Sermons on Isaac Watts:

Whose Story Is It?

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 9, 2018

Are the star of your own story with God playing a supporting role, or are you in a story that’s bigger than you, with God in the lead and you in the supporting role?

Bill Clem opens his book, Disciple, with two scenarios. One has to do with a couple of guys who are theater majors in college, and they grow impatient with all the hoops they have to jump through to finish their degree. They just want to be producing plays and directing and acting in them. So, one ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

God's Covenant With Abraham

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 9, 2018

God's promises don’t rest on your faith. They rest on his faithfulness. But how can you not have faith in One so faithful?

TODAY I WANT TO TALK WITH YOU about faithfulness—not yours, but God’s God is a promise-making God, but he is also a promise-keeping God. He is faithful in keeping his Word. Now, admittedly, it is sometimes hard to believe that. Our faith falters when it looks like God has forgotten what he ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 15:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Wise And Foolish Builders

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Aug 19, 2018

Simply hearing Jesus is not enough; we have to put into practice what we have heard.

MOST PEOPLE BUILD THEIR houses on the sand; I’m sure of it. Not their houses, of course. Not really. But their lives. By which I mean, most people don’t listen to Jesus when they think about what goes into living, or what ought to. When I was a kid, my dad would tell me to do something. It ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 7:24-29, James 1:22-25

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Postscript: Thine Is The Kingdom

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 7, 2018

The Lord’s Prayer is not just something you say to God. When you pray it, it says something about you.

We come at last to the postscript of the Lord’s Prayer. And while these words do not appear in the best manuscripts of the New Testament, they surely belong in the prayer. They are in any case biblical. I hope you noticed that as we read the Old Testament lesson from 1 Chronicles 29. How can you ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 6:9-13, Romans 11:33-36, 1 Chronicles 29:10-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Pharisee And The Tax Collector

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jul 29, 2018

Some people soak in their own righteousness; others seek a righteousness not their own. It is the latter who are in a right standing with God.

HOW DO YOU KNOW that you’re right with God? Can you know such a thing? When I was in the eleventh grade, one of my friends took his own life. Some of you have heard me tell that story. I don’t want to get into the details now, but I do want to talk about the effect my friend’s death had on me. ...read more

Scripture: Luke 18:9-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

John's Vision Of Jesus

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Aug 6, 2018

Jesus displays His presence and power so that we may be accountable to Him when temptations beset us and assured by Him when trials besiege us.

The Book of Revelation was given by the Father to Jesus, who presented it through the Apostle John “to show to his servants the things that must soon take place” (Rev. 1:1). The prophecy was written in the mid-90s by John on the island of Patmos, where he was in exile “on account of the word of God ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 1:9-20, Daniel 7:9-14

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Is The Lord Delayed In His Coming?

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Aug 6, 2018

There is a wrong way and a right way to look at the Lord’s apparent delay in coming again.

Introduction Peter most likely wrote this, his second letter (2 Pet. 3:1 ) to the churches of Asia Minor (1 Pet. 1:1 ), from a Roman jail a short time before his martyrdom (some time during the period AD 64-67). If 1 Peter has as its main focus a defense against threats from outside the ...read more

Scripture: 2 Peter 3:1-13

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

I Am Grace

Contributed by Isaac Magsino on Mar 11, 2019

Understanding that our salvation is based on God's grace and not our own standards or works

Theme: “I AM GRACE” Text: Genesis 3: 1-21 Place: Community Church of Christ (Riverside Dalayap, Candaba, Pampanga) Date: April 19, 2019 Intro: Focus: Investigate the Condition of man and the Response of God I. Sin comes through progression (Genesis 3:1-3) ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:1-21

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Optimism

Contributed by Isaac Magsino on Mar 11, 2019

“The optimist recognizes a responsibility in every crisis; the pessimist sees a crisis in every responsibility.” – copied

Theme: Optimism Text: I Samuel 17: 1-58 Place: FBC Kodiak, Alaska Date: January 8, 2k6 Intro: Illus: a man lost a leg in an accident and when he was picked up and discover what had actually happened, he said to those around him, “Thank God it was the ...read more

Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:1-58

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ

Beyond Our Strength Series

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 16, 2015

When you undergo afflictions, go over your convictions.

JOSEPH BAYLY ONCE SAID, “Never doubt in the dark what you learned in the light.” But we do, don’t we? When we go through times of trial, we lose sight of what we believe. We have a tendency to see only the bad our afflictions. For example, when the heat’s on, we may assume ...read more

Scripture: 2 Corinthians 1:3-11

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

A Winsome Church

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on May 28, 2015

A winsome church does God's work God's way for the sake of God's world.

THE WALL STREET JOURNAL recently published a report indicating that “the U.S. now has a bigger share of people who don’t identify with any religion than those who do. In the last seven years, the number of people unaffiliated with either Roman Catholic or mainline Protestant churches ...read more

Scripture: Acts 2:1-42

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Gift

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 1, 2015

What God gives in love, we receive by faith, so that we may live in hope.

ONE OF THE PROBLEMS with religion is: You can believe all the right things – that is, you can be orthodox in your faith – but it can be a dead orthodoxy. You know what I mean? It can appear lifeless, certainly not vital and contagious. Same thing with our conduct. We may behave ...read more

Scripture: John 3:1-16

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Word On The Street

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 2, 2015

Our true vocation in life is to bear witness to the light, to reflect the glory of God, to mirror His majesty, to glorify Him.

Jesus is called many things in Scripture. In the Gospel of John alone, he is called the Lamb of God, the light of the world, the bread of life, the gate of the sheep. He is even called a Vine. But here in chapter 1 he is called “the Word.” And there’s a reason for that. In Jesus, ...read more

Scripture: John 1:1-18

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Soil Samples

Contributed by Isaac Butterworth on Jun 2, 2015

There’s a condition of the heart that is necessary if the Word of God is to have a lasting effect on any of us.

This little parable of Jesus got me thinking about taking soil samples. You know, with all its talk about different kinds of soil. So, what I did is: I logged on to YouTube and did a search. And, sure enough, there was a video on how to do it, how to take a soil sample. As you might guess, as ...read more

Scripture: Matthew 13:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Facing The Giants

Contributed by Isaac Magsino on Apr 30, 2020

Intro: Everyone knows what it’s like to be afraid. Our fears can be paralyzing…. It is one of the weapons used by Satan for us to not continue in our Christian life. It is like a big GIANTS in our lives that hinder us to continue.

FACING THE GIANTS Verse: Selected Intro: Everyone knows what it’s like to be afraid. We all have things that we’re afraid of. A fear I think we have all had at one time or another. There are hidden fears that motivate us too. Fear of failure causes many people to never start, or try anything ...read more

Scripture: Hebrews 12:2, 1 Samuel 17:8

Denomination: Christian/Church Of Christ