Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Shame, Cross, and King” John 19:16b-23a March 7, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to the crucifixion of Jesus. Please do listen carefully, for this is God’s word for us this morning. 19:16b So they took Jesus, 17 and he […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Clashing Kingdoms” John 19:1-16a February 28, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we come to the second portion of Jesus’s trial before Pontius Pilate. Three weeks ago we read of Jesus’s trial before the Jewish chief priests. Then the chief priests brought […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Confession of Sin” 2 Samuel 12:1-15a & Psalm 51 February 21, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We come tonight to Second Samuel chapter twelve for a second time. In chapter eleven we have the serious moral fall of David. He commits adultery with […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Contrasting Kingdoms” John 18:28-40 February 21, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we come to the first portion of Jesus’s trial before Pontius Pilate. Jesus has been tried – in a fundamentally unjust trial – by the Jewish leaders. And now, in […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “The Denials of Peter” John 18:12-28a (Part 2) February 14, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we return to John 18:12-28. Last Lord’s Day we looked at this passage and focused on the trial of Jesus. This morning we return to the […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Injustice and the Trial of Jesus” John 18:12-28a February 7, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to John 18:12-28. There are two significant events that are intertwined here, and we will consider them over two sermons. This morning we will consider […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “When God Looks Weak” John 18:1-12 January 31, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to John 18:1-12, the arrest of Jesus. Please do listen carefully, for this is God’s word for us this morning. 18:1 When Jesus had spoken these […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “The Need for Both Law & Grace in Protecting the Unborn” Exodus 20:13 January 24, 2021 (Sanctity of Human Life Sunday) Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti WHY ARE CHRISTIANS SO PASSIONATE ABOUT PROTECTING THE UNBORN? It is Sanctity of Human Life Sunday. We have […]
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Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Our Need for Prophets” 2 Samuel 12:1-15a January 17, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We come to Second Samuel chapter twelve tonight. It’s been a few weeks since we were in chapter eleven, so a little review will be important. In chapter eleven […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Trinitarian Salvation, Trinitarian Mission, Trinitarian Ownership” John 17:6-19 January 17, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come again to the Gospel of John, and to the second section of Jesus’s prayer to God the Father immediately before his arrest. With that in mind, […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “What Is the Goal?” John 17:1-5 January 3, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we return to the Gospel of John. Our plan is to continue in John from now through the seasons of Lent and Easter and then to come to […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Responding to the Heavenly Proclamation” Luke 2:1-21 December 20, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti Our focus this evening will be Luke, chapter two, verses eight through twenty. But to give us the larger context, we will begin with verse one. Please do listen carefully, […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Advent as Warfare: Fools for Christ in Spiritual Battle” Matthew 1:18-25 December 20, 2020 (Fourth Sunday of Advent) Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti Our text this morning is from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter one, verses eighteen through twenty-five. Please do listen carefully, for […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Advent as Warfare: The Wartime Virtue of Patience” 1 Timothy 1:15-17, 2 Peter 3:8-10a, James 5:7-11, Ephesians 4:1-3, Luke 8:4-15 December 13, 2020 (Third Sunday of Advent) Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We have five texts of Scripture we will consider this morning. I’ll read […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Adultery & Advent” 2 Samuel 11:1-12:1a December 6, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We return this evening, after some time away, to the Book of Samuel, chapter eleven through the first half of the first verse of chapter twelve. Please listen carefully, for […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Advent as Warfare: A War of Ages” Matthew 3, Mark 1:14-15, Galatians 1:1-5 December 6, 2020 (Second Sunday of Advent) Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We have three texts to consider this morning: – Matthew 3 – Mark 1:14-15 – Galatians 1:1-5 And as […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Advent as Warfare: Three Entities on the Battlefield” Ephesians 2 November 29, 2020 (First Sunday of Advent) Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti Our text this morning is Ephesians chapter two. Please do listen carefully, for this is God’s word for us this morning. 2:1And […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Knowledge, Access, and Dependence” John 16:21-33 November 22, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We continue this morning in Jesus’s instruction to his disciples in the moments leading up to his arrest. This morning we will come to the end of chapter sixteen of […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Faith, Wisdom, Learning, and Getting to the Right Party” Proverbs 9 November 15, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti As Christians, when we speak about the education of our children, we are talking about the acquiring of knowledge and we are talking about the acquiring […]
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Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Sorrow & Knowing When You Are” John 16:1-22 November 15, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We continue this morning in Jesus’s instruction to his disciples in the moments leading up to his arrest. In the bulletin our text starts in the middle of […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “How to Be Hated for the Right Reasons” John 15:18-16:4a November 8, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We continue in John chapter fifteen and into chapter sixteen this morning, as Jesus continues to instruct his disciples in the moments leading up […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “How to Pray for Persecuted Christians” Daniel 3:1-4:3 November 1, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti Well, we have heard of the need for prayer for the persecuted church … later this evening we will pray for the persecuted church … but […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Friends Enjoying God” John 15:1-17 Pt 2 November 1, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return to the Gospel of John, chapter fifteen. Last Lord’s Day we looked at verses one through twelve and focused on Jesus’s image of the vine […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Branches Glorifying God” John 15:1-12 Pt 1 October 25, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return to the Gospel of John, chapter fifteen – in the middle of Jesus’s farewell discourse to his disciples. We will spend two Sundays on […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Hesed Rejected” 2 Samuel 10 October 18, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this evening to the Book of Samuel, chapter ten, where we read of David’s deeds as king of God’s people. Please listen carefully, for this […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Redemption of the Past, Present, and Future” Ruth 4 (Part 2) October 18, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We have our sixth and final sermon on the Book of Ruth this morning, as we look once more at chapter […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Text: Download Text “True Wisdom in Gain & Loss” Ruth 4 (Part 1) October 11, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We will consider the Book of Ruth two more times together – this morning and next Lord’s Day. Both times we will be […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Imitating Those Who Have Imitated Christ: St. Francis of Assisi & Calling” 1 Corinthians 11:1 October 4, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti Our text tonight is First Corinthians 11:1. The Apostle Paul writes to the church in Corinth: […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Hesed Among Other Loves” Ruth 3 (Part 2) October 4, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we turn back to the Book of Ruth, looking at chapter three for a second time. To give a re-cap: […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Text: Download Text “Hesed Given & Received” 2 Samuel 9 September 27, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this evening to the Book of Samuel. In Second Samuel chapter five, David is established as the king of all Israel. In […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Text: Download Text “The Ways of God’s Conquering King” 2 Samuel 8 September 20, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this evening to the Book of Samuel. David has been established as the king of all Israel. He is settled into […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Text: Download Text “Rest, Refuge, and Wings” Ruth 3 (Part 1) September 20, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return this morning to the Book of Ruth. Two weeks ago we considered Ruth chapter one. Elimelech and Naomi left the Promised […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Text: Download Text “ ‘Happening’ Upon Boaz’s Field ” Ruth 2 September 13, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return this morning to the Book of Ruth. Last week we heard from chapter one. We met Elimelech and Naomi, who […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “The Covenant” 2 Samuel 7 September 6, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this evening to the Book of Samuel. David has been established as the king of all Israel. He is settled into Jerusalem. There has been a […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “The Anti-Exodus of an Anti-Israelite and an Anti-Evangelist The Anti-Emptiness of an Anti-Moabitess” Ruth 1 September 6, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We begin a new series this morning, on the Book of Ruth. We’re going on a brief hiatus from […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “The Dangers of Spiritual Pride” 2 Samuel 6 August 30, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this evening to the Book of Samuel. David has been anointed as king of all Israel. He has conquered Jerusalem […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Peace, Not as the World Gives” John 14:25-31 August 30, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We have been in the Gospel of John for some time now. We have taken breaks for major holidays of the church year, and for last […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Our Need for a Great King” 2 Samuel 5 August 23, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this evening to the Book of Samuel. After years of division between the tribe of Judah and the other tribes […]
Video Audio Download Audio Text Download Text “Not Orphans” John 14:15-24 August 23, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti It is good to be with you all again this morning, and to return with you to John’s Gospel. We continue in John chapter fourteen, and Jesus’s final discourse […]
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Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “The Paraclete” John 14:15-17, 25-27, 15:26-27 16:6-11 August 2, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti THE READING OF THE WORD: We return again this morning to the Gospel of John, where we are still in the midst of Jesus’s final discourse with […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Greater Works Than Jesus” John 14:12-14 July 26, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti THE READING OF THE WORD: We return again this morning to the Gospel of John, chapter fourteen. Jesus has just spoken to the disciples of his unity with God the […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Seeing the Father” John 14:8-11 July 19, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this morning to the Gospel of John. We will be looking at chapter fourteen. Jesus is still gathered with his disciples (all expect for Judas, who has left […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Knowing the Destination; Knowing the Way” John 14:1-7 June 28, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We continue this morning in the Gospel of John. Jesus is gathered with his disciples after the Passover meal, speaking with them. Later that night he will be arrested. […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Here’s the outline for this morning: OPENING PRAYER: O God, come to our assistance, O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen. PSALM: Psalm […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Christ and His People: Rejecting or Receiving; Disowning or Loving” John 13:12-32 June 21, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again today to the Gospel of John. Our text this morning will overlap a bit with our text last Lord’s Day. Jesus and […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Cleansing & Serving” John 13:1-20 June 14, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this morning to the Gospel of John. At this point in the gospel Jesus and his disciples are gathered together before the Feast of Passover. The death of Jesus […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Here’s the outline for this morning: OPENING PRAYER: O God, come to our assistance, O Lord, make haste to help us. Glory to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit. As it was in the beginning, is now and will be forever. Amen. PSALM: Psalm 23 […]