Providence Reformed Church of Bakersfield

Category: Pastor’s Sermons

  • The Elders and Serving Well – Part 1

    Rev. Randy Martin I Timothy 5:17-25 17 Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. 18 For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” 19 Do not admit a…

  • The Family and the Family of God

    Rev. Randy Martin I Timothy 5:1-16 Do not rebuke an older man but encourage him as you would a father, younger men as brothers, 2 older women as mothers, younger women as sisters, in all purity. 3 Honor widows who are truly widows. 4 But if a widow has children or grandchildren, let them first…

  • Godly Leadership

    Rev. Randy Martin I Timothy 4:6-16 6 If you put these things before the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, being trained in the words of the faith and of the good doctrine that you have followed. 7 Have nothing to do with irreverent, silly myths. Rather train yourself for godliness;…

  • The Pillar and Buttress of Truth

    Rev. Randy Martin • I Timothy 3:14-16 • 14 I hope to come to you soon, but I am writing these things to you so that, 15 if I delay, you may know how one ought to behave in the household of God, which is the church of the living God, a pillar and buttress…

  • Diagonal Charity and How It Changed the Values of Western Civilization

    Rev. Randy Martin • I Timothy 3:8-13 • 8 Deacons likewise must be dignified, not double-tongued, not addicted to much wine, not greedy for dishonest gain. 9 They must hold the mystery of the faith with a clear conscience. 10 And let them also be tested first; then let them serve as deacons if they…

  • Servant Shepherding of the Church

    Rev. Randy Martin • I Timothy 3:1-7 • The saying is trustworthy: If anyone aspires to the office of overseer, he desires a noble task. 2 Therefore an overseer must be above reproach, the husband of one wife, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, 3 not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome,…

  • Creation, Fall, and Redemption

    Rev. Randy Martin • I Timothy 2:11-15 • Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman…

  • Brought Back from the Dead

    Rev. Randy Martin • Hebrews 13:20-21 • 20 Now may the God of peace who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great shepherd of the sheep, by the blood of the eternal covenant, 21 equip you with everything good that you may do his will, working in us that which is pleasing…

  • Women and Teaching – Part 2

    Rev. Randy Martin • I Timothy 2:11-15 • Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman…

  • Women and Teaching – Part 1

    Rev. Randy Martin • I Timothy 2:11-15 • Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. 12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, then Eve; 14 and Adam was not deceived, but the woman…