Salem Presbyterian Church

Salem Presbyterian (Winston-Salem, NC)

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Sermons from Salem Pres, a PCA church in downtown Winston-Salem.

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The Road to the Guillotine: The Danger of Adding to Christ (Galatians 5:2-15)

The French Revolutionary Jacques Hébert called for a system of zealous perfection. Eventually that standard consumed everyone, including himself. For us, we follow Christ's teaching on forgiveness until it is personal. We affirm his ethic on generosity until it costs us something real. Whether it's the legalism of the Galatians or our own selective faith, both confess the same thing: that Christ is not sufficient. This sermon works through Galatians 5:2-15 to show what falling away from grace actually looks like — and how the Spirit frees us to run to him with empty hands.

32 min
Jun 1

Children of the Promise (Galatians 4:21-5:1)

Paul the apostle tells two stories in parallel: the children with no future and the children of the promise. Contrasting tales of children of a servant with no future security and children of a covenant promise whose future is secure unfold in the history of Israel. Paul maps these on to the lives of the Galatians to remind them of their inheritance in Christ, something they have quickly forgotten. And something we are quick to forget as well. Discussion Questions for Small Groups: 1. Where do you see yourself returning to futile and temporary things because it is easier than remembering the promise in Christ? 2. What does Paul's appeal to history reveal about God's character? 3. How does this passage show that we are saved by grace alone?

29 min
May 26

From Slavery to Sonship (Galatians 4:1-7)

Salem Presbyterian Church

30 min
May 18

The Promise That Never Changed

Why did God give the law if his plan was always to save by grace through faith? In this sermon on Galatians 3:15-29, Austin Pfeiffer follows Paul as he steps back and re-explains the covenant from the ground up. From Abraham to Moses to now, God has had one unbroken plan: to redeem his people. The law was never a rival to that promise. It was always a servant of it. And in Christ, the inheritance that promise always pointed to has been purchased and given freely to everyone who belongs to him — no exceptions, no prerequisites.

35 min
May 10

Oh Please Don't Be Unthinking (Galatians 3:1-14)

In this sermon on Galatians 3:1–14, Austin Pfeiffer brings application Paul's ongoing, urgent plea to the Galatians and to us. That plea is to stop trying to earn our own way, when in Christ we have already received what we really need. Looking at Abraham's story in Genesis 15 and the image of a lighthouse guiding ships to harbor, the sermon diagnoses two forms of pride: striving to prove we are enough, and quietly trying to make God conform to what we want him to be. The wage we have actually earned, every one of us, is the same sentence handed to Adam: return to dust. The Gospel answer is not striving, but surrender.

35 min
May 4

Galatians 2:11-21

Salem Presbyterian Church

38 min
Apr 27

Galatians 2: 1-10

Salem Presbyterian Church

28 min
Apr 20

The Reality of the Gospel (Galatians 1:10-24)

Austin Pfeiffer continues in Galatians 1, posing the question: have you ever tried to describe a place so beautiful that words feel inadequate? That's Paul's challenge in Galatians 1. He's not interested in debating the Gospel. For Paul, it is a reality he is documenting. And more than that, it is a reality that seized him and turned his entire life upside down. Galatians 1 explores what it looks like when the Gospel stops being an idea you hold and becomes a power that holds you.

34 min

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Sermons from Salem Pres, a PCA church in downtown Winston-Salem.

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Salem Presbyterian (Winston-Salem, NC)
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2019 - 2026
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290
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