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Continue reading →: Shelter From the Storm
Isaiah 32:1-8 Prophets Intermediate Pastoral / Devotional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon draws its theme from Isaiah 25 and Bob Dylan’s song of the same title, presenting God as the ultimate “shelter from the storm” and heat12. Tuuri addresses both external…
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Continue reading →: Means of Escape
1 Corinthians 10 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional1,26 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon expounds on 1 Corinthians 10:13, arguing that temptations and trials are common to humanity and are superintended by a faithful God who limits them according to…
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Continue reading →: Hospitality, Work Ethic and Blessings
Genesis 18 Law Intermediate Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon uses the narrative of Abraham entertaining angels in Genesis 18 to define biblical hospitality not as entertaining friends, but as the “love of strangers” executed with diligence and work…
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Continue reading →: Christ Ascension and Ours
Colossians 3:1 Epistle Intermediate / Advanced Pastoral / Polemical / Instructional729 Ascension ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon argues that the ascension of Jesus Christ is the pivotal event of the gospel, establishing His active rule, or “session,” over all nations and…
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Continue reading →: The Riches of Christ Part 3
Ephesians 3:8-12 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Devotional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon concludes a three-part series on Ephesians 3:8, exploring the “unsearchable riches of Christ” by contrasting them with the deceitful riches of the world. Pastor Tuuri conducts a concordance study…
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Continue reading →: The Riches of Christ Part 2
Ephesians 3:8 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon continues the series on the “unsearchable riches of Christ” (Ephesians 3:8), arguing that the gospel is fundamentally about the person of Jesus Christ rather than a set of abstract…
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Continue reading →: The Riches of Christ
Ephesians 3:8 Epistle Intermediate Expository / Pastoral ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Based on the communion homily and Q&A from this date, as well as the recap provided in the following week’s sermon, this message explores the “unsearchable riches of Christ” found in…
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Continue reading →: Resurrection, Mission and Compassion
Jonah 1:17 Prophets Intermediate Pastoral / Polemical / Instructional Easter ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon connects the narrative of Jonah to the Easter celebration of Christ’s resurrection, presenting Jonah’s time in the fish as a “sign” of Jesus’ death and burial12.…
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Continue reading →: The Last City
Revelation 21:10-27 Apocalyptic Intermediate Expository / Pastoral12 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon concludes the two-part Lenten series on the city by exploring the “last city,” the New Jerusalem, described in Revelation 21. Tuuri argues that the New Jerusalem is not merely…
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Continue reading →: Lent – The First City
Genesis 4:16-24 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Instructional Lent ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon launches a Lenten series contrasting the “first city” built by Cain with the “last city” (New Jerusalem), using Genesis 4 to analyze the characteristics of fallen…
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Continue reading →: Exilic Discipleship
Jeremiah 29:1-9 Prophets Intermediate Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY Pastor Tuuri argues that the American church is currently in “exile,” analogous to the Jews in Babylon, requiring a shift from a “Jerusalem model” of majority-culture comfort to an “Exilic model”…
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Continue reading →: Work and Rest
Matthew 11:28-30 Gospel Intermediate Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon explores the relationship between work and rest, positing that true rest is found only by coming to Jesus and taking His yoke, which contrasts with the heavy burdens of…
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Continue reading →: Work and Passion
Romans 12:11 Epistle Intermediate Pastoral / Instructional22 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon explores the concept of “passion” in the context of work, basing the definition on Romans 12:11, which commands believers to be “not lagging in diligence” and “fervent in spirit”…
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Continue reading →: Work and Grace
Isaiah 28:24-29 Prophets Intermediate Instructional / Pastoral ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon addresses the tension Christians feel regarding the work and cultural contributions of non-believers, arguing that God graciously gifts all people—including the ungodly—with wisdom and skill for the sake of…
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Continue reading →: Sermon Series On Work
John 4:34-38 Gospel Intermediate Pastoral / Instructional ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon continues the series on work by turning to the Gospel of John, presenting Jesus as the ultimate worker whose “food” is to do the will of the Father1,2. Tuuri…
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Continue reading →: Epiphany and Work
Isaiah 59:21-60:13 Prophets Intermediate Pastoral / Instructional Epiphany ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon connects the season of Epiphany, which celebrates the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles, with a theology of work using Isaiah 59 and 60. Tuuri argues that the…
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Continue reading →: Advent and Work, Curse and Reversal
Work / Vocation Intermediate Expository / Topical / Devotional / Instructional Advent / Christmas ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon concludes the “Reworking Work” series by presenting the Advent of Christ as the definitive “Great Reversal” of the curse upon work. Pastor…
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Continue reading →: Work and Idolatry
Exodus 20:1-11 Law Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Polemical1 ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon, part of the “Reworking Work” series, expounds upon Exodus 20:1–11 to demonstrate how the workplace reveals and tempts believers toward idolatry1. Pastor Tuuri distinguishes between having “other…
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Continue reading →: Work and Selfishness
Genesis 11:1-4 Law Intermediate Topical / Expository / Pastoral ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon, part of the “Reworking Work” series and preached on the first Sunday of Advent, examines how work becomes selfish through three biblical narratives: the Tower of Babel,…
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Continue reading →: Thanksgiving for Pointless Work
Ecclesiastes 2:17-23 Wisdom Intermediate Expository / Pastoral / Topical Thanksgiving ► Listen to Sermon Dennis Tuuri – Reformation Covenant Church AI-GENERATED SUMMARY This sermon, the ninth in the “Reworking Work” series, expounds upon Ecclesiastes 2:16–23 to address the reality that work often feels “pointless and futile” due to life “under…
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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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