Sermons from Rob Looper, Senior Pastor of McIlwain Presbyterian Church
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper May 1, 2022 – A study from 1 Thessalonians 2:1-2. How should believers respond to the hostility and opposition that we face from an unbelieving world?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper April 24, 2022 – A study from 1 Thessalonians 1:4-10. What can we learn from Paul's response to the Thessalonians?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper April 17, 2022 – A study from 1 Thessalonians 1:4-5. How is the love of God manifested in the doctrine of election?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper April 10, 2022 – A study from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5. How can we learn to continually live in God's wonderful grace?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper April 3, 2022 – A study from 1 Thessalonians 1:1-5. How can we learn to continually live in God's wonderful grace?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper March 27, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:25-34. Have you grasped the essence of the Gospel, and come to the Lord Jesus Christ in repentance and simple faith?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper March 20, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:25-34. Have you responded to God's command to believe and come to the Lord Jesus Christ in repentance and faith?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper March 13, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:25. What does God's Word teach us about the importance of singing in Christian life and worship?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper March 6, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:25. How does the Holy Scripture underscore the vital importance of song in the life of the Christian?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper February 27, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:16-24. Examining how these powerful transformative Gospel effects unfolded in Philippi, and how desperately we need to see them take place in our own nation?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper February 20, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:11-14. Has the Lord opened your heart by the power of the Gospel — or is your heart still closed to the things of God?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper February 13, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:11-14. Has the Great Physician of your soul successfully performed the spiritual open heart surgery you need for eternal life?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper February 6, 2022 – A study from Acts 16:6-10. What can we learn from this passage about how the Lord directs our lives?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper January 30, 2022 – A study from Acts 15:36-41. When it comes to proclaiming Jesus Christ, how can we avoid placing stumbling blocks in the way, so the Gospel message is presented with clarity and simplicity?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper January 23, 2022 – A study from Acts 15:36-41. Why did God choose to use flawed and imperfect, yet redeemed people to build His Kingdom on earth?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper January 16, 2022 – A study from Acts 15:36-41. What was the cause of the sharp division between Paul and Barnabas and what can this ancient account teach us about disagreements in the church, grace, and second chances?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper January 9, 2022 – A study from Acts 15:19-35. How did the Apostles deal with this critical issue?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper January 2, 2022 – A study from Acts 15:12-18. Examining the glorious biblical truth that in Jesus Christ, the Lord has now joined Jew and Gentile together into one new redeemed people — the Israel of God.
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper December 26, 2021 – A study from Romans 3:21-26. Have you received the righteousness of Christ?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper December 19, 2021 – A study from Hebrews 2:10-13. Do you embrace Jesus Christ as your eternal brother?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper December 12, 2021 – A study from Hebrews 2:14-18. Why was the nativity necessary?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper December 5, 2021 – A study from Luke 1:67-79. What insights can we glean about God's great promise of redemption, from Zechariah's prophecy and the ministry of John the Baptist?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper November 28, 2021 – A study from Luke 1:67-79. Have you received the blessings and benefits of the fulfillment of this ancient covenantal promise?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper November 21, 2021 – A study from Acts 15:1-2 and 5-18. How did the apostles uphold the biblical teaching of salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Jesus Christ alone?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper November 14, 2021 – A study from Acts 15:1-6. What was the doctrinal controversy facing the infant church — and how did the apostles deal with it in a decidedly Presbyterian fashion?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper November 7, 2021 – A study from Acts 15:1-6. Examining the first general assembly of the ancient Presbyterian Church in the New Testament.
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper October 31, 2021 – A study from Acts 14:21-28. What are the distinguishing characteristics of the Presbyterian Church?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper October 24, 2021 – A study from Acts 14:8-20. Are you committed to seeing the Gospel of Jesus Christ, faithfully and obediently proclaimed throughout the world?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper October 17, 2021 – A study from Acts 14:8-20. Are you committed to faithful Gospel ministry?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper October 10, 2021 – A study from Acts 14:1-7. How does the Gospel unify believers?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper October 3, 2021 – A study from Acts 14:1-7. Examining a striking example of the unifying and dividing power of the Gospel.
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper September 26, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:25, 36-37. How can the people of God today, individually and corporately, truly fulfill God's purpose in our own generation?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper September 19, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:25, 36-37. How can we follow in their spiritual footsteps and finish the course of God's purpose for our lives?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper September 12, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:25, 36-37. How can we follow the example of John the Baptist and King David in our lives?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper September 5, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:13-43. Are you a beggar for God's grace?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper August 29, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:13-43. Why should we choose to become beggars when it comes to grace and forgiveness from God?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper August 22, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:4-12. How did God dispel the darkness when the enemies of the Gospel opposed its advance?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper August 15, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:1-3. How can God's people stay committed to active participation in missions and evangelism?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper August 8, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:1-3. Are you seeking to understand and fulfill the unique and special purpose for which you have been called and set apart?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper August 1, 2021 – A study from Acts 13:1-3. Are you seeking to understand and fulfill the unique and special purpose for which you have been called and set apart?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper July 25, 2021 – A study from Acts 12:20-25. Why has the Gospel continued to prevail throughout all of history?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper July 18, 2021 – A study from Acts 12:6-19. What does the account of Peter's miraculous deliverance from prison teach us about the power of fervent, earnest prayer that is in harmony with the mind and will of God?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper July 11, 2021 – A study from Acts 12:1-5. How did the early believers respond to James being martyred that was fueled by persecution and opposition to the faith?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper July 4, 2021 – A study from Acts 11:26. When you say, “I am a Christian,” what does it really mean?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper June 27, 2021 – A study from Acts 11:19-26. What are the marks of a church that if growing in numbers, spiritual vitality, and effective outreach?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper June 20, 2021 – A study from Acts 11:1-18. What can we learn from the account of Peter and Cornelius about the intended recipients of the Gospel message?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper June 13, 2021 – A study from Acts 10:44-48. What does God's Word teach about this controversial subject?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper June 6, 2021 – A study from Acts. Why did God choose to extend salvation far beyond the borders of Israel?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper May 23, 2021 – A study from Acts 10:1-33. How do we see this glorious biblical truth illustrated for us in the encounter of Peter and Cornelius?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper May 23, 2021 – A study from Acts 10:1-33. What does God’s Word teach us about this encounter between Peter and Cornelius that quite literally changed the world?
Growing By Grace with Rob Looper May 16, 2021 – A study from Acts 10:1-33. Do you comprehend the power of the Gospel to tear down the walls of sin and bigotry that separate God from man, and men from each other?