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Pastor Nathan Lewis is preaching four sermons on the Ascension of Jesus Christ. He preaches at Chehalem Valley Presbyterian Church in Newberg at 9:00 a.m. on Sundays and then at Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Beaverton at 11:00 a.m. Below you can read Nathan’s sermon scripts and you can also go to Audio sermons to hear a recording of his preaching. Continue reading »
Pastor Nathan Lewis has been preaching through Paul’s First Epistle to the Church at Corinth. In celebration of Resurrection Sunday 2008, he has preached the following sermons from I Corinthians 15 at Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Beaverton and Chehalem Valley Presbyterian Church in Newberg. Continue reading »
(Sermon series preached by Nathan E. Lewis at Chehalem Valley Presbyterian Church and Evergreen Presbyterian Church)
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The Fullness of God’s Grace
I Corinthians 1:1-9
As far as we can see through Paul’s letters, the Church at Corinth was messier and broken than most. None of the first century churches were perfect. Each one suffered from relational conflict. Each one was in danger of heresies and wolves in sheep’s clothing. Paul did not go to trouble-free zones to plant churches. Instead he went to the crossroads of the Roman Empire where the needs and opportunities increased. Paul instructed Titus, one of his church planters, to establish a church on the island of Crete, notorious for dishonesty, indulgence, and discord. Nevertheless, the Church at Corinth wins the prize for being the more troubled and twisted of the churches listed in the New Testament. Continue reading »
“Your Heart at Advent”
Luke 1:5-38
Sunday, December 23, 2007
When the angel told Zechariah’s that his wife, Elizabeth would give birth to a son, even though she was barren in her old age, Zechariah said, “How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.” For this response God disciplined him by making him mute until the son was born. The angel Gabriel appeared to Mary and told her that she would give birth to a son and Mary responded, “How will this be, since I am a virgin?” The language of her response is virtually identical to the response of Zechariah. How is it that God punishes Zechariah but blesses Mary? Continue reading »
2005 Advent Series: The Virgin Birth - Four Sermons by Nathan E. Lewis
Sermon One: (Luke 1:5-25 ) “Unbelief: Our Problem with the Virgin Birth”
The virgin birth is like the creation of the world and the resurrection of Jesus. Do you find the virgin birth of Jesus difficult to believe? As Donald Macleod of the Free Church of Scotland College observes, Jesus is presented in the opening words of John’s Gospel as the divine Person who invades our world from above. John writes, “The Word became flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory, the glory of the only begotten Son of God come down from the Father, full of grace and truth.” But the historian Luke mixes the divine and human aspects showing us how this descent involved an actual family, an actual birth of a baby. He writes about the virgin birth. Continue reading »
(a four week sermon series preached by Nathan E. Lewis at Evergreen Presbyterian Church and Chehalem Valley Presbyterian Church)
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Part One: Created in God’s Image : Genesis 1:26-28
The Presbyterian Church in America publishes By Faith Magazine, which you can read online at evergreenpca.com. In a recent issue, Stephanie Hubach, member of our sister congregation, Reformed Presbyterian Church in Ephrata, PA, wrote an article titled, “The Dignity of Every Human.” Listen to the first three paragraphs:
Flipping through the newspaper on a quiet Sunday afternoon, my eyes fell on an article entitled “The Toll of Alzheimer’s Disease” by syndicated columnist Dr. Peter H. Gott. Since a close friend from church suffers from an early-onset form of dementia, I was eager to read the piece. Alzheimer’s and related forms of dementia are, undoubtedly, dreadful diseases for both recipients and their family members. Due to the degenerative nature of these disabling conditions the road is long, the effects are heart-breaking, and the outcome is certain.
As Christians, when we encounter this type of struggle it should call forth our deepest compassion, inspire us to provide practical supports, and encourage us to invest in ethically-based preventative research. But there is also a point at which we must be careful in our thinking. Listen to Gott’s description of end-stage Alzheimer’s disease—but most importantly, listen to the conclusion that he makes from his observations: “This eventually ends in a catastrophe: extreme confusion, loss of judgment, inability to recognize loved ones, belligerency, and the failure to be able to carry out everyday chores and activities of daily living (including bathing, dressing and eating). In the truest sense of the word, the advanced Alzheimer’s patient has lost all the qualities that make him or her human [emphasis mine].” Continue reading »
Deuteronomy 32: 48-52
(sermon preached by Nathan E. Lewis at Chehalem Valley Presbyterian Church in Newberg, Oregon, and at Evergreen Church in Beaverton, Oregon.)
In the ancient world, the mountain was the place where the divine would visit humanity. Moses, the great prophet of Israel, ascended Mt. Sinai to meet with God, to hear the voice of God and to receive the law of God written in stone. On the mountain, Moses requested to see God’s glory. God said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you and will proclaim before you my name, and I will be gracious and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy. But you cannot see my face, for man shall not see me and live.” God told Moses to hide in the cleft of the rock on the mountain, to hide there until he had passed by. As God was departing the summit of the mountain, he allowed Moses to see the trailing glory!
When Moses descended the mountain his face shown like the sun and so the people, even Aaron, his brother, were afraid to come near Moses. No one else in Israel had come so close to the glorious presence of God on the mountain. Continue reading »
(sermon preached by Nathan E. Lewis to Chehalem Presbyterian Church in Newberg,Oregon and to Evergreen Presbyterian Church in Beaverton, Oregon on January 7, 2007) Continue reading »
