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Continue reading →: The Resurrection and the Sabbath Enthronement
Matthew 28 Gospel Intermediate/Advanced Expository / Theological / Pastoral / Seasonal10 Easter ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri argues that the resurrection of Jesus is the historical fulfillment of Psalm 2 (“Today I have begotten you”), marking not his eternal generation but his…
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Continue reading →: Honoring Christ and His Rulers
Hebrews 13:7-17 Epistle Intermediate17. Expository / Pastoral / Occasional (Ordination)7. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on Hebrews 13:7–17 to define the relationship between church leaders (elders) and congregants in light of the ordination of a new elder (Flynn). He argues that…
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Continue reading →: Plowing With Purpose – A Lenten Sermon
Isaiah 28:1-29:4 Prophets Intermediate15. Expository / Pastoral / Seasonal1. Lent ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on Isaiah 28:23–29, using the agricultural metaphor of plowing to address the reality of suffering and divine judgment during the Lenten season. He argues that just…
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Continue reading →: Christ In Feasts
Deuteronomy 16:1-17 Law Intermediate1. Expository / Theological1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on Deuteronomy 16:1-17, viewing the three major Old Testament feasts (Passover, Pentecost, Tabernacles) as a “prism” of God’s redemptive work that is refracted back into the single light of…
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Continue reading →: Imaging God With Compassionate Deeds
Deuteronomy 15:1-23 Law Intermediate. Expository / Pastoral / Instructional1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on Deuteronomy 15:1–18 as the first half of Moses’ sermon on the Fourth Word (Sabbath), arguing that the Sabbath is not merely about cessation of labor but…
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Continue reading →: The 4th Word and Commanded Joy
Deuteronomy 14:22-29 Law Intermediate. Expository / Pastoral / Instructional1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on Deuteronomy 14:22–29 to argue that the Fourth Word (Sabbath) involves “commanded joy,” where God obligates His people to feast and rejoice in His presence12. He highlights…
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Continue reading →: Abortion, Kids, Mother’s Milk and Worship
Deuteronomy 14:21 Law Intermediate20 Expository / Polemical / Pastoral1,4 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on the obscure law in Deuteronomy 14:21b (“You shall not boil a young goat in its mother’s milk”), interpreting it as a prohibition against using a source…
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Continue reading →: Circumcision of Fruit Trees, Christ and Commitment
Luke 19:19-25 Gospel Advanced17 Expository / Theological / Seasonal ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on the obscure law in Leviticus 19:23–25 regarding “uncircumcised” fruit trees to teach the necessity of patience and maturation in the Christian life. He argues that this…
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Continue reading →: Advent & Song
Luke 2:8-14; Psalm 98 Gospel Intermediate Expository / Theological / Seasonal Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on Luke 2:29-32 and the other songs of Luke’s Gospel to demonstrate that Christmas is the celebration of God’s victory over the…
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Continue reading →: Giving Gift-Food to the Poor
Leviticus 19:5-10 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Seasonal ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri connects the Third Word (carrying God’s name) to the Levitical laws regarding the Peace Offering and gleaning, arguing that bearing God’s name means extending the grace one receives…
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Continue reading →: Far As The Curse Is Found
Deuteronomy 14:1-21a Law Intermediate10 Expository / Theological / Seasonal (Advent)10 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri connects the Third Word (Commandment) prohibition against taking God’s name in vain to Deuteronomy 14, arguing that “taking” the name means “bearing” it as God’s children and…
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Continue reading →: The Third Word
Deuteronomy 5:11 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Theological ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on the Third Word (“You shall not take the name of the Lord your God in vain”), arguing that the command is not primarily about profanity but…
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Continue reading →: Listening
Psalm 50:4-5 Wisdom Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Theological ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri concludes his series on the Second Word (Commandment) by expounding Psalm 40:6–8, arguing that the prohibition of images necessitates the priority of listening to God’s voice over visual…
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Continue reading →: Faith, the Second Word, Our Heritage And Future
Hebrews 11 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Motivational / Occasional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri connects the Second Commandment’s prohibition of images to the definition of faith in Hebrews 11, arguing that true faith relies on the spoken Word of God…
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Continue reading →: Art and Worship in the Temple
1 Kings 7:13-39 History Intermediate Expository / Theological / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri argues that the Second Commandment’s prohibition against using images as mediators does not forbid art; rather, God commands beauty in worship to reflect His own glory and…
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Continue reading →: Rejoicing in the Presence of the Lord our God
Deuteronomy 12-13 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri continues his exposition of the Second Word (Commandment) by examining Moses’ sermon in Deuteronomy 12, arguing that the prohibition against idolatry finds its positive fulfillment in “commanded joy”…
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Continue reading →: The Second Word
Deuteronomy 5:8-9,12-13 Law Intermediate7. Expository / Polemical / Theological10,7. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri distinguishes the Second Word from the First by defining it as a prohibition against “liturgical idolatry” (wrong mediation) rather than “covenantal idolatry” (wrong gods). He argues that God…
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Continue reading →: Holiness & Obedience
Leviticus 19 Law Intermediate10 Expository / Pastoral / Instructional1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri examines Leviticus 19:26-28 to address the Christian’s relationship to their body, specifically discussing the prohibitions against eating blood, divination, and tattoos/body cutting1,2. He argues that while believers are…
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Continue reading →: Overthrowing False Gods
Exodus 23:20-33 Law Intermediate Expository / Polemical / Instructional1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri expounds on Exodus 23:20-33 to teach “how the Christian will reconquer the world”1. He argues that Jesus, identified as the Angel of the Lord, leads a total warfare…
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Continue reading →: The First Word Motivation
Deuteronomy 6-11 Law Intermediate. Expository / Instructional7. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Tuuri examines Deuteronomy 6–11 as Moses’ sermon on the First Word, analyzing how God motivates His people to keep the commandment to have “no other gods.” He identifies a structure of…
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