Come Sojourn with Us
This is where you will find sermons and updates for our church. Our mission is to preach expository sermons focusing on the gospel of Christ. We are a church that is tied to the reformed tradition and seeks to submit to the scriptures so we walk in the Lord’s wisdom rather than our own.
We would love to have you join us on our Christian sojourn if you are in the Belgrade, MT area. If you are not in area then join us by listening to our bi weekly free sermon podcast.
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We would not think that death could hold our Lord, but then we have the record of his resurrection. Why is the resurrection of Christ so essential? Why do we have such a huge problem understanding the resurrection of Christ?
There are times when we are tempted to think that God is not walking with us in the midst of our trials. We can think that the Lord is not really there nor is the Lord really all that gracious. We can think that until we consider the words of Psalm 69. How can the words of Psalm 69 and the suffering of our Lord encourage us in those trying times?
So often when people hear about the Gospel they accuse Christianity of being an easy believes. The perception is sometimes given that you just believe the gospel and then living life is a life that is lived for self rather than out of gratitude. However, there is another perception that we have to show we are worthy to receive the grace of God. How do we take the commands in Scripture seriously without making the Gospel a burden?
It is easy for us to lose our focus in this life. This world, satan, and even our flesh will distract us from the purpose and goal of worship. What is the ultimate goal and purpose of our worship as we gather together?
Our Lord gives us the warning about being judgmental. This is somewhat strange because our Lord will judge the religious rulers in Matthew’s gospel, our Lord pronounces judgments against others, and our Lord does not approve of sin. So, how can our Lord rebuke us for being judgmental when Christ is the judgmental judge?
Christ’s entrance into history has an impact on the way that Old Testaments saints used to worship. We can see the sacrifices going away, the temple going away, and those things that pointed to Christ no longer being necessary for Christ has come. So, does this mean that the church has a precedence of worshipping any desired day of the week? Is the church still supposed to worship morning and evening?
Our Lord calls us to be light in the world. So often we think that we need greater strategies to impact our particular circles. This is certainly something to pray about and to potentially discuss with one another. However, our Lord calls us to look beyond this immediate age. Where are we called to look? How do we know that our Lord is with us as we look to heaven’s glory?
One of the jokes that people make about the Dutch Reformed tradition is that every time the church gets together there is an offering. This is exaggerated, but it is a perception that people have regarding reformed churches. There are other traditions who do not take an offering in the context of worship, but they put a box in the back of church. So, why would we take an offering in the context of worship?
The Lord has given some pretty strong commands as he expounds the intention of the law. We might want to turn away, tune out the sermon, and take our own path. Our Lord continues to give some assurances that he really has come to save sinners. How do we know that our God can and will love a struggling people?
The reality is that the people of God are called to enter the rest that Israel looked to enter. You would think that they arrived in the rest having the land, but yet there is still a day that is marked as a day of rest. How can this exhortation for us to strive to enter that rest be encouraging for us?
Please enjoy this message from Mr. Caleb Janson who filled our pulpit while Pastor Paul had a week off.
Mr. Caleb Janson exhorts us to live humble lives out of gratitude as we have been redeemed in Christ.
Moses commands the Israelites to worship on the seventh day, but we worship on the first day. How can we make such a transition and claim to worship the same God as Abraham?
Christ gives us the church hard words and difficult words for us to follow. So, as we hear the next series of commands do we just dismiss them? Why would Christ give us such impossible things to follow? How do we live out these commands in Scripture?
When we make a profession of faith we might think that we are in the church and we have arrived at the last step in our Christian walk. We hear the Apostle Paul exhort us through the Corinthian church to examine ourselves to see if we are in the faith. Does Paul mean that when people make a profession that they are not in the faith? Is the Apostle Paul saying that we just randomly loose our faith? How do we live out this faith in Christ?
Our Lord makes the promise that the one who eats of the bread and drinks of the cup eats and drinks the flesh and blood of Christ. How can Christ say such a thing? We we really want to slaughter our Lord, cannibalize his body, and celebrate such a wicked act? However, when Christ speaks this sounds exactly like what Christ is inviting us to do. So, what do we do with this strong language? How can such language be encouraging?
Our Lord gathers together with his disciples to celebrate passover. It is during this passover feast that Christ and the disciples have the first communion or Lord’s Supper. It would seem that if the Lord’s Supper is instituted at passover that the Lord’s Supper and passover would be the same thing. However, reformed people have not seen them being the exact same thing. How can we make a distinction between the Lord’s Supper and the Passover? What has Christ stated that helps us understand this disinction?
The Lord has created human beings to be creative. This is good because it enables us to create, to build, and to live out what it is to be in the image of God. However, the down side of this is that we are creative in how we apply the law of God. If we are seeking to use the law lawfully that is great, but the problem is that we can set up our own standard that is not intended in the law of God. We might wonder why we would do such a thing, but we find that answer when Christ lays out the intention of the law. How can we be faithful disciples when the Law of God is impossibly rigorous?
Paul lays out the declaration for the Lord’s people to judge themselves prior to coming to the Lord’s Supper. What does this judgment look like? Paul warns the Corinthian church that some people have actually died because they failed to judge themselves. How do we know if we have judged ourselves appropriately?
Jesus enters history to fulfill the law and the prophets. Christ summarizes his mission as the messiah who has entered history fulfill rather than to abolish. Why is this important? What does this definition of his mission tell us about Jesus living up to His name?
We are a bible believing church in the Belgrade, MT. We are a Reformed Protestant church who desire to build one another up in love as we sojourn under the sun.
