Sermons: Beulah Church

Using Matthew 6 as a mirror, the sermon challenges believers to examine whether they truly practice righteousness—in giving, praying, and fasting—for God's approval rather than human praise. The preacher stresses that looking into God's Word must lead to action (like giving generously even to the undeserving and forgiving others), because hearing or reading without doing is worthless.

Dress for Success

The objective of the Church is to be matured and growing in Christ

The indwelling presence of Christ empowers us to proclaim the Gospel, opening the way for all who believe and strengthens us to overcome adversity for the glory of God

It’s easy to believe we’re losing the battle. The darkness in the world feels overwhelming, and we can begin to think the Gospel is just a nice idea, no longer powerful enough to change hearts. We might start looking for other solutions—political, cultural, personal fixes—forgetting that God is the Producer, Director, and Star of this entire story. He is not absent. He is not losing control. Psalm 36 reminds us that the love of God, revealed in the person of Christ, is not only real—it is triumphant.

We pick up this week with the judgment passed down to the woman for her sin. Just as with the serpent, this judgment is specific to her and appropriate for her role in original sin. 

Marriage is a sacred institution as old as the first man and woman. It is also a picture of Christ and His Church. As such, marriage should be defended both because it is ordained by God and also because it is a gospel picture of Christ and His Church.

True happiness, biblical happiness, is very different from what the world offers as happiness. Biblical happiness, which we will call ascending happiness, comes from following God’s pattern for our lives.

Today, we are celebrating Easter Sunday, or as we often call it, Resurrection Day. It is the day Jesus rose from the dead, providing confirmation that His sacrifice for our sins on the cross was, indeed, accepted by God.

This trial was a sham. The Sanhedrin had no evidence that Jesus had blasphemed in any way, nor any that He had committed any crime or sin. He truly was innocence on trial.

This, like Psalm 124, is a psalm that describes the oppression of the enemy. Just as in 124, the enemy’s oppression is undone by the Lord’s salvation. After outlining the extent of the oppression, the psalm turns the attention to the salvation of the Lord that comes through the judgment of the wicked.