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Continue reading →: The Sabbath and Refreshment
Exodus 23:10-13 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on the Sabbath laws found in Exodus 23:10–13, particularly the command to let the land lie fallow and to allow servants to rest. Pastor Tuuri argues…
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Continue reading →: The Heart of Justice
Exodus 23:3-6 Law Intermediate/Advanced (Due to the integration of sociopolitical philosophy and literary structures)1,5. Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral4. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon identifies the “heart of justice” within the Law of the Covenant as holy love and the desire…
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Continue reading →: Justice
Exodus 23:1-2,7-8 Law Intermediate8 Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral7 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon examines Exodus 23:1–9, presenting biblical justice as an impartial adherence to God’s law that refuses to bow to the pressure of the “mob” or personal bias toward…
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Continue reading →: Ye Shall be Holy Men Unto Me
Exodus 22:31 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on Exodus 22:31, defining holiness as consecration and the ability to make distinctions between the holy and the profane in all areas of life, just as…
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Continue reading →: Child-Hating Demons and Indifferent Disciples
Mark 9 Gospel Intermediate Polemical / Pastoral / Prophetic ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon, delivered on “Anti-Abortion Day of the Lord,” contrasts the biblical vision of the future—where the earth is full of the knowledge of the Lord and children are…
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Continue reading →: Honor God, Pay Your Tithe
Exodus 22:29-30 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on the commands in Exodus 22:29–30 regarding the offering of the first fruits and the firstborn without delay1. Pastor Tuuri explains that giving the first portion…
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Continue reading →: Purim and the Joy of Christmas
Esther 9:20-22 History Intermediate3 Expository / Polemical / Devotional / Instructional1,3. Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon draws a typological connection between the Feast of Purim in the book of Esther and the Christian celebration of Christmas, arguing that…
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Continue reading →: Compassionate Actions Towards the Poor
Exodus 22:24-27 Law Intermediate2. Expository / Theonomic / Instructional8,1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon concludes a three-part sub-series on compassionate actions within the “Law of the Covenant,” focusing on Exodus 22:25–27 regarding loans to the poor and pledges. Pastor Tuuri presents…
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Continue reading →: Widows and the Fatherless
Exodus 22:22-27 Law Intermediate7. Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral23. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds upon Exodus 22:21–24, focusing on the severe prohibition against afflicting widows and the fatherless within the “Law of the Covenant.” Pastor Tuuri highlights the intense judgment…
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Continue reading →: Compassionate Actions and the Stranger
Exodus 22:21 Law Intermediate/Advanced (Due to the discussion of literary structures and chiastic outlines)3. Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon introduces the final section of the first half of the “Law of the Covenant,” focusing on the…
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Continue reading →: Idolatry, Adultery, and Death
Exodus 22:18-20 Law Intermediate/Advanced (Due to the sensitive and difficult nature of the text)1. Expository / Theonomic / Polemical1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon addresses the difficult and “squeamish” texts of Exodus 22:18–20, which mandate the death penalty for witchcraft, bestiality,…
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Continue reading →: Seduction, Slavery, and Salvation
Exodus 22:16-17 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon analyzes Exodus 22:16–17 regarding the seduction of an unbetrothed virgin, treating it as the conclusion to the first half of the “Law of the Covenant” which protects…
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Continue reading →: Election and Reformation Day Sermon
Deuteronomy 4:1-20 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Political Application Reformation ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon combines the themes of Reformation Day and an upcoming election, using Deuteronomy 4:1–20 to argue that true reformation—defined as a “straightening out”—requires a people who…
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Continue reading →: Resurrection, Community, and Dominion
Exodus 22:14-15 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Theological1,2 Easter ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon connects the case laws regarding borrowing in Exodus 22:14–15 with the narrative of Elisha and the floating axe head in 2 Kings 6 to illustrate the…
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Continue reading →: Blessings and Difficulties of Community
Exodus 22:7-13 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on Exodus 22:7–15, focusing on the laws regarding safekeeping and the protection of property within a community. Pastor Tuuri connects these statutes to the concept of…
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Continue reading →: Thorny Fires and Restitution
Exodus 22:5-6 Law Intermediate/Advanced (Due to the typological application to the tongue and the discussion of hermeneutical stages)7. Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral6. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on Exodus 22:5–6, which deals with restitution for damage caused by unrestrained…
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Continue reading →: The Justice of Multiple Restitution
Exodus 22:1-4 Law Intermediate. Expository / Theonomic / Polemical2. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon examines the specific case laws of restitution for theft found in Exodus 22, contrasting God’s restorative justice with the modern “penitentiary” system and ancient codes like Hammurabi’s12.…
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Continue reading →: Dominion and Negligence
Exodus 21:33-36 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral6,2 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon examines the case laws in Exodus 21:33–36 regarding open pits and animals that harm other animals, marking a transition in the “Law of the Covenant” from laws…
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Continue reading →: Beasts that Kill Men
Exodus 21:28-32 Law Intermediate2. Expository / Theonomic / Christological4,2. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds upon the case laws in Exodus 21:28–32 regarding animals that kill humans, arguing that these statutes demonstrate God’s intense valuation of human life as His image-bearer1.…
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Continue reading →: Lex Talionis and Servants, #2
Exodus 21:20-27 Law Intermediate3. Expository / Theonomic / Polemical2. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon continues the study of Lex Talionis (the law of retaliation) in Exodus 21, specifically applying it to the laws concerning servants and the modern concept of justice.…
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Continue reading →: Lex Talionis and Servants, #1
Exodus 21:20-27 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Polemical ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on Exodus 21:20–27, focusing on the principle of Lex Talionis (eye for an eye) as the biblical standard for justice, asserting that the punishment must fit…
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Continue reading →: The Removal of Liberty & its Consequences
Exodus 21:16,18-19 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Instructional1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon addresses the practical implications of being a “theonomist” or “theocrat,” arguing that adherence to God’s case laws in Exodus 21 is essential for maintaining true liberty and…
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Continue reading →: Hatred and Reverence of Parent
Exodus 21:15-17 Law Intermediate/Advanced (Due to the “offensive” nature of the text to modern ears)8 Expository / Theonomic / Pastoral8 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds upon the capital statutes in Exodus 21:15 and 17 regarding children who strike or curse…
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I’m Dennis Tuuri
I’ve been a pastor and Bible teacher for over forty years. My passion is helping Christians think biblically about all of life — work, rest, family, community, and our responsibilities as citizens.
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