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Reformed & Expository Preaching
by Pastor Paul Lindemulder (Belgrade URC)
We are a Bible Believing Reformed church in the Bozeman, Belgrade area. Subscribe to our sermon feed or better yet, worship with us each Sunday! May the Lord’s blessing and peace be upon you.
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Christian Introspection (LD 30; 1 Corinthians 11:23-32)
Introduction We can approach the Lord’s table with confusion. On the one hand, the Apostle Paul warns that some in the Corinthian church have died (1 Corinthians 11:30). On the other hand, one of our communion forms warmly invites all repentant sinners to the table. “But all who repent and…
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Can Outsiders be Insiders? (Acts 10:34-48)
Introduction The Gospels show that outsiders can be insiders. The outsiders are people we expect to be excluded from the Lord’s promises. The insiders are those we expect to be part of the Lord’s promises. The Gospel assures us that people who would be on the outside, Gentiles, can be on the...
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Feasting as One People (LD 39; 1 Corinthians 10:16, 17)
Introduction The sacraments are visible signs and seals of God’s gospel promises. These signs do not point to our faithfulness, but to the certainty that God fulfills his promises. Baptism is the sign that the Lord sets apart his people. It assures and testifies that God is with his people. The...
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Peter's Shocking Revelation (Acts 10:1-33)
Introduction The book of Acts traces the Gospel moving from Jerusalem to Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth. The Lord promised that the nations would be blessed through Abraham. (Genesis 12 and 17) Acts 10 reminds us that sometimes the hardest part is convincing God's own people that...
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The New Covenant in My Blood (Luke 22:14-23; LD 28)
Introduction: Is the Lord’s Supper more than a memorial? Christ says that we are to do this in remembrance of him. We might think that the Lord’s Supper is merely a sentimental reflection of him. When Christ tells us to do this in remembrance of him, his intention is more than just thinking about...
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Peter’s Preparation (Acts 9:32-43)
Introduction The stories of Aeneas and Tabitha can seem like small transitional narratives in the book of Acts. We can read Acts and note that the historical record is fine without these stories. Luke, the inspired writer and researcher, records these stories in his orderly account. These two...
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Hope in God! (Psalm 43; HC 26, 28)
We welcome Mr. Roy Kim to fill our pulpit. Psalm 43 gives voice to the weary soul that cries out to God in the midst of suffering, injustice, and apparent abandonment. David pleads for God to vindicate him, defend his cause, and deliver him from his enemies. Yet beneath the circumstances lies a...
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Presence in Peril (Genesis 39)
We welcome Mr. Roy Kim to our pulpit this Sunday. Genesis 39 tells the story of Joseph in Potiphar’s house. Joseph experiences blessing, but also hardship. Joseph’s travel down to Egypt was an act of betrayal. His brothers sold him to Ishmaelites as a slave. His brothers were jealous of Joseph.…
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Christ and Christ Alone (Philippians 3:1-9; WLC 70)
In Philippians 3, Paul warns the church in Philippi to be on guard against false teaching and against the temptation to place their confidence in the flesh. The Philippians were a faithful and commendable church, yet Paul knew that even a strong congregation needed to be reminded of the danger of...
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Love - A Fitting Response (Luke 7:36-50)
We welcome Mr. Rudolph Gallegos to our pulpit Sunday morning. In Luke 7:36–50, Jesus is invited to the home of Simon the Pharisee, where a woman known throughout the town as a sinner comes and pours out her love and devotion at Jesus’ feet. While Simon looks at the woman and sees only her...
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Clean or Unclean Children? (1 Corinthians 7:14; LD 27)
People hear about infant baptism, and they have immediate questions when they are not used to this practice. How can we baptize an infant who has not yet made a profession of faith? Does baptism mean that the child is necessarily regenerate? Does the water itself wash away sin? Baptism is not a...
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Saul’s Mission (Acts 9:19-31)
Introduction There are certain things in life that we simply like to stay the same. There is a certain comfort in consistency. We know what to expect. We know who people are. We know where we stand. This is true until it is not. Things change, and the challenge is figuring out what to do with the...
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Washed in Christ(Titus 3:5; LD 26)
Introduction: What Does Baptism Mean? A Reformed, Heidelberg Catechism View Baptism can be difficult to understand because we do not want to fall into either extreme. We do not want to say that baptism is merely sentimental. This would reduce baptism down to a sentimental reminder of Christ’s…
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God's Prisoner of War (Acts 9:1-19)
Introduction God shows his grace in capturing an unlikely prisoner. Saul assumed that Christ was a failure. Saul’s goal is to do everything in his power to destroy Jesus. Saul sees Jesus as the failed liar who ended up on a cross. Saul was breathing threats and murder. This makes explicit that he...
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Finding our Unity in Christ (1 Corinthians 12:12-26; LD 25
How does the gospel advance? It advances not only as people come to faith, but as the church grows together as the body of Christ. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul reminds us that we have been joined together by one Spirit, called to serve rather than compete, and to find our worth not in our gifts or...
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The Gospel Advances: Embracing the Ordinary (Acts 8:26-40)
Introduction We can easily fall into the mindset that if something is working, then we must have figured out the system. We look at the growth of the church in Acts, the conversions in Samaria, and the gospel going forward it seems like we figured it out. We want to look at the history and then...
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Pursuing God's Reward (2 Timothy 4:6-8; LD 24)
Introduction If salvation is by grace and our good works do not earn our redemption, what motivates us to live faithfully for Christ? Scripture speaks openly about rewards, crowns, and even Christ repaying his people for what they have done. At first glance, this can seem to conflict with the...
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The Unlikely Advancement (Acts 8:4-25)
Introduction We would expect that Stephen’s death would halt the gospel’s advancement. One of Christ's faithful servants had been murdered, and the gospel agitators grow in boldness. The church is being persecuted. Yet what looked like defeat was actually another step in the fulfillment of…
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What Benefit is This Knowledge? (LD 23; Romans 3:21-26)
Introduction There can be a disconnect in the Christian life. We can become so focused on doctrine that we forget that we are called to live out the gospel. Or we can become so focused on living the Christian life that we lose sight of the doctrine that gives us the strength and assurance to live...
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The Unhealthy and Unwealthy Gospel (3) (Acts 7:53-8:3)
Introduction Stephen's trial draws to a conclusion. We are confronted with the hardship of living in a sin-cursed world. Stephen is doing everything right. He is faithful to the Lord. He speaks the truth. He boldly proclaims Christ. The apostles' faithfulness has been rewarded with thousands of...
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God's Gracious Shepherding (Philippians 3:12-20; LD 22)
Introduction The Heidelberg Catechism reminds us that Christ's care for His people extends beyond this life. If God only shepherded us through our earthly journey, death would continue to threaten us. But Christ's resurrection changes everything. Because he lives, his people have the sure hope…
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The Unhealthy Unwealthy Gospel (2) (Acts 7:1-52)
Introduction Stephen stands falsely accused. He has been set up by false witnesses who claim that he has blasphemed Moses, the Temple, and God. These charges are serious and warrant death under Moses. Stephen is invited to give a defense by the high priest when he says, “Are these things so?” One...
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God's Protected Community (Romans 8:15, 28–39; LD 21)
Introduction Last week we considered God's promise to Abram that the Lord is our shield. Lord’s Day 21 expands that promise from individuals to the community. It expands to his holy assembly. While our culture prizes independence, Scripture reminds us that Christianity is never simply "my Bible…
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The Unhealthy and Unwealthy Gospel (Acts 6:8-15)
Introduction It is easy to think that if we are faithful, God will always reward us with visible success. That was the assumption of Job's friends, and to some extent Job himself. Job does wrestle with God’s will, and lays out that the wicked man can prosper and the righteous man can suffer....
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Guarded by Our Shield and Defender (1 Peter 1:1-9; LD 20)
Introduction Abraham struggled to trust God's promises even after receiving a vision and an explicit word from God. The Lord assured Abraham that he is Abraham’s shield (Genesis 15:1). The Lord will protect him and defend him. Peter also doubted the path to glory through the suffering of the…
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Growing Pains (Acts 6:1-7)
Introduction The book of Acts gives us honest "metrics" of the church. Luke records remarkable growth for the early church. There are thousands of converts. However, he never presents an idealized picture of the church. Alongside gospel success come persecution and real problems. In Acts 6, the...
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Realizing Christ’s Promised Reign (LD 19; Psalm 110)
Introduction We confess that Christ is seated at the right hand of the Father, but we might ask, “What difference does that make today?”After all, we cannot see him. We still live in a world filled with evil, persecution, and injustice. At times, we might think that Christ has left us as orphans....
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Can Piety Oppose the Gospel? (Acts 5:12-42)
Introduction: Beware the Pious Ones Introduction: Beware the Pious Ones My dad used to warn me, "Be careful of the pious ones." That puzzled me for years. Piety should be about loving God, pursuing God. So why would anyone warn you to be careful of pious people? Then, I noticed that the most…
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Better to Have an Ascended Priest? (LD 18; Hebrews 9:24)
ntroduction If we're honest, the ascension is something that we might want God to rethink. In our human understanding, we would love to have a visible priest on earth. Imagine if Christ stayed on earth like the disciples wanted? Imagine if we could walk through a set of giant doors, stand before...
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Is God Greedy? (Acts 4:32-5:11)
Introduction If there's one passage that makes American Christians squirm a little, it's this one. "Held everything in common"? "No needy person among them?” Sell the house, sell the land, drop it at the apostles' feet? Our first instinct is to wonder if private property itself is the problem. It...
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Christ’s Necessary Glory (Romans 4:23-25; LD 17)
Introduction The Heidelberg Catechism spends some time reminding us that Christ really did suffer. His suffering is not some sort of unnecessary drama. It testifies to our sin, and it atones for our sin. His suffering makes satisfaction for our sin. But suffering and death alone aren't the whole...
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Why Gospel Preaching?
When Peter and John were commanded to stop preaching Christ, the early church did not pray for safety or comfort. No, they prayed for boldness. Acts 4 reminds us that God's sovereign purposes cannot be frustrated by human opposition and that the church's calling remains unchanged: to proclaim the...
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“Why Such Suffering?” (2) (Hebrews 2:9-18 (LD 16)
Why do Christians suffer, and where is God in our pain? Hebrews 2:9-18 teaches that Jesus Christ entered our suffering as our merciful High Priest. Through His death and resurrection, He defeated death, satisfied God's justice, and secured redemption for His people. Discover how Christ's…
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Why Preach Christ? (Acts 4:1-22)
Introduction: The Great Reversal The book of Acts shows us that God has a sense of humor. There are parts when you laugh, and then you weep at the same time. Here we find Peter and John. These are blue-collar fishermen with no formal rabbinic training. They are not trained in rhetoric or any…
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Why Pray? (Matthew 5:6-13)
Introduction We refer to the prayer Christ taught us to pray as the Lord’s prayer. We should call it the Disciples' Prayer. Our catechism reminds us that prayer is the "chief part of our gratefulness" to God. Yet prayer remains one of the most difficult and probably misunderstood aspects of the...
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The Parable of Two Prayers (Luke 18:9-14)
We welcome Rev. Chuck Tedrick to our pulpit this morning. He is the Dean of Students and Director of Alumni Relations at Westminster Seminary in California. Introduction Christ tells a parable about one of the world's worst prayers, immediately followed by one of the world's most beautiful…
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Why Such Suffering? (LD 15; Isaiah 53:4-6)
Introduction The Christian gospel confronts us with a truth that requires profound humility. We have to come to grips with the reality that we are heinous sinners. We need to own that we are so estranged from God that only Christ’s suffering, death, and resurrection will bring us near. This is…
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The Apostolic Gospel (Acts 3:11-26)
Introduction Throughout church history, God's people have struggled with a persistent temptation: looking to the visible means of grace rather than the invisible power behind those means. We can think that the effectiveness of the gospel depends upon the piety of the minister. Certainly, a…
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The Promised Son of David (LD 14; Psalm 132)
Introduction How do we know that God will keep his promises? It's a question we don't often ask out loud, but we might ask silently to ourselves. We may experience a setback in life, and we wonder if God is really looking out for us. Psalm 132 permits us to bring that question directly to God....
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The Beautiful Gate and Better Gift (Acts 3:1-10)
At the Beautiful Gate, a man crippled from birth asks Peter and John for alms, believing money is his greatest need. Yet the apostles offer something far greater: the healing power of Jesus Christ and the life-giving message of the gospel. Through this miracle, God demonstrates that humanity’s...
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sons of God (LD 13; Romans 8:12-17)
Introduction People bring criticism against the Reformed people’s love for doctrine. People claim that if you go to a Reformed church, you will see that we are people concerned with the head, not the heart. That our catechisms and confessions are cold documents. These are documents fueling...
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Devoted to the Apostolic Gospel (Acts 2:37-47)
Introduction There is a question that lurks underneath in the book of Acts. What happens when Christ is gone? Does he still work on His people, or are we abandoned in this world by a frustrated redeemer? Luke’s Gospel lays out the ministry of Christ on this earth. Acts lays out the ministry of...
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Built Together in the Rejected Cornerstone (I Peter 2:4-1-; LD 12)
Introduction Was the cross a plan B? We might dismiss this question, but it is an important question. On the surface, the ministry of Jesus looks like a series of setbacks. The reality is that Christ is rejected by the religious establishment that He has come to establish. Christ is not only...
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Christ Alone (Heb 7:25; LD 11)
Introduction Wouldn't it be something if Christ kept an earthly office. It would be great if we could knock on the door, make an appointment, and bring him our questions face to face. We instinctively want something tangible. And yet the Christian faith calls us to do something that seems unwise:...
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Tasting the Day of the Lord (Acts 2:1-13)
Introduction Christ promised his disciples power from on high. This power? The Holy Spirit would come upon them and empower them to carry the gospel from Jerusalem to the ends of the earth. But how do we know this promise is real? How do we know that Christ is truly with us until the end of the...
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Is Providence a Problem? (2) (Job 1:1-2:10)
Introduction We like to think we have life figured out. Follow the right steps, make the right moves, and God will bless you. I am doing well, so I am dialed. I have life figured out. Struggle and suffer, and you must have done something wrong. The problem is that the book of Job refuses to let…
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Abandoned or Empowered? (Acts 1:9-26)
Introduction It would be so nice to open a door to a throne room and say there is Christ, our king, sitting on a throne. We might think that Christ’s ascension appears as a disappointing event. It seems that Christ has left his church. Why does Christ leave us in this world? We need to see that…
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Is Providence a Problem? (Job 38-42; LD 9)
Introduction There is a danger of throwing around "the providence of God" carelessly. Job reminds us that the providence of God and suffering can be complicated. Job captures what many of us feel in seasons of suffering. We feel confusion, frustration, and even the impulse to argue with God. Our...
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God International Kingdom (Acts 1:1-9)
The book of Acts is not the story of a church left behind. We should see it as the story of a church sent. The ascended Christ remains present with His people, advancing His mission through the power of the Holy Spirit. We have the power from on high.
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Called as Christ's Disciple (LD 8; Matthew 28:16-20)
Introduction Redemption has a purpose beyond just our personal salvation. Yes, that is part of it, but there is more. The Heidelberg Catechism makes clear that we are redeemed by a specific God who personally reveals himself. He is one God and three persons. He is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.…
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