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Continue reading →: Murder & the Sanctuary; Violence and Liberty
Exodus 21:12-14,22-25 Law Intermediate Expository / Theonomic / Instructional6 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon introduces the section of the “Book of the Covenant” (Exodus 21:12–36) dealing with violence, specifically focusing on the laws concerning murder and manslaughter1,2. Pastor Tuuri connects these…
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Continue reading →: The Dowry and Other Joyful Obligations
Exodus 21:1-11 Law Intermediate Expository / Instructional / Theonomic1,6 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon begins a series on the “Book of the Covenant” (Exodus 21–23), examining the case laws regarding slavery and marriage as ethical instructions that guide God’s people from…
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Continue reading →: Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery
Exodus 20:14 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Warning4. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on the Seventh Commandment, defining adultery fundamentally as “adding something other” to a relationship, which results in adulteration and a violation of fidelity1. Pastor Tuuri distinguishes…
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Continue reading →: Dinah’s Dalliance
Genesis 34 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Warning ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon analyzes the narrative of Dinah (Genesis 34) as a tragedy resulting from swerving away from “the way” of Christ into a land of fallenness rather than uprightness1.…
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Continue reading →: Moses and Zipporah
Exodus 2, 4; John 4 Law Intermediate (The Exodus 4 passage is noted as “very difficult”)10 Expository / Pastoral / Theological1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon examines the narrative of Moses and Zipporah, focusing on two key events: their meeting at…
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Continue reading →: Joseph and Potiphar’s Wife
Genesis 39 Law Intermediate1 Expository / Pastoral / Character Study1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon analyzes the narrative of Genesis 39 as a concluding study on male-female relationships in Genesis, presenting Joseph as a “New Adam” who successfully resists the “forbidden…
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Continue reading →: Judah & Tamar: Sex and Postmillenialism
Genesis 38 Law Intermediate Expository / Theological / Pastoral1,2 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon explores the narrative of Genesis 38, interpreting the encounter between Judah and Tamar as a story of “twin salvation” flowing from “twin wells” (Enaim). Pastor Tuuri contrasts…
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Continue reading →: Promise and Deliverance
Genesis 32 Law Intermediate Expository / Theological ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon focuses on the narrative of Jacob wrestling with God at Peniel (Genesis 32) as the central event in Jacob’s return to the Promised Land. Pastor Tuuri contrasts the personal…
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Continue reading →: Jacob and Rachel
Genesis 29 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Character Study2,3 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon continues the study of marriage in Genesis by examining the narrative of Jacob and Rachel (Genesis 29) alongside the context of Jacob’s flight from Esau (Genesis…
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Continue reading →: Abraham and Keturah
Genesis 25:1-11 Law Intermediate1 Expository / Instructional3,1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon analyzes the narrative of Genesis 25:1–11, viewing it as a “compressed file” that contains deep lessons on the legitimacy of marriage, ordinary life, and dominion1. Pastor Tuuri refutes the…
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Continue reading →: Isaac and Rebekah
Genesis 24 Law Introductory2 Expository / Pastoral / Devotional1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon analyzes the narrative of Genesis 24—the longest narrative in the Old Testament—as a story of God’s love manifested in human love through the betrothal of Isaac and…
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Continue reading →: Covenantal Succession
Genesis 24 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional3 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon uses the narrative of Genesis 24—where Abraham commissions his servant to find a wife for Isaac—as a paradigm for “covenantal succession” or passing the torch of faith…
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Continue reading →: Joshua 22 How Real Men Talk
Joshua 22 History Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon uses the narrative of Joshua 22—where the Transjordanian tribes build the altar “Ed” causing a near-civil war—as a model for “real men” and biblical communication1,2. Pastor Tuuri…
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Continue reading →: The Axe is laid at the Root of the Tree
Matthew 3:7-12 Gospel Intermediate Expository / Polemical / Political1,3 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon, delivered on “Anti-Abortion Day of the Lord,” interprets John the Baptist’s warning in Matthew 3 that “the axe is laid to the root of the trees” as…
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Continue reading →: Psalm 65 Thou Crownest the Year
Psalm 65 Wisdom Intermediate1 Expository / Devotional / Pastoral1,2 Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on Psalm 65 as a song of harvest and thanksgiving, appropriate for the transition between the old year (1998) and the new year…
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Continue reading →: Descent and Ascent (Homage and Death)
Matthew 2:1-12; 27:57-66 Gospel Intermediate Expository / Theological / Pastoral1. ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon examines the visit of the Magi as a fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies regarding the universal and perpetual reign of the Messiah. Pastor Tuuri characterizes the…
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Continue reading →: Incarnation and Resurrection
Matthew 1:18-25; 28:1-15 Gospel Intermediate Expository / Devotional / Theological Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon explores the incarnation of Christ in Matthew 1 as the inauguration of a “new creation” effected by the Holy Spirit, paralleling the original…
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Continue reading →: Pedigree and Commission
Matthew 1:1-17; 28:16-20 Gospel Intermediate Expository / Devotional / Instructional8,7 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon begins an Advent series on the Gospel of Matthew, analyzing the book through its “bookends”: the genealogy (pedigree) in chapter 1 and the Great Commission in…
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Continue reading →: The Sons of Abraham
1 Peter 3:7 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Theological / Missional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon analyzes the life of Abraham through a chiastic structure, identifying the central thematic event as God’s blessing upon Ishmael rather than just the birth of Isaac1.…
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Continue reading →: The Sons of God and the Daughters of Men
Genesis 5:1-6:8 Law Intermediate Expository / Doctrinal / Pastoral4 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon addresses the difficult passage in Genesis 6:1–4 regarding the “sons of God” and the “daughters of men,” advocating for the “Sethite view” that this describes the intermarriage…
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Continue reading →: Lamech, Adah, and Zillah
Genesis 4:16-26 Law Intermediate Expository / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon examines the genealogy of Cain, specifically focusing on Lamech as the seventh generation who institutes polygamy (bigamy) and escalates human violence1,2. Pastor Tuuri notes the cultural progression of the…
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Continue reading →: Election Day Sermon Theft and the Ballot
Exodus 20:15 Law Intermediate Pastoral / Political / Instructional1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon applies the Eighth Commandment, “You shall not steal,” to the context of civil government and the upcoming election. Pastor Tuuri argues that this commandment sanctifies private property…
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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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