URC Learning: Rev. Adam Kaloostian

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Sermons and lectures of Rev. Adam Kaloostian, pastor of Ontario United Reformed Church in Ontario, California.

Rev. Adam Kaloostian


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    Salt & Light for the Kingdom of Heaven | Matthew 5:1-16

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2010


    What is the “kingdom of heaven”? What characterizes its citizens in the age before it comes in its fullness? How do its citizens enlist other ones? Matthew 5:1-16 http://media.urclearning.org/audio/AMK_Matt_5_1_16.mp3

    Matthew 2:13-23–Divinely Protected to Bring Glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2010


    To side with baby Jesus was to side with God, to reject Him was to reject God. No matter, as Jesus was divinely protected in order to this time obediently re-live the history of the nation of Israel and its prominent leaders and bring glory to the universe. Hosea 11 Matthew 2:13-23

    Matthew 2:1-12–Rejecting or Receiving Jesus

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 15, 2010


    “King” Herod and the unbelieving Jewish rulers show us how and why people reject Christ. The mysterious eastern magi are surprisingly brought to Jesus as examples of His grace to us Gentiles, and of lives devoted to Him. Matthew 2: 1-12

    Acts 2:36-39 | Baptism- Guilt, Grace, and Gratitude

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2010


    On the glorious occasion of the baptism of two children in our church, we considered the basic law-and-gospel meaning of baptism. Acts 2:36-39

    Matthew 1:16-24 | An Unusual, Miraculous Conception and Birth

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2010


    Jesus’ conception and birth was magnificent, unusual, miraculous, and extraordinary. It’s no wonder, since His birth is a destiny-of-the-universe-altering event. Isaiah 7:1-16; 8:1-10; 9:2, 6-7 Matthew 1:16-24

    Matthew 4:1-11 | Adam and Israel Failed, But Christ Prevailed

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2010


    Jesus’ temptation ordeal in the wilderness was His triumphant re-living of both Eve and Adam’s Garden of Eden failure, and the Israelites’ wilderness wandering failure. Jesus’ obedience here was His one summary act of obedience (Romans 5:18) by which He reversed the curse and earned righteousness for His elect. Matthew 4:1-11

    Matthew 1:1-17 | A Monumental Birth

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2010


    Matthew uses the sacred Old Testament genealogical list to introduce the monumental event of Jesus, the Great and Universal King, being born into the world. [please note: I meant to say “squelch our enthusiasm” instead of “quench our enthusiasm” right near the beginning of the sermon]. 2 Samuel 7:11-16 Matthew 1:1-17 http://media.urclearning.org/audio/AMK_Matt_1_1-17.mp3

    Psalm 41 | You are blessed if you regard The Weak Man

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2010


    This closing bookend of Book 1 of the Psalms connects clearly to Psalms 1 and 2. We must align ourselves with Jesus in His weakness, because the Lord restores, sustains, and blesses both Jesus and all who are found in Him. Psalm 41 http://media.urclearning.org/audio/AMK_PS_41.mp3

    Psalm 29 | Not Baal, but the LORD

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2009


    The Canaanites were wrong about who was behind the extraordinary autumn storms coming off the Mediterranean Sea. The God of Israel commands the waters under Him and they work fierce destruction, showing His power, holiness, and judgement. Yet by His same commanding voice He surprisingly speaks grace and peace to His people. http://media.urclearning.org/audio/AMK_P29.mp3

    Psalm 10 | The Arrogance of the Wicked

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2009


    This song warns us against harboring the kind of human pride and its poisonous fruit that result in the Lord’s sometimes delayed, but always severe, judgement. The song also encourages us when we fall victim to the hostility of the godless world. http://media.urclearning.org/audio/AMK_P10.mp3

    Psalm 28 | Our Shepherd Forever

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2009


    Psalm 28 It’s the times when we face our most severe trials that we are tempted to lose confidence in the Lord’s ability or willingness to establish us in a confident, peaceful place. In those times, the Lord gives us this Psalm so that we reflect on His faithfulness to His people, including us, across […]

    Psalm 4 | He Makes Us Dwell in Safety

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2009


    Because Jesus sang this song before us and for us, God Himself by His Spirit puts this song in our hearts and on our lips. We sing it and the Lord answers us by giving us joy and peace in the midst of our suffering. http://media.urclearning.org/audio/AMK_P4.mp3

    Psalms 1 & 2 | The Blessed Man in Whom We Take Refuge

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2009


    Psalms 1 and 2 are together the introduction to the Psalter. Right away we get music that takes us from creation to redemption, from Adam to Christ, from our struggle under the common curse to the promises of the new heavens and the new earth someday. http://media.urclearning.org/audio/P1.mp3

    Acts 24 | Paul Before Felix

    Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2009


    Paul’s defense before Felix is highlighted by his assertion that his conscience is clear, a remarkable stement given that Paul expects to come out of the grave and be judged by his God someday. Acts 24

    Ready to Die, Ready to Live

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2009


    Paul sounds like His Lord as he resolutely sets out for Jerusalem, expecting death. But he lives on for a while, a symbol of the power of Christ’s resurrection that will be unleashed in Paul’s body and our bodies on the Great Day. Acts 21:3-19

    This Paul Inspires Us

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2009


    Pastors and elders, consider the magnitude of the grace of God at work in Paul’s life, and be inspired to imitate him in your ministry of the Word and rule. And all Christians, be inspired to support the pastors and elders who imitate Paul and to not tolerate pastors and elders who don’t. Acts 20:13-38

    Death and Life at Troas

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2009


    Leaving Ephesus, Paul continues his remarkable apostolic journey, eventually coming to Troas to display Christ’s great resurrection power. Acts 20:1-11

    Gospel Triumph and Gentile Persecution

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2008


    As the apostle-missionaries enjoy success but face persecution in the form of blasphemy, personal attacks, and jealousy of religious and political leaders, their humility and resolve inspires us to be undaunted in our own ministry. We can be confident because we belong to Jesus and because all whom He appoints to eternal life will also […]

    Acts 12:1-24 | Another Obstacle Overcome

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2008


    Another Herod becomes another obstacle to the existence and success of the church. This Herod is shamed by God exercising His power to execute him after miraculously releasing Peter from prison.

    Acts 9:19-31 | Everything Changed

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2008


    The Lord changed Saul’s life. The Lord changed Saul’s message. And through those radical changes, the Lord has also changed us. Acts 9:19-31

    Acts 8:25-39 | Whom is the prophet talking about?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2008


    The many strange details in this story point to the strange and wonderful truth that people of every unexpected nation and stripe have been brought near to the Christ of Whom the ancient Jewish prophets spoke. Isaiah 53 Acts 8:25-39

    Acts 8:4-25 | Magician Meets Creator

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 3, 2008


    The power of Christ breaks through into Samaria in a way that even Simon, the arrogant money-grubbing illusionist, must recognize. Be encouraged that the grace and power of Christ are at work in your life, and be warned against false teachers and against your own love of money. Acts 8:4-25

    Acts 7:57 – 8:8 | Great Persecution Breaks Out

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2008


    The great persecution breaking out against the church in Jerusalem is the occasion for us to be inspired by Stephen and instructed about the power of Christ at work through the preaching of His Word. Acts 7:57 – 8:8

    Acts 6 and 7 | Suffering and glory

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2007


    (44:04) The persecution against the early church again intensifies as Stephen, one of the recently appointed deacons, becomes the center of the controversy. His martrydom becomes a clear example of of our own humiliation and coming exaltation. Sermon text: Acts 6-7

    Belgic Confession Article 13 | How to Have Unspeakable Consolation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2007


    (37:21) Far from an abstract, irrelevant philosophical concept, the Bible’s teaching about the extent of God’s control is not only true but the only sure basis for any comfort in this trying life. Knowing and embracing God’s providence is the privilege and responsibility of all His creatures made in His image. Sermon text: Matthew 10:29-32 […]

    Acts 5:14-42 | They Kept Right On Preaching Christ

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2007


    (46:36) The apostles are arrested again, and this time they come close to receiving the death penalty. But Christ stamps out this attack on the advancement of His glorious gospel through an unlikely man. Sermon text: Acts 5:14-42

    Genesis 1:1-2 | Belgic Confession Article 12 | The Creation

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2007


    (35:07) Our magnificent God and Father created everything out of nothing as an arena to display His glorious majesty. Indeed, the King established and occupied His throne, the heavens and the earth. Sermon Text: Genesis 1:1-2 Belgic Confession Article 12

    Acts 4:32 – 5:14 | Great Fear Seized the Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 12, 2007


    (34:11) The Lord strikes Ananias and Sapphira dead in a terrifying, immediate act of church discipline carried out by the Lord of Glory. This is the same God we worship today, though often times we (dangerously) don’t treat Him like it. Sermon Text: Acts 4:32 – 5:14

    Acts 4:1-31 | Courage, confidence, boldness

    Play Episode Listen Later May 11, 2007


    (32:42) There’s no good reason for the political-religious temple establishment to oppose the gracious power of Christ at work through the apostles. But they do, so there’s no reason why the church should expand, given the strength of its opponents. But it does, so we must conclude that Christ’s expansion of His kingdom is relentless. […]

    Belgic Confession, Article 10 | Jesus, true and eternal God

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2007


    (27:40) As the author to the Hebrews explains, a priest who is holy and eternal is required to truly fulfill his office. If Jesus is indeed the great High Priest, then He must be holy and eternal. If He is holy and eternal, then He must be true God. Sermon text: Belgic Confession, Article 10 […]

    Acts 3:1-26 | Walking and jumping and praising God

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2007


    (36:21) We see ourselves as the miserable, pathetic crippled beggar and as the rebellious, covenant-breaking, apostate generation of Israelites. We see the Lord as the One who gives us the opposite of what we deserve, giving us peace and future glorification. Sermon text: Acts 3:1-26

    Acts 2:42-47 | Portrait of the Church, part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2007


    (32:43) The last two aspects of Luke’s prescriptive portrait of the early church regard the regular celebration of the Lord’s Supper and participation in “the prayers”. Sermon text: Acts 2:42-47

    Belgic Confession Articles 8-9 | The Trinity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2007


    (36:12) The Scripture is clear about this magnificent and in some senses incomprehensible doctrine. To reject the teaching of the Trinity is to reject God Himself. Sermon text: Belgic Confession, Articles 8-9

    The Sufficiency of Scripture

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2007


    (37:49) Please note: The last five minutes of the sermon were mistakenly deleted from this sermon. Challenges against the completeness of God’s Word arise in many different forms. A series of these challenges, including the rise of the Apocryphal books, and the unwarranted binding of the conscience by religious authorities, are addressed. Sermon text: Belgic […]

    Acts 2:40-47 | Portrait of the Church, part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2007


    (42:08) Luke breaks up his reporting of the dramatic, redemptive-historical events of the early part of Acts with this the first in a series of prescriptive portraits of the early church’s activity. Sermon text: Acts 2:40-47

    The Written Word of God

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2007


    The foundation of our beloved confession is that the Scripture is the very Word of God written. In fact, the foundation laid in article three is the basis for all of what the confession says about the Word in the following articles. Belgic Confession Article 3 2 Timothy 3:14-17

    Going Forward as a Commission-Driven Reformed Church

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 25, 2007


    This sermon is part one of the 2007 “Commission-Driven Reformed Church” series preached at the Ontario United Reformed Church. We must believe and live out these six ideas in order to be faithful to our evangelistic calling. Acts 11:19-26

    Pentecost

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2006


    Christ now pours out His Spirit, reversing the Babel disaster and empowering His church to be His instrument to recreate the fallen human race. Acts 2:1-21

    Why So Unpleasant?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2006


    Doesn’t Luke know better than to start the triumphant tale of the early church’s expansion with the disheartening story of a suicidal reprobate? Apparently he knows this unpleasant story is exactly what we need to hear right at the beginning of Acts. Acts 1:12-26

    God Reveals Himself

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2006


    The true God reveals Himself in two ways: indirectly through the world He has made, and directly through His Word. Knowledge of God is not arbitrary but bound by His own revelation, and therefore treating His Word properly is of the utmost importance. Belgic Confession Article 2 Psalm 19


    We do not believe in any given god, but only in the true God as He has revealed Himself in His Word. His glory is in one sense beyond description, so we are left with Him coming down to our level to tell us the truth about Himself; and even at that, we can only […]

    The Time In-Between

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2006


    Jesus exercises His power and authority as He extends the multinational New Covenant church in Luke’s second volume, Acts. Christ’s instructions to the disciples prepare them and us for doing church and living life between the first coming of our Lord and the second. Acts 1:1-11

    We All Believe with the Heart and Confess with the Mouth

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 20, 2006


    The beginning of our series on this preeminent expression of the Bible’s basic teachings considers the meaning and implications of its first line: “We all believe with the heart and confess with the mouth. Belgic Confession Article 1 Colossians 1:9-12 and 2:1-3

    Joy, Amazement, and the Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2006


    The conclusion to Luke’s first volume leaves us with Christ’s disciples amazed at what has happened. Christ has secured the glorification for them by His life, death, and resurrection. We now anticipate Christ’s continued work in history through the disciples and us as we turn to volume two, the book of Acts. Luke 24:33-53 and […]

    Jesus Is Alive

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2006


    The angels asked the women coming to Jesus’ grave, “Why do you look for the living among the dead?”, in other words, “Why do you think and act like Jesus is dead, when He is alive?” We ask the church today the same question. (Please note: the first half-minute of the sermon is cut off […]

    Guilt and Shame

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2006


    Guilt and shame can eat people alive, and many attempts to deal with this problem just make things worse. In this story, the mercy of Christ in His atoning death extends to a man who acknowledges the root of his guilt and shame. Luke 23:26-54

    Rogue Kings, True King

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2006


    Pilate, Herod, and the Sanhedrin unite to convict the true King of crimes He didn’t commit. This true King allows Himself to be identified with the criminal released in His place in a grand display of His amazing grace. Luke 23:1-25

    The Athanasian Creed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2006


    Believe it or not, people might confess the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed and still deny the truth about who Jesus is. The Athanasian Creed answers recurring, cancerous heresies pertaining to the glorious God-man, our Lord Jesus Christ.. Matthew 28:16-20

    How Do You Relate to the Cross?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2006


    The various people and groups of people in Luke 22 all relate differently to Jesus as His death on the cross unmistakably nears. Where do you fit into the story? Luke 22

    Two Apocalyptic Events

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2006


    Jesus warns the disciples about the pending destruction of Jerusalem and its temple. He also teaches them to expect a delay between that event and His final return to judge the living and dead and usher in the glorification of the universe. Luke 21:5-38

    The Sadducees Take Their Shot

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2006


    The Pharisees couldn’t discredit Jesus’ authority, nor could they make Him out to be a blasphemer, nor could they arouse the anger of the Roman government against Him. So, trying somehow to stop Him, the Sadducees attempt to poke holes in His theology. Jesus dispenses of their folly, thunders forth His Messianic claims, and again […]

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