deut. 9:1–5 1 Chron. 29:10–13 Mark 11:20–25 Phil. 4:14–20 In this final message on the Lord's Prayer, we first build our confidence in Scripture by learning how to handle a difference between some copies of Matthew 6:13, then we...

"Resolved: that in the coming year, we would thirst for God more deeply and conquer by His power." On this final Lord’s Day of 2024, we look at Revelation 21, where John reveals to us the new things that God promises to do for those wh...

The homily from Luke 2 during our annual Festival of Lessons & Carols at MRC. A joyful time celebrating the birth of the Savior of the World.

The full service of our annual Festival of Lessons & Carols at MRC on Christmas Eve 2024. The audio begins midway through the first carol, "Once in Royal David's City." Homily at minute 42.Song list:1.  “Once ...

Exod. 13:17–22 Josh. 1:5–9 Matt. 10:16–25 1 Pet. 5:5–11 When you open Scripture and ask—who are the enemies of God’s people?, the answer ends up circling around three main categories: the world, the devil, and our flesh...

No one likes the feeling of being duped. In some situations in life, it's important to bring healthy suspicion. But we go astray when apply that suspicion to God’s Word. Even Christians who have no problem believing things like the Virgin birth...

Gen. 33:1–11 Prov. 15:15–17 Luke 7:36–50 2 Cor. 2:5–11 Because Christian teaching has so seriously fallen apart in the Western world, we have to remind ourselves of the basics. In this message, we continue le...