Providence Reformed Church of Bakersfield

Tag: Pastor’s Sermons

  • 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…

  • The Good Warfare Mandate

    Rev. Randy Martin • 1 Timothy 1:18-20 • This charge I entrust to you, Timothy, my child, in accordance with the prophecies previously made about you, that by them you may wage the good warfare, holding faith and a good conscience. By rejecting this, some have made shipwreck of their faith, among whom are Hymenaeus…

  • The Good News That Changes Everything

    Rev. Randy Martin • 1 Timothy 1:12-17 • I thank him who has given me strength, Christ Jesus our Lord, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to his service, though formerly I was a blasphemer, persecutor, and insolent opponent. But I received mercy because I had acted ignorantly in unbelief, and the grace of…

  • Love and Truth

    Rev. Randy Martin • 1 Timothy 1:1-11 • Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you when I was going…

  • Gospel and Godliness

    Rev. Randy Martin • 1 Timothy 1:1-11 • Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by command of God our Savior and of Christ Jesus our hope, To Timothy, my true child in the faith: Grace, mercy, and peace from God the Father and Christ Jesus our Lord. As I urged you when I was going…

  • Living With Purposeful Intent

    Rev. Randy Martin • Acts 20:24 • But I do not account my life of any value nor as precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the ministry that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the gospel of the grace of God.

  • Seeing Christ in David’s Psalm

    Rev. Randy Martin • Psalm 138:1-8 • I give you thanks, O LORD, with my whole heart; before the gods I sing your praise; 2 I bow down toward your holy temple and give thanks to your name for your steadfast love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and…

  • The Servant’s Salvation

    Rev. Randy Martin • Isaiah 52:13-53:12

  • Christ’s Character: Formed, Tested, Validated

    Rev. Randy Martin • Isaiah 50:4-11 • 4 The Lord GOD has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught. 5 The Lord GOD…

  • The Light of the World

    Rev. Randy Martin • Isaiah 49:1-12 • Listen to me, O coastlands, and give attention, you peoples from afar. The LORD called me from the womb, from the body of my mother he named my name. 2 He made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand he hid me; he…