Sermon Archive (Page 2)

The pastors at BPC are known for wonderful, impactful sermons. Even if you are unable to join us on Sundays, you can still access these powerful messages. If you are interested in a particular sermon on a specific date and can’t find it, contact the church office.

Run the Race: Focus on Your Fuel

About this sermon series John 6:24-35 So when the crowd saw that neither Jesus nor his disciples were there, they themselves got into the boats and went to Capernaum looking for Jesus. 25  When they found him on the other side of the sea, they said to him, “Rabbi, when did you come here?”  26  Jesus answered them, “Very truly, I tell you, you are looking for me not because you saw signs but because you ate your fill of…

Read It Again: Abraham, Isaac and Ishmael

About this sermon series Genesis 21:1-21 The Lord dealt with Sarah as he had said, and the Lord did for Sarah as he had promised.  Sarah conceived and bore Abraham a son in his old age, at the time of which Godhad spoken to him.  Abraham gave the name Isaac to his son whom Sarah bore him.  AndAbraham circumcised his son Isaac when he was eight days old, as God had commandedhim.  Abraham was a hundred years old when his son Isaac was born…

Read It Again: Daniel and the Lion’s Den

About this sermon series We are going to read it again, God, this story of yours, of ours. We pray that you’ll speak anew, afresh, aloud, so that that which we once knew will be illumined by what you’re saying today. You are here. We are listening. Amen.  Daniel 6:1-28 6 It pleased Darius to set over the kingdom one hundred twenty satraps, stationed throughout the whole kingdom, 2 and over them three administrators, one of whom was Daniel; to these the satraps gave…

Read It Again: Moses and the Burning Bush

About this sermon series Exodus 3:1-15 Moses was keeping the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian; he led his flock beyond the wilderness, and came to Horeb, the mountain of God. 2 There the angel of the LORD appeared to him in a flame of fire out of a bush; he looked, and the bush was blazing, yet it was not consumed. 3 Then Moses said, “I must turn aside and look at this great sight, and…

Read It Again: Moses in the bulrushes

About the sermon series Exodus 2:1-10 Now a man from the house of Levi went and married a Levite woman. The woman conceived and bore a son, and when she saw that he was a fine baby, she hid him three months.  When she could hide him no longer she got a papyrus basket for him and plastered it with bitumen and pitch; she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds on the bank of the…

And You Will Be My Witnesses

Acts 1:1-8 In the first book, Theophilus, I wrote about all that Jesus began to do and teach until the day when he was taken up to heaven, after giving instructions through the Holy Spirit to the apostles whom he had chosen. After his suffering he presented himself alive to them by many convincing proofs, appearing to them during forty days and speaking about the kingdom of God. While staying  with them, he ordered them not to leave Jerusalem but…

The Gospel According to Pixar: On Being a Family

About the sermon series John 11:28-35 When she had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary and told her privately, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”  And when she heard it, she got up quickly and went to him. Now Jesus had not yet come to the village but was still at the place where Martha had met him.  The Jews who were with her in the house consoling her saw Mary get up quickly…

The Gospel According to Pixar: Holding On and Letting Go

About the sermon series Isaiah 43:14-21 Thus says the Lord,    your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel:For your sake I will send to Babylon    and break down all the bars,    and the shouting of the Chaldeans will be turned to lamentation.I am the Lord, your Holy One,    the Creator of Israel, your King.Thus says the Lord,    who makes a way in the sea,    a path in the mighty waters,who brings out chariot and horse,    army and warrior;they lie down; they cannot rise;    they are extinguished, quenched like a wick:Do not remember…

The Gospel According to Pixar: Finding God In the Unseen

About the sermon series John 15:12-17 “This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you.  No one has greater love than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command you.  I do not call you servants any longer, because the servant does not know what the master is doing, but I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything that I…

The Gospel According to Pixar: Finding Our Way Home

About the sermon series Luke 15:11-32 Then Jesus said, “There was a man who had two sons. The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided his property between them. A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant country, and there he squandered his property in dissolute living. When he had spent everything, a severe famine took…

The Cure for Imposter Syndrome

Isaiah 6:1-8 In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lofty; and the hem of his robe filled the temple. Seraphs were in attendance above him; each had six wings: with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one called to another and said:“Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; the whole earth is full of his glory.” The…

This Is How It Starts

Acts 2:1-13 When the day of Pentecost had come, they were all together in one place. And suddenly from heaven there came a sound like the rush of a violent wind, and it filled the entire house where they were sitting. Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them. All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other languages, as the Spirit gave them ability. Now…