Sermons by Rev. Tyler Dirks

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Senior Pastor

Contemplating the Confounder

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Sermon Text: Habakkuk 1:1-17 Outline: Burdened by Brokenness (vv.1-4) A Confounding Response (vv.5-11) The Character of the Confounder (vv.12-17) Reflection Questions: What bothers you? How do you react to the things that bother you (e.g. Anxious? Angry? Apathetic?)? …How would lament, sorrow, grief, or mourning (instead of worry, rage, or being dismissive) change the way […]

Pride or Pleasure

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Sermon Text: Malachi 4:1-6 Outline: Punishing the Proud (v.1) Play & Participate (vv.2-3) Pleasure in the Word of God & the Coming King (vv.4-6) Reflection Questions: What does pride look like in your life? Write a one page answer to the questions: Do you want to stand (and even skip about like a liberated calf) […]

Zeal For His House

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Sermon Text: Malachi 2:1-16 Outline: Deepest Desire (vv.1-9) Unequally Yoked & Unfaithful (vv.10-16) Reflection Questions: What do you want/desire more than anything? Why? Do you have a problem with caring way too much about the approval and praise of others? Why do you care so much? Do you play favorites? How? Why? Read 1 Peter […]

First Love

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Sermon Text: Malachi 1:1-14 Outline: Not Feeling the Love (vv.1-4) Forsaking Our First Love (vv.6-14a) Fixation (vv.5, 11, 14b) Reflection Questions: Do you struggle to believe that God & His Word are actually real & relevant to your everyday life? What does that struggle look like?Where (and when) do you go all-out – as if […]