URC Learning: Rev. Adam Kaloostian

The foundation of our beloved confession is that the Scripture is the very Word of God written. In fact, the foundation laid in articl…

This sermon is part one of the 2007 “Commission-Driven Reformed Church” series preached at the Ontario United Reformed Church. We must be…

Christ now pours out His Spirit, reversing the Babel disaster and empowering His church to be His instrument to recreate the fallen human race…

Doesn’t Luke know better than to start the triumphant tale of the early church’s expansion with the disheartening story of a suicidal …

The true God reveals Himself in two ways: indirectly through the world He has made, and directly through His Word. Knowledge of God…

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, …

Jesus exercises His power and authority as He extends the multinational New Covenant church in Luke’s second volume, Acts. Christ’s …

The beginning of our series on this preeminent expression of the Bible’s basic teachings considers the meaning and implications of its first l…

The conclusion to Luke’s first volume leaves us with Christ’s disciples amazed at what has happened. Christ has secured the glorif…

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 an…

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 C…

Pilate, Herod, and the Sanhedrin unite to convict the true King of crimes He didn’t commit. This true King allows Himself to be i…

Believe it or not, people might confess the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed and still deny the truth about who Jesus is. The …

The various people and groups of people in Luke 22 all relate differently to Jesus as His death on the cross unmistakably…

Jesus warns the disciples about the pending destruction of Jerusalem and its temple. He also teaches them to expect a delay between…

The Pharisees couldn’t discredit Jesus’ authority, nor could they make Him out to be a blasphemer, nor could they arouse t…

There are many reasons why the Apostle’s Creed has always been so popular. One is that its content is the apostolic doct…

Only Jesus will decide when it is time for Him to lay down His life for His sheep. In this story, He averts the traps set by the S…

Christ’s sufferings spilled over into the lives of His apostles. We who hear and believe the apostolic message have Christ’…

As we hear about Jesus crying over Jerusalem and angrily driving the hucksters out of the temple, we are called to ident…