All Souls Presbyterian Church

Who is the Son of David? Listen as church elder Brian Aldridge preaches on 2 Samuel 7:12–13, showing us the promise of the Son King, the identity of the Son King, belief in the Son King, and the sons of the Son King. Part of a series for Advent 2023. From Sunday Worship, December 17, 2023. allsoulspca.org

The book of Isaiah is interjected with several “servant songs,” passages that paint a picture of God’s chosen servant who will come to the aid of his people. They show us that this servant will judge rightly as the true king, will be a true prophet to guide God’s people, and a true priest who will cleanse the people of their sins. This servant who brings true restoration to the covenant people is a picture of Jesus, the true prophet, priest, and king. In Isaiah 52–53 we are provided with a glimpse of what Jesus would come to do as the true priest, the Lamb of God and the mediator of the covenant. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches from this passage, showing that as the Lamb of God the mission of Christ was redemption; as the Lamb of God Christ’s affliction was necessary; and as the Lamb of God the meekness of Christ was his victory. Part of a series for Advent 2023. From Sunday Worship, December 10, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Though the name “Jesus” doesn't appear in the Bible until the New Testament, the gospel message can be found throughout all of Scripture. In Genesis 3, God gives us an initial impression of how he is working to save his people and to save humanity. Though this first revelation of the gospel is vague and indistinct, viewing it through the lens of the rest of Scripture helps us to better understand what is entailed in God’s first promise to the first sinners. Listen as ruling elder Daniel Thies teaches on Genesis 3:15, showing that God meets grave sin with great grace; God’s grace persists in the face of evil opposition; evil is real; and Jesus and his people will triumph over evil. Part of a series for Advent 2023. From Sunday Worship, December 3, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Every one of us faces troubles of one kind or another. Troubles from without, troubles from within. Bodily illness, mental illness, emotionalturmoil, relationship strife, vocational stress, financial uncertainty, international discord... Parents and children, husbands and wives, employers and employees——everyone’s lives are touched by troubles. But how do we face this suffering? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on 2 Corinthians 5:7, showing us where not to look in suffering, where to look in suffering, how to look in suffering, and how looking shapes life. From Sunday Worship, November 26, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Where are you at spiritually? Perhaps you are someone who struggles to believe the doctrines of Christianity. Something is standing in your way——but what? What’s stopping you from believing the claims of Christ? In today’s sermon text from John 12 we find three barriers/obstacles/hindrances to belief: confusion (“I just don't understand”), arrogance (“I know better”), and apathy (“Who cares?”). Listen as Pastor Luke Herche addresses each of those barriers in turn, showing us what to believe, what gets in the way, and why it matters. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, November 19, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Repentance is the secret, often forgotten power of the Christian life. It is one of the primary tools the Holy Spirit uses in our lives to bring about spiritual growth and change. It is not something you do once and then put it aside, but it’s a daily part of Christian life and a secret power of daily growth in grace. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on 2 Corinthians 7:5–13a, breaking down this secret power of change into five parts: • The Simple Act of Repentance • The Instrumental Cause of Repentance • The Internal Source of Repentance • The Ultimate Result of Repentance • The External Fruit of Repentance From Sunday Evening Worship, November 12, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Where does your confidence lie? You have to put your confidence in something. Everybody does. We put our confidence in things that make us feel worthwhile, important, right, blameless, because in our hearts and in the heart of every person there is a longing for righteousness. In Philippians 3:4–7 Paul shows this pattern working out in his own life through one of the most interesting self-disclosures in Scripture. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on this passage, showing how we are tempted to put confidence in who we are and in what we do––but what we need is an external confidence found only in Christ. Part of a series on Philippians. From Sunday Worship, November 12, 2023. allsoulspca.org

In John 12:20, Jesus says that the hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. But what does it mean to be glorified? Why is it so important? In this sermon on John 12:20–33, Pastor Luke Herche preaches on the glory of Jesus Christ, showing us the time of Jesus’ glorification, the method of Jesus’ glorification, the purpose of Jesus’ glorification, the fruit of Jesus’ glorification, and the pattern of Jesus’ glorification. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, November 5, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Who is Jesus? People have all kinds of different ideas about him, often whatever best supports their own agendas—everything from an enlightenment thinker to a civil rights protester to a present-day hipster. Everyone wants to remake Jesus in their own image. But all of these distorted versions of Jesus leave people confused about who he really is. In John 12, we find a diverse crowd of people interacting with Jesus, and the one thing they all have in common is that they don’t yet see Jesus for who he is. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 12:9–26, 31–33, probing possible answers to the question, “Who is Jesus?” (A wonderworking spectacle? A nationalistic hero? A bitter rival? An enigmatic puzzle?) and finally concluding that only when we see Jesus as the Lord who is lifted up will we come to see him for who he really is. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, October 29, 2023. allsoulspca.org

What has your attention? What has your love? Your loyalty? Your enthusiasm? What are you devoted to? What is the object of your lavish devotion? There may be many answers to these questions, but in the end there are only two real options: devotion to Christ or devotion to self. This is the dichotomy presented by Mary and Judas in John 12:1–8, in which Mary anoints Jesus’ feet with an expensive perfume. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this passage, showing us the object of lavish devotion, the act of lavish devotion, the challenges to lavish devotion, the practice of lavish devotion, and the motive for lavish devotion. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, October 22, 2023. allsoulspca.org

We live in a confusing time. Deception is rampant. It is hard to discern truth from error. And this is not just true in our time. Deception is an enemy as old as the Garden. In the book of Philippians Paul ties joy and truth and salvation together, helping us to clearly see through the lens of the gospel and of scripture who we are and how we should understand the world. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo preaches on Philippians 3:1–3, focusing on the fruit of joy, the enemy of joy, and the power of joy. Part of a series on Philippians. From Sunday Worship, October 15, 2023. allsoulspca.org

In the book of 2 Timothy, the Apostle Paul writes to Timothy to encourage the young pastor in his pastoral work. By this time, Paul had been living——and suffering——for the gospel for thirty years, and with his impending death looming he wants to pass the baton on to his protégé. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches from 2 Timothy 4:1–8 on the occasion of the ordination and installation of Josué Pernillo, echoing Paul’s exhortation to “preach the word,” and drawing our attention to the challenge of gospel ministry (“people with itching ears”), the call of gospel ministry (“preach the word”), and the hope of gospel ministry (“the crown of righteousness”). From Sunday Evening Worship, October 8, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Joy is one of the main themes of Paul’s letter to the Philippians—and one of the main themes in all of Scripture. As we examine the first verse of Philippians chapter 3, in which Paul exhorts his brothers and sisters at Philippi to “rejoice in the Lord,” we begin to understand that Christians are a people of joy in Jesus Christ. Listen as Pastor Josué Pernillo expands on this theme in three movements: the obstacles and opponents, the command of joy, and the source of joy. Part of a series on Philippians. From Sunday Worship, October 8, 2023. allsoulspca.org

What gets in the way of you seeing Jesus for who he really is? Some people think that if they could only see Jesus and his miracles for themselves, then they would believe. But the truth is that ‘seeing’ is not the answer, and more facts don’t lead to more faith. We already have plenty of evidence—the heavens themselves declare the glory of God! So if seeing isn’t the answer, what is? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche teaches from John 11:45–57, drawing out four important truths: First, not everyone who sees believe. Second, fear stops us from seeing rightly. Third, fear causes us to sabotage ourselves. And fourth, only Christ’s love can cast out fear. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, October 1, 2023. allsoulspca.org

When was the last time you were moved emotionally? Maybe you cheered at a touchdown or cried at a heroic gesture. Many things in life move us to weep or to shout for joy—but what about the gospel? Have we heard the incredible stories in God’s Word so many times that they have become mundane to us? Or is it that we are more interested in finding life and fulfillment in this age, rather than looking forward to the life that transcends death? Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on the raising of Lazarus in John 11:1–44, exhorting us to stop seeking life in this age and to believe the promises of life in Jesus, because we have seen Jesus’ power over death itself. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, September 24, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Alfred Lord Tennyson famously wrote, “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” Whether you agree or disagree with this saying, it does reveal something true: sometimes pain is better than no pain. And sometimes love is the cause of that pain. In John 11, Jesus’ ministry comes to a climax of sorts with the raising of Lazarus from the dead, and through this account we can see several facets of the love of Jesus. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche shows how love sympathizes with, love seeks the good of, and love suffers for. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, September 17, 2023. allsoulspca.org

The hope of the Christian presented in 2 Corinthians 4:13–18 is not a vague or abstract hope—it’s real. And because it’s real it meets us in our very real needs. Our sin curves us inward on ourselves and makes us selfish and idolatrous, seeking satisfaction everywhere but in Christ. But the good news is that through the gospel God has provided for us a hope that meets us in these needs. Our isolation from sin can be turned into integration, our selfish hearts can be turned into hearts of love toward God and others, and our false worship and idolatry can be turned into praise. Listen as RUF campus minister Ethan Brown preaches on this passage, showing that our hope is corporate, our hope is current, and our hope is concrete. From Sunday Worship, September 10, 2023. allsoulspca.org

Terrorist attacks, natural disasters, sickness, disease, and war. The possibility that things could fall apart at any moment makes us feel afraid. Or maybe it’s the little things in life, the things that you imagine you can control, that make you anxious. Whether you are afraid of the big things or the little—or if you are living in blissful ignorance of it all—hear the message of our text this morning: we can rest safe and secure in the hands of Jesus, because he and the Father are one. Jesus promises us safety: no one can snatch you out of the Father’s hands. And Jesus can back up that promise because he and the Father are one—he has proven his relationship to his Father by the works he has done. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on John 10:19–42, looking at the demand, the snag, the promise, the claim, and the evidence. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, September 3, 2023. allsoulspca.org

As you read through the scriptures you often find this tension: when there was no king in Israel, everyone did what was right in their own eyes; when there were kings, the kings were corrupt. No one in charge led to anarchy; kings and rulers led to an abuse of power. But in Ezekiel 34, God’s promised solution is both that he would be the shepherd of his sheep and that he would set up a ruler in the line of King David. This is the context of John 10, in which we find that God’s fulfillment of this promise is found in Jesus—the son of David according to the flesh, the Son of God from all eternity—coming to shepherd his people as the Good Shepherd. In this sermon on John 10:1–18, listen as Pastor Luke Herche expands on this under four headings: The Voice of the Good Shepherd, The Purpose of the Good Shepherd, The Method of the Good Shepherd, and The Flock of the Good Shepherd. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, August 27, 2023. allsoulspca.org

In John chapter 9 Jesus accuses the Pharisees of not being able to see what is right in front of their faces, and he says, because of that, their guilt remains. Unlike the physically vision-impaired, these religious leaders are blind to their own blindness--which is about as blind as you can be!--and they are culpable for it. Listen as Pastor Luke Herche preaches on this passage, showing us four things which blur our vision: looking to rules vs. seeing your sin, looking to other people vs. accepting rejection, looking down on other people vs. admitting common lowliness, and looking to intellect vs. embracing the folly of the cross. Part of a series on The Gospel of John From Sunday Worship, August 20, 2023. allsoulspca.org