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The world is a frightening and dangerous place. Because of the fall, there are many threats we face. Therefore, people are constantly looking for something they can take refuge in against spiritual attacks, financial hardships, relationship problems, and every other kind of malady. But in Psalm 16, David says that he takes refuge in the Lord. It is…
In Galatians, Paul tells us that we have been set free by Christ…for freedom. He then admonishes us to stand firm and not to fall again into a yoke of slavery. But before we can do any of that, we need to know more about this freedom and what it entails, or doesn’t entail. Sometimes Christians get the wrong idea about the freedom they have been giv…
Having walked through the life of Christ during the first half of the Church year, we continue in the second half with a lesson from the Apostle Paul on the eschatological nature of faith, namely the person of Jesus Christ. Though faith was central to all God's people before Jesus came into the world, Paul gives the name of "Faith" to Jesus himself…
Luke records that Jesus told his followers to take up their cross daily and deny themselves in order to follow after Jesus and be his disciple. This still applies to us today, even though crucifixion is no longer a practice of execution, it vividly portrays what Jesus is calling his followers to. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation…
The Holy Trinity is a difficult concept for us to wrap our heads around. Truth be told, we will not fully comprehend the Trinity on this side of heaven. But many Christians ignore the issue altogether and focus on one Person or another. We need to have a solid biblical understanding of the economy of the Trinity and worship accordingly. We also nee…
Foolish disputes are something to be avoided in the church. The problem is they will always be with us. That’s why Paul warns Titus about avoiding them. They threaten the unity of the church if there is a divisive brother stirring people up with useless arguments. As a church, we are not immune from these problems. And while we know we ought to rej…
Pentecost Sunday has finally arrived in 2025. The record of the giving of the Spirit on that day, almost 2000 years ago, is only four verses long. But the connections are many and the history of the Old Covenant echoes through them all. Why was the Spirit given on Pentecost? Why was there fire and wind and tongues? These and many other questions ar…
"Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits." God has done great and mighty things for his people, and we above all in the New Covenant era have so much for which to bless God. Let us never forget this and always be ready to offer ourselves as living sacrifices in worship of his holy name. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the con…
The words of Holy Scripture don’t magically become clear to us by simply reading the text. Lots of unbelievers read the bible for various reasons, and they’re not automatically saved by it. But Jesus opened the mind of the disciples to understand all the things in the Law of Moses, the Prophets, and the Psalms. Now that he has ascended to heaven an…
“Well done, good and faithful servant” - we all want to hear that at the last day, when our Lord returns, and for good reason. We are used to being comforted by this familiar line of scripture at funerals we attend. But what does the parable from which it comes say? What does Jesus Christ tell us about how we should or shouldn’t use the gifts we ha…
The Holy Spirit is called the Teacher of all things during Christ's final sermon to his Apostles before his soon departure on the cross. This wonderful encouragement concludes the season of Eastertide as we prepare for the events of Pentecost. Christ has not left us as orphans, but has sent the best teacher to live with us and bring us into full ma…
How does the word of God come to be in our hearts? According to God, it comes through regular, ritual repetition, just as he commanded the Israelites through Moses all those millennia ago. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation of TRC Chattanooga from Deuteronomy 6:6-7.Von Trinity Reformed Church Chattanooga
The world doesn’t know much about love. They like to use the word, but they don’t know what it means. But our Lord commands us to love one another as he has loved us! So we can’t love based on the world’s corrupted standard, and we can’t even rely on our own Christian standard. How can we learn from the life and ministry of Jesus Christ how we are …
Sometimes we manage to do a right and godly thing, but upon further inspection of our own motivations, discover that they were impure. That’s the situation Zechariah found himself in when someone asked whether they should continue fasting. The Lord questions whether that fasting was ever done for the Lord in the first place. So what should we do wi…
Holidays are a great time to reflect upon God‘s mercy on our people in times past. But sometimes we abuse those holidays. That’s what the Jews did during the Feast of Dedication. But Jesus’ response to their hostile inquiry gives us tremendous comfort. Most people want an assurance of salvation. Let’s hear about what our Lord has to say. Listen as …
We’re all in a heap of debt, and when we really start to consider how much debt we’re under, it seems pretty insurmountable. But Saint Paul tells us that our debt is not to the flesh but rather to God. How can we heed his admonishment? How should we live if we are not in debt to flesh? Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chatt…
We all feel a loss of energy after high church holidays like Easter. In fact, the disciples struggled with this, too. Christians must overcome this lack of zeal in the weeks following Easter and resist the urge to just “get back to normal”. Let’s see what we can learn from the accounts of Peter and the disciples, as well as Saul’s conversion, about…
Jesus suffered by being tempted, just like we do. But what does that mean? God brought humanity into the godhead. How does that help us? Christians have a lot of misunderstandings about the nature of the benefits we receive from Christ’s humanity. But there is real strength available for us in Christ. Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregat…
It is unfortunate that Thomas was not around the first time our Lord appeared to the disciples when they were locked behind closed doors for fear of the Jews. Perhaps if he had been there, he wouldn't enjoy such a dubious name in Christendom. But what other mistakes did Thomas make? Listen as Rev. David Beckmann preaches this week's sermon at TRC C…
When Paul runs into a group of disciples in Ephesus who have not received Christian baptism, he's perplexed. Rightfully so! What can we learn from this account about the benefits of true Christian baptism? And how can we grow in our appreciation of our own baptism? Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation, based on Acts 19:3-4, at TRC Cha…
The story of the empty tomb is something that all Christians know well. But the very first Christians didn't exactly know what to think on that first Sunday morning. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones teaches us from Luke 24 about the marvelous anticipation that was building in the lives of Jesus' followers as the women first hear from the two men who app…
Holy Baptism truly does unite us to Christ. In fact, this belief is not something we merely hold to ourselves, but it is held by others too: Both sin and God believe it to be true and regard us accordingly, therefore the Apostle Paul tells us to reckon ourselves the same way as we live our the Christian life. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones delivers th…
The principal area of focus on Maundy Thursday is the Lord’s Supper. But why do we celebrate this meal? Some Christians might believe they are doing good works by receiving the Eucharist. But who serves who in this meal? And what does it mean to “do this in remembrance of me?” Listen as Elder Wes Keene preaches this Maundy Thursday sermon at TRC Ch…
What does it mean to be a confessional Christian? Of course, it means to subscribe to confessional documents that summarize Holy Scripture. But what do we do when God’s word doesn’t appear to line up with our confessions exactly? Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.Von Trinity Reformed Church Chattanooga
Pretty much everyone likes Palm Sunday. It’s a nice breakup to the Lenten theme of penitence. But it’s more than a break from the routine of Lent. It’s a celebration our Lord Jesus Christ is worthy of, because he is the King of kings. Jesus is due the honor his disciples give him and so much more. He is also worthy of our praise. He is about to tak…
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of both wisdom and knowledge. But that wisdom and knowledge isn’t for us alone. It is intended to be transmitted generationally. The world is full of people who used to go to church. One thing that the Lord commands us to do can help keep this from happening: we should tell our children about the Lord in our ho…
Holy week is near and this penultimate Sunday gives us a preview of the events that Jesus must go through at the hands of the Jews. The parable of the wicked tenants sobers everyone who hears it, and we must be sorbered by it as well. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones preaches this week's sermon at TRC Chattanooga.…
Mature Christians are motivated and focused on their divine calling from Christ, who is seated in heaven. In all that we seek to do on earth, this calling must never be lost as our focus... For if we are seeking to gain heaven, earth will be gained too. But if we are seeking to gain earth, both heaven and earth will be lost to us. Listen as Elder G…
Men have their plans and devices, but they do not always align with our Lord's. What Joseph's brothers did, they did for evil. But God used their wicked actions to save the lives of many...raising up Joseph as a type of Christ prefiguring what sort of salvation we would receive in God's own Son. Listen as Rev. George Crocker preaches this week's se…
Never forget the kindness of God in this life. King David warns about those who do evil and how God will wipe the memory of them from the earth. But David also teaches us that there is hope in this life through repentance as we trust in the Righteous One. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.…
Humans are curious. When disaster strikes, we want to know the cause of it. When it happens to other people, we may be tempted to wonder whether they “had it coming.” But our Lord Jesus would have us consider something different. Listen as Rev. David Beckmann preaches this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga.…
Repentance is hard. It’s especially hard if we’ve been covering something up for a long time, or avoiding a deep sin. But the prophet Joel has a word for us: It is never too late to turn back to the Lord, because with him there is always forgiveness. Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.…
The journey of Lent follows the journey of Jesus on his path to Jerusalem. As Jesus nears his arrival to the city, only three days out, he tells his disciples that the door to the Master's house is nearing a close for the nation of Israel and he laments over Jerusalem's impending doom. How do these sayings of Jesus apply to us today and what will b…
King David teaches us to take God at his word and come to him at all times for help. During this season of Lent, we are reminded that God tells us to seek his face when we are in danger from our enemies, especially our own sin. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.Von Trinity Reformed Church Chattanooga
Let's be honest, some people don't care much for the church season of Lent. The hymns are dark sounding and the mood is somber. But by looking at Jesus' temptation in the wilderness, we can learn how to grow in the season of Lent. We can learn to have contentment in whatever season God has placed us. Satan doesn't want us to observe this season, bu…
If you haven't been exposed to the season of Lent in your life, it can be jarring. There are customs and practices that might seem foreign to us. It isn't a chipper time. It's a season of growing in holiness. Listen as Elder Wes Keene exhorts the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.Von Trinity Reformed Church Chattanooga
At the close of the season of Epiphany we celebrate the transfiguration of Christ before his disciples, learning about the meaning of typology as God's sovereign ordering of history and how we might have responded that night if we were on the mountain with Jesus and his disciples. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones delivers this week’s sermon at TRC Chatt…
Many other cults and religions require you to jump through hoops to achieve your own salvation. But the Christian Faith does not posit such foolishness. Rather, the words of God come to you in the simplest of terms and the demands of the Gospel are not difficult to do. Consider the simplicity of it all as Elder Glenn Jones delivers this week’s exho…
The 96th Psalm is a beautiful call to praise our most high God who is worthy of such praise. But this Psalm carries with it a command to extend the praise of God beyond the walls of our churches. The nations, who worship false gods, are by no means freed from the obligation to give glory to Jesus Christ and bend the knee. Listen as Elder Wes Keene …
It’s the world’s worst kept secret that in most churches, the most important of the 10 commandments is the 11th: “Be nice.” But in our exhortation verse today, we see Joshua exhorting his hearers to something different: “Be strong.” How are we called on to be strong? And how have we fallen short of that, at times? Listen as Elder Wes Keene delivers…
If we say we are Christians, we must bear fruit. So, are we able to produce fruit on our own? Of course not! We bear fruit by remaining in the vine, Jesus Christ! This is how we become that “blessed one” named in Jeremiah 17. Listen as Rev. David Beckmann preaches this week’s sermon at TRC Chattanooga.…
Scripture teaches us that we must be prepared to suffer as Christians for doing good, when God appoints us to those times of persecution. But today we find ourselves in a rather odd place here in America, with something of a reprieve from persecution and suffering. Consider how we should respond to the present circumstances as Elder Glenn Jones giv…
God works through means. Of course, God is all powerful to do anything he wishes, but scriptural example shows us that most often he works through men and physical objects to get things done. He even worked through a donkey! Here, we meditate on how God works through means in miracles and in the calling of the disciples. Listen as Elder Wes Keene p…
For far too long, Christians have been trained to focus on their denominational specific traits and, at times, Christians have even felt they were rivals with one another. But this isn't how scripture tells us to live, and it isn't what Paul exhorts us to do. Listen to this week's exhortation from Elder Wes Keene at TRC Chattanooga.…
The Apostle Paul dealt with idolatry, spiritual gifts, and the misuse of those gifts when he wrote his letter to the Corinthian Church. How are we to understand what was happening in Corinth? To what extent are the manifestation gifts of the Spirit still in operation today? These questions, along with other important issues, are considered in our s…
When Jesus came to the end of his 40 days in the wilderness, he gave a final appeal to God's word as he resisted the devil's temptation, "You shall not put the Lord your God to the test." As disciples of Jesus, this same command applies to us and we must be ready and equipped to face various trials for the testing of our faith. Listen as Elder Glen…
When Jesus came into the synagogue at Nazareth, he didn’t deliver a message of fire and brimstone. He proclaimed liberty to the captives, among other good things. One would assume the audience would be overjoyed to hear it, and for a moment, they were. What changed? Why did they reject him? Jesus’ words were true then and they are true now. We have…
When Jesus appears to the hiding apostles the second time, he shows Doubting Thomas his wounds to prove, it’s really him. Jesus then commands Thomas to not disbelieve, but believe. How should we understand that kind of active language with respect to “believing”? Should it make us uncomfortable? Listen as Elder Wes Keene delivers his exhortation ba…
Isaiah writes to a group of people that consistently had trouble obeying the Lord. Unfortunately, that led to eventual captivity in Babylon - despite Isaiah's warnings. What comfort does Isaiah have for them, and for us today? Listen as Rev. David Beckmann preaches to the congregation at TRC Chattanooga.…
TRC Chattanooga just began its second year of ministry. On this occasion, we look to Paul's words for instruction about how to proceed on our journey together. Listen as Elder Glenn Jones exhorts the congregation to renew our commitment to one another as members of the body of Christ.Von Trinity Reformed Church Chattanooga