Stonebridge Bible Church Sermons

Guest speaker, Jay Conder, teaches on heroes of the faith.

 Michael teaches on the Lord’s Supper. 

Wayne Wolf preaches an overview of natural and special revelation.

Michael teaches an overview of Song of Solomon. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon is a complex, mysterious, and somewhat uncomfortable book. As the Bible is meant to serve as a guide in all aspects of life, it is a gift to look at this text and derive from it God’s intentions and design for sexual intimacy.

The book of Ecclesiastes, which Michael teaches on today, seemingly fails to fit in with the rest of Scripture.  It has no obvious outline, no narrative. Where Proverbs offers practical guidance for living, Ecclesiastes offers musings and observations about this life. This unusual book meets the discouraged and disillusioned in their struggle, and offers a a gentle encouragement toward that which gives meaning. What is the purpose of all we encounter, endure, and experience in this life? Is it truly all in vain?

Some classify the Books of Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Solomon as “Poetical Books” or “Wisdom Literature.” It is, perhaps more precise to classify Job, Proverbs, and Ecclesiastes as Wisdom Literature. At the most basic level, Proverbs is a book of wisdom. In a way, it’s a book of wit. Much of the collection is in couplets and, as we noticed in the Psalms, parallelism is very easy to see. Beyond parallelism, the literary style is referred to as māšāl or something like a byword, or to be compared to, or we could simplify it to a simile: Proverbs 6:23 – the commandment is a lamp, the teaching is a light. According to Wilkinson and Boa in their book Talk Thru the Bible: Proverbs is perhaps the most practical book in the Old Testament because it teaches wisdom (lit., “skillful living”) in the multiple aspects of everyday life. In short pithy statements, maxims, and stories, Solomon and other contributors set forth about nine hundred proverbs—inspired precepts dealing with wisdom and folly, pride and humility, justice and vengeance, laziness and work, poverty and wealth, friends and neighbors, love and lust, anger and strife, masters and servants, life and death. These maxims are not theoretical but practical; they are easily memorized, timeless truths that touch on every facet of human relationships. Reading a proverb takes only a few seconds; applying a proverb can take a lifetime. Join Michael as he teaches an overview of the book of Proverbs.

Wayne Wolf preaches from Psalms and Romans.

Poetry, as a form of language, was and is a powerful tool to teach without a written form for the masses. Once the lyric was written and put to music, the story, theology, history, work of God, lament of man, praise to YHWH could easily be taught and retained. Join us as Michael teaches the book of Psalms and discusses how we should understand and read these lyrics as New Testament believers.

We’re moving from the historical books to the Wisdom/Poetry Literature, beginning with the book of Job. In this important text we are forced to ask impossible questions about difficulties in life: loss, illness, suffering; and to wrestle with the possibility that, perhaps, the answers to those questions aren’t ours to have.  Join us as Michael helps us understand the book of Job.

Some scholars argue that the book of Esther shouldn't be in the Bible. Neither God's name nor his laws appear in the text, no miracles occur, no prophet speaks.  But here, in this text, we see God's providence.  Michael teaches an overview of the book of Esther.