Isaiah 63:1-6 Salvation as Judgment on the Wicked (April 7, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Isaiah 63:1-6 Isaiah gives the final of four messianic prophecies in chapters 59-63. Here the emphasis falls on Christ coming in judgment. How does this judgment relate to the other oracles of salv...
7 Huhti 202436min
Hebrews 7:1-28 Christ as Priest Raised from the Dead (March 31, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
Christ's work as priest is not limited to his sacrifice on the cross. He continues to serve as priest having been raised from the dead. He is the priest forever after the order of Melchizedek and plea...
31 Maalis 202433min
Hebrews 8:1-9:14 Christ as Priest on the Cross (March 31, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
Jesus is our great High Priest, through whom the way has been opened to God. How was this way opened? Through his death. Christ is both the priest and the sacrifice whereby we are cleansed from our s...
31 Maalis 202445min
Philippians 3:12-16 Strive for More (March 23, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Philippians 3:12-16 Paul exhorts the Philippians to strive for more in the Christian life. It can be so easy to be complacent in the Christian life, but Paul teaches us the Christian life is one th...
23 Maalis 202440min
Isaiah 62:1-9 Give Him No Rest (March 23, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Isaiah 62:1-9 Isaiah speaks about the prayers that ought to be made to God in light of the coming of Christ. The passage actually starts out with an example of Christ's prayers for the restoration ...
23 Maalis 202443min
Philippians 3:1-11 Two Kinds of Religion (Part 3): New Perspective on Paul? (March 17, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
Philippians 3:1-11 is a major passage used by those who teach the New Perspective on Paul. Pastor Grasso shows that the historic Reformed position on justification is the teaching of the Bible.
17 Maalis 202438min
Isaiah 61:10-62:12 Rejoice, pray, evangelize (March 17, 2024 AM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Isaiah 61:10-62:12 Isaiah gives three ways in which we are to respond to the good news of the coming Messiah: Rejoice, pray, and evangelize. We live in the days where all these things have been ful...
17 Maalis 202439min
Philippians 3:1-11 Two Kinds of Religion (Part 2): Counting Christ as More (March 10, 2024 PM, Rev. Michael Grasso)
In Philippians 3:1-11 Paul is speaking about true versus false Christianity. What was it that enabled him to see through temptation of false Christianity? It was his rejoicing in Christ. Paul simply ...
10 Maalis 202441min
