Puritan Evangelical Church of America

All sins are ultimately rebellion against God Who redeems us by requiring our utter brokenness over them. Your Sinning Should Completely Humble You.

The reason God's people should worship Him is because He is thrice holy. Worship the LORD Your God for He is Thrice Holy!

Jesus speaks in parables to further dismiss those who are defiant in rebellious unbelief while disclosing saving faith discernment to His trusting disciples. Preaching the Parables: Proclaiming the King of Kings and His Kingdom.

Walking in the light of Christ and His Word provides the wonderful communion of the saints. Walk in the Light and Enjoy Enlightening Fellowship.

The reason God's children should listen to and live out their Heavenly Father's Biblical instruction as given through their covenant parents is to illuminate their way to truly live and live forever. Learn to Leave the Light On Every Moment of Your Life.

"Rejoice, Your Name is Written in Heaven." A sermon on Luke 10:17-20 by Rev. Joel Fitzpatrick at Puritan Reformed Presbyterian Church in San Diego. While PRPC's Pastor Grant is on chaplain duty call today for the SD VA Medical Center, we thank the Rev. Joel Fitzpatrick for leading our morning worship, preaching, and administering the Lord's Supper. Rev. Joel Fitzpatrick is a husband of 25 years, father of two (22 & 19), and a Grandfather (2 months). He is an ordained minister of the PCA's South Coast Presbytery. Rev. Fitzpatrick also is an author and speaker. He enjoys golfing, hiking, and cooking.

Pastor Grant is in the chaplain residency program with the San Diego Veterans Medical Center in La Jolla, and was on weekend duty today during which he led and preached for the Protestant worship service that also is fed as live video to the TVs of patients. Drawing on the story of Daniel and the story of Jack LaLane with Paul Harvey's "The Rest of the Story," we learned that there is a way God has designed our bodies to best function when we best fuel them according to His design for the best witness and influence. Eat and Drink Healthy and Exercise.

Special class led by Rev. Joel Fitzpatrick, our morning service preacher today. Bible study on Genesis 19:30-38, entitled, "A Strange Family Tree."

Wise, honest responses receive rejoicing appreciation from those who sincerely seek it. Have Wise Responses that Kindle Grateful Kisses.

Life's boundary lines that God has set must always be respected and lived out. Do Not Remove God's Ancient Landmarks.

God's people who call on His name will sacrifice their time and resources to express thankfulness to Him. Call on God's Name with Sacrifices of Thankful Praise.

Christians can point unbelievers to God witnessing to His Own Self by giving everyone ample self-sufficient evidence in His supplying them rain and thus their enjoying its sustenance. God Gives Himself a Witness to the World by Giving Us All Rain.

God's leaders maintain their calling and good influence when acting wisely both during prosperity and persecution before the eyes of their authorities, those they serve, and of God. When Prospering or Persecuted Behave Yourself Wisely.

This sermon was to set up a presentation by Tammy De Armas with PassionLife during our evening fellowship time as well as celebrate publicly that Pastor Grant recently learned for the first time he will be a Grandpa (congratulations to his daughter and son-in-law, Chad and Rachel Lemmen). The blessing of those who fear God and serve the family of God with their family is so blessed that it can be seen to extend to their enjoyment of grandchildren. Grandbabbies Are a Big Blessing.

After our evening worship service, during food and fellowship in the Fireside room we had an evening of insights, discussion, and Q&A about global prolife mission work with Tammy De Armas, Director of Mission Advancement for PassionLife. Understanding prolife work as world-missions; or, storming the strongholds where abortion, infanticide and gendercide is especially concentrated and providing life-saving help in a life-changing way. PassionLife works as a prolife global missions partner to missionaries and indigenous Christian leaders, where the plague of abortion, infanticide and gendercide is especially concentrated. In such places we disciple people in a biblical worldview of human value, teach them how to make the case for life in a secular culture, see abortion guilt and grief as an entry point for the Gospel's offer of forgiveness and freedom, and provide models of pregnancy crisis intervention services that they can adapt to their culture and neighborhood. For more information, visit passionlife.org.

The Christian's true testimony is that while you are brought low in oppression, God will lift you up. When You Are Brought Low, God Will Help You Up.

Anger should be carefully avoided because it is likely to linger and fester. Beware of Letting Anger Linger in Your Heart.

The words of Christ's people should begin with wisdom and continue with kindness. Speak Wisely and with Kindness.

Where God's people declare to be is where they should have His heart to see all people decently cared for. Have a Heart After God for All Images of Himself.

God's grace is more than enough for your efforts to be good enough and exalt His glory working through your weakness. Your Good Enough is Good Enough by God's Grace.

Where God places His name in worship is where His people should place their first financial fruits. Your Tithe Takes Care of God's Ministry.

When we fall and fail, we must be broken and crushed in repentance to seek and enjoy mercy.
 When You Fall and Fail, Contrition Will Deliver You.

"They Have Received and Believe." Thank you to Mr. Timothy Montague of Reformation Presbyterian Church in Sheboygan, WI, for preaching for us during both worship services. Tim is a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy and spent 15 years in the corporate world before he began preaching in Colorado in 2013. He and his wife, Heather, have four children and recently moved to and are now members of the Reformation Presbyterian Church in Sheboygan, WI, where he co-serves with pulpit supply as a Gospel licentiate working toward full ordination with our RPCGA's New Geneva Presbytery.

"They Have Knowledge." Thank you to Mr. Timothy Montague of Reformation Presbyterian Church in Sheboygan, WI, for preaching for us during both worship services. Tim is a graduate of the United States Coast Guard Academy and spent 15 years in the corporate world before he began preaching in Colorado in 2013. He and his wife, Heather, have four children and recently moved to and are now members of the Reformation Presbyterian Church in Sheboygan, WI, where he co-serves with pulpit supply as a Gospel licentiate working toward full ordination with our RPCGA's New Geneva Presbytery.

Rev. Dr. Todd Ruddell preaches for the opening worship service of the Fall New Geneva Presbytery meeting held at PRPC October 14-15, 2025. "The Church's Spiritual Mission."

Rev. Mike Martin, pastor of Union Baptist Church in Union, Oregon, was our guest preacher this evening. He is the son-in-law of Elder Ron and Linda Renner.

Mr. Alex Mauger was a guest preacher for us this morning. He graduated with an M.Div. from Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, in Taylor's, SC in 2024. Mr. Mauger is a member of Reformation Presbyterian Church in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, where he preaches regularly as a licentiate of New Geneva Presbytery, RPCGA.

Pastor Grant was on duty on the Lord's Day as a chaplain for the SD Va Medical Center (where he is is their chaplaincy residency program) and led and preached for the Protestant chapel worship service on the Lord's Day (that was broadcast on their live TV station for patients in beds). Though the wicked seek to knock out the righteous, the righteous always rise up in victory. Keep Getting Up Again.

God's people and prepare to fight the good fight of faith because they know it is God Who will fight for them. Be Prepared to Fight the Good Fight, and Often Your Enemies' Fearful Threats will Fizzle. Because Our God Shall Fight for Us.

God's people are to only eat in a manner that is not an abomination to Him but rather His glorification. Eat and Drink to God's Holy Glory.

When aggravated anger of God's enemies toward the work of His people with a real threat of attack that can cause the Church to emotional exhaustion and possibly interrupt the work, God's leaders must prepare His people with prayer, a plan of defense, and motivational preaching that can stop the threat and keep the people going. Be Prepared to Fight the Good Fight, and Often Your Enemies' Fearful Threats will Fizzle.

God's separated people who have the certainty of eternal life in Christ and the resurrection should not grieve the death of their loved ones in the Lord like the world but distinctively show their holy hope in heaven. Don't Grieve Your Deceased Brethren with a Worldly Lack of Hope in Heaven.

The response of God's leaders to growing reproach by God's enemies should be increasing in prayer for God to intervene so that God's people respond in continuing to make progress building Christ's church. When Oppressed, Keep Praying and Making Progress.

God's call on His people to live a clean, holy, separate, sanctified life that honors His name is because of who they are as He has made them in Himself and their own identity and reputation in Christ. As God's Blessed People Be Blessed.

While some live longer, we all only have very little time on this earth that is full of sorrowful living. Your Days on this Earth Are Numbered.

Because God has heard our cry to live and answered, "Yes," let us live all our lives loving Him. Let Us Love the Lord for Letting Us Live.

This message was given for a chapel service at Providence Christian College in Pasadena, CA, where Pastor Grant's daughter is a junior and RA at the time. When God's people and their situation seem insignificant and insecure during times of reformation, they need to see themselves as God does and rejoice in what He has begun, is doing, and will finish in and through them. Don't Despise the Day of Small Things!

The hearts of wise covenant parents greatly rejoice within when their children show they are wise within from without. Covenant Children: Being Wise of Heart Will Rejoice Your Parents' Hearts Most.

The price of attaining the truth is worth the cost. Spare No Expense to Have Christ and His Wisdom.

Having God's gift of faith is the reason anyone can see and profess the Gospel or anything else as true.

What one does with their lives, good or bad, expresses and extends joyful or sorrowful living. Rejoice in Being Righteous and Doing What's Right.

The words of God in His Word must be carefully considered and kept in heart and life by His people. Give Jesus All Your Attention.

There is no one like the Lord Who alone exists in glorious holiness and does wonderful works of salvation. Your God is Glorious in Holiness.

The one who is willing to lose his life now for Jesus finds it forever in Jesus. We are Blessed to Belong with the Losers.

The wide way of life that the majority is going is the wrong way to follow because it leads to eternal death. The Wide Way is the Wrong Way.

God's good leaders rebuild and build up His Church in every generation managing good organization and delegation by the will of God and the humble, unified, good will of His people. Build as Christ's One Risen Body.

One Christian can cause many foes to flee because it is their God Who fights for them. Because God Fights for You, Through You Your Many Foes Will Flee.

The person who has an eye to bless the poor with his bounty is blessed by God. Have a Good Eye to Do Good to the Suffering. The song "Give Me Your Eyes" by Brandon Heath is quoted in the end of the sermon and then played afterward.

God will let His people's life and love be tested to purify them against strong influences toward blaspheming Him through disloyal behavior that is inconsistent for those who bear His name. Only Love and Live for God.

Good leadership that motivates God's people to build Christ's church will face evil opposition to discourage and stop it. When You Do Good You Will Face Evil.

Taking heed unto ourselves to not be engaging in idolatrous worship is all ultimately about identifying the true God as our God. Wear Christ's Name Well in How You Worship Him.