Episodi

  • Psalm 41 O Lord Be Gracious to Me

    Psalm 41 O Lord Be Gracious to Me
    Jan 12 2026
    PM Service 11 January 2026 Psalm 41 reminds us that God blesses the merciful, hears the penitent, upholds the betrayed, and vindicates His servant forever. David’s cry, ‘O Lord, be gracious to me,’ finds its ultimate fulfillment in Jesus Christ—betrayed by a close friend, yet raised in victory. This expository sermon points us to Christ’s mercy, calls us to confession, and assures us of God’s delight in His people.
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    36 min
  • 08 Christ Redeems from the Curse of the Law - Galatians 3'1-8

    08 Christ Redeems from the Curse of the Law - Galatians 3'1-8
    Jan 12 2026
    AM Service 11 January 2026 🌿 Christ Redeems from the Curse of the Law 🌿 Galatians 3:10–14 shows us two paths: relying on the law, which ends in curse, or resting in Christ, who bore the curse for us. On the cross He became the cursed One so that we might receive Abraham’s blessing and the gift of the Spirit by faith. ✝️ No longer condemned—now blessed in Christ. 🔥 No longer slaves—now Spirit-filled sons and daughters. 👉 Join us as we rejoice in the gospel of grace: “The righteous shall live by faith.” #Galatians #SolaFide #ChristRedeems #ExpositoryPreaching #JustificationByFaith
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    29 min
  • Psalm 40 My Help and My Deliverer

    Psalm 40 My Help and My Deliverer
    Jan 5 2026
    PM Service 04 Jan 2026 💡 Start the new year with Psalm 40: “My Help and My Deliverer.” David’s song of waiting, trusting, and rejoicing finds its fulfillment in Christ—and gives us hope for the year ahead. 🙏
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    28 min
  • 07 Faith Not Law Brings Blessings - Galatians 3'1-9

    07 Faith Not Law Brings Blessings - Galatians 3'1-9
    Jan 4 2026
    AM Worship Service 04 January 2026, Lebanon Presbyterian Church (PCA), Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA 👉 “Did you receive the Spirit by works of the law or by hearing with faith?” (Gal. 3:2) Paul’s message is clear: Christ crucified is enough. Salvation is not by works but by faith, just as Abraham believed God and was counted righteous. 🎧 Listen to the full sermon on Galatians 3:1–9: Faith, Not Law, Brings Blessing.
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    35 min
  • Psalm 39 Lord Make Me To Know My End

    Psalm 39 Lord Make Me To Know My End
    Dec 29 2025
    PM Service 28 December 2025 There are certain subjects that we, as human beings, would rather avoid. We fill our days with activity, our ears with noise, and our schedules with tasks—partly, perhaps, to drown out the deeper questions that haunt us: How long do I have to live? What will become of me when I die? What is the point of all my striving if I must soon leave it all behind? Psalm 39 forces us to face those questions head-on. It is one of David’s most searching and sobering prayers. You will notice it is not a psalm of praise or thanksgiving. It is a psalm of lament, born out of deep affliction. David is wrestling with the brevity of life, with the futility of human labor, and with the heavy hand of God’s discipline. He cries out: “O LORD, make me know my end and what is the measure of my days; let me know how fleeting I am!” (v. 4). In this psalm, David comes to terms with truths that every one of us must reckon with sooner or later: • Life is short. • Death is certain. • Wealth and human achievements cannot last. • And only God Himself can be our hope. This is not morbid reflection. It is wisdom. Moses prayed in Psalm 90:12, “So teach us to number our days that we may get a heart of wisdom.” In the same spirit, David here is asking the Lord to make him deeply aware of the brevity of life, so that he might live wisely, humbly, and hopefully before God. Psalm 39 is unique in that it leaves us with a sense of longing rather than resolution. It ends with a plea, not a triumph. But that longing is meant to drive us beyond David to David’s greater Son—the Lord Jesus Christ—who entered into our frailty, bore our rebuke, and secured for us eternal hope. So tonight, as we study this psalm, I want us to walk with David through his struggle: his silence, his lament, his confession, and his prayer. And in each movement, we will see how Christ fulfills this psalm and how He enables us to live as pilgrims in this fleeting world. Sermon Theme: Because life is fleeting and uncertain, we must fix our hope in the Lord through Christ, who alone gives permanence and peace. We will consider the psalm in four parts: 1. A Resolution to Guard the Tongue (vv. 1–3) 2. The Brevity and Vanity of Life (vv. 4–6) 3. Turning to God in Hope (vv. 7–11) 4. The Plea of a Pilgrim (vv. 12–13)
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    37 min
  • 06 Justification through Faith Not Works - Galatians 2'15-21

    06 Justification through Faith Not Works - Galatians 2'15-21
    Dec 29 2025
    AM Sermon, 28 December 2025, Lebanon Presbyterian Church (PCA), Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA Brothers and sisters, as we continue our series in Paul’s letter to the Galatians, we come this morning to what may be the very heart of the epistle—and indeed, one of the clearest and most powerful statements in all of Scripture about how a sinner is made right with God. The question is as old as humanity itself: How can I, a guilty sinner, stand before a holy God and be accepted? Men and women in every age have sought the answer. Some turn to religion, piling up rituals and good works, hoping they will be enough. Others turn inward, trusting their own sincerity or moral efforts. Still others despair altogether, convinced there is no hope. But the Word of God cuts through all of these and declares with unmistakable clarity: justification—our being declared righteous before God—comes only through faith in Jesus Christ, not by works of the law. To appreciate the force of Paul’s words, we must remember where we are in this letter. Paul has just described his confrontation with Peter in Antioch. Peter, who once ate freely with Gentile believers, drew back when men came from James. His withdrawal sent a dangerous message: that Gentile believers were second-class unless they adopted Jewish law. Paul would not stand for it, because the truth of the gospel was at stake. What follows in verses 15 through 21 is Paul’s theological explanation of that confrontation. Here he lays down the gospel in the clearest of terms. And friends, this is not merely an old controversy about Jews and Gentiles in the first century. It is a message for us today. For every heart here is tempted in some way to turn back to law, to trust in our own works, to add something to Christ. Paul shows us that to do so is to empty the cross of its meaning.
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    28 min
  • Psalm 38 - Do Not forsake Me Lord

    Psalm 38 - Do Not forsake Me Lord
    Dec 22 2025
    PM Worship Service, 21 December 2025 Beloved, there are moments in the Christian life when sin becomes unbearably heavy. The joy of communion with God seems distant, the heart aches with guilt, and the conscience will not be silenced. That is the scene before us in Psalm 38. This is one of the seven penitential psalms — a prayer of a believer who feels the crushing weight of sin and the sting of God’s fatherly discipline. David, the man after God’s own heart, groans under the arrows of divine chastening. His body aches, his spirit trembles, his friends withdraw, and his enemies surround him. Yet, through it all, his eyes remain lifted to the Lord: “Do not forsake me, O Lord! O my God, be not far from me! Make haste to help me, O Lord, my salvation!” (vv. 21–22). This psalm is a gift to us. It teaches us how to pray when guilt pierces the soul, when suffering humbles the heart, and when loneliness deepens our sorrow. It reminds us that though sin wounds deeply, there is mercy, restoration, and hope for those who look to the Lord. And it ultimately points us to Christ, who bore the full weight of our sin, so that in our darkest hour we may still say, “You, O Lord, are my salvation.” As we open this psalm, let us listen carefully — not only to David’s cry, but to the Spirit speaking through him — calling us to honest confession, humble submission, and confident trust in the steadfast love of our God.
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    37 min
  • Our Humble Exalted Savior - Philippians 2'5-11

    Our Humble Exalted Savior - Philippians 2'5-11
    Dec 21 2025
    AM Service 21 December 2025 The One who spoke the worlds into being, who dwelt from eternity in unapproachable light, stepped down into the lowliness of our humanity — not merely to share in our life but to rescue us from our sin. The Lord of glory became the servant of all, and because He humbled Himself to the point of death, even death on a cross, the Father has highly exalted Him. And this, beloved, is not just the story of Christmas; it is the story of our salvation. It is the story Paul sings in Philippians 2:5–11 — often called the “Christ Hymn” — where the Spirit carries us from the depths of Christ’s humiliation to the heights of His exaltation. And Paul does not give us this hymn simply to inform our minds, but to shape our hearts. He says in verse 5, “Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.” This morning, we will see how this text calls us to worship our humble and exalted Savior and to follow His pattern of humility in our lives.
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    25 min