Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Following Without Foreknowledge” John 21:18-25 May 9, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to the end of John’s gospel. With only a few brief breaks we have been in this book for over two years now. This will be my […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Loving Jesus and His Sheep” John 21:15-19 April 25, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to John 21:15-19. We are in the epilogue of John’s gospel. Jesus has died, and he has risen. And after his initial appearances to his […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Fishing with the Risen Lord” John 21:1-14 April 25, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to John 21:1-14. Jesus has risen from the dead. He has appeared to his disciples and they have believed. And at the end of chapter […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Believing Thomas” John 20:24-31 April 18, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to John 20:24-31. Jesus has been crucified. Jesus has died, and been buried. And then on Sunday morning the tomb was found empty, and Jesus, risen from the […]
Video: Audio Download Audio Download Text “A Tale of Four Gardens” John 19:40-20:18 April 4, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti Here at our church we have been going through the Gospel of John. John was one of Jesus’s closest followers during his earthly ministry. He knew Jesus personally. He […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “A Tale of Four Gardens” John 19:40-20:18 April 4, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti Here at our church we have been going through the Gospel of John. John was one of Jesus’s closest followers during his earthly ministry. He knew Jesus personally. He […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Jesus, Dead and Buried” John 19:38-42 March 28, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We come this morning to John 19:38-42. Jesus has been crucified. Jesus has died, and his death has been confirmed by the Roman soldiers. And now Jesus, dead, is buried. […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “The Church & the Cross” John 19:23-37 March 21, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return this morning to John 19:23-37. Last Lord’s Day we looked at this passage and considered the relationship between the cross and our individual guilt. This morning we […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Guilt and the Cross” John 19:23-37 March 14, 2021 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We continue, this morning, in the Gospel of John, and his account of the crucifixion and death of Jesus. Please do listen carefully, for this is God’s word for us […]
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 “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 […]
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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 “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 “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 “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 “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 “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 […]
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 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 Download Text “The Call of Jesus” John 12:44-50 June 7, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return to the Gospel of John this morning – to the last section of chapter twelve. And we are at a turning point of John’s Gospel here. In the first […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “What You Love & What You Know” John 12:36-43 May 17, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return to John chapter twelve this morning. And we are approaching something of a transition in the Gospel of John. Many scholars point out that you […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “A Wonderfully Glorious and Deeply Troubling Plan for Your Life” John 12:27-36 May 10, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return again this morning to the Gospel of John. Last Lord’s Day we began to consider the interactions that came after Jesus’s triumphal entry […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “The Way to Glory” John 12:20-26 May 3, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We continue, this morning, in the Gospel of John. Last Lord’s Day we considered Jesus’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem at the time of the Feast of Passover. The people […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Responding to the Paradigm-Busting King” John 12:9-19 April 26, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We continue, this morning, in the Gospel of John. In chapter eleven we read of Jesus’s great sign and miracle of raising Lazarus from the dead. Then, in the […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Mary & Judas” John 12:1-8 April 19, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return this morning to the Gospel of John, and we come now to the beginning of chapter twelve. In chapter eleven we read the account of Jesus raising Lazarus, […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “The Great Exchange” John 11:38-57 April 5, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti It is Palm Sunday, and traditionally the service and the sermon are oriented towards the triumphal entry … or they are oriented towards the death of Christ on the cross. […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “A Hope, a Presence, and a Foretaste” John 11:17-37 March 29, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we return to John chapter eleven. Last Lord’s Day we looked at the first seventeen verses of John chapter eleven, and saw how it was […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Jesus’s Delayed Deliverance” John 11:1-16 March 22, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti This morning we come to John chapter eleven. If you have a Bible with you, or if you have a device to bring John chapter eleven up in the English Standard Version, I […]
Video Audio Download Audio Download Text “Whose Hands Are You In?” John 10:22-42 March 15, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We will turn this morning to John chapter ten, verses twenty-two through forty-two. The last two Lord’s Days we have considered verses one through twenty-one of this chapter, Jesus’s […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Sheep & Shepherds Part 2: Jesus, the Chief Shepherd” John 9:39-10:21 March 8, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti Well … as I’ve done several times now, we are returning to a longer text in John’s Gospel for a second time. Last […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Sheep & Shepherds Pt. 1: Jesus, the Good Shepherd” John 9:39-10:21 March 1, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We will consider together this morning John, chapter ten, but before we get there, we need to recall what happened in John chapter nine. […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “The Man Born Blind, Part 2: The Path of Discipleship” John 9 February 23, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We return a second time this morning to John chapter nine. Augustine, in his sermon on this chapter began by telling his […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “The Man Born Blind, Part 1: Creation & Recreation” John 9 February 16, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pastor Nicoletti We move into John chapter nine this morning. John nine fits together as one large unit … but there is a lot there in […]
Video: Audio: Download audio Download text “The Denial of Death vs the Defeater of Death” John 8:46-59 February 9, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pr. Nicoletti We continue in the Gospel of John this morning, coming now to John 8:46-59 – the end of the conversation between Jesus and the […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Children of the Devil” John 8:37-47 February 2, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pr. Nicoletti We continue in the Gospel of John this morning, coming now to John 8:37-47, where Jesus continues his conversation with the Jews gathered in the temple in Jerusalem at […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Slaves and the Offer of Freedom” John 8:31-38 January 26, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pr. Nicoletti We continue in the Gospel of John this morning, coming now to John 8:31-38. Jesus is teaching in the temple in Jerusalem at the Feast of […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Three Questions for John 7:53-8:11” John 7:53-8:11 Ephesians 4:7-8 & 11-13 John 21:24-25 Matthew 7:1-5 January 19, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Evening Service Pr. Nicoletti We will be looking at several texts tonight, but the passage we will be focusing on will be John 7:53-8:11. […]
Video: Audio: Download Audio Download Text “Light of Life: Questions of Origins and Destinations” John 8:12-30 January 19, 2020 Faith Presbyterian Church – Morning Service Pr. Nicoletti If you have been keeping track, you might note that last Lord’s Day morning we ended at John 7:52 … and this morning we are starting […]