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The Lord’s Majestic Name is Praised

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  Psalm 8:1-9 (text); Hebrews 2:5-9 June 7, 2015 Download sermon (PDF) Dear Congregation of Christ: Summer is almost here, and we look forward to these next three months. How will you spend your summer? More and more people today choose to go to remote places where there are wonderful beaches, big mountains, big waterfalls, and other beautiful sceneries. It is so natural for human beings to enjoy looking at nature. As Christians, when we go to see these places, our minds always turn to how wonderful and majestic God’s…

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Sermon Series on the Psalms and the Sabbath

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O LORD, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens (Psalm 8:1). Yesterday, we began two new sermon series. I’ll be preaching on select chapters from the Book of Psalms. And every first Sunday for four Sundays, I’ll be preaching on texts related to the Sabbath Day, supplemented by Westminster Larger Catechism (WLC) Questions 116-120. Why are we studying and meditating on the Book of Psalms? Read “10 Reasons Why We’re Studying the Psalms.” Here’s a first glance at…

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Glory to Man, Glory to God

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  Genesis 11:1-9 (text); Luke 2:8-14; Acts 2:1-11; Revelation 7:9-12 December 14, 2014 (KSYC) • Download this article In 1889, the race to build the tallest building in the modern world began when the 896-foot tall Eiffel Tower in Paris was built. In 1931, Empire State Building in New York became the tallest building in the world at 1,250 feet. But in 1967, the Ostankino Tower in Moscow towered over it at 1,762 feet. In 2007, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, literally went over the top at…

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Isaiah Sermons 

2015—: “The Year of the Lord’s Favor”

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  Leviticus 25:8-12; Isaiah 61:1-11 (text); Luke 4:16-30 January 4, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction C ongregation of Christ: Isaiah 61 is the proclamation by God of “the year of the Lord’s favor” in which God will send the long-awaited Messiah “to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to those who are bound” (verse 1). This verse was read by Jesus when he went to the synagogue in Nazareth on the Sabbath day after he overcame Satan’s temptations in…

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Ezekiel Sermons 

The Promise Keeper’s New Year’s “Resolutions”

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  Ezekiel 36:24-29a (text); John 3:5-8 December 28, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Congregation of Christ: A recent survey of Americans published these statistics: 45 percent make New Year’s resolutions, but only 8 percent accomplish them—maybe; 47 percent make resolutions related to self-improvement or education, 38 percent related to weight, 34 percent related to money, and 31 percent related to relationships.1 These are not bad resolutions, but what is the focus of all these? It is self: “I will do this thing. And I will do that thing.”…

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Christmas Sermons 

Our Only Comfort and Joy

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  Readings: Isaiah 40:1-5; 42:5-7; Luke 2:22-35; 2:29-32 (text) December 24, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Finally, the promised Seed of the Woman, the Offspring of Abraham who would be the Blessing to All Nations, the Prophet greater than Moses, the Son of David who would be the Everlasting King, has come! He was born of a woman, but conceived by the Holy Spirit. Although “in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell” (Col 1:19), because of God’s love for his people, he came down from…

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The Shepherd-King from Bethlehem

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Micah 5:2-5 (text); Psalm 23:1-6; Matthew 2:1-11 December 21, 2014 KSYC (Yreka, CA) • Download this meditation (PDF) “But you, O Bethlehem Ephrathah, who are too little to be among the clans of Judah, from you shall come forth for me one who is to be ruler in Israel, whose coming forth is from of old, from ancient days… And he shall stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of the LORD” (Micah 5:2-4). This Sunday before Christmas we will focus on the little town of Bethlehem and the wise…

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Liturgy for December 21, 2014

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  Welcome and Announcements Coming into God’s Presence * Song of Praise and Adoration: “O Come, All Ye Faithful” #193:1-3 (Brown Hymnal) * Call to Worship: Psalm 148 * Opening Prayer * Invocation: Psalm 124:8 Our help comes from the Lord, who made heaven and earth. * God’s Greeting: Galatians 1:3-5 Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ, who gave himself for our sins to deliver us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father, to whom be the glory forever…

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Christmas Worship 

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

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  Welcome to our Festival of Lessons & Carols on December 21, 2014 • 12:30 – 1:30 PM. Download this liturgy (PDF) Through readings from God’s Holy Word, we will recount the dramatic history of salvation. We will survey the whole panorama of redemptive history from the Garden of Eden in Genesis 2-3, through the promises to the Patriarchs, the Prophets, the Psalms, and to their climactic fulfillment in the Gospels: the Incarnation of the Eternal Word. Finally, we look forward to the return of the God-Man to this earth in…

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Christmas Sermons 

“To Remember His Holy Covenant”

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  Psalm 105:8, 9; Luke 1:72-75 (text) December 14, 2014 • Download this sermon (PDF) Introduction Dear Congregation of Christ: Last Lord’s Day, we began our study of the Song of Zechariah in Luke Chapter 1. Zechariah prophesied that “a horn of salvation” promised by the prophets of old would come to visit and redeem God’s people. This “horn of salvation” is Jesus, the cousin of his yet to be born son, John the Baptizer. In our lesson for today in verses 72-75, Zechariah’s prophecy continues with God sending this “horn of…

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