Sermons from Providence Church

Dane Hernandez preaches from Luke 24:13-35

Eric “Gunny” Hartman preaches from Matthew 18:7-9

Eric “Gunny” Hartman preaches from Matthew 18:5-6

Eric “Gunny” Hartman preaches from Ephesians 4:11-16

Eric “Gunny” Hartman preaches from Matthew 18:1-6

Eric "Gunny" Hartman preaches from Matthew 17:24-27.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Christians are to be uncommon in their responses to enemies, following the example of the perfect Truine God who loves even the unlovable.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

To glory God our Father, Christians should speak as though they are always under oath.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Reconciliation is required for worship, such that we must reconcile with fellow Christians before worshiping our common Father.

Mary serves as an example of responding rightly in faithful obedience to the message of the Messiah who saves His people from the sins.

Caesar serves as an example of God’s sovereignty in the culmination of a baby born in Bethlehem

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Pursue practical righteousness to validate your positional righteousness.

Jesus perfectly fulfilled the Law & Prophets (i.e., the entire Old Testament) to validate His Messiahship and to the benefit of His people, which are accounted righteous by faith in Him.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

We are peacemakers & show ourselves to be God’s children when we evangelize.

We show ourselves to be God’s children when we make peace horizontally.

Feed your faith to purify your heart.

Mercying others shows that you’ve been mercied by God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

God comforts His people as they mourn their sin with assurances that they are His children and their sins are forgiven.

You must recognize your spiritual poverty before you can enjoy the riches of Christ’s kingdom.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

After forerunner John the Baptist is arrested, King Jesus begins recruiting subjects for His kingdom by proclaiming a message of repentance.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

John the Baptist helps us see the danger of religious self-deception by exposing it in the religious leaders of Christ’s day.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Herod’s evil response, which is intended to eliminate the Messiah, is emblematic of those who respond to Him with animosity instead of faithful allegiance, as is fitting for the newborn King.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Through noting a parallel fulfillment in Exodus stories, Matthew portrays Jesus as the dutiful Son, the true Israel, in contrast to God’s former covenant people.

The wise men serve as an example of the wisdom in worshiping the Christ, in contrast to the hostility of Herod and the apathy of the Jewish leaders.

Matthew posits Joseph as an example of responding rightly to the news of the Christ God had sent to save Jesus’ people from their sins.

Through genealogy, Matthew shows that Jesus is qualified to be and is the Christ, the long-awaited Messiah, or One anointed by God to be King of His people.

There is comfort for God’s people as He dwells with them and will avenge all wrongs done to His people.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Jesus is the Son of God, the chosen King, but He’s rejected by those for whom He does not meet their expectations, even though He offers what they need.

Though His people are often mistreated, there will come a day in which God will hold those oppressors accountable.

The nature of the New Covenant is such that Joel’s prophecy’s fulfillment begins in Acts 2 with fulfillment extending into our day and beyond.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Joel explains the response to sin is to be authentic repentance because of God’s reputation.

Joel’s description of the destruction from the forecast day of the LORD is a reminder of the solace from God’s ultimate judgment that can only be found through faith in the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

Joel calls attention to the need for God’s people to cry out to Him in dependence and repentance in times of crisis, especially when experiencing discipline from the Lord.

Joel explains the significance of Judah’s locust invasion as God’s confrontation of their unfaithfulness to the Mosaic covenant.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

We are to glorify God by making Him look good, and NOT making Him look bad, by relying on Him, as is seen in prayer, and by spreading gospel, the good news about who Jesus is and what He did.

Christians can endure the challenges of the Christian life that come from the reality of spiritual warfare because Christ’s victory over evil is certain.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store.�Maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more.

Jesus is the righteous branch whom God had promised who brings righteousness and peace to His people.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Paul’s declaration of intended travels reveal the Christian priorities of unity, generosity, and interconnectivity.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Solus Christus means that only the atonement of the suffering servant is sufficient to satisfy the Father as spiritual healing only comes through Christ.

Characteristics of the Roman Christians give Paul confidence in their conversion, but he writes boldly to encourage their growth in holiness, since part of his assignment from the Lord is to present them to Christ as sanctified for His glory.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

The Bible & prayer are instrumental to our endurance & encouragement unto hope & harmony within the body of Christ, so that we may be unified to the glory of God.

Put pleasing others before pleasing yourself, just as Jesus did.

Faith is essential to avoiding sin in the Christian life as we lovingly practice our freedom in Christ with a view toward others.

Reflecting upon God’s gracious works for His people, we are moved to exalt God now and forever more.

Prioritize your brother or sister’s sanctification over your eating or drinking or doing anything that you might want to do and are free to do.

Just as love at times limits liberty, so can our pursuit of peaceful edification of the brethren in joyfully serving Christ as we major not in the minors.

Christians have liberty in matters of conscience, but that liberty should at times be limited out of love for one another.

The reason we shouldn’t judge fellow Christians on matters of convictions and conscience is because we will be judged by the Lord.

Christian conduct is regulated by the dictates of the Master, including the exercise of Christian liberty, which may be curbed in deference to His purposes to the neglect of their own.

When living out our convictions among church members with whom we may disagree, we must be convinced in our own minds and do so with Thanksgiving and honor to the Lord as we serve Him.

Christians are Christ’s servants, so their approach to Christian living and matters of conscience is accountable to Him, not us.

Even though those who are of strong or weak conscience are not required to agree on convictions, they are required to accept one another within the body of Christ.

Our sanctification is achieved by a Spirit reliant focus on Christ which ensures we make no provision for the flesh.

The second coming of Christ motivates us to holy living.

As we love our neighbors, we fulfill the Law of God.

As part of Christian submission to the governing authorities God put in place, we are to render them our taxes and the honor we owe them.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Because all governing authorities are installed by God, Christians must submit to governing authorities.

Genuine love for those hostile to the faith necessitates responding differently than the world when we are wronged.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Genuine love toward the brethren validates our membership in the family.

For love to be genuine, a church must show family devotion to one another.

In exercising genuine love, Christians are to hate evil and cling to that which is good.

The resurrection is a validating sign that Jesus is the Messiah.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Jesus is indeed the promised King, the One God faithfully provided to shepherd His people; thus His loyal subjects should honor Him as such.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Transformation via the renewing of the mind entails the humble understanding that we are dependent on other believers to grow in Christ.

Christians should have lives characterized by humility as they understand themselves in light of who they are in relation to God and His people.

As we live out His mission for us while in the world, but not of it, we are to be nonconformists who are being transformed by His Word unto the renewing of our minds.

Reflecting upon what God has done for us in Christ prompts lives dedicated to serving Him as worship.

We glorify our incomparable God as He is revealed in us via the Fruit of the Spirit.

One of the benefits of God consigning all (i.e., Jews and Gentiles) to disobedience is that He can have mercy upon those whom He chooses to have mercy.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

There is no room for arrogance for those who have been saved by grace alone through faith alone, since God can justify anyone who believes and will cut off any who do not.

Christians should live in such a way that others see the greatness of Christ and our contentment in Him and also want Him.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Paul further explains Jewish unbelief by noting that God hardened those whom He did not elect to be among the remnant.

Paul uses the examples of himself and the experience of Elijah to show that God’s has not totally rejected the Jewish people as He’s graciously provided for Himself a believing remnant.

All people, including the Jews disobedient to the faith, are without the excuse and responsible for being under God’s wrath for being unrighteous, as they have heard and understood the Gospel.

God's plan is not always our plan. How a sovereign God provides.

Mary’s example of humble faith moves us to follow her example in fearing God who has mercy on those who fear Him.

Lack of faith in Jesus is sinful disobedience, not befitting the trust, loves, and obedience Christ deserves.

God has blessed us to be able to be a part of His calling a people for His Son, who ransomed them from all nations, by sharing, praying, and sending.

God’s plan of salvation is exclusively through calling upon Christ Jesus in faith as one hears the good news about Him proclaimed.

The Old Testament confirms that righteousness by faith is without discrimination in its appeal to all people.

Being righteous and free from God’s wrath is for any who confess their faith in the risen Lord Jesus.

The Lordship of Christ is manifested in the lives of God’s people as He sanctifies by His Spirit those whom He regenerated unto justification by faith alone.

Our Reformation ancestors effected biblical authority & availability of which we should avail ourselves for our growth in godliness.

Through the proclamation of the Gospel, faith based righteousness is readily available to all ... apart from human merit or good works of the Law.

In accordance with the righteousness based on Law, Jesus perfectly obeyed the Law revealing His righteousness, which is given as a gift to those who believe, whilst He took their punishment.

Christ’s fulfillment of the law is the means of being regarded as righteousness by God for those who believe.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Being religious is not the same as being righteous; it can often be an obstacle as it gives the illusion of being right with God.

Regardless of ethnicity or effort, true righteousness can only be attained by fallen humans via it being gifted to those who believe in Jesus the Christ.

God’s plan to bless all the families of the earth through Abraham manifests itself in the inclusion of some Gentiles and only some Jews as God’s vessels of mercy.

God’s desire to demonstrate all aspects of His character entails designating different groups of people who will facilitate the self-disclosure of respective aspects of His character.

God is not unjust because, like a potter, the Creator has the sovereign right to deal with His created people as He sees fit.

God is sovereign over human actions, but yet He holds people accountable since their ordained actions are still volitionally chosen.

God is not unjust because, as He demonstrated with Pharaoh, He is free to select those who will play both positive and negative roles in the outworking of His purpose (i.e., God’s glory in all the earth).

God is not unjust in unconditional election because it’s His prerogative to freely show mercy to whomever He wills.

Jewish unbelief does not mean God’s plan of salvation has failed, since God’s unconditional election is not based on works.

Jewish unbelief does not mean God’s plan of salvation has failed, since God’s unconditional election is not based on lineage.

Jewish rejection of God’s provision of righteousness through faith in His Christ does not nullify God’s plan nor render Him untrustworthy.

God’s love is so strong that we don’t have to worry about anything coming in between us and His love for us.

Since God is the one who justifies, no one can successfully bring a charge against God’s elect.

Because of what Jesus has done and is doing for His elect, they may fear no condemnation.

Believers can be secure knowing our omnipotent God is for us because He was willing to give His Son our salvation.

The Apostle Paul presents an unbreakable chain of events, actions performed by God, to comfort the struggling believers with the assurance that God will complete what He began in their lives.

The Apostle Paul presents an unbreakable chain of events, actions performed by God, to comfort the struggling believers with the assurance that God will complete what He began in their lives.

Feeding on Jesus by faith is the only way whereby we may have spiritual vitality.

The Apostle Paul presents an unbreakable chain of events, actions performed by God, to comfort the struggling believers with the assurance that God will complete what He began in their lives.

The Apostle Paul presents an unbreakable chain of events, actions performed by God, to comfort the struggling believers with the assurance that God will complete what He began in their lives.

The Apostle Paul presents an unbreakable chain of events, actions performed by God, to comfort the struggling believers with the assurance that God will complete what He began in their lives.

Christians should be encouraged by the fact that God works all things for the good of His people, as He uses even bad things for their conformity to be like Christ.

As Christians, we cry out to God the Father in prayer when we suffer, even if we don’t know what to pray, being confident in God the Holy Spirit’s intercession for us.

Knowing our future glory encourages us to persevere in the midst of suffering awaiting glorification in the age to come.

Suffering is an expected part of the Christian life whereby we are unified with Christ and validate our conversion as we mature into glory.

Those devoted to Christ may have doubts, but the proper response to the risen King is worship.

An expositional study of the Word of God.

Jesus is the king who responded with sorrow toward those whose short lived joy was based on a misunderstanding of how He would save the lost.

As Christians, we are God’s adopted children and heirs with Jesus.

Because of all God has done for Christians, we are indebted to Him to live holy lives for our good and His glory, showing that we are indeed Christians.

The life-giving Holy Spirit resides in believers, giving spiritual life, and He will resurrect them after physical death.

Christians have the Spirit and therefore a a new mindset, lifestyle, and relationship with God, such that practical righteousness ensues.

There is no condemnation for Christians because of what God has done, NOT because of what they have done; BUT,�Christians will thereafter do.

In this life, Christians will experience the war with indwelling sin until liberated by Christ and full sanctification.

The nature of the Christian struggle entails laboring against the enemy within, indwelling sin.

Paul uses his experience to communicate the Christian’s internal confusion regarding living out the Christian life.

Although God’s Law reveals sin, incites sin, and brings death, it is good as it is instrumental in helping one see the need for righteousness that only comes through Christ by faith.

Through union with Christ, New Covenant believers have been released from the law to serve God by the empowerment of the indwelling Holy Spirit.

Christians have died to the law so that they may be united to Christ, a loving spouse who brings about fruit for God.

God’s people are differentiated by who they are and what they do, leading to sanctification and life eternal.

There is confidence to be had for God’s people that, despite present struggles, there awaits ultimate salvation and transformation as He will indeed do it. As such, His people should repent and trust in the Lord to live holy lives.

God gives the greatest gift, his Son that he might save his people from their sins.

God’s messengers inspire with good news of God’s faithful provision to His glory.

God has transformed His people into servants of righteousness and they should live out their true identity and not resort to former ways of sinful conformity to the world’s standards.

Being under grace, instead of law, does not mean we are under no obligations, but rather entails the freedom to serve God through obedience unto righteousness.

God’s people should reflect on His steadfast love as seen in the various manifestations throughout history and consequently give Him thanks.

Because Christians are dead to sin and alive to God, they must not let sin reign, but rather use their bodies as weapons of righteousness to serve King Jesus.

Paul’s first command in the book of Romans highlights the importance of Christians seeing themselves as God sees them (i.e., dead to sin and alive to God), so that they will live holy lives.