Providence Reformed Church of Bakersfield

Tag: 2018

  • God’s Sovereignty Is Our Friend

    John 4:23-31 • Rev. Randy Martin • When they were released, they went to their friends and reported what the chief priests and the elders had said to them. And when they heard it, they lifted their voices together to God and said, “Sovereign Lord, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea…

  • The Glory of God in the Face of Christ

    John 1:15-18 • Rev. Randy Martin • John bore witness about him, and cried out, “This was he of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me ranks before me, because he was before me.’” For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. For the law was given through Moses; grace and…

  • The Incarnate Tabernacle of God – God with Us

    John 1:14 • Rev. Randy Martin • And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:14

  • The Light Revealed and Rejected

    John 1:6-13 • Rev. Randy Martin • There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. He came as a witness, to bear witness about the light, that all might believe through him. He was not the light, but came to bear witness about the light. The true light, which gives light to…

  • Response to the Resurrection

    Mark 16:9-20 • Rev. Randy Martin • Now when he rose early on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons. She went and told those who had been with him, as they mourned and wept. But when they heard that he was…

  • More Than A Metaphor

    Mark 16:1-8 • Michael Hudson • When the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, Mary the mother of James, and Salome bought spices, so that they might go and anoint him. And very early on the first day of the week, when the sun had risen, they went to the tomb. And they were saying to…

  • The Burial of Jesus

    Mark 15:40-47 • Rev. Randy Martin • And when evening had come, since it was the day of Preparation, that is, the day before the Sabbath, Joseph of Arimathea, a respected member of the council, who was also himself looking for the kingdom of God, took courage and went to Pilate and asked for the…

  • How to Make The Gospel Stick

    Psalm 1:1-6 • Rev. Alex Watlington • Blessed is the man who walks not in the counsel of the wicked, nor stands in the way of sinners, nor sits in the seat of scoffers; but his delight is in the law of the LORD, and on his law he meditates day and night. He is…

  • The Crucifixion of Jesus

    Mark 15:22-41 • Rev. Randy Martin • And as they were eating, he took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take; this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, and they all drank of it.…

  • Jesus Before Pilate

    Mark 15:1-21 • Rev. Randy Martin • And as soon as it was morning, the chief priests held a consultation with the elders and scribes and the whole council. And they bound Jesus and led him away and delivered him over to Pilate. And Pilate asked him, “Are you the King of the Jews?” And…