After facing God’s discipline for neglecting the rebuilding of His Temple, the people of Israel heard a gracious word of encouragement: “I am with you.” In this passage, God’s presence transforms their discouragement into renewed obedience and hope.

We, too, can find comfort in knowing that even when we fail or grow weary, God remains with us—strengthening, restoring, and calling us back to faithful service.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠LegacyRBC.org⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

A continuation of our Wednesday night study on hermeneutics as we consider the role of the Holy Spirit in the authorship and interpretation of Scripture.

Jesus warned His disciples that they would face trouble in the days ahead. One aspect of these hardships is that many would 'fall away' from the faith. This continues in our own day, when those who once professed the Gospel reject and even revile it. In this sermon, we examine Christ's warning and how we should respond.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠LegacyRBC.org⁠⁠⁠⁠.

As we continue our exposition on the Olivet Discourse, we come to Jesus' warning that His disciples would be hated for His name's sake and that they would face tribulation and even death.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit ⁠⁠⁠LegacyRBC.org⁠⁠⁠.

The Prophet Haggai was sent to the people of God after they had returned to Jerusalem after the exile. Despite their charge to rebuild the Temple, the work had stalled as they busied themselves with their own houses.

In this message we learn how disobedience, and even delayed obedience, is an offense against God and will not result in His blessing our work.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit ⁠⁠LegacyRBC.org⁠⁠.

In our second part of this message on Matthew 24:3-14, Jesus speaks to His disciples about the tumultuous events which He refers to as "but the beginning of the birth pains."This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit ⁠LegacyRBC.org⁠.

A continuation of our Wednesday night study on hermeneutics

As Jesus begins what is known as the Olivet Discourse, He is answering the disciples questions about the coming destruction of the Temple, the sign of His coming, and of the end of the age.

With these questions as the immediate context of Jesus' teaching in this passage, we will examine His warnings about false signs and false Christs that might otherwise lead His people astray.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

In this sermon on Ephesians 6:10–20, we’re reminded that every believer is called to be a soldier of Christ in the midst of a dark and hostile world.

Despite the challenges and opposition we might face, Scripture calls us to stand firm, resist temptation, proclaim truth, and lift high the banner of Jesus. Here we explore how the armor of God equips us to remain stand firm.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

When Jesus told His disciples that the magnificent temple would one day be completely destroyed—every stone torn down—they were stunned.

Naturally, they asked when such things would happen, and what sign would mark His coming and the end of the age.

In this sermon, we begin our study of Christ’s response to these weighty questions.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

In light of recent events in our nation, including an assassination on a university campus, many are understandably angry at the depravity that is too readily apparent in our culture.

Anger at unrighteousness and evil is not sinful in itself, but we must take care that we do not sin in our anger.

In this sermon, Pastor Caleb gives counsel on how Christians can turn righteous anger into right action.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

While the disciples were enamored with the grandeur of the Temple, Jesus revealed that despite its beauty and importance to Jewish life it would be utterly destroyed.

In this continuation of our look at the start of Matthew 24, we consider why it is that the Temple and the system it represented was coming to an end.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

Continuing our course of how to study the Bible, we focus on the importance of understanding authorial intent.

Jesus said the Temple was being left to the Jews desolate, and the He left Jerusalem to prove it. As He left, the disciples drew His attention back to the Temple complex. They were enamored by its majesty, and yet Jesus knew that because of the faithlessness of Israel not a single stone would be left on another.

Listen as Pastor Caleb begins a multi-part sermon on these transitionary verses between Jesus’ condemnation of the Jerusalem rulers, and leaves the public eye to teach His disciples about what was soon to come in the Olivet Discourse.

A sermon preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks MN. Legacyrbc.org.

In Matthew 23:37-39, we see the great love and compassion He has for the people of Israel as He laments for Jerusalem over their coming destruction for having rejected God.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

Throughout the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus has made clear that God is displeased with Israel's spiritual adultery. In this passage, He shows His compassion for His people while revealing the coming consequences for their sin.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

Scripture is clear that believers are united in Christ, and so there should be unity in our churches. However, that doesn't mean that we are all the same. Christ has graciously given unique gifts to different believers so that we may serve God and others accordingly.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

Scripture is clear that believers are united in Christ. So why does it not always seem that way in our churches? In this sermon on Ephesians 4:1-3, we explore the reasons for division in the church and how we can eagerly pursue unity.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

In this sermon on Ephesians 4:4-6, Rylan considers how the church is united together as one body because we have one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, and one God and Father.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit LegacyRBC.org.

Since the first century, believers have wrestled with how the church relates to Israel and Judaism, and this remains a controversial topic today. In Romans 11:25-36 the apostle Paul unveils the mystery of Israel’s present, partial hardening and urges Christians to respond not with pride or disdain but with Christ-like compassion, praying earnestly for the day when Israel, too, turns to the Lord.

This sermon was preached at Legacy Reformed Baptist Church in East Grand Forks, MN. For more information, visit https://www.LegacyRBC.org.