Covenant Grace Sermons

Many have asked why bad things happen to good people. But Psalm 73 presses into something perhaps more difficult: why do good things happen to bad people? Why do the arrogant prosper? Why do the proud seem at ease? And why does faithfulness sometimes feel completely pointless?This sermon follows Asaph through a real crisis of faith: when what he sees nearly overpowers what he knows, when doubt must be brought where God meets His people, and when God shows him the end of the wicked and the truth about himself. In the end, Asaph does not receive an explanation for every circumstance. He receives something better: God Himself as his portion, his refuge, and the One who holds his right hand.

A voice is crying out in the streets. She calls to the simple, the foolish, the ones who have already disqualified themselves. She gives what no one else can give. And before the foundation of the world, her delight was set on you. 

Complacency kills. Not dramatically. Not all at once. One small, passive, directionless step at a time — until a man arrives somewhere he never intended to go and doesn't know how he got there. Proverbs 6:20–7:27 shows us the anatomy of that drift, the irreversible cost it carries, and the only protection that actually works — not trying harder, but being bound to the one who is himself the wisdom of God.

What does foolishness actually look like? Not the dramatic, obvious kind — but the everyday kind that creeps in quietly, compounds slowly, and blindsides you when the consequences finally arrive? In this sermon from Proverbs 6, we walk through several portraits of folly: the surety-taker who speaks away his freedom, the sluggard who can't see past the present moment, the scoundrel whose corruption works its way from mouth to body to heart - and God's own verdict on what all three of them look like from heaven. Each portrait is a mirror helping us to identify our own folly. But they are also windows through which we see the one who bore every abomination on God's list so that fools of every kind could be free.

Most of us know we’re supposed to be faithful. What we don’t know is why it’s actually the better deal — or how to want it when the counterfeit looks so good. Proverbs 5 answers both questions. This sermon works through the anatomy of sexual temptation, the total cost of folly, and the only thing with enough power to reorient desire at the root: the astonishing, undeserved faithfulness of Christ to his unfaithful people. 

Everything in Christianity hinges on a risen Christ. Which raises the most important question any of us can ask: where do we find him? On the road to Emmaus, Jesus himself answers — and his answer is more ordinary, more accessible, and more glorious than we might expect.

Most people know these as the shortest verse in the Bible. But John 11 isn't the only place Jesus wept. On Palm Sunday, surrounded by crowds shouting hosanna, Jesus crested the Mount of Olives — and wept over Jerusalem. Not for himself. Not for what he was about to suffer. He wept for his killers. In those tears we find something remarkable: the heart of God toward sinners, and the only reason judgment doesn't await us now.

There's a question people have been wrestling with since Eden — if knowing what is right isn't enough to make us do it, what is? Proverbs 4 sets two roads before us with urgent clarity, charges us to guard our hearts above everything else, and then leaves us staring at a problem we cannot solve ourselves. But the text doesn't leave us there. This sermon traces the arc from wisdom received, to wisdom walked, to the only thing that makes either one possible — a new heart that only God can give.

Wisdom loves. That's not just a nice sentiment — it's the claim of Proverbs 3:27-35. Wisdom shows itself not in what you know but in how you treat the people around you. In this sermon we look at what that looks like on the ground — in the ordinary moments when we have it in our power to do good, and the deeper reason we so often don't. At the root of every scheme, every withheld kindness, every manufactured conflict is a heart curved inward by sin — needy, grasping, convinced it has to take what it can get. But the gospel changes everything. The one who had every right to take gave instead — and in him, the scarcity that drives our grasping has been answered. You are not a desperate person. He has filled your empty hands.

A fish without the ability to swim can't access its world's goodness or avoid its dangers. We're in the same position without wisdom. Proverbs 3:13–26 shows us what wisdom actually is, what it gives, and what it protects — and why the answer to all three is ultimately a person, not a principle.

Where do you find real joy, and what do you really need to be okay?In Philippians 4:4–13, Paul exposes the lies that can fester beneath anxiety and jealousy. If someone else is ahead, we feel behind. If we could just hold it all together, nothing would fall apart. If we had a little more, we would finally be settled.Paul offers something better. Joy in the Lord. Peace that guards the heart. A mind shaped by truth. Contentment learned in every season through Christ who strengthens us.

What does God actually feel toward you? Proverbs 3 says He delights in His children. When wisdom sees that grace, it frees us to trust the Lord with all our hearts and walk in faithful obedience — not to earn sonship, but because we already have it in Christ.

There are two ways to live. One is wide, easy, and crowded — and it ends in destruction. The other is narrow, demanding, and often lonely — but it leads to life. In Proverbs 2, a father pleads with his son to pursue wisdom with urgency and conviction. Not casually. Not half-heartedly. But like a miner digging for silver.This chapter shows us that wisdom must be pursued, yet it is ultimately God’s gift. Through wisdom, He guards us from loud cultural pressure and subtle personal temptation, preserving us for a life that endures.

In Proverbs 1:20–33, Wisdom steps into the open and cries out—publicly, urgently, and graciously. In this sermon, we explore the storyline of Proverbs, where two voices call and two paths are set before us: wisdom and folly, life and destruction. We consider the grace of Wisdom’s invitation, the sobering reality of rejected counsel, and the biblical principle that we ultimately “eat the fruit of our way.” Most importantly, we see how Wisdom personified in Proverbs finds her fulfillment in Jesus Christ, Wisdom incarnate, who came for sinners, bore judgment in our place, and calls us to life.

We are always being shaped by the voices we listen to. Proverbs 1:8–19 helps us learn how to discern between the voice of wisdom that leads to life and the voice of folly that entices and destroys. This sermon examines how God uses authority to form us in wisdom, how sin speaks persuasively while concealing its end, and how Jesus Christ—the wisdom of God—rescues sinners who have already listened to folly.

In Proverbs 1:1–7, we see that wisdom begins not with information but with worship: “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge.” This sermon explores what the fear of the Lord is (and isn’t), distinguishing dread that drives us from God from reverent awe that draws us near. We consider how knowing God rightly becomes the most important knowledge, how it grounds all other understanding, and how it produces humility, stability, and courage for life in God’s world. Finally, we contrast this posture with the fool who despises wisdom and instruction, and we land on the gospel: in Christ, dread is cast out, reverent joy is born, and true wisdom finally has a beginning.

Proverbs 1:1-6Life rarely follows the plan. When good intentions collide with real pressure—conflict, temptation, disappointment, or grief—we discover how much wisdom we actually lack. In this sermon on Proverbs 1:2–6, we explore the purpose of Proverbs: not merely to inform us, but to form us. Scripture calls us to a posture of teachability, a lifelong process of training, and a clear end—a life shaped by righteousness, justice, and uprightness before God. True wisdom is not talent or technique, but Spirit-shaped skill for living toward the right goal. Ultimately, this training is grounded in Christ himself, God’s wisdom incarnate, who transforms our instincts and faithfully finishes the work he begins.

What is wisdom—and why does Scripture insist that nothing matters more? In this opening sermon of our Proverbs series, we explore why biblical wisdom is not optional advice but essential for life. Looking at Solomon—the wisest king, and yet a tragic fool—we see both the beauty and the limits of wisdom as information. Proverbs gives us the path of life, but only Christ, the One greater than Solomon, gives us the power to walk it. This message sets the foundation for reading Proverbs through a Christ-centered lens, inviting us to pursue wisdom humbly, repent honestly, and hope confidently in Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God.

How do we run well and finish?

At the heart of Advent is the love of God. In this sermon from 1 John 4:9–10, we see that God’s love is not something we climb toward, but something that comes down to us in the incarnation of Jesus Christ. Christ’s first Advent reveals a love that initiates, draws near, and sacrifices itself for sinners; His second Advent will reveal that same love perfected—glorifying His people, setting all things right, and never letting them go. As we wait for Christ’s return, we are invited to rest in His love, return His love, and reflect it to the world.

Joy is commanded in Scripture—but not because God needs something from us. In this Advent sermon on Luke 2:10–14, we explore joy as participation in the joyful life of God Himself. From the first advent of Christ, where joy comes near to sinners, to the second advent, where joy will be complete, this message calls believers to rejoice by living now on the feast God has already given.

What peace does Christ bring?

Avent Series

Contemplating Christ's Church

Contemplating Christ's Church

Contemplating Christ's Church

Contemplating Christ's Church

Contemplating Christ's Church

Contemplating Christ's Church

Elders, Deacons, Members

Acts 2

Contemplating Christ's Church

Matthew 28:16-20

Matthew 28:1-15

Matthew 27:57-66

Matthew 27:45-56

Matthew 27:27-44

Matthew 27:11-26

Matthew 27:1-10

Matthew 26:47-75

Matthew 26:30-46

James 4:1-10

Matthew 26:17-30

Matthew 16:1-16

Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 25:1-13

Matthew 25:14-30

Matthew 24:32-51

Matthew 24

Matthew 24