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Continue reading →: Advent and the City
Jonah 3 Prophets Intermediate. Expository / Pastoral / Evangelical1,10. Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This Advent sermon expounds Jonah 3, presenting Nineveh not merely as a pagan enemy but as “God’s great city” (literally “a great city to God”), demonstrating…
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Continue reading →: Advent and Personal Salvation
Jonah 2 Prophets Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Devotional1,2 Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This Advent sermon presents Jonah chapter 2 as a narrative of “personal salvation” where the advent of God’s presence meets the believer in the “belly of…
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Continue reading →: Advent and A Troubled Sea
Jonah 1 Prophets Intermediate Expository / Polemical / Pastoral Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This Advent sermon interprets the first chapter of Jonah as a narrative of “decreation and recreation,” positioning Jonah (whose name means “Dove”) as a type of…
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Continue reading →: The King’s Law and Marriage
Psalm 119:1-8, 169-176 Wisdom Intermediate. Expository / Pastoral / Instructional1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Concluding a 12-part series on marriage on “Christ the King Sunday,” this sermon argues that the “King’s Law” is not a burden but the essential source of blessing…
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Continue reading →: Marital Intimacy – Good, Glue, Gift
Genesis 2:18-25 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon addresses the topic of sexual intimacy in marriage using the three-point outline: “Good, Glue, and Gift.” Pastor Tuuri argues against both the cultural idolatry of sex and…
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Continue reading →: Embracing the Other
Genesis 2:20-25 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon addresses the “elephant in the room” of marriage roles (headship and submission) by framing them within the broader biblical concept of “embracing the other”12. Pastor Tuuri argues that fallen…
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Continue reading →: Singleness, Marriage and Idolatry
1 Corinthians 7 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Polemical3 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds 1 Corinthians 7 to argue that while marriage is good, singleness is also a “gift” (charisma) given by God for the specific purpose of service…
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Continue reading →: Reformation and the Bible
Psalm 119:105-106 Wisdom Intermediate1 Expository / Instructional / Polemical11,2 Reformation ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This Reformation Sunday sermon establishes Sola Scriptura as the “formal principle” or foundation of the faith, arguing that it is the standard (canon) by which all things—including the…
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Continue reading →: Marriage and Friendship, Part 2
Proverbs 27:5-10 Wisdom Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon concludes the discussion on marriage as friendship, using the acronym “FRIENDS” (from Mark and Grace Driscoll) to cover the final characteristics: Enjoyable, Needful, Devoted, and Sanctifying1,2,3. Pastor…
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Continue reading →: Marriage and Friendship, Part 1
Song of Songs 5:16 Wisdom Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon argues that the “essence” of marriage is covenant, but its day-to-day relational goal is friendship, based on the bride’s declaration in Song of Songs 5:16,…
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Continue reading →: Speaking Truth in Love
Ephesians 4:15 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional9 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon identifies “speaking the truth in love” (Ephesians 4:15) as the primary tool or mechanism for achieving the mission of marriage, which is sanctification1,2. Pastor Tuuri argues that…
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Continue reading →: Marriage and Sanctification
Ephesians 5:21-33 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional9 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon asserts that the primary purpose or mission of marriage is not happiness, but sanctification, drawing on Ephesians 5 to show that husbands are to love their wives…
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Continue reading →: Marriage and Covenant, Part 2
Genesis 2:18-25 Law Intermediate Expository / Instructional / Pastoral ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on Genesis 2:18–25 to define the essence of marriage as a covenant—specifically described as a “personal structural bond” that mirrors the Trinity1,2. Pastor Tuuri outlines a…
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Continue reading →: Marriage and Covenant: Law and Love
Malachi 2 Prophets Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon defines the essence of marriage not as a consumer relationship or a bargain, but as a covenant—a binding, legal, and personal commitment rooted in the character of…
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Continue reading →: Marriage and the Holy Spirit, Part 2
Ephesians 4-5 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional10 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon continues the series on marriage by asserting that the power for a godly union—the Holy Spirit—is received primarily through commitment to the local church and submission to…
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Continue reading →: Marriage and the Holy Spirit, Part 1
Ephesians 5:18-21 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon initiates a series on marriage by establishing that the power source for a godly union is the Holy Spirit, rather than human effort or romantic sentiment1,2. Pastor…
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Continue reading →: Doing Justice Through Formal Church Discipline
Matthew 18 Gospel Intermediate Pastoral / Instructional / Polemical1,5 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon argues that the church cannot effectively “do justice” in the world if it fails to maintain justice within its own walls by removing impenitent sinners1. Expounding on…
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Continue reading →: Doing Justice in Resolving Conflicts
Matthew 18:15-17 Gospel Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional9,8 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon presents conflict resolution within the church as a primary way believers “do justice” and manifest the new creation, expounding on the instructions in Matthew 18:15–171,2. Pastor Tuuri…
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Continue reading →: The Justice Due to the Heavenly Father
Psalm 96:8 Wisdom Intermediate. Instructional / Pastoral / Expository. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon argues that the foundational act of “doing justice” is giving the Heavenly Father the honor He is due, asserting that true justice begins with a correct relationship…
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Continue reading →: Do Justice: Pastors As Mothers and Fathers
1 Thessalonians 2:7-13 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon continues the “Doing Justice” series by expounding 1 Thessalonians 2:7–13 to illustrate how pastors and the church must embody the roles of both mothers and fathers…
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Continue reading →: Children 2 (Family Camp)
Parenting Intermediate Instructional / Pastoral / Polemical23 ► Listen to Sermon Toby Sumpter – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This Family Camp address argues that the church must transition from a “Brigadoon” model—where it appears only on Sundays as an isolated refuge—to an “Oregon City” model of active engagement and…
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Continue reading →: From Brigadoon to Oregon City
Intermediate Instructional / Pastoral / Polemical23 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This Family Camp address argues that the church must transition from a “Brigadoon” model—where it appears only on Sundays as an isolated refuge—to an “Oregon City” model of active engagement and city…
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Continue reading →: The Spirit Of Justice
Revelation 21:1-11 Apocalyptic Intermediate Expository / Instructional / Polemical ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Delivered on Pentecost Sunday, this sermon identifies the Holy Spirit as the “Spirit of Justice,” arguing that His outpouring empowers the church to continue Jesus’ mission of bringing justice…
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Continue reading →: Te Deum Laudamus
Revelation 5 Apocalyptic Intermediate Expository / Liturgical / Polemical ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon celebrates Ascension Sunday by expounding Revelation 5 and the ancient hymn Te Deum Laudamus, asserting that the Ascension is arguably the most important event in history because…
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