Providence Reformed Church of Bakersfield

Tag: Five Solas of the Reformation

  • 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 Perennial Spiritual Forecast

    Rev. Randy Martin I Timothy 4:1-6 Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2 through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Providence and Prayer

    Rev. Randy Martin • 2 Chronicles 16:9 • For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to give strong support to those whose heart is blameless toward him. You have done foolishly in this, for from now on you will have wars.

  • The Church’s Calling to Prayer

    Rev. Randy Martin • I Timothy 2:1-8 • First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions, that we may lead a peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way. This is good, and it is…