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  1. 11h ago

    Matthew 5:4 | Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

    We live in the most comfortable, indulgent society in history, and we are still this sad. We numb it with antidepressants, food, doom-scrolling, anything but looking it in the face. Jesus' second beatitude cuts straight through that instinct: blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. In this message, Pastor Zach Hill looks at mourning over sin as the natural extension of poverty of spirit, the grief that leads to real repentance rather than mere regret. Using Dostoevsky's Raskolnikov, Huxley's Brave New World, and the contrast Paul draws in 2 Corinthians 7 between godly and worldly grief, we walk through three kinds of mourning, two counterfeits and one true, and ask which one actually describes your relationship to your own sin. This isn't a call to wallow. It's a call to stop numbing what only the cross can heal. In this message: Our culture's refusal to sit with sadness, and what it has in common with Brave New World Mourning as repentance, not mere sorrow Contrition vs. attrition Three snapshots: despairing mourning, natural (hypocritical) mourning, and gracious mourning 2 Corinthians 7:10-13 on godly grief that leads to salvation without regret Application: you don't have to numb your sin, and you don't have to pay for it Scripture referenced: Matthew 5:3-10, Genesis 37:34, 2 Samuel 18:33, Ecclesiastes 7:2, Zechariah 12:10, Acts 2:37, Acts 9:31, Isaiah 53:3, 5, Psalm 119:71, 136, Psalm 126:5-6, John 16:20, John 20:11-18, 2 Corinthians 7:10-13 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. We'd love to have you join us. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sermons, verse-by-verse Bible teaching, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life. 📖 Study guide and reflection questions for this passage: https://www.silvercityky.com/blog/matthew-5-4 ⛪ Visit us: silvercityky.com #Beatitudes #SermonOnTheMount #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #BibleTeaching #Sermon #GospelOfGrace #Repentance

    Matthew 5:4 | Blessed Are Those Who Mourn

  2. 13h ago

    Sunday School: WCF 19.1-19.4 — The Three Kinds of Law and the Principle of General Equity

    Is the Old Testament law just done away with, or is there more going on when Scripture calls something "abrogated"? This week we open Westminster Confession Chapter 19 and work through how God's people, saved by grace, are meant to rightly understand and use God's law. We trace the law back before Sinai to the garden itself, where Adam was given a covenant of works with life promised for obedience, and walk through the three categories Scripture gives us: moral law (binding on everyone, everywhere, always, summarized in the Ten Commandments and in loving God and neighbor), ceremonial law (fulfilled, not discarded, in Christ), and civil law (specific to Israel as a nation-state, yet still carrying lasting principle). That lasting principle is what the Confession calls "general equity," and we spend the second half of class putting it into practice, working through Old Testament commands that sound strange on the surface, a parapet on a roof, leaving the edges of a field for the poor, not muzzling an ox, not boiling a kid in its mother's milk, and asking what unchanging principle each one still teaches us today. Scripture referenced: Genesis 2:16-17, Matthew 22:37-40, Hebrews 10:1, Deuteronomy 4:6, Deuteronomy 22:8, Leviticus 19:9-10, Deuteronomy 24:6, Deuteronomy 22:10, Romans 2, Psalm 119 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. Subscribe for weekly teaching, verse-by-verse Bible study, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life.

    Sunday School: WCF 19.1-19.4 — The Three Kinds of Law and the Principle of General Equity

  3. Sep 27

    Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit | Matthew 5:3

    The kingdoms of this world tell you blessedness comes from what you have. Jesus starts His most famous sermon by saying the opposite: blessedness begins with destitution. Not "blessed are the wealthy" or "blessed are the accomplished," but "blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." In this message, Pastor Zach begins walking through the Beatitudes by reading all eight primary statements together and noticing the inclusio that frames them, the kingdom of heaven bookending verses 3 and 10. Then we sit in the first one. We look at what poverty of spirit actually is and isn't, how pride shows up loudly at the party and just as often quietly behind a locked door, and why Jesus insists that the empty are the only ones with room enough for His kingdom. Using Thomas Watson, C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce, and the Pharisee and tax collector of Luke 18, we ask a simple but searching question: are you full of yourself, or are you finally empty enough to be filled? In this message: The inclusio structure of the eight BeatitudesWhy Jesus starts with poverty of spirit, not action or moralityLoud pride vs. quiet, isolated prideThe Pharisee and the tax collector (Luke 18:9-14)C.S. Lewis's The Great Divorce and the ghost who won't let go of his own righteousnessApplication: true vs. false poverty of spiritScripture referenced: Matthew 5:3-10, Isaiah 61:1, Proverbs 18:1, 12, Luke 18:9-14, Matthew 12:43-45, Matthew 25:14-30, Zechariah 4:6, Romans 14:17, Hebrews 12:28, Philippians 2:1-11 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. We'd love to have you join us. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sermons, verse-by-verse Bible teaching, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life. 📖 Study guide and reflection questions for this passage: https://www.silvercityky.com/blog/matthew-5-3 ⛪ Visit us: silvercityky.com #Beatitudes #SermonOnTheMount #PoorInSpirit #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #BibleTeaching #Sermon #GospelOfGrace

    Blessed Are the Poor in Spirit | Matthew 5:3

  4. Sep 27

    Sunday School: A Testimony of God's Faithfulness | Psalm 32 & 34

    This week we set aside our regular study of the Westminster Confession for something the Confession itself points us toward: a living example of the perseverance and assurance we've been studying together. A beloved member of our congregation, Patrick Kendall, shares his testimony of the Lord's kindness across seasons of deep struggle and restoration, from years of substance abuse and a painful fall after a decade of sobriety, to repentance, reconciliation with his family, and the steady, patient grace of God carrying him through it all. Grounded in Psalm 32 and Psalm 34, this is a story about what it means to be forgiven and to know it, and how God uses ordinary means, His Word, the sacraments, and the body of the church, to hold a person fast even when their own strength runs out. This is a testimony of everything we have been studying in the Westminster thus dar. Scripture referenced: Psalm 32, Psalm 34:1-9, Luke 15:17-24 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. Subscribe for weekly teaching, verse-by-verse Bible study, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life.

    Sunday School: A Testimony of God's Faithfulness | Psalm 32 & 34

  5. Sep 20

    Isaiah 61: The King's Jubilee

    When Jesus stood up in the Nazareth synagogue and read from Isaiah 61, everyone expected a battle plan. They got a promise of Jubilee instead — freedom for captives, debts canceled, and a kingdom handed over before anyone had done a thing to deserve it. This message opens a short series on the Beatitudes by going back to where Jesus' public ministry actually starts: not the Sermon on the Mount, but a scroll in a hometown synagogue. We trace how Isaiah 61 is the root that the Beatitudes grow out of, why "the year of the Lord's favor" is a direct echo of the Levitical law of Jubilee, and why every kingdom we know how to build hands us requirements before belonging, while Jesus' kingdom does the exact opposite. This sets the stage for the whole series ahead: the Beatitudes aren't a ladder to climb into the kingdom. They're a description of what someone already inside it starts to look like. In this message: Why first-century Jews heard "kingdom of God" as a political promise, not a metaphorThe covenant of works vs. the covenant of graceIsaiah 61 as the root of the Sermon on the MountThe Year of Jubilee and what it means for Jesus to proclaim it fulfilledAdoption, inheritance, and why the kingdom is given, not earnedSetting up the Beatitudes seriesScripture referenced: Isaiah 61:1-11, Luke 4:16-22, Matthew 4:17, Matthew 5:3-4, Matthew 25:34, Luke 12:32, Luke 17:21 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. We'd love to have you join us. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sermons, verse-by-verse Bible teaching, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life. 📖 Study guide and reflection questions for this passage: https://www.silvercityky.com/blog/isaiah-61 ⛪ Visit us: silvercityky.com #Beatitudes #SermonOnTheMount #Isaiah61 #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #BibleTeaching #Sermon #GospelOfGrace #Jubilee

    Isaiah 61: The King's Jubilee

  6. Sep 20

    Sunday School: WCF 18.3-18.4 — How Assurance Is Attained and Shaken

    Can you know you're saved without some dramatic sign from heaven? This week we finish Westminster Confession Chapter 18, working through two remaining questions: how is assurance actually attained in ordinary life, and what happens when it gets shaken? We look at why assurance isn't part of the essence of faith itself — a true believer can wait long and wrestle through hard seasons without that meaning the faith underneath is fake — and why the Confession still calls assurance a duty, attainable through ordinary means of grace: the Word, the sacraments, prayer, and fellowship, not some extraordinary revelation. We also work through 1 John's series of tests for self-examination — doctrinal, moral, relational, and perseverance — as a practical tool for asking "do I actually know Christ," and talk honestly about doubt, dark nights of the soul, and why even faithful believers go through seasons where assurance dims without ever being destroyed. Scripture referenced: 2 Peter 1:10, Romans 6:1-2, 1 John 3:19-20, 1 John 1:9, 1 John 5:13, Hebrews 12:28, Psalm 51 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. Subscribe for weekly teaching, verse-by-verse Bible study, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life.

    Sunday School: WCF 18.3-18.4 — How Assurance Is Attained and Shaken

  7. Sep 13

    Ruth 4:1-12 — The Redeemer Who Gives a Name to the Dead

    At the city gate, an unnamed man had the right to redeem Ruth — and he refused. He wouldn't risk his own inheritance to save an outsider. So Scripture doesn't even preserve his name. Boaz does what the nearer redeemer would not: he willingly pays the price, takes Ruth as his wife, and perpetuates the name of a dead man who could do nothing for himself. In this message, Brother Aaron Caldwell finishes the story of Ruth and Boaz at the city gates and watch redemption become public, costly, and complete. We see the gospel already at work in the story: a Moabite widow and a Canaanite harlot, both outsiders, both grafted into the very lineage of Christ, not because of their pedigree but because of a Redeemer who was both willing and able. And we sit with the final picture of the text: Boaz could preserve a dead man's name, but Christ raises the dead and gives them an eternal one. In this message: The legal scene at the city gate and the unnamed redeemer's refusalRuth, Rahab, and God's grace toward outsiders in the line of ChristSovereignty and human responsibility: Boaz takes actionThe cost of redemption — willingness, not just abilityRedemption made public: possession, belonging, and testimonyApplication: the Redeemer gives a name to the dead Scripture referenced: Ruth 4:1-12, Matthew 16:18, James 2:26, 1 Corinthians 6:20, Ephesians 2:1-5 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. We'd love to have you join us. 🔔 Subscribe for weekly sermons, verse-by-verse Bible teaching, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life. 📖 Study guide and reflection questions for this passage: https://www.silvercityky.com/blog/ruth-4-1-12 ⛪ Visit us: www.silvercityky.com #Ruth #BookOfRuth #ReformedTheology #ExpositoryPreaching #BibleTeaching #Sermon #GospelOfGrace #Redemption

    Ruth 4:1-12 — The Redeemer Who Gives a Name to the Dead

  8. Sep 13

    Sunday School: WCF 18.1-18.2 — Assurance of Grace and Salvation

    Can you actually know you're saved? Or is that just arrogance? This week we open Westminster Confession Chapter 18 — the final chapter in the Confession's long treatment of redemption applied — and ask a question different from everything that's come before it: not "what is salvation," but "can you know you have it?" We look at two very different kinds of confidence: presumption, the false hope of someone going through religious motions with no real fruit, and genuine assurance, the settled confidence of someone who truly believes in Christ, loves Him sincerely, and is pursuing a good conscience before Him. We also dig into why the Confession calls this assurance "infallible" — resting not on your performance or your mood, but on God's promises, the visible evidence of grace in your life, and the inward testimony of the Holy Spirit Himself. Along the way, we talk honestly about the two postures many Christians live in: presumption on one side, and doubt-driven anxiety on the other, treating every failure as proof God must be furious. Neither honors what Scripture actually promises. Works are the fruit of assurance. They are never its root. Scripture referenced: Job 8:13-14, Matthew 7:22-23, 1 John 5:13, 1 John 1:9, Romans 5:2, 5, Romans 8:16, Ephesians 1:13-14 Silver City Church is a confessionally Reformed congregation devoted to the gospel of grace, the authority of Scripture, and the ordinary means God uses to build His church. Subscribe for weekly teaching, verse-by-verse Bible study, and Reformed theology applied to everyday life.

    Sunday School: WCF 18.1-18.2 — Assurance of Grace and Salvation
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    2022 - 2026
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