Sermons on Personal Failure:

Toda La Verdad: Hay Autoridad

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Feb 11, 2023

Jesucristo es la autoridad en el cielo y en la tierra.

El 23 de agosto de 2021, el periódico El Clarín, en su versión digital, publicó la siguiente nota: Raphael Samuel, un joven de 27 años que vive en la India, demandó a sus padres por haber nacido sin su propio consentimiento. "Quiero que comprendan que no les ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 2:15-17, Genesis 3:1-4, Matthew 28:19-20

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Toda La Verdad: Hay Bien Y Mal

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Feb 18, 2023

Nuestro Dios es quien define lo que está bien y mal.

Esta semana me propuse a establecer una cita por internet para renovar mi pasaporte. En el buscador teclee una frase relacionada para ubicar el sitio y me apareció inmediatamente una página con un fondo azul y el logo del escudo nacional. Comencé a llenar la información ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 3:4-7

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

The Tension Of Gospel Faithfulness Series

Contributed by Troy Walliser on Feb 23, 2023

As I allow the gospel to TOPPLE IDOLS in my own heart I will become more and more FAITHFUL in presenting it to the world.

The Tension Of Gospel Faithfulness Acts 19:21-41 In the Christian faith there are Biblical doctrines that when fully accepted have aspects to them that must be held in tension. What I mean by holding something in tension is that there are aspects of that doctrine that are unsolvable to the human ...read more

Scripture: Acts 19:21-41

Denomination: Baptist

Toda La Verdad: Hay Identidad

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Feb 25, 2023

Somos creación, imagen, hombre y mujer e hijos de Dios.

Hoy terminamos nuestra serie Toda la verdad, en la que hemos estado considerando la cosmovisión cristiana de la vida en contraposición a la versión de la vida que nos quiere imponer el posmodernismo. Como hemos dicho, estamos en un tiempo donde se proclama a los cuatro vientos la ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-27

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Do You Still Love Me? Series

Contributed by Pieter Rousseau on May 25, 2022

Do we still love Jesus? Do we Still love Him, as we loved Him at First? We might be doing much for Him. We might love everything about Jesus... but do we Still Love Him?

Our text this morning comes from an epistle, a New Testament letter from Jesus Christ himself, scribed by the Apostle John to the Church in Ephesus. It’s the first of seven letters sent to seven churches in Asia, over which the Apostle John was an overseer, or Bishop. For this letter to this ...read more

Scripture: Revelation 2:1-7

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

Vida En El Pacto: Los Mandamientos Del Pacto

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Jan 20, 2023

En el pacto de gracia hay mandamientos para cumplir.

Éxodo 20 Los veranos de casi toda mi infancia y adolescencia temprana los pasaba en Chuburná Puerto. Allá mis padres tenían una casa que estaba cercana a las instalaciones del Campamento Federico R. Passler. Cuando había actividad de campamento, me unía al programa ...read more

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Draw Near

Contributed by Chuck Brooks on Nov 23, 2020

Today we are going to look at how God wants us to deal with our family squabbles...

Some say it started with a dispute over the ownership of a hog. Others say the ill-fated love of Roseanne McCoy and Johnse Hatfield caused it. Whatever the reason, there was bad blood between the Hatfields of West Virginia and the McCoys of Kentucky---they were feuding. It is bad enough when ...read more

Scripture: James 4:1

Denomination: Independent/Bible

Jesus' Heads-Up: The World Will Hate You (John 16:1-33) Series

Contributed by Garrett Tyson on Mar 29, 2022

So don't be surprised, or discouraged. Prepare yourselves, testify anyway, and don't fall away. Also, how the Spirit partners with you, in testifying to the world.

Let's start this morning by rereading John 15:18-16:4. In these verses, Jesus describes our relationship to the world: (18) If the world, you, it hates, know that me, before you, it has hated. (19) If of/from the world, you were, the world would love its own. Now, because of/from the world ...read more

Scripture: John 16:1-33

Vida Reformada: Sola Fide

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on Oct 21, 2022

Sólo la fe es el medio para recibir la salvación que es sólo por gracia y sólo por la obra de Cristo.

Este mes en nuestra serie: “Vida Reformada” hemos estado considerando las llamadas “5 Solas de la Reforma” y sus implicaciones prácticas para nosotros como herederos de la fe reformada. Hemos visto tres de las cinco: Sola Scriptura, Solus Christus y Sola Gratia. Generalmente, en las ...read more

Scripture: Romans 3:21-28

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Which Shepherd Are You Choosing? (Pt. 2) Series

Contributed by Richard Tow on Sep 19, 2022

This exposition of Zechariah 11:7-17 examines Zechariah's prediction of Christ's rejection at his First Advent and the consequences of that rejection. The timeless truth taught is: when the leadership God sends is rejected, the judgment that follows is bad leadership.

Intro We concluded last week with God instructing Zechariah to take on the role of a shepherd. Follow with me as we read Zechariah 11:4. “This is what the Lord my God says: ‘Shepherd the flock marked for slaughter.”i That is the assignment God gives Zechariah. He is to represent the Lord as a good ...read more

Scripture: Zechariah 11:1-17, Matthew 15:14-15, John 1:1-11, Matthew 23:1-39, Matthew 26:14-16, Matthew 27:1-10, Revelation 19:20, John 11:1-48, Galatians 5:15-23  (view more)  (view less)

Denomination: Charismatic

Padres Sabios

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on May 10, 2024

Los padres sabios temen más a Dios que a sus hijos.

Varios de los que estamos aquí hemos tenido el privilegio de ser padres. ¿Te acuerdas cuándo te golpeó la realidad por primera vez del hecho de que ya eras papá o mamá? En mi caso, cuando nació mi primogénito, yo no me encontraba en Mérida. Estaba en ...read more

Scripture: Proverbs 22:6, Proverbs 1:7, Proverbs 22:15

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

En Esta Familia: Cuidamos Lo Que Dios Nos Da

Contributed by Wilbur Madera Rivas on May 26, 2023

Somos administradores de lo que Dios nos da.

Mucho antes de que la cultura del reciclaje y la reutilización se empezara a establecer en nuestra sociedad, mi madre la practicaba celosamente. Con mi mamá no podía haber algo que se desperdiciara o tirara sin razón. Por ejemplo, en la casa tirar comida era pecado capital. ...read more

Scripture: Psalm 8:1-9

Denomination: Presbyterian/Reformed

Perfection In Paradise Series

Contributed by Michael Stark on Dec 1, 2023

An unusual Advent series focusing on how we arrived t our present condition so we will know why it was necessary for Messiah to be born in order to give His life.

“God said, ‘Let us make man in our image, after our likeness. And let them have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over the livestock and over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.’ So, God created man in his own image, in the ...read more

Scripture: Genesis 1:26-31

Denomination: Baptist

Gaslighting God

Contributed by Robert Walderman on Jan 9, 2024

This chapter can be a case of Gaslighting and false repentance by the people in an attempt to change the reality of their situation by minimizing their responsibility and blaming God. Some say it is a “Straw man” set up by the Prophet to be demolished by God’s answer in the next chapter.

Well, it feels good to be back in this particular pulpit after 25 years! I want to thank Pastor Caleb for the opportunity. Please turn to Isaiah 64. Hear now the word of the Lord. May God be blessed with the reading of His word. Please join in prayer. Before I get to looking at the chapter, I ...read more

Scripture: Isaiah 64:1-12

Denomination: Baptist

It’s Party Time - Mark 2:18-22 Series

Contributed by Darrell Ferguson on Jul 29, 2023

Jesus is asked why his disciples don’t engage in the expected fasting like John’s and the Pharisees. Answer: his presence is the arrival of God as bridegroom bringing salvation to Israel, so fasting would be inappropriate.

Mark 2:18 Now John’s disciples and the Pharisees were fasting. Some people came and asked Jesus, “How is it that John’s disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees are fasting, but yours are not?” 19 Jesus answered, “How can the guests of the bridegroom fast while he is with them? They cannot, so ...read more

Scripture: Mark 2:18-22