Sermons by Rev. Tyler Dirks

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Senior Pastor

Pride & Providence

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Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 9-11 Outline: Pride Israel’s Request Saul’s Insecurity Providence God’s Plan God’s Proof God’s Power Reflection Questions: Think of 5 ways we perceive celebrities as our kings. What are 3 ways you are afraid of failure, and/or disappointing people? Do you see the roots of pride in this insecurity? If Jesus says […]

The Foolish Exchange

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Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 8:1-22 Outline: Exchanging Communion for Corruption Exchanging the Truth for a Lie The “Foolish” Exchange Reflection Questions: Do you regularly reflect on how desperately dependent you are?  Read Romans 7:15-25 and 2 Corinthians 13:5 and list 2 things that you do not do that you want to do, and 2 things […]

Supremacy & Sovereign Grace

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Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 5:1-7:17 Outline: Small — God Is Captured Scared — God Is a Consuming Fire Submit — God Is Covenantal Reflection Questions: 1) Are you okay with God employing you in His Service of “Smallness” & “Silliness” (i.e. foolishness [see 1 Cor. 1:18-31])?  Are you cool with God giving you Christ-like assignments of […]

The Word of the Lord

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Sermon Text: 1 Samuel 3:1-4:1 Outline: THE WORD OF THE LORD WAS RARE… RARELY SPELLS ROTTEN …AND GOD REJECTS ROTTEN! REVELATION TO THE RESCUE! Reflection Questions: Would it honestly bother you to go an entire week without reading the Bible?  …Think of something that matters to you so much – that if you went a […]