Dear Church | Humility by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

I Kings 3:9-12 documents Solomon’s famous request from God for wisdom to rule the kingdom of Israel after the death of his father David. Recognizing the weight of his calling: “your servant is in the midst of your people whom you have chosen, a great people, too many to be numbered or accounted for multitude.” ...and recognizing his own inadequacy:…

Dear Church | Identity of Ministers by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Solomon proclaims in Psalm 127 that ascending in any area of life is conditional upon “vigilant providence” (Elicotts commentary). That is the providence of God, not as a set of impersonal systems, but the proactive favor of the Lord. Consider this song in light of the calling of its author, Solomon, a man appointed to build the house of the Lord a…

Our recent resurrection themed sermon began with Ezekiel's vision of dry bones. Here in chapter 37:9-10, it was the breath of God picturing the power and means of His Holy Spirit that infused life into the human remains. The prophecy provides a fitting image to illustrate the difference the Spirit makes in every aspect of the believer's life. In II…

Dear Church | God's Wisdom by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Building on our theme from “Palm Sunday”, today we consider milestones marking the covenant history of the hope of life after death. Just as the message of Jesus' triumphal entry is magnified upon the realization of a prophetic pattern in scripture, so too is the message of resurrection. Since the advent of the curse there can be no gospel (good ne…

Dear Church | God's Building by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

One Gospel for All Generations | Ty Gaston by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

My thesis today is 2-fold: FIRST: the message of Palm Sunday is magnified upon the realization of a prophetic pattern in scripture & SECOND: Palm Sunday signals the great hero archetype of history. In support of proposition one: There is a prophetic symmetry enhancing the glories of Palm Sunday in covenant history. 1. Joseph’s coronation (Gen 41:38…

The book of Genesis is separated by two major historical context divisions. The 1st includes chapters 1-11 involving the state of all the world before and after both the fall of man and the great flood. The 2nd includes chapters 12-50 which follow the family line and promises of Abraham in the interest of a saving hope for humanity. The book of Gen…

Dear Church | Spiritual People by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Psalm 126 features a hope of ascent sufficient to endure trials of destitution and exile. This is a song fitting for the covenantal terms prophetically revealed by Moses in Dt 4: 25-31. Here the prophet, declares before witnesses that the consequences of apostasy for Israel would include defeat, exile, & persecution…yet God would not utterly banish…

Dear Church | Christ Crucified by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

As Paul prepares to address more issues at the church in Corinth, he testifies to Jesus Christ as the wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption of the universal church (1:30). Paul will go on to expand upon these themes in the context of present trials facing the church as the letter progresses. Beginning with the concept of wisdom in o…

Dear Church | Soli Deo Gloria by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

An overview of Joseph’s life reveals striking parallels in his calling & ministry to the person and work of Jesus. Jesus was the ultimate Messiah stooping low to save His people. Joseph is an early messianic prototype joining the testimony of Melchizedek as an early king, so to speak, prefiguring the King of Kings Jesus Christ. A unique aspect of t…

Dear Church | Solus Christus by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Now that Jacob has finally died, nothing stands between Joseph and his revenge, or sohis brother feared. Of all the riveting events In the life of Joseph, from his sensational prophetic dreams, tothe betrayal of his brother, to his rise to international prominence from the unjust confines of an Egyptianprison, to his world-rescuing famine pollcies …

Dear Church | Church Unified by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

The vantage point of the mountains in proximity to Jerusalem serve as a stage for the proclamations (Mt. Sinai, Mt. Carmel) and purposes of God (Mt. Moriah, Calvary) throughout covenant history. We can easily imagine our author inspired to write this song on his way to worship in Jerusalem. Perhaps traveling there at great cost. He traverses hill a…

Dear Church | Dear Corinth by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

What was to be the basis for the same mind and judgment that would establish the unifying principle among believers in Corinth? Paul had received reports of schism within the church. Factions were developing around various burgeoning ministries in the early days of Christianity. This tendency likely mirrored worldly trends at the time. Greco/Roman …

Revival & Restoration | Building & Restoring | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Much of Jacob’s life bore testimony to the grace of God in spite of his own frailties and failures. By his own accounting before Pharaoh he declared (47:9) “…Few and evil have been the days of the years of my life, and they have not attained to the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their sojourning.” Jacob was greatly overs…

Revival & Reformation | Beauty of Holiness | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Jacob's dying song prophesies that the sons of Rachel will be incorporated in the legacy and blessings of all future national Israel. Ephraim's name, as the prominent son of Joseph, will become synonymous with the ten northern tribes, and Benjamin will join Judah as a southern tribe as covenant history unfolds. Given this context, the blessings pro…

Revival & Reformation | Christ is Lord | Ty Gaston by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

A song of ascent written by King David. Ps 124 is a worship song and anational anthem. It was written by Israel's godly king and it stands as a universal call to worship. Inthis installment, the songs of ascent shift to the 2nd person perspective directing the attention andcommanding the confession of all the people to affirm their source of help a…

Revival & Reformation | Nature of Revival | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Anticipating much of what he will expand later by way of correction and instruction, Paul introduces church essentials here in the spirit of affirmation. A quote from one commentary (JFB) notes: “Chrysostom remarks that the name of Christ is oftener mentioned in this than in any other epistle, the apostle designing thereby to draw them away from th…

Joel 2:12-27 | Calling a Fast | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Tis the Season | Love | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Our sermon title proclaims the message of history. With each year that passes, the consummation of the kingdom of God looms ever closer. In accordance with the reality of God’s sovereign plan unfolding in time according to His eternal decree, so the light of revelational clarity intensifies for those with eyes of faith trained to behold its shinnin…

Following the theme from last week's sermon: “Shepherd’s Lament” from Ps 123 and returning to our text in Genesis 49, we trace the yearning for salvation language back further still to the patriarchal era of covenant history. (Review) Lament: “When the longing of our souls joins the groaning of all creation in anguish and faith that upon the coming…

There are advent connections to Psalm 123 to bracket our message today. Throughout the prophets and in particular Jeremiah's “Lamentations”, the reader encounters a striking tone of sadness coloring so much of this Old Testament literature. While hopeful, our song today is another example of sorrow expressed in the Biblical record. Why are sad song…

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Tis the Season | Joy | Erik Ripley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

ProvCast | Elder Candidate Interview | Eric Rokohl by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Peter describes the believer as a Holy Priesthood. If we are born again, wewill be transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit to be a Holy Priesthood. Butwhat does that look like? How are we to conduct ourselves, and how are we towalk in the Spirit? In this morning's text, we will see learn what we are called todo, to not do, and what our role is …

Paul introduces his letter to the Corinthian church by setting forth the ideal. Hisaffirmation and description of the church is inspiring and fundamental, drawing the attention of hisreaders to the glory of God revealed through the body He establishes and upholds. Everything thatfollows in the letter by way of exhortation, rebuke, and encouragement…

Tis the Season | Hope | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Psalm 69:30-36 | Gratitude | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

Mark | Commission & Dominion | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

In Jacob's dying song we revisit a great theme of the book of Genesis: 'The Significant Son'. Remember the hope of Genesis 3:15? The woman's son would crush the serpents head. Perhaps Adam and Eve where hopeful that their first born Cain would be their savior. As the narrative continues, the birth of Seth following the murder of Able and the banish…

A subtitle for today's message could be: “Patriarchal Prophecy”. Consider the significant context of these events recorded in Genesis chapters 48 & 49. Jacob has called a family reunion for the purpose of prophetic declaration. Assembling his sons, he takes the occasion of his looming death to communicate to the next generation their covenantal ide…

Mark | Long Live the King | Kort Marley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

What event might have marked the singing of the very first song of ascent in its historical context? Who might be its author and singer? I submit a compelling case can be made for King David and the events of II Sam 6. Here, upon the king's direction, the ark of the covenant makes its own ascent up the hill of the Lord to be placed in the city of J…

Mark | Behold the King | Erik Ripley by Providence Community Church저자 Providence Community Church

This message is our 13th sermon from the short, yet powerful epistle of Jude. Once a month, for more than a year, we have considered in detail the implications an applications of Jude's instructions to the church. Today we will seek to place these themes in context considering the book as a whole. I have taken as my outline for Jude's letter, the f…