Sermons preached by Rev. Dr. Craig Davis.
Is the story of Jesus healing the paralytic about the paralytic? Is the story about Jesus’ power to heal physical affliction, or about his rhetorical mastery over the scribes? Or is the point something greater? Pastor Craig Davis answers the question with gospel truth from the Gospel of Mark.
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Pastor Craig Davis extols the ways of Wisdom – poetically represented in the excellent wife of Proverbs 31 and pointing to greater things.
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Pastor Craig Davis takes the opportunity of a baptism in church to revisit the confessions, reviewing the Reformed doctrines concerning the sacraments and reminding us of their purpose in pointing us to the Gospel.
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Pastor Craig Davis brings us the Word of God from the gospel of Mark, where the narrative is flowing swiftly on to Jesus’ baptism and temptation in the wilderness. In this account God shows us the proofs of Jesus’ impeccable credentials as our Lord and Savior, and we are invited to take comfort in the fact that He has all the qualifications needed to serve as our great high priest.
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Is it true? Is it gospel truth? Though the phrase is sometimes used casually in conversation for mere emphasis, Pastor Craig Davis uses it more literally as he returns to the opening verses of Mark and relates the facts concerning another ancient proclaimer of the same glorious truth we hold today.
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On this Resurrection Sunday, Pastor Craig Davis preaches from Mark the good news of a new “life policy”.
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Pastor Craig Davis concludes his miniseries focusing on Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem. In Mark’s brief account, a snapshot in time, we are reminded of the gospel truth proclaimed in Jesus’ past, present, and immediate future.
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Pastor Craig Davis continues his exposition of Mark 11 with the second of a three-part sermon focusing around the untying of a colt, the particular King who rode upon it, and the nature of the kingdom He ushered in.
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Pastor Craig Davis draws our attention to a detail related in the gospel of Mark: the peculiar episode of the untying of a colt. Given that Mark does not record anything without reason, what is the significance of this particular picture? In the answer we find joyous Gospel truth.
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Pastor Craig Davis takes the opportunity of Grace URC’s 20th anniversary to reflect upon the faithfulness of God in all seasons–suffering, sunshine, and simplicity.
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