Veritas Community Church Sermons

Pastor Brian Drake TEXT: Genesis 35:1-15 OUTLINE: God calls us and empowers us to… 1. Go to the House of God 2. Grow into the Household of God RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expositional Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 34:1-31 BIG IDEA: Despite depravity and devastation, our God is gracious. OUTLINE: REMINDER #1: How Dangerous This World Can Be REMINDER #2: How Destructive Our Passions Can Be REMINDER #3: How Depraved the Saints Can (Still) Be RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expositional Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; God’s Rascal: The Jac

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 33:1-20 BIG IDEA: Our transforming relationship with the Lord transforms the way we relate to others. OUTLINE: Knowing God…. 1. Helps Us With Our Fear Of Others 2. Moves Us Pursue Peace With Others 3. Causes Us To Be Distinct From Others RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 32:22-32 BIG IDEA: We are changed by the breaking and blessing grace of God. OUTLINE: 1. Grace That Exposes 2. Grace That Opposes 3. Grace That Transforms RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph Davis; Genesis: Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 32:1-21 BIG IDEA: What to do when feeling anxious & afraid: OUTLINE: 
1. Be Encouraged by the Lord’s Presence
 2. Cast Your Anxieties on the Lord In Prayer 
3. Behold the Lord’s Faithfulness in the Past RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis 25-35 by Dale Ralph

Pastor Brian Drake TEXT: Genesis 31:17-55 BIG IDEA: When I am afraid, I put my trust in Jesus. OUTLINE: 
1. The Folly of Trusting in Idols 
2. The Fragility of Trusting in Self 
3. The Freedom of Trusting in Jesus

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 30:25-31:16 BIG IDEA: God is faithful to bless his opposed and obtuse people. OUTLINE:
 1. God Blesses Us Despite Our Foes
 2. God Blesses Us Despite Our Folly 
3. God Blesses Us Because He Is Faithful RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Reformed Expository Commentary: Genesis by Richard Phillips; God’s Rascal: The Jacob Narrative in Genesis

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Genesis 29:31-30:24 BIG IDEA: Even in our pain and perversion, God is still fulfilling his purposes. OUTLINE:
 1. The Heartache of God’s People
 2. The Failures of God’s People
 3. The Hope of God’s Providence RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Genesis Commentary by John Calvin; Genesis: Book of Origins by Philip Eveson; Reformed Expository Com

Pastor Garrison Greene TEXT: Revelation 22:1-5 BIG IDEA: We will experience our greatest gladness when we gaze upon our glorious God. OUTLINE:
 1. The Instruments of this Vision
 2. The Internality of this Vision 
3. The Intimacy of this Vision
 4. The Enjoyment of this Vision RESOURCES: ESV Study Bible; Our God Reigns: An Amellennial Commentary on Revelation by Sam Sto

Pastor Garrison Greene BIG IDEA: The risen Christ will raise us in his glorious likeness when he returns. OUTLINE: 1) The Resurrected Christ 2) The Resurrecting Christ 3) The Resurrected Christian 4) The Resurrection Church