Abortion

What Leads to Abortion? a sermon from 2022 (text, audio)

Abortion and Selfish Ambition, a blog post from 2020 based on an earlier sermon

Scripture, President Obama, and Roe v Wade, a blog post from 2013

Knitted Together in Your Mother’s Womb, a blog post from 2015

Assurance

How Do I Know if I am Saved? (from 2004. Blog, pdf of booklet)

When God Seems Distant (a blog post from 2018)

Don’t Be Cowards; Fear! (a blog post from 2009)

Authority of Scripture

The Foundation of the Reformation: The Authority of Scripture (a sermon from Reformation Sunday 2017)

A series of blog posts on the authority of Scripture from 2013

Part 1: You are God’s Two-Year-Old

Part 2: We Can’t Think Straight

Part 3: Why Did a Davidson Math Major and Stanford PhD Submit Himself to the Authority of Scripture?

Part 4: References

Christians and Politics

Disagreements? In Church? A blog post from 2020

How Should a Christian Vote? A blog post from 2008

Church Polity

Questions Asked at the Installation of an Elder

2008 Sermon series on Polity:

What is Preaching and Why is it Central? textaudio

What are Elders and Why Should We Have Them? textaudio

What is Shepherding and Why Must Elders Do It? textaudio

What is a Senior Pastor, and Why Do We Have One? textaudio

Since We Have Elders, What is the Role of the Congregation? textaudio 

Why are My Pastors and Elders So Disappointing, and What Should I Do About It? textaudio

Cultivating Right and Strong Desires/ “Christian Hedonism”

2006 Sermon Series: The Tragedy of Weak Desires

The Tragedy of Desiring Money

The Tragedy of Desiring Sex

The Tragedy of Desiring Success

The Tragedy of Desiring a Great Family (audio)

Finding Your Greatest Joy (a sermon from 2003) text audio

DGCC Core Values

A two-sermon series from 2006 on Romans 15:1-13

Why Does the Church Exist? textaudio

How Can the Church Fulfill Its Purpose? textaudio

Election

Foreknown, Predestined, Called, Justified, Glorified, (a sermon on Romans 8:28-30 from 2016)

God’s Sovereignty in Salvation (a sermon on Galatians 1:13-16 from 2007)

Gospel Summary

(A series of blog posts from 2015 on the Two Kingdoms Gospel summary)

Two Kingdoms: Rebellion

Two Kingdoms: Our Rebellion Destroys True Pleasure

Two Kingdoms: The Kingdom of Darkness Defeated

Two Kingdoms: Repentance

Set Apart for the Nations (a sermon on Acts 22 from 2009)

Homosexuality and Gender

Homosexuality and Same Sex Attraction in the Light of God’s Word (a sermon from 2011)

Marriage and Gender Identity in Scripture (a sermon from 2015)

Law and Gospel

God’s Law and Life in His Family (shorter blog post from 2015, longer sermon audio from 2010)

“Linism” and Resisting Evil (shorter blog post from 2018, longer sermon audio from 2013)

By Works of the Law No Man Will Be Justified (the first of several sermons on Romans 3:19-26 from 2015)

Marriage and Family

My Excellent Wife, My Valentine (a sermon from 2019) text audio

The Compost Pile: An Analogy of Forgiveness and Forbearance in Marriage (a blog post from 2013)

The Best Valentines Gift (a blog post from 2009)

Baby and Child Dedication: Questions to Parents and the Congregation (a blog post from 2021)

Reflections on Parenthood and Letting Go (a blog post from 2013)

Missions

The Time is Coming to Gather All Nations (a sermon from 2008 on Isaiah 66:18-23)

Go Therefore and Disciple All Nations text audio (a sermon from 2014 on Matthew 28:16-20)

Christmas and Missions (a blog post from 2015)

What is T4T? (a blog post from 2016)

A Life Lived to God’s Glory Among the Nations: Ralph Winter, 1925-2009 (a blog post from 2009)

Money, Giving, and Material Possessions

2014 Sermon series Where Do You Find Identity, Security, and Joy? A Scriptural Understanding of Money, Giving, and Material Possessions

Your Identity: The Foundation of a Biblical View of Money text audio

Where is Your Security? Text audio

Where is Your Joy? Text audio

Contentment: The Fruit of Finding Identity, Security, and Joy in God text audio

Generosity vs Sincere Concern text audio

Why Do You Own Anything? Text audio

Working to the Glory of God text audio

Spending to the Glory of God text audio

Enjoying What God Richly Provides text audio

The Currency of Giving and Receiving text audio

Giving? How? Text audio

What Do You Want More Than Anything Else? text audio

Prayer

Does Prayer Really Do Anything? (a sermon on 2 Corinthians 1:11 from 2003)

A Prayer to the Sovereign Lord (a blog post from 2017)

A Prayer for the Inauguration (a blog post from 2009)

A Prayer for Our Country on her 244th Birthday (a blog post from 2020)

Providence

Providence: How and Why God Acts (a blog post from 2021)

Study Guide on God’s Providence (20 lessons)

How Sovereign is God? (a blog post from 2015)

Racial Harmony

Elder Statement on Racial Reconciliation from 2021

The Reluctant Ambassador, a sermon on the book of Jonah from 2003

Whoever Loves God Must Also Love Whom? a blog post from 2017

Trayvon, George – And You a blog post from 2013

Do Justice! a blog post from 2020

Suffering

When is an Attack Not Evil? Suffering in the Apostle Paul’s Life, a blog post from 2021

Through Many Tribulations We Must Enter the Kingdom of God text audio (a sermon from 2009)

Do All Things Work for Good? God’s Glory and Our Suffering (audio of a sermon series from 2016)

Behind the Curtain, On the Stage, Job 1 and 2

Is Suffering Meaningless? Job 3-19

The Fear of the Lord, That is Wisdom, Job 20-31

Two Purposes for Suffering, Job 32-37

Fearing the Lord Rightly, Job 38-42 part 1

Does God Work All Things Together for Good in Job’s Life – And in Yours? Job 38-42 part 2

The Story of the Bible

Read the Bible in Its Entirety

The Creation to Culmination Story